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yell up, the strongest seedling was allowed to remain and let go ahead. This it 
oujnth such a will that, as stated, I have never seen such parsnips since. For 
Son ed, growths it will be well to sow the seed in drills about 15 inches apart ; 
W thickly and thin out to 12 inches apart. You will require not more than 
%. of seed. Large Jersey is a good sort, and Hollow Crowned, which, I think, 
Ms the variety grown as above, is a sort which can be recommended. 
aa Pras.—On the cultivation and varieties of these one might write a volume, 
exhib grower has his pet varieties, and often has pet methods. As an 
5 ition vegetable, the pea comes in the first flight. he pod should be long 
Straight, of good girth, and of a clear healthy colour. All the pods ina 
wld be as uniform in size, shape, and colour as possible. The peas 
“pearance, and fill the pod well. Framers of exhibition schedules should 
“'2Ys state the number of pods allowable in a dish of peas. 
a €as like lime, and where this is deficient it should be added. The ground 
in ud be well manured. If heavily manured for the previous crop and 
mero heart, this will suffice. For the taller kinds the rows will have to be 
f ed out wider apart than for the dwarf varieties. Jor small gardens the 
Ree Varieties may be grown a considerable distance apart, and other vegetables 
a tween. our feet apart will do for the dwarfer sorts. Make a flat 
this °W 6 to 8 inches wide; scatter your seed evenly and not too thickly over 
breakin average of 15 to 2 inches apart will do. Let the soil be then raked in, 
fam aS any lumps with the rake. Peas like liquid manure, and on sewage 
Daniey (ve Seen grand crops raised. I give a few varieties and their heights :— 
; ll O'Rourke, 3 feet; Tom Thumb, 1 foot; Beck’s Prizetaker, 4 feet ; 
9 gPhone, 4°; feet—this pea is about the best for exhibition ; Yorkshire Hero, 
Mee o® grand pea; Stratagem, very dwarf, also good for show purposes ; 
fan's Little Gem, 18 inches, a cottager’s pea; American Wonder, 1 foot. 
Porarons.—Here again we have a subject upon which gardeners and 
instrnees “agree to differ,” and nearly every grower will give you different 
oT Ctions. So much attention has been directed to the crop, and it has been 
my M under so many different circumstances of soil and climate, that it is 
Ml wonder that there is great divergence of opinion as regards its cultivation. 
thine potato likes well-tilled rich soil, and likes also a change of soil, not 
Manna’ So well two years in succession on the same land. Well-prepared 
soi)? which has been turned in the manure heaps, should be well dug into the 
ere are several ways of planting, but for garden work perhaps the 
plant the set in trenches made with the spade, from 2 feet to 2 feet 
Pref °S apart, and 9 to 12 inches from set to set. Whole sets are now 
Aten wet to cut sets. They should be strong tubers with plump eyes. The 
and Cultivation will consist of hilling up with the Planet Junior or with a hoe, 
eye eng clear of weeds. Bear in mind that in the cultivation of the potato 
too , ®osening of the surface of the ground will pay. The soil cannot be kept 
that ie It will be as well also to bear in mind in growing potatoes for exhibition 
Coven; © best tubers are those tolerably near the surface, and therefore avoid 
Dot, sa them more than is necessary. A good article on the cultivation of the 
thee. will be found in “The Farmers and Fruit Growers’ Guide,” issued by 
are etnment of New South Wales in1897, page 150. Varieties recommended 
arly Rose, Bliss’s Triumph, Snowflake, Prolific Manhattan, and Peerless. 
that) ben you set up a collection of potatoes for exhibition, try to have the 
alloy, 8 even in shape and appearance as possible. Do not on any account 
hos, 4° Skin to be broken, and, if you can, get some of the nice, green, flaky 
kee Which can be found on fallen trees in the scrub to arrange your tubers on, 
ach at ech variety to itself. The tubers should not be heaped on top of 
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of r, but a certain number of each should be shown, each laid on the 
of green moss separately. 
a bee SH —This agreeable salad can be raised in a bed 4 feet wide in 
‘Orin se good soil. Sow thickly, thin out as they come on, and make other 
88 to keep up a succession; 1} oz. seed. 
