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HINTS AND HELPS 
A lesson in potting. 
These plants can be set out in the garden six inches apart. 
Always keep the ground in a good state of cultivation 
around them. 
Parsnip. Champion Hollow Crown is one of the best 
varieties. It should be planted in the garden about May 
ioth, in rows twelve inches apart. The furrows should be 
made one inch deep. The seed will be up in about two 
weeks. As soon as they are about four inches high, they 
should be thinned to three to four inches apart in the row. 
Parsnips are best, if they can remain in the ground through 
the winter, being dug as needed. They are much sweeter 
after they have been frozen. The soil should be deep and 
thoroughly prepared, the same as for beets. 
Peppers. Peppers of all kinds should be planted in 
the window garden, or hot bed about February 15th, and 
treated in every way the same as parsley or egg plant, un- 
