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159. However, it is necessary to observe, 

 that some, and even many, things, which are 

 usually sown in the Spring, would be better sown 

 in the fall; and especially when we consider how 

 little time there is for doing all things in the spring. 

 Parsnips, carrots, beets, onions, and many other 

 things, may be safely sown in the fall. The seed 

 will not perish, if covered by the earth. But, 

 then, care must be taken to sow early enough 

 in the fall tor the plants to come uji before the 

 frost set in. The seed of all plants will iie safe 

 in this way all the winter, though the frost pene- 

 trate to the distance of three feet beneath them, 

 except the seeds of such plants as a slight frost wilt 

 cut down. The seed of kidney beans, for in- 

 stance, will rot) if the ground be not warm 

 enough to bring it ufi. So will the seed of cu- 

 cumbers, melons, and Indian Corn, unless buried 

 beyond the reach of the influence of the atmos- 

 phere. Even early peas would be best sown in 

 the fall, could you have an insurance against mice, 

 We all know, what a bustle there is to get in early 

 fieas. IF they were sown in the fall, they would 

 start up the moment the frost were out of the 

 ground, and would be ten days earlier in bearing 

 in spite of every effort made by the spring-sowers 

 to make their peas overtake them. Upon a spot, 

 where I saved peas for seed, last year, some that 

 was left, in a lock of haulm, at the harvesting, and 

 that lay upon the dry ground, till the land was 

 ploughed late in November, came up, in the 

 spring, the moment the frost was out of the ground 

 and they were in bloom full Jifieen days earlier 

 than those, sown in the same field as early as pos- 

 sible in the spring. Doubtless, they would have 



