| Show spinach of nil alio llio variety of growths that can be aa green there i which libi gained aillo apt the place 0 spinach planted in aliu spring as early as the snow is alio ground cin be worked il matures a crop from six to eight weeks it can be cal and giro place to other crop for clicc reasons it ia a desirable crop to raise it require 1 soil v fertile and one aliat has been thoroughly for at least three consecutive years and should a licay coat of manure soaked into alie soil boford sowing alic seed should bo planted thickly in rows one foot apart should be lioce and kept clear of weeds till large enough to gather which is best done by culling the plant below alie ground with a knife or aioo taking care not to cut so high as to cut tho plant in two the root docs not sprout the second lime the savoy leaved is a good kind to plant braving a thick leaf ana growing to a good size alio prickly seeded is no longer planted in ali n vicinity by as alie round seeded varieties leavo proved to be if not superior in all spinach planted in succession every two weck will give a crop till jio firby week in july when early cabbages and other vegetables take ib place on the table and in alie market the biot is unfavorable to its growth as it giai a tendency to run up to seed in alie liot months later tho seed can be for fall and winter beginning alia first of august the last planting being about 15 seed sown after that time will nol always make a strong am vigorous plant to withstand the winter spinach covered lightly alien alio first enow comes with poor hay cornstalks corn stalks draw leaves or butter still with hemlock will keep green and be ready to cut at any when lie snow leaves the ground and giai lessened the top soil so a knife can be got under alie plant it is the most popular market greens known and by cire and management can lie had contina bously through alie market season a nd can bo even cut and stowed so eliat n supply can be had while the snow 13 upon the ground a it 1 l keep from four to fight in n cellar where a temperature between two or forty can be maintained alio of the crop vary but as il is salable in large quantities and in ease of lie land can bo to some other crop lie rik is trilling cor |
