J36 MONTHLY REMINDERS. 



leeks, peppers, etc., for autumn crops. Sow bush beans 

 and pole beans, cucumbers for pickling, endive, kohl-rabi, 

 summer radish, ruta-baga, and, towards the end of the 

 month, turnips. Potatoes may be planted early in the 

 month. 

 Sweet herbs should be cut and dried this month. 



AUGUST. Celery may be transplanted up to the 15th. 

 Sow turnips, fetticus, bush beans for pickling, onion seed 

 to stand the winter, lettuce for autumn use, and spinach 

 for an early crop. Onions will be ripe this month, and 

 should be pulled and dried. 



SEPTEMBER. The fall crops will now be growing rap- 

 idly, and will require hoeing and other attention. From 

 the 10th to the 20th sow cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce 

 seed for young plants to winter over in cold frames. Shal- 

 lots and onions should be planted, and spinach and German 

 greens sown for next spring's crop. Earth up such celery 

 as may be wanted for next month. 



OCTOBER. Earth up celery, dig up potatoes and other 

 roots, as they mature, and store them away for use. Col- 

 lect squashes and pumpkins, and expose them, in a dry 

 place, to a good airing, previous to stowing them away. 

 Blanch endive, hoe and weed out fetticus and spinach, 

 plant out cabbage and lettuce plants in cold frames. 



NOVEMBER. All vegetables not secured for storing away 

 should now be attended to. Spinach, lettuce out-of-doors, 

 fetticus and outdoor onions should be protected by cov- 

 erings of straw, salt hay or cedar brush. Short horse dung 

 is best for the onions. Clear up and dig all ground as the 

 crops are taken off, as it prevents delay in commencing in 

 the spring. 

 Put the sashes on such of the cold frames as have been 



