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In the fourth week dig and sow half a fall with marrow-fat peas, and hoe 

 the late potatoes with a two-pronged hoe, 4 or 5 in. deep. This will occupy 

 ten hours. In this month there are required thirty hours, or three days, of 

 a man, and five hours of a young person. At the end of the month the 

 ground will stand thus : — 



Plan 4. 



Scarlet Runners 



10 



11 



12 



13 



1, plants ; 2, late potatoes ; 3, oats ; 4, Savoys ; 5, cabbage in use ; 6, greens in use ; 7, marrow- 

 fat peas ; 8, Aberdeen yellow turnips ; 9, green Prussian peas and turnips ; 10, late cabbage ; 11, 

 cabbage and cauliflower; 12, early potatoes and peas ; 13, carrots, onions, beans, &c. 



June. — As soon as the greens and cabbage are over, dig and sow with 

 yellow Aberdeen turnip, and plant with early cabbage and cauliflower, 

 which may be about the second week of June, at which time the ground 

 will be full. Earth up slightly early and late potatoes, as the stems 

 lengthen. Weed and thin carrots and onions. Thin turnips ; hoe and 

 earth up cabbage and cauliflower ; keep watering between the drills from 

 the tank regularly over the whole, according to the supply. The amount 

 of work in the garden this month may occupy about six hours each week, 

 or about two and a half days in the month. The vegetables in season in 

 June are, early cabbage, tender under leaves of Savoys, late potatoes, let- 

 tuce, onions. 



July. — In the beginning of July the ground will stand thus : — 



Plan 5. 



14 



1! 



1 • 5 



6 • 7 



10 



11 



12 



13 



1, plants ; 2, late potatoes ; 3, oats ; 4, Savoys; 5, yellow turnips ; 6, early cabbage and cauli- 

 flower ; 7, peas ; 8, turnips : 9, peas and turnips ; 10, late cabbage ; 11, cabbage and cauliflower 

 now using ; 12, peas and early potatoes about ready for use ; 13, succory, carrots, onions, and 

 beans ; 14, 14, a row of scarlet runners. 



By the middle of July, the early peas and early ash-leaved potatoes will 

 be in use ; and by the end of the month the ground will be dug over and 

 planted with broccoli. A ridge of celery may divide the ground from the 

 carrots, which will afford a substantial salad, and also foliage for soup in 

 winter and spring. A foot thick of green manure laid in a week before 



