CALENDAR INDICATING OPERATIONS. 189 



APRIL. 



Northern. — The exact time at which certain seeds 

 should be sown must depend not only on location in res- 

 pect to latitude, but also on the nature of the soil ; if it 

 be heavy, a little delay will rather promote than retard 

 our object ; the common sense of each one must be used. 



Sow asparagus seed or plant roots, if not attended to 

 last month. Wherever practicable, a bed of sufficient 

 size should be made to permit an ample supj^ly without 

 cutting every feeble shoot which peeps above the sur- 

 face ; indeed where space and means admit, two beds 

 should be maintained, and cut alternate seasons. Plaut 

 Landreth's Scarlet and Pink Eye Wax beans. Beets, 

 Early and Long. Cabbage, Reedland, Early Drumhead 

 and Late Flat Dutch ; sow freely that there be enough 

 for the fly and to plant out. Carrots, Extra Early Forc- 

 ing, and Dauvers. Celery, if not sown last month; aim 

 for large plants. Cress and cucumbers, sow in warm 

 spot. Plant horseradish, if not done. Sow leeks and 

 lettuce in drills, also plant from beds of last autumn's 

 sowing. Sow sweet marjoram and mustard for salad. 

 Sow nasturtiums and onions, and plant buttons for table 

 use and for sets ; sow white, red and yellow thickly. 

 Sow parsley ; parsnips, Bloomsdale Sugar ; peas, early 

 and late, for a succession. Plant potatoes ; Green 

 Mountain is a variety of very superior quality. Sow 

 radish, Earliest AVhite, Prussian Golden Globe, White 

 Summer and Lad3-finger, for succession. Sow salsify, 

 sage and spinach, at short intervals ; also thyme and 

 tomatoes on borders, to succeed those sown in hotbeds. 

 Sow turnips, if not sown last month ; they may succeed. 



Southern. — Spring sown cabbage will now be fit to 

 transplant ; manure well, if you expect fine heads. The 

 plants set out in February and March will require cul- 

 ture, and deep tillage is demanded by the cabbage tribe. 



