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even if it consists in nothing more than laving bushy Pea sticks 

 over the bed. In March. SnowbaU. or one of its class, may be 

 sown. For April and May sowings I prefer Red Globe and 

 Green Eound. They may not be quite so delicate in flavotir, 

 but they are far less liable to run to seed. For late summer 

 sowings Cannells" Model, Dobbies" Model, Orange Jelly (Golden 

 Ball), or Chirk. Castle may be sown. The two first named are 



Fia. 88.-A VEGETABLE MARROW ON A WIRE FRAME. 



■^ood varieties for pulling to use in October or Xovember. The 

 others ai^e varieties which may be stored over the w^inter. 



Chapter 2S.— Vegetable ll^arroujs. 



In my remarks on manuring I expressed the opinion that the 

 manure bed is not an unmixed blessing for Vegetable Marrows, 

 especially in a dry season. I have seen a cartload of manure 

 used for a MaiTow bed, and for a limited time the plants rode 

 rampant, but after some weeks of drought the manure, unable 



