GARDENER'S CALENDAR 



FOR 



THE DECCAN. 



MAY. 



This month is so hot and dry that very little can be expected 

 from your garden, though much may be done in clearing away 

 weeds, dead leaves, and plants, that are about and under your 

 trees. Plough up your ground well for ensuing crops, and as 

 the clods of earth become dry, have them knocked to pieces, 

 and the weeds removed. Collect now your manure for after 

 use. 



Fruits in season are mangoes, peaches, pumplemose, pome- 

 granates, plantains, grapes, melons, oranges, pine-apples, a few 

 strawberries, and apples. 



VEGETABLES, EUROPEAN are nearly out. The following are 

 to be had, but not by any means in perfection : cabbages, 

 asparagus, artichokes, beet-root, carrots, red cabbages, lettuce, 

 potatoes, and celery. 



VEGETABLES, COUNTRY. Cucumbers, brinjals, dill pussund, 

 bulam-keira, kuckrie, peeaz root, tur cuckrie, umbarie ka bajee, 

 chillies, and various others. Strawberries are not abundant, 

 and can only be preserved with great care. In the part of the 

 Deccan about Poona, pine-apples and grapes are brought into 

 the market in abundance, the latter chiefly grown at Sattara. 



Asparagus beds may be opened and trimmed : if well 

 watered, they produce fine heads towards the end of the month. 



Ols. Onions, if not taken up before, should now be stored, 

 and when sorted, dried for a few hours in the sun : after that, 

 remove them into baskets, or lay them on the ground in a dry 

 place, secure from rats and other vermin. 



Towards the latter end of this month, if the appearance of the 

 season indicates an early setting in of the rains, then get ready 



