EXAMINATION IN COTTAGE AND ALLOTMENT GARDENING. 203 



onions are required a good mulch of stable litter is often applied. Soot 

 & lime are beneficial to onion crop £ may be applied to the ground at 

 the time of planting. Where the onion maggot is at all prevalent, either 

 autumn sown onions or else onions raised under glass should be the ones 

 grown. For varieties Ailsa Craig, Cranston's Excelsior, Jame's Long 

 Keeping A Bedfordshire Champion are all good for spring sowing, whilst 

 Ailsa Craig, Cranston's Excelsior, Giant Rocca and Red Tripoli are suitable 

 for autumn sowing. 



Ques. 2. — Brussels Sprouts. — Sutton's Earliest of All may be sown 

 under glass or in a cold frame about the middle of March for early crop. 



Wroxton Brussels Sprouts. — This variety may be planted out of doors 

 about the first cr second week in April for general crop. A final sowing 

 may be made the last week in April for latest crop. 



Savoy. — Sutton's Earliest of All may be sown out of doors the last 

 week in March or first week April whilst Grreen Curled Dwarf may be 

 planted out of doors 10 days later. 



Kale. — Scotch Kale (Curled) Cottager's Kale £ Asparagus Kale 

 Green Curled Kale are all useful winter greens £ the seed should be sown 

 early in April. 



Flowering Brocoli. — Purple Sprouting Brocoli, White Sprouting 

 Brocoli, i: Ledshani's Latest of All Brocoli are also important winter 

 greens especially the first two above named. These may be planted from 

 the second week in April to the end of the month. 



Turnip greens forms another useful winter green. Turnips are sown 

 after potatoes during August or early in September. Left in the ground 

 a plentiful crop of greens is produced in spring when green vegetables are 

 scarce. 



As regards the planting of the abovw greens. The soil for either of 

 the plants should be rich, deep £ should be made firm — an open & 

 exposed position for all but the earliest sowings being an advantage as 

 thus sturdy plants are produced. The seed should be very thinly sown. 

 The beds should be well pulverised & surface soil fine & as soon as the 

 seedlings are large enough to be handled should be picked out singly 

 into nursery beds 6 inches apart and should be planted out into their 

 permanent quarters as early as possible. It is better to sow the seel in 

 rows than broadcast. Lime and soot are beneficial to the seedlings. 



Ques. 3. — Runner Beans to produce large crops should be planted 

 in deep rich soil, which had been previously trenched or double-dug. 

 A little salt it soot incorporated with the soil is considered by some 

 beneficial. The seeds may be sown in rows in that case the seed should 

 be 6 inches apart, or in circles, but in the latter case the beans should 

 be planted 6 inches apart. For early crop plant the first week in May 



lV then the beans wuld be better planted in trenches about 6 inches 

 deep. It is thus early to protect the tender plants from cold winds or 



