OF ONE ACRE. 
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making many leaves. It can be sown as soon as the 
ground can be worked in the spring, and will be 
ready for use in a few weeks; about three sowings 
may be made, two weeks apart, or more, if the sea¬ 
son is longer, though it will hardly be good if planted 
after the middle of May. The whole plant is cut off 
even with the ground, at any time before it starts to 
run to seed, the leaves and stems being used as boiled 
greens. Large sowings should be made in October, 
of the hardy variety, as it can be cut throughout the 
winter; a later sowing may be made the first of 
November, and lightly covered with litter when the 
ground has been frozen hard; this covering should be 
raked off early in the spring, and it will complete its 
growth before the first spring planting is ready for 
use. 
VARIETIES OF SPINACH. 
New Thick-leaved Round. —This variety produces 
large, thick, dark green leaves, somewhat crumpled. 
It possesses the valuable quality of standing for some 
time after attain¬ 
ing its growth, 
before running to 
seed. 
The Norfolk 
Savoy Leaved.— 
The leaves of this 
kind are wrinkled 
like a Savoy cab¬ 
bage. It makes a NEW long-standing spinach. 
large bunch of succulent leaves, producing more 
