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HORTICULTURISTS RULE-BOOK. 



Pepper Put out of doors about the 1st of April. 



Radish From the 1st of April to the middle 



of June. 



Spinage ^ About the 1st of September. 



Tomato About the 25th of May set plants out- 

 doors. 



Turnips, for fall use . . Any time from July 1st to August 20th. 



Watermelon .... About the middle of May. 



(3) New York. {Henderson.^ 



Plants to sow from the middle of March to the end of April. 

 Thermometer in the shade averaging 45 degrees. 



(4) Norfolk, Virginia. 



Months in which different crops are planted or sown, or set out in 

 the open air. 



Kale and Spinach Sown during August, September, and October. 



Cabbage . . . The seeds are sown in August and September, 

 and the plants are transplanted in the 

 open air in November and December. 



