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and marketable. Lima beans will be ready for use the latter 

 part of the month. 



Keep weeds from going to seed. 



Sow lettuce for growing in hotbeds or cold frames for 

 Thanksgiving. 



September. The cool nights of this month are especially 

 favorable to such crops as celery, cabbage and cauliflower, 

 and they should be carefully cultivated. 



Melons, winter squash, and celery are now marketable. 



Handle celery: i. e., partially earth up around it. 



First frosts may now be expected by the fifteenth of the 

 month, and the half-ripened tomatoes should be picked and 

 allowed to ripen in some shady place. 



Dig potatoes. 



Transplant lettuce to hotbeds or cold frames. Plant out 

 hardy perennial onions for bunching in the early spring. 



October. Winter celery should be banked up to protect it 

 from severe frosts, and on severe nights it should be covered 

 with straw or hay for protection. It should all be stored 

 away by the end of the month unless plenty of protection is 

 provided in the shape of straw, in which case it is safe to 

 leave it out until the 10th of November. Such crops will not 

 stand with immunity as much frost in the western states as in 

 the eastern states. Pull and store cabbages, dig beets, carrots, 

 parsnips, salsify and potatoes and store in pits or put at once 

 into the cellar. Some parsnips and salsify may be left on 

 high land to be dug in the spring. Plant out rhubarb roots. 



Attend to fall plowing and leave in ridges any very heavy 

 land that is needed for early spring use. 



November. In the more northern states this month gener- 

 ally closes up the work of the season. All the crops should 

 be gathered in the early part of the month. 



Clean up the garden, frames and hotbeds and get them 

 ready for spring work. 



The lettuce sown in August and transplanted to hotbeds 

 Or cold frames should be fit to market this month. 



Market all the vegetables on hand that will bring a fair 



