Miscellaneous. 



384 



[October, 1908. 



too late may mean lack of size when 

 the plants come to maturity. As 

 seasons vary in different districts, the 

 cultivator will do well to be neigh- 

 bourly. The lessons learned from the 

 ascertained custom of successful local 

 growers will be found very useful. 

 Subject to such revision, it is well to 

 sow in the first week of August the 

 principal Autumn sowing of early mar- 

 ket cabbage : early Horn carrots for 

 Sprin g use in a warm, sheltered situ- 

 ation ; corn salad for Winter supply ; 

 endive and white stone turnips for 

 Winter use. In the middle of the month, 

 early York and red cabbages may be 

 sown ; cauliflowers in a situation where 

 they can be protected during the Winter; 

 luttuce also in a sheltered situation for 

 standing the Winter ; onions and spinach. 

 The crops to be sown towards the end of 

 the month will include a small sowing 

 of onions for succession. As onions f of 

 Winter and for drawing young are a 

 very valuable crop, everything pos- 



sible shouldbe done to make it a success. 

 With good soil and good seed little 

 difficulty should be experienced. In 

 cold wet soils care should be taken to 

 sow none but the hardiest varieties. 

 For August-sown vegetables generally 

 care should be taken to prepare the site 

 well, but, at the same time, to guard 

 against over-manuring. This is apt to 

 foster rapid and succulent growth, and 

 to unfit the plants for the ordeal of hard 

 weather they may have to encounter 

 later. Strong and sturdy plants will 

 be needed to stand the Winter if 

 we have a severe one, and showy- 

 looking weaklings will fare badly. The 

 crops to be August-sown for Winter or 

 Spring use may include white or silver- 

 leaved beet, American cress, borage, 

 tuberous-rooted chervil, mustard and 

 cress successioually, Buda kale, Brussels 

 sprouts for transplanting in Spring, 

 black, and white Spanish radishes also 

 early white and scarlet turnip-rooted 

 radishes. — Home paper. 



