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1st Period The blooming of the peach Peas. Periods for 



2d Period The blooming of the cherry Peas, SowingSeeds. 



Spinach, 



Lettuce, 



Corn salad, 



Onion sets, 



Asparagus roots. 



3d Period The bloommg of the pear All the above, 



■with addition of 



Radish, 



Celery, 



Carrot, 



Beet, 



Mustard, 



Onion seed, 



Parsley, 



Tomato seed, 



Cabbage, 



Parsnip. 



4th Period The blooming of the apple All the preceding, 



with addition of 



Salsify, 



Beans, 



Corn, 



Cucumber, 



Melon, 



Pumpkin, 



Okra. 



320. Q. What soils are best adapted to tobacco culture? Tobacco 



A. Like all other cultivated plants, tobacco has its various forms, quali- Soils. 

 ties and assortments, and the progressive tobacco grower plants only 

 those the most profitable to him, as respects soil and his market, both of 

 ■which must be studied. Red clay subsoils, ■with rich top soils, generally 

 produce the best dark rich export tobacco. Soils composed of sand or 

 gravel, ■with subsoil of light brown or red clay, develop the best stem- 

 ming tobacco and fillers. Flat lowlands of alluvial soil give the best 

 cigar types. Limestone soils, dark and rich, are the only soils adapted to 

 White Burleigh, which, when well grown, is very choice. Slaty soils 

 produce the best quality of the yellow wrapping sorts. The list of so- 

 called varieties of tobacco runs up into hundreds, many the result only 

 of a difference in soil. The publishers have selected a limited number of 

 varieties of such as will meet any requirement under the classification of 

 adaptability. The publishers solicit orders for seed, believing their stocks 

 to be of excellence, and knowing a change of seed, when good stock can 

 be obtained, is generally a great advantage to the planter. 



