APPENDIX 325 



May is the month when the larger part of the vegetables are 

 planted. 



By the middle of the month it is often safe to plant the more 

 tender vegetables, such as cucumbers, squash, melons, and beans, in 

 the open ground, although nothing is gained by so doing if the ground 

 is cold, when it would be better to wait until ten days later. Corn 

 is frequently planted by the middle of the month, and in early sea- 

 sons it is a good plan to venture a little of some very early kind during 

 the first week of May. Plant potatoes for general crops. 



All the early-planted crops need cultivating frequently, and those 

 in drills need to be thinned. 



Plantings for succession may be made of all vegetable seeds and 

 sets put in last month. 



Sow cabbage for winter use. 



Lettuce, radishes, beets, spinach, asparagus, rhubarb, and bunch 

 onions should now be large enough for use. 



Harden off tomato plants and set them out the first part of next 

 month. 



June. Set out tomatoes, celery for early use, peppers, eggplant, 

 late cabbage and cauliflower plants, and sow winter beets. 



Plant cucumbers for pickles and beans for main crop. Plant 

 Lima beans the early part of the^month. Market the same vegetables 

 as last month, and in addition early peas and, perhaps, early cabbage. 



Weeding commences in earnest this month and should begin 

 early, since if neglected it may be cheaper to plow up the whole crop 

 rather than weed it out. 



Keep the soil well stirred with the cultivator. 



Sow rutabaga turnips. 



Stop cutting asparagus by the twentieth of the month. Clean up 

 the bed, manure and plow it. 



July. Plant celery for main and late crop. 



Sow string beans, winter radish and rutabaga turnips. 



Early potatoes, string beans, cabbage, summer squashes, cucumbers, 

 green corn, onions from sets, and cauliflowers are now of edible size, 

 in addition to those vegetables nearing maturity last month. 



Continued cultivation i? necessary to protect from drought arid 

 to keep plants growing. 



August. Sow string beans and flat early turnips, spinach for 

 spring use, winter radishes, and early peas. 



