404 SEASONAL REMINDERS 



Lettuce. Sow seeds and transplant the plants on hand. 

 This crop requires a soil well supplied with plant-food. 



Melons. Plant seeds in the same manner as advised 

 for cucumbers. 



Okra. Sow seeds on sods and set out the plants next 

 month. 



Peas. Sow seeds of a number of varieties. 



Peppers and eggplants, if not sown last month, should 

 be sown now. Sow them under glazed sashes and keep 

 close. When the plants appear give some air, and increase 

 it according to the weather. If a large number of plants is 

 required the sowing may be delayed until next month. 

 Should flea-bugs trouble you, use plenty of pyrethrum 

 powder. 



Potatoes, Irish. The main crop should be planted as 

 early as possible. Standard varieties are Early Kose, 

 Peerless and Burbank. 



Potatoes, sweet, can now be bedded and protected with 

 canvas, or a row or two of whole tubers may be planted 

 for "draws" and vines. 



Strawberries. Eun the cultivator through them at least 

 once every three weeks; if they are to be mulched collect 

 the necessary m.iterial. Strawberries planted in February 

 seldom yield much of a crop. 



Tomatoes in frames should be given all the air and light 

 possible and plenty of room; if protected with canvas, 

 don't allow the plants to crowd. 



MARCH 



Beans. Sow all varieties for a fall crop. As soon as 

 the plants appear the cultivator must be run through the 

 crop, and kept going as often as necessary. 



Corn. Continue to plant; and we recommend harrow- 

 ing the patch as soon as the young corn appears. It is 

 generally planted in hills three or four feet apart, but 

 better results will be obtained by planting in drills and 

 leaving one stalk every twelve inches. 



Cucumbers. Sow in hills four feet apart, using a liberal 

 quality of seed to each hill. When the plants come up 

 thin them to about six in the hill. When the plants be- 

 gin to get rough leaves pull out one or two more from each 

 hill. Striped cucumber-beetles are sometimes very numer- 



