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-when about a foot high, they will produce plenty of fruit. Or, the 

 seed may be sown about the end of this month, on a warm border, 

 and planted out finally, in the beginning of June ; but these will be 

 rather late, and not produce fruit so abundantly, in the middle or 

 eastern states, as by the former method. If any were sown last 

 month, let them be pricked out into a fresh hot-bed, the middle of 

 this, at the distance of four or five inches, to gather strength, and 

 prepare them for planting out, about the fifteenth or twentieth of 

 May. 



Solving Cucumber ^ Squashes^ Musk and Water Melons. 



In the middle states where the ground is light, dry, and warm, 

 you may in the last week of this month sow cucumbers, squashes, 

 water-melons, and early musk-melons in the open ground, agreea- 

 bly to the directions given next month. If the weather proves fa- 

 vourable, and that they are not attacked by frost after being up, 

 they will succeed very well ; but if you have hand or bell glasses for 

 their protection, there is no doubt of their success. 



It is generally observed, that cucumbers, squashes, and melons 

 of every kind, may be sown in the open ground, as early as Indian 

 corn ; but they are certainly somewhat more tender, and cannot be 

 sown in the middle states, with great certainty of success, before 

 the eighth of May. 



Kidney -Beans. 



Towards the latter end of this month, you may plant a first crop 

 of Kidney -beans, in the open ground. Select a warm, dry, and 

 favourably situated spot, and having dug and manured it properly ; 

 draw drills an inch deep, and two feet or thirty inches asunder, drop 

 the beans therein, two inches apart, and draw the earth equally over 

 them ; do not cover them more than an inch deep ; for, at this early 

 time, they are liable to rot, if cold or wet ensue. The kinds pro- 

 per to be sown now, are the early cream-coloured, speckled, yellow, 

 and white dwarfs. 



Endive. 



Those who are fond of endive, as a sallad, may now sow some of 

 the seed, as directed in June ; and blanch it, when of sufficient size, 

 in the manner prescribed in August. But in the early summer 

 months, lattuce has almost generally superceded the use of it. 



Sorrel. 



Sow now a sufficient supply of the broad-leaved, garden sorrel, 

 and also, of the round-leaved or French sorrel ; these, or either of 

 them, may be sown, on narrow beds or borders, and covered lightly, 

 or raked in ; when the plants are up keep them free from weeds, 

 and in June, you may transplant them, either in rows along the 

 borders, or into three or four feet wide beds, at the distance of nine 

 inches, plant from plant, every way. 



