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A KITCHEN GARDEN 
attractiveness of a dish for the vegetable to have a 
handsome appearance when cooked. 
The seed should be sown in drills, from twelve to 
eighteen inches apart, if to be worked with the wheel 
hoe; if for horse culture, two and a half to three feet 
will have to be allowed between the rows. The 
ground should be raked clear of clods and made as 
fine as possible. A drill is made by drawing the rake 
or hoe handle along the line. The drill should be 
about an inch in depth and the seed should be 
dropped about two inches apart, thinning out to six 
or eight inches apart when w T ell started, and if it is 
desired, the thinnings can be transplanted to another 
row. If no small roller is at hand, the drill can be 
covered and packed by the same operation, by remov¬ 
ing the line and shuffling along the row with the 
feet placed in a V, the forepart of the foot drawing in 
the fine soil while the heels at the point cover and 
press the dirt down upon the row; the foot, of course, 
is only moved a few inches at a time, but with a little 
practice the rows can be covered in this manner 
quite rapidly. 
VARIETIES OF BEETS. 
Eclipse— This is a very early beet, of quick growth 
and very fine quality. As the leaves of this variety 
are small and the stems short, they can be grown 
quite closely together. The roots are perfectly smooth, 
regular, globe shape, blood-red skin and flesh, fine 
grained and very sweet when cooked. 
Edmand’s Early Turnip. —This variety is turnip¬ 
shaped, that is, tapering more gradually below the 
