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Long Light Icing. Among musk melons the Extra 

 Early is the first to ripen, but is not as. good as many 

 others ; Acme is a good variety. Thin out parsni2:>s, if 

 ready. 



Southern. — Plant pole beans, Lima, Carolina and 

 Creaseback ; also Dwarf Pink Eye Wax. The Saddle- 

 back is good. Sow cabbage for winter; sow lettuce, 

 Landreth's Cutting and Golden Curled. Sow radishes, 

 the Golden Globe and White Summer. Melons, cucum- 

 bers and squashes may be put in. Plant Landreth's 

 Sugar and Evergreen corn, for succession. Sow peppers 

 and tomatoes for plants for later crops. Set out sweet 

 potatoes in suitable weather. Where water is of easy 

 application it may answer to supply it, otherwise it 

 hardly pays the cost of the labor. Under a burning sun, 

 water should not be given directly ; it is better to apply 

 it between rows of plants, they will thus supply them- 

 selves without the liability to scald. 



JUNE. 



Northern. — The labors of the gardener will mainly 

 consist in the tillage of the growing crop. The rapid 

 growth of weeds at this season will admonish him of the 

 necessity of timely exertion. 



The aid of appropriate tools in the culture of crops 

 and the extermination of w^eds need not bo commended. 

 Good implements are indispensable to success, and he 

 who has provided them will not only have greater pleas- 

 ure in his labors, but the profit which attends the judic- 

 ious application of both time and labor. 



Keep asparagus beds clean. Plant Bush or Bunch 

 beans for succession, and cultivate those in growth. 

 Thin beets to four inches. Plant out broccoli, those 

 sown in April ; also cabbages, especially the sorts which 

 it is desired shall come into use in September and Octo- 

 ber, in advance of the winter varieties. Plant out 



