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out before they need the room. Early pease and 

 radishes cannot be planted too soon after the frost is out. 

 Plant cabbage, cucumber, melon, squash, &:c. in hot 

 beds — dress borders; clean, re-lay, or make new gravel 

 walks, turn compost, dress asparagus and make new 

 beds, set out cabbage stumps for seed, salad, and greens; 

 sow cress, mustard, and radish for salad once a fortnight; 

 plant celery, artichoke, and horse radish. 



APRIL. 



Sow artichokes, asparagus, beans, beets, broccoli, 

 cucumbers in hot beds, cauliflower, cabbage in a warm 

 border, carrots, celery, cress, lettuce, mustard, nastur- 

 tium, onions, parsley, parsneps, pepper, pease, sweet 

 potato in hot beds, radishes, rhubarb, salsify, sea kale, 

 spinage, squashes, and turnips for early and garden crops. 



For particular directions for cultivating the above 

 named or any other vegetables mentioned in this calen- 

 dar, see the preceding pages where they are alphabeti- 

 cally arranged. The precise time in the month ia 

 which they ought to be sown is there specified. Propa- 

 gate fruit trees in this month. 



MAY. 



Again plant cucumbers, melons, and squashes; plant 

 corn, pumpkins, gourds and beans, having the poles set 

 first; weed advancing crops; transplant radishes for 

 seed ; weed, thin, and transplant lettuce, and sow more 

 seed; sow other small salads; plant pease twice this 

 month; prune fruit trees; sow borecole, broccoli, if not 

 sown last month, beets do., Brussels sprouts; transplant 

 or prick out cauliflowers, do. cabbage plants; plant 

 cucumbers again; transplant egg plants and lettuce; 

 plant okra; sow pease for second crops, tomatoes, and 

 turnips. 



JUNE. 



Keep all your plants clean and well watered if neces- 

 sary; plant cucumbers and melons for pickling; plant 



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