176 — How to Make the Garden Pay. 



Harvest onion sets. 

 Market early potatoes. 



Keep the ground among all crops well stirred to guard 

 against drought. 



AUGUST. 



Early this month finish setting celery. 



Sow for late crop spinach, radish, turnip, kale. 



Keep ground well cultivated and hoed. 



Pull the late weeds before they mature and shed their 

 seed. 



Hoe cabbages frequently, also apply pyrethrum (buhach) 

 wherever worms are troublesome. 



Dig and market potatoes. Market cucumbers, melons, 

 tomatoes, peppers, etc. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Stimulate growth of celery by cultivation, hoeing and appli- 

 cations of nitrate of soda. 



Handle celery for early use. 



By middle of month sow seed of spinach, and kale for 

 spring. 



By twentieth of month sow in drills, cabbage and cauliflower 

 for plants to be wintered in cold frames. 



Harvest onions, and sell them at the earliest possible date. 



Clean up the hot-beds and cold frames, and get them ready 

 for use. 



Watch turnips and drive off flea beetles by application of 

 proper remedies. 



Market tomatoes, peppers, lima-beans, egg-plants, melons, 

 cucumbers, pickles, etc. 



OCTOBER. 



Market the second crops planted in July : radishes, cabbages, 

 endives, string-beans, beets, carrots, cauliflowers, sweet corn, 

 celery. 



Handle late celery, earth up gradually. 



During middle of month sow lettuce for plants to go in cold 

 frames. 



Before frost pick green and half-ripe tomatoes, peppers, etc. 



House squash. Harvest sweet potatoes before vines are 

 injured by frost. 



Harvest root crops and store in cool, moist cellar, or pit. 



Set cabbage plants in cold frames, leaving beds open until 

 hard freezing or snowy weather. 



