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ing down of weeds which are now showing themselves 

 everywhere, entails an amount of labor not before neces- 

 sary. To withhold labor at this critical time, is short- 

 sighted economy, whether by the owner of a private 

 or market garden ; for let the crops planted and sown, 

 once get enveloped by weeds, it will often cost more in 

 labor to clean the crop, than it will sell for ; it is not at all 

 an uncommon occurrence to see acres of Carrots or Par- 

 snips plowed down, after being carefully manured and 

 sown, from neglect or inability of the owner to procure 

 labor at the proper time. The rapid development of weeds 

 is, to the inexperienced, very deceptive ; a crop of Car- 

 rots, Parsnips, Beets, or Onions, may appear to be easily 

 manageable at a given day in May ; but a few days of con- 

 tinued rain occurs, and the crop, that could have been 

 profitably cultivated on the 15th, is hopelessly over-grown 

 on the 25th. 



JUNE is one of the months in which we reap the reward 

 of our operations in the market garden ; at this time, 

 the bulk of all the early crops matures. So far, nearly all 

 has been outlay ; now we receive the returns. In this 

 district, our early crops of Asparagus, Beets, Cauliflower, 

 Cabbage, Lettuce, Onion, Peas, Radishes, Rhubarb, Spin- 

 ach, and Turnip, are sold off, and the ground plowed for 

 the second crop, (except in the cases of Asparagus and 

 Rhubarb), by the end of the month. For private gar- 

 dens, succession crops of Beets, Bush Beans, Cabbages, 

 Cucumbers, Lettuce, Peas, Radishes, and Potatoes, may 

 still be planted, but it would hardly be profitable for mar- 

 ket purposes ; as it would occupy the land wanted by the 

 market gardener for his second crop, besides the market 



