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Beets. Are of intermediate hardiness ; not sufficiently 

 hardy to be sown and wintered over like Asparagus or 

 Spinach, yet hardy enough to be sown three or four 

 weeks earlier than Beans or Corn. Tor example, if the 

 Corn-planting season is March in extreme Southern 

 points, Beets may be sown at the same place in February. 



Cabbage. Is perhaps the most important of all South- 

 ern crops raised for the Northern market, and much 

 very much of the success of the crop depends upon when 

 sown and the quality of seed used. Taking the latitude 

 of Charleston, South Carolina, or Savannah, Georgia, as a 

 basis, the usual time of sowing there, in the open 

 ground, is from October 5th to 15th, but even at the 

 later date, the favorite variety, " Early Summer," may 

 run to seed if the season is mild ; so we strongly advise to 

 sow, at least a portion of the crop, ten days later say 

 from October 20th to 30th and so shape the seed-beds 

 that they can be covered up by "sashes" made of 

 muslin, or the protecting cloth already alluded to, on 

 cold nights exposing them, of course, to the light, on 

 warm, bright days. 



Cauliflower* Same as for Cabbage. 



Celery, Being a winter vegetable, is never shipped 

 from South to North, as it can be grown much cheaper 

 North ; but there is a growing local demand for Celery 

 at many Southern points. The seed, to produce plants, 

 cannot safely be sown South in the spring for Celery- 

 growing, as in most instances, from the longer season, it 

 would run to seed, even if it could be carried through the 

 hot weather. My advice would be to sow at different 

 periods, say from the middle of June to the middle of 

 August, using the protecting cloth "sashes" already 

 described, during the hot sunshine, say from 9 A. M. to 

 4 P. M., watering them, when dry, in the afternoon after 

 taking off the sashes. As several thousand Celery plants 



