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apart. Along these rows, at distances of eight feet asunder, the squash 

 hills should be made, about the loth of June, by mixing a few handfuls 

 of hen manure or guano well up with the earth, and dropping six seeds, 

 to be well covered. Planted even as late as the 20th of June, the mar- 

 row squash will often make a good crop, if the land is rich. After the 

 squash vines are well up, and begin to run, they should be thinned out, 

 leaving only two or three in a hill ; and by the loth of July all the 

 early crops should be cleared oft', and the land well cultivated between 

 the rows. 



When the second crop is to be melons or cucumbers, we generally 

 plant lettuce or spinach for a first crop. The land, for both early and 

 late crops, should be in first-rate order, highly manured and tilled ; and 

 the first crop must not be allowed to lag behind time, or the others will 

 crowd it. The hills for tlie vines are made as usual, about six feet apart. 



Tomatoes, as a second crop, may be planted among the spinach, or 

 early peas, beans, or lettuce, at four feet apart, and both crops grow 

 together until the first crop is cleared aw^ay, about the 20th of June. 



Savoy cabbage, ruta bagas, and white turnips require the first crop 

 to be cleared oft' before planting, which is generally done before the 

 lothofjuly. The cabbage seed should be sown in a seed bed. May 

 10 to 15, and the plants will be in fine order to set out after any of 

 the early crops above named, or even after early sweet corn. Ruta 

 bagas are sometimes transplanted as late as August i ; but it is better 

 to sow the seed where it is to grow, about July 10. White turnips 

 will do well sowed as late as August 20, if the land is good. 



THE GARDEN ROYAL APPLE 



Is one of the most desirable varieties for planting in small gardens, 

 the moderate size attained by the tree rendering it peculiarly eligible for 

 such situations. In flavor it is unexcelled, if equalled, by any other va- 

 riety. We eat it, even though we have an abundance -of the finest pears, 

 which we cannot say of any other apple. It ripens in August. 



