392 SEASONAL REMINDERS 



Spinach. Sow some seeds for an early crop. 

 Tomato seeds may be sown in the hotbeds. 



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Artichokes. Sow the seeds for next year's crop. A 

 deep, rich, sandy loam is best. Fork in a dressing of well- 

 rotted manure around the old plants. 



Asparagus. Spade in some good manure in the bed, and 

 give the soil a thorough working before. the crowns start. 

 Sow some seeds in the open ground for young plants for a 

 new bed. 



Beans. Limas may be started on sods in a hotbed or a 

 coldframe towards the last of the month. 



Beets. The ground should be prepared and the seed sown 

 for beets for cattle as soon as the weather will permit. 

 Put them in before planting corn. They will stand con- 

 siderable cold weather, and should be planted early to get 

 a start of the weeds. 



Blackberries should be pruned, the brush drawn off, piled 

 and burned. If it is necessary to stake them, try a wire 

 trellis, the same as for grapes, putting on one wire two 

 and a half feet high. The young plants should be dug 

 before the buds start. 



Cabbage seed may be sown in the open ground, in cold- 

 frames or in pans or boxes in the house. Early varieties 

 should be started at once. Cabbages like a rich and 

 heavy loam, with good drainage. Give them all the 

 manure you can get. 



Cauliflower seeds may be sown toward the last of the 

 month. They should never have a check from the time the 

 seed is sown until harvested. 



Carrot. Sow the seed of early sorts like Early Forcing 

 as soon as the ground can be worked. 



Celery. Plan to grow celery by the new method. Plenty 

 of manure and moisture are required to do this. Sow the 

 seed in light, rich soil in the house, hotbed, coldframe or 

 open ground. Transplant the plants once before setting 

 them in the field. 



Cress. Sow early and every two or three weeks. Water- 

 cress should be sown in damp soil or in streams. The 

 outer edges of a hotbed may also be utilized. Cress is a 

 very profitable crop when rightly handled. 



Cucumber seeds may be sown on sods in the hotbed. 



Eggplant. Sow in the hotbed, and transplant when two 



