“done —Cropping.

‘the year are commenced, and most of the prin-
$<

“are put i,
fre and) ahller.
Tend. have been
BS Dut the larger
auartere vs bees dug up. into
ridges, and ax large a surface
‘as possible exposed to atmos-

pherio. Influences, Now the
‘whole garden is to be cropped

upon & carefully-considered plan
ao that no crop of the same
character should follow on the
game spot; but having once
Taid down avwell.devised plan for
the season, the operations
should become comparatively

easy.
‘Assuming, therefore, that pre.

vious directions have been at.
fended to, that the soll was |
turmed over In Autumn, that tt
as been frozen, the surface |
turned over and frozen again, |
and dried by the winds which |
Fenerally occur early this
month, it is now ready for crop-
ping.
ROTATION

Where any of the Brassica
(Cadbage faraily) were grown
the previous season, fallow
them with root crops, such as/
potatoes, carrots, parsnips,
onfons, scorzoneras, salsaty, ete.
‘These, again, should be follow
@d as far as possible by sur.
face crops, which are mostly the |
shortestalived of any, and in_|
clude all saladings.

Indeed, it is possible to go

jude amo
crops. pot or sw
herbs. and also the medicial
herbs, besides some of th
shorterlived vegetables, as
spinach, coleworts, French
Deans, early carrots, and the}
loagertived sorrels, “and even
: so that surface

reps comprise a group equal.
ly copious with root crops or|
bras

starting a|

home gar-}
ted and pro-

fn its own | *

“al

gardeners

to give them the

oF in th
Baten where
oA.

Everywtere the first sowing |

Of yeas shoud be made as early |

as posible, having in mind that
which hay

A sect, may Decay if the

and damp too

they are sown,

eatith sented peas will not de

ay wo eas hey are rot

as the

Where Spring comes tate and
Summer follows quickly, only
one exp of peas Is Whely to be
successful, and tor this an early
wart variety should be grown
under the roost favourable con-
ditions. In new gardens, or Ad

ones where peas have not been |

grown before, the seed will
kxow better if inoculated with
& bacterial culture which can
be obtained for that purpows,

Seed should be sown at leaat|

one inch apart in the row, in
fertile al—ecAl which has been
well prepared, with well-rotted

Tapure, and plenty of humus

TOP SOIL

Good, Black
IMMEDIATE, DYAAVERY |

| manure
|top

‘During this month the great

incorporated with It. The seed
should be covered one oF two
inches deop,

‘CARROTS

Some seed may be sown carly
‘this month, but the main crop
should be deferred till the first
week in Aprik It is a wise
plan to sow a row or two at
different stagox and not sow
a whole crop at one time. The
period may be‘ extended
throughout the Summer and
the last sowing may bo made
as late as carly Autumn,

Ty this way young” carrots
may de eaten throughout the |
season; used in this way, thoy |
are more pallatable and thelr
food valuio is gteater than tho
older carrots, For frat sow. |
ings, use the short horn varic.
tles’such as the halftong sear
let Nantes and the halt-long
Danvers, i |

For midseason or main crop|
sowing, the long type variotles |
Uke Chantenay and the Inter-
mediate sorts for the four suc-|
ceeding months; and for the
last Autumn sowing uso
early short horn variptios
again.

PARSNIP

The main

crop should bo

|sown this month. For culinary

purposes tho roots will be large |
enough if the seed Is sown In|
drills 15 inchs apart, and tho|
young plants thinned out to 10)
or 12 inches apart. |
The Hollow Crown varict:
this root is the best, but by
many the Guernsey is accou
ual to if not superior.
obtain large exhibition roots, a

loamy
decompos:
and drop the
f this mixture and cover
top soil,

NION

The main
sown this mo:

crop should bo
h, provided the

drills 12 inche
@ quarter of
covered in.

I tend to pro.

tops and a small

it is a

t some onion
inter keepin;

from seed are

Is an ex.
and

4 popular
Plan to s
in Ploklin;
$ and Caull_
3 should sown in
» In a hot bed or in
nhouse and transplanted
‘ But if

better to

plants in April

uce may be sown on 2
m border or in a frame

buy the

salading such as Mus.

rd and
small quantities ¢
to keep up a proper succession,
Full crops of parsley should

now be sown in drills along
edges of one of the borders,
The quantity sown must bo
ulated by the requirements

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