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the plant branch and form a stocky bush 

 instead of spindly top growth that will 

 break under the weight of fruit when it 

 forms. 



Prepare "hills," as the allotted space for 

 wide-spreading plants is still misleadingly 

 called, in the same way and distance as for 

 tomatoes, and sow cucumbers, white squash, 

 winter squash, and muskmelon by the 12th 

 of the month, five seeds to a hill. Press 

 into the soil about an inch deep and two 

 inches apart. 



Okra should be planted in rows, seeds 

 three inches apart, one inch deep. Sweet 

 corn, ditto. Lettuce sown in the open 

 ground last month will want transplanting 

 for heads. The green-pod beans are planted 

 in a continous row, seeds two inches apart, 

 one inch deep. Make a shallow furrow as 

 for peas. 



Thin out carrots to an inch apart in row. 

 Turnips and beets, five inches apart. Keep 

 every inch of broken ground cultivated and 



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