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Turnip. Sow frequently, so that the tur¬ 
nips may be used young, as they quickly 
become tough or wormy. 
The Leaf Crops : These too are crops 
that do best in the cool weather of spring 
or fall. They also require soil that has 
been made thoroughly rich ; especially must 
they have plenty of available nitrogen. 
Many of them will do well on soils a little 
heavier than those best suited to the root 
and fruit crops—a point to keep in mind 
when laying out your planting, if you have 
different sorts of soil. They are for the 
most part started under glass, for the 
early crops, and set out early in spring. 
Succession crops are sometimes sown 
where they are to mature, but better re¬ 
sults can be had by starting plants in a 
seed-bed, thinning out properly and trim¬ 
ming back, and then setting out in their 
permanent place. What might be desig¬ 
nated the stalk crops—asparagus, rhubarb 
and sea-kale—are set out in beds that last 
many years. They should be well enriched 
with old manure or fertilizer, not only 
early in the spring, but just after the cut¬ 
ting season, as the summer growth fur¬ 
nishes material to be stored away for early 
spring growth, in the succulent root- 
clumps. 
Asparagus. Usually set out in beds, the 
rows being three or four feet apart, and 
the plants about a foot in the row. Trench 
out each row, unless the soil is already 
very rich, and put in six to twelve inches 
of rotted manure, cover this with soil to 
within three or four inches of the surface 
and then plant, putting the crowns level 
and the roots evenly spread out flat; cover 
in to within at least a couple of inches of 
the surface, and fill up level as growth 
starts. Usually two-year-old roots are 
used. Give clean cultivation and cut off 
and burn tops in the fall, giving a coat of 
rough manure. Spade in a good dressing 
of manure in early spring, and give a top¬ 
dressing of nitrate of soda. It is best to 
stop cutting in June and allow the tops to 
grow. 
Brussels Sprouts. This is a sort of 
miniature multiple cabbage, easily grown. 
It is better in flavor than any cabbage and 
should have a place in every home garden. 
Frost only improves the hard little heads. 
Give the same culture as cabbage. 
Cabbage. To do well cabbage demands a 
deep soil and heavy manuring. It is also ad¬ 
visable both to plant after some crop other 
than those of the cabbage or turnip group, 
and to give the ground a good dressing of 
lime, the fall previous, if possible. Wood 
ashes dusted on the young plants will be 
good for them and also keep off the cab¬ 
bage-fly and caterpillar butterfly. Unless 
the ground is very rich, use guano or cot¬ 
ton-seed meal in the hills when setting, 
and at the first or second cultivating a 
dressing of nitrate of soda. Except on 
heavy land, hilling is of no benefit. 
Cauliflower. Requires much the same 
treatment except that it must have more 
moisture, especially at the time of matur¬ 
ing. It is usually more certain, and bet¬ 
ter, for a full crop, for which it is started 
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