326 VEGETABLE GARDENING 



The late crops are now maturing, and we have tomatoes, squashes, 

 the better kinds of sweet corn, and eggplant, onions from early-sown 

 seed, and those transplanted are now dry and maiketable. Lima 

 beans will be ready for use the latter part of the month. 



Keep weeds from going to seed. 



Sow lettuce for growing in hotbeds or cold frames for Thanks- 

 giving. 



September. The cool nights of this month are especially favor- 

 able to such crops as celery, cabbage and cauliflower, and they should 

 be carefully cultivated. 



Melons, winter squash, and celery are now marketable. 



Handle celery; i. e., draw earth up around it. 



First frosts may now be expected by the fifteenth of the month, 

 and the half-ripened tomatoes should be picked and allowed to ripen 

 in some shady place. Winter squash should be gathered before it 

 is at all injured by frost. 



Dig potatoes. 



Transplant lettuce to hotbeds or cold frames. Plant out hardy 

 perennial onions for bunching in the early spring. 



October. Winter celery should be banked up to protect it from 

 severe frosts, and on severe nights it should be covered with straw 

 or hay for protection. It should all be stored away by the end of 

 the month unless plenty of protection is provided in the shape of 

 straw, in which case it is safe to leave it out until the 10th of November. 

 Such crops will not stand with immunity as much frost in the Western 

 states as in the Eastern states. Pull and store cabbage, dig beets, 

 carrots, parsnips, salsify, and potatoes and store in pits or put at 

 once into the cellar. Some parsnips and salsify may be left on high 

 land to be dug in the spring. Plant out rhubarb roots. 



Attend to fall plowing and leave in ridges any very heavy land 

 that i? aeeded for early spring use. 



November. In the more Northern states this month generally , 

 closes up the work of the season. All the crops should be gathered 

 in the early part of the month. 



Clean up the garden, frames, and hotbeds and get them ready 

 for spring work. 



The lettuce sown in August and transplanted to hotbeds or cold 

 frames should be fit to market this month. 



