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able at the best — will be much better on sandy or 

 even gravelly soil. Avoid fresh manures as much 

 as possible, as the turnip is especially susceptible to 

 scab and v^orms. They are best when quite small 

 and for the home table a succession of sowing, only 

 a few at a time, will give the best results. 



Under leaf crops are considered also those of 

 which the stalk or the flower heads form the edible 

 portion, such as celery and cauliflower. 



Asparagus Brussels Sprouts Cabbage 



The quality of all these will depend largely upon 

 growing them rapidly and without check from the 

 seed-bed to the table. They are all great nitrogen- 

 consumers and therefore take kindly to liberal sup- 

 plies of yard manure, which is high in nitrogen. 

 For celery the manure is best applied to some pre- 

 ceding crop, such as early cabbage. The others will 

 take it "straight." Most of these plants are best 

 started under glass or in the seed-bed and trans- 

 planted later to permanent positions. They will all 

 be helped greatly by a top-dressing of nitrate of 

 soda, worked into the soil as soon as they have 

 become established. This, if it fails to produce the 



LEAF CROPS 



Cauliflower 



Kale 



Rhubarb 



Celery 



Lettuce 



Spinach 



Endive 

 Parsley 



