HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
SWISS CHARD, OR SPINACH BEET 
S OW as early in the spring as garden can be made, 
in rows two feet apart. Drop three to four kernels 
to every inch and cover one-quarter inch deep. After 
covering, walk over the rows, as suggested under “beets”’ 
and illustrated on page 152. 
When about four inches tall thin them out to stand 
two inches apart. A week later remove every other 
one. By then they are usually large enough to be cooked 
as “greens.” Repeat this “thinning out” process until 
the plants stand a foot apart in the row. A packet of 
seeds will sow a twenty-foot row of Swiss Chard which 
will provide all the greens an average family uses. 
Repeated sowings are unnecessary, since the row bears 
until frost. Lucullus Swiss Chard (as shown) is by far 
the best quality kind for the home garden. 
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