The Gardener's Calendar 



the row. Some do this by wrapping the plants 

 with thick brown paper. Others set a piece of 

 drain-tile over the plants. This is an excellent 

 plan, if one has plenty of tile at disposal. 



Keep the late crops of celery going rapidly 

 ahead by thorough cultivation. The more 

 rapid its growth the more likely you will be 

 to secure a fine article. Slow-growing celery 

 is a poor investment. 



If you want your cucumbers to keep on 

 bearing late in the season it will be necessary 

 to see that no fruit is allowed to ripen. All 

 the energy of the plant will be used up in 

 the development of seed, if you allow it to 

 have its own way. But interfere with it by 

 preventing it from perfecting seed and it will 

 at once set about making another effort to 

 carry out Nature's plan of perpetuation, and, 

 in doing this, it will keep on setting new fruit 

 until frost comes. 



Now is a good time to make currant cuttings. 



Keep endive plants growing thriftily by the 

 liberal use of manure and good cultivation. 



Lettuce can be sown for a late crop. 



Gooseberries can be grown from cuttings, 

 but layering will be found the safest and surest 



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