Vegetables. 
751 = 485 
( icribed, it will not be necessary, except in a few instances of 
ijcial culture, to do more than give the following Table of the 
Igest acreages in 1877, viz : — 
Middlesex 51T9 
Essex 4183 
Kent .3950 
Surrey ] (\82 
Yorkshire, West Hiding ] 745 
Worcester 1350 
Hampshire 905 
Gloucester 1002 
Chester 896 
Cornwall 977 
There is no regular rotation of crops in the management of No regular 
) rket-gardens and farms. The rotations depend upon the °^ 
si and its condition, and in a great degree upon the probable 
(Inand for particular vegetables, as well as upon the season, 
al the times by which certain crops are cleared off the land, to 
vich no rest is given. Fallows are unknown. A continuous 
s cession of crops is the great object, entailing the application 
0 incredible quantities of manure, which is chiefly obtained 
bra the stables and cowsheds in London. 
^or this also a great amount of labour is necessary, which is 
s iplied in the summer, at least in the fields beyond the inner 
c;le, by a migratory population, who are for the most part 
bised in out-houses, barns, and temporary erections, and begin 
t season in March or April in the market-gardens, and finish 
ii n September in the Kentish hop-gardens. 
\. typical instance of a rotation of crops that is extensively Typical rota- 
aipted may be cited. 1st. Cabbages are taken ; these are planted °f"°P^- 
iiJune and cleared by January, being followed by — 2nd. Early 
patoes, dug in June or the early part of July. 3rd. Winter 
g ens or hardy greens are then planted, to be succeeded by — 
4 . Peas which are picked by June. 5th. Winter onions are got 
iiat once, and another green crop immediately follows them. 
1 ivill be readily understood that this quick succession requires 
nst liberal supplies of manure, and that the difficulties of 
g wing such moisture-loving vegetables as those of the Brassica 
gius in summers of drought are sometimes insuperable. Large Faimj ai J- 
si plies of water are given to plants of this kind, and i^^iga- j^^^ 
til is practised near the Thames where circumstances allow, market- 
Pim 40 to 50 tons of farmyard-manure are applied every year, gardeus. 
a I nitrate of soda, guano, and bone-dust are frequently used ; 
b the mainstay of market-gardens is well-made farmyard- 
n nure. 
n some districts, cauliflowers cut in the spring are fol- 
OL. XIV.— S. S. 3 B 
