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Coast or in the interior, with shade, cucumbers, lettuce, 

 radishes and other salads will thrive. Cabbage and cauli- 

 flower seed sown in proper beds or boxes, soon gives plants 

 for later setting which will mature for Christmas and on 

 through the early winter. 



AUGUST. 



Corn and potatoes planted in August may still have time 

 to reach satisfactory condition of maturity, except where 

 frosts are expected early. Cabbage and cauliflower seed 

 will give plants for proper winter succession ; turnips on 

 irrigated ground will also give winter crop. Onion seed 

 may be sown for sets. August is a sort of divide in gar- 

 den work. It is rather late to sow for fall use and rather 

 soon to sow for winter use, and still August planting is 

 practiced by many where local conditions take kindly to it. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Planting must still proceed upon moisture by irrigation, 

 and planting for early winter use is still in order. Peas 

 started with irrigation and carried until rainfall is ade- 

 quate, will be ready for Christmas in regions where only 

 light frosts occur, for peas are quite hardy. Cabbage and 

 cauliflower should be sown in the seed-bed for succession 

 of plants in some places they grow slowly and can be 

 taken out for planting until February. Beets and salsify 

 will start for early summer use, and potatoes for the holi- 

 days. Lettuce and onions can be sown in place or plants 

 may be grown in a seed-bed for planting out after the 

 rains come. In strictly frostless places, string beans, egg- 

 plant, and tomatoes are planted for very early crop. 



OCTOBER. 



It is still time to plant cabbage, spinach, onions, lettuce, 

 and turnips for mid-winter and spring use. Peas of early 

 variety will still make the Christmas table in a favorable 

 locality. Beans, egg-plant, and tomatoes are still sown for 

 early crop in frostless places. 



