Show fertile loamy soil Is best for spinach crop spinach cannot be grown on poor poo land A fertile loamy soil Is best with a good application of fertilizer up ap plied before the crop Is planted aba rows should be 15 to 18 inches apart or another method of planting Is to sow 10 inch drills or beds that are 4 to 7 feet wide the latter is the method employed by the commercial growers in the norfolk va section i the land should be plowed several weeks before sowing as fresh plowed ground would be too dry A good place Is where an early crop of vegetables were grown narrow harrow the ground just before sowing to kill all the grass and weeds apply about 1 I 1 0 0 pounds fertilizer per acre acie A goo good 1 I mixture Is one containing 7 per cent nitrogen 7 per cent phosphoric acid and 5 15 per cent potash with a top dressing of bf to pounds nitrate of soda per acre after the tha plants come up where blight Is prevalent virginia savoy a blight resistant variety should be sown |