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cauliflower were grown. The onions are dry 

 enough to gather, the bush-beans are past their 

 prime, and if not desired for use in their dry 

 state, they also can be swept away. The late 

 and refuse pods that are left after the vines have 

 been picked over many times do not contain 

 seed fit for planting. 



Thus here and there through the garden spaces 

 can be cleared which may be sown with spinach, 

 dwarf German greens, or " sprouts," or set out 

 with small refuse onions that will be fit for mar- 

 ket in their green state, in April and May follow- 

 ing. In early September lettuce can be sown 

 and wintered over as will hereafter be explained. 

 This last-named vegetable, properly managed, 

 can be made very profitable, if parti ully grown 

 in the fall. The same is true of cabbage and 

 cauliflower plants kept over through the u inter 

 for early planting. No amount of effort and ex- 

 pense with hot-beds in February and March can 



