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planting of corn, and of beans, and our third 

 planting of peas — sowing also a few more beets and 

 carrots, and adding the herbs. About the 25th, or 

 when warm weather has been established, we plant 

 our hills of melons. Around these we set boxes, 

 eighteen inches across, and four or five inches high. 

 Press these carefully into the soil, so that the bugs 

 cannot crawl under, and have mosquito netting 

 ready to spread over before the striped beetle ap- 

 pears. In June we are still planting our late peas 

 and corn. 



Remember that when there has been a failure in 

 growth of seed, you can fill up the vacancies at al- 

 most any time with beets, turnips, and carrots, or 

 you can plant potatoes as late as the last of 

 June. Turnips and carrots may be sown in 

 July. Young carrots are always delicious if 

 cooked in Jersey cream, and they are among 

 the most wholesome of our vegetables. Ruta- 

 bagas must be sown as early as July. Buy your 

 seeds and plants direct from growers. Most of the 

 reputable seedsmen are growers of their own stock. 

 Get into connection with a half dozen; study their 

 catalogues, and heed carefully what they have to 

 say. Avoid dealers that offer too many sorts, and 



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