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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
March 1, 1809 
Sow either in drills or broadcast, and 
when the plants are fit thin out to about 
two inches apart. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET BEET 
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Rep Bust, (Long and Turnip). 
Sow some seed in rows. Probably one 
row will be sufficient at a time Select 
rich ground, such as has been heavily 
manured for some previous crop. Before 
sowing the seed make a shallow drill— 
say about an inch or so deep. If the 
soil has been made quite fine a drill can 
be made with the forefinger. Drop the 
seed along the bottom of the drill, and if 
the soil is dry, water well before covering 
up, so as to give the seed a thorough 
soaking, and then cover over with fine 
soil, and press it down with the back of a 
spade. Always use a line to mark out 
the rows. A clothes line will serve the 
purpose well, and will last for a long 
time if taken care of. for early crop you 
had better sow the turnip-rooted variety, 
as they come in much earlier than the 
long varieties. 
Satsrry or VEGETABLE OYSTER. 
This vegetable when properly prepared 
resembles very much in taste and flavor 
the Oyster, from it takes its 
name. 
which 
Parsnip, haying long white tapering 
roots with a grassy top. 
In growth it is much like the 
Sow in rich free soil, in rows a foot 
apart. When the plants are 2 to 3 inches 
high, thin out to 6 inches apart in the 
rows. 
Savoy. 
Plant out your well-grown seedlings. 
Seed may also be sown, and care shduld 
be taken not to sow it too thick in the 
rows. 
Follow the directions given for the 
cabbage, to which family this belongs. 
Scorzoneza or BLack VEGETABLE OYSTER 
The long tapering roots are cooked in 
a similar way to Salsify. It should be 
soaked in water for a few hours before 
boiling to extract the bitter flavor. The 
outside skin is black, but the flesh inside 
is white, and of agreeable taste. 
Culture same as for Salsify. 
SPINACH. 
Sow occasionally to keep up a supply. 
Make the ground rich with well-rotted 
manure, and if the we ther is at all dry 
water frequently. ‘ 
Sow in rows 16 inches apart, and when 
up thin out to 6 inches in the rows, 
TURNIP. 
Sow more seed for succession. 
Set the seed in light, rich soil, in 
shallow drills 15 inches apart; sow the 
seed thinly, and when they come up thin 
out to 8 to 10 inches in the rows. 
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