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summer. Other varieties suitable for autumn sowing 

 are White Queen and the small silver-skinned varieties. 

 These should be left in the seed-bed till early in March, 

 when they should be planted out in rows twelve to 

 fifteen inches apart. 



Salsify 



Salsify needs much the same cultivation as Carrots. 

 Seed should be sown in April in drills about a foot 

 apart, the seedlings being ultimately thinned so as to 

 allow about twelve inches from plant to plant. The 

 ground between the rows should be kept hoed. 



Shallots 



Shallots like rich, well-dug soil, though they are of 

 easy culture, and will often thrive where Onions fail. 

 The roots should be planted in rows about twelve inches 

 apart, six inches being allowed from bulb to bulb. 

 They should be planted so that their top just shows 

 above the level of the ground. March is the best time 

 to plant, and the crop will be ready for gathering about 

 the middle of August. They should be dried and 

 stored after the manner of Onions. Sutton's Giant is 

 perhaps the best variety. 



Garlic 



Garlic should be cultivated exactly as Shallots, and 

 the produce should be dried and stored in the same way. 



Asparagus 



Deeply-dug and well-manured soil is essential for the 

 production of good Asparagus. It may be raised from 



