14 JULY 1928, Page 14

But to-day July has a new definition, that allies it

too with both spring and autumn. If there are any gardeners who do not sow carrots or—if they can endure them—turnips during this month, they commit a grievous sin of omission. Such vegetables, sown now or about this date, germinate well, are singularly and completely free from the standard plagues, and give young, quickly grown vegetable food just at the date when the normal summer vegetables fall short. And these late-sown vegetables, though they do not produce very heavy crops, pro- vide roots that keep extremely well and are much freer from plagues and maladies than their spring sown predecessors. You may, if you please, store your July sown carrots as suc- cessfully as your April sown, and much more successfully than any " primeurs " from the so-called French garden. July is also the season for sowing that most useful and desirable vegetable the winter spinach.