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Vegetables 



Sow for succession: beet, turnip, cabbage, spinach, lettuce, wrinkled 



peas. 

 Plant main crop of potatoes. 

 Sow during last half of month the pulse crops — beans and peas; the 



vine crops — cucumber, melon, pumpkin, squash; also sweet corn 



and okra. 

 Transplant to permanent position during last half of month, if danger 



of frost is past, tomatoes, peppers, and egg-plants. 

 Hoe or rake the soil surface about all crops. 

 Thin and weed all crops sown in drills. 

 Harvest earliest crops — radishes, onions from sets, lettuce, spinach. 



