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should be removed to cold frames, where they should remain 

 until the ground is ready for planting out. 



March. Make up hotbeds and sow in them tomatoes, pep- 

 pers, cabbage, lettuce, radishes, cress, onions for transplant- 

 ing, carrots, beets, celery, etc. In the latter part of the 

 month cold frames may be used for the hardy vegetables. 



If the ground is fit to work, onion sets may be planted and 

 spinach, hardy peas, and other plants which are generally 

 not sown until April may be sown at this time. Harden off 

 the early cabbage and cauliflower plants. 



April. The hotbeds and cold frames should be in constant 

 use. Plantations of asparagus and rhubarb may be made 

 during this and the following month. 



Sow hardy (smooth) peas, lettuce, celery, radishes, cab- 

 bage, cauliflower, turnips, onions and spinach, and plant 

 early potatoes as soon as the land is fit to be worked. By 

 the end of the month, wrinkled peas, salsify and parsnips may 

 be sown. See that tomatoes sown last month are transplanted 

 into beds or boxes so as to have plenty of room. Transplant 

 cabbage plants for the early crop, putting them in deep enough 

 to completely cover the stems, 



In the latter part of the month, all the early planted crops 

 may need cultivating and some of them thinning, though but 

 little of this is generally necessary until May. Radishes, let- 

 tuce, spinach and onions from sets sown in hotbeds in March 

 should be fit to eat or to market. 



Haul out manure and plow land for planting next month. 

 Transplant onion plants from the hotbeds to open ground. 



May is the month when the larger part of the vegetables 

 are planted. 



By the middle of the month it is often safe to plant the 

 more tender vegetables, such as cucumbers, squash, melons 

 and beans, in the open ground although nothing is gained by 

 so doing if the ground is cold, when it would be better to wait 

 until ten days later. Corn is frequently planted by the middle 

 of the month, and in early seasons it is a good plan to ven- 

 ture a little of some very early kind during the first week of 

 May. Plant potatoes for general crops. 



