CHAP. IV. CALENDAR. {;j 



CHAPTEB IV. 



CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 

 January. 



VEGETABLES. 



FROM this month forward vegetables of every kind will need 

 to be constantly watered, and if once or twice a week with 

 liquid manure, all the better. 



Water Squashes every day copiously. 



Make sowings of Radishes, Mustard, Cress, Spinach, and 

 Lettuce for a succession. In the Upper Provinces Peas may 

 also be sown during this month ; but not in Bengal. Sowings 

 of Celery may now be made for young plants to preserve 

 through till^the following Cold season, if thought worth the 

 while. 



Put out young plants of Cabbage and Knol-Kohl to fill up 

 vacant places in beds. Put out young Celery plants for suc- 

 cession. 



Celery will now be in a condition fit for earthing up to 

 blanch. 



Keep a few plants of Lettuce, Mustard, and Cress for seed. 

 Reserve one or two of the earliest formed heads of Artichoke 

 for seed in Bengal : it is not necessary to do so in Upper 

 India. 



The plants should now be taken up for the manufacture of 

 Tapioca and Arrowroot. 



FRUITS. 



Strawberries will now be blossoming and fruiting, and will 

 require to be well watered : and nets or other means provided 

 to protect them from birds. 



Water Loquats copiously. 



Fig-trees, Peaches, Plums, and Grape-vines should now be 

 pruned. 



