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best pepper ; improved New York Purple the best egg-plant. 

 Another row is planted with celery. 



The balance of the bed I sow in rows with early lettuce. I 

 prefer for this purpose a variety culled Early Curled Silesia; it is 

 the earliest and best. I then sow evenly over the whole bed the 

 Early Scarlet turnip radish, which will be the first to come up, and 

 ready for use on the table, without interfering with the growth of 

 the other plants. The lettuce, when read}^ for use, should be cut 

 off, leaving a crown to each plant, which will soon furnish another 

 growth, and may again be cut as before. I have made six cuttings 

 from the same plants, each successive growth more delicate than 

 the other. To produce this result, the sash should remain on most 

 of the time, to be removed only on a warm day. 



Early Peas. 



The first crop to be planted in the garden is the pea, for early 

 use, which should be done as soon as the frost is out of the ground. 

 One of the best varieties for the first crop is Daniel O'Rourke. A 

 board placed edgewise on the north side of the row will hasten 

 their maturity. As soon as the ground can be well pulverized, 

 beets for early use should be planted, also onion seed and sets. 

 If the ground should again freeze it will not injure either of these 

 vegetables. I would recommend the early Bassauo beet for the 

 first crop. If the spring be favorable, all these may be planted 

 before the end of March. Much should be done in this month in 

 the garden and orchard.. The manure that covered the asparagus 

 bed should be forked in, and after giving it a good sprinkling of 

 salt should be raked level, which, if the roots have been properly 

 planted, will be all that is necessary to insure a good crop. 



Saving Cigns. 



Cions should be cut early in March, and buried two-thirds their 

 length in a shady place. Grafting may be done with the apple 

 and pear any time from the last of March to the full expansion of 

 the blossoms of those trees. The cherry should be grafted before 

 the first of April, and the plum by the fifteenth. An excellent 

 grafting wax is made of six pounds of resin, one pound of tallow, 

 and one pound beeswax. This melted together and made into 

 rolls is ready for use at any time. 



