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packet each of Prizetaker, Ailsa Craig, Mammoth 

 Silver-skin, or Gigantic Gibraltar. See facing p. 

 118. 



Lettuce. Sow lettuce for spring crop under glass 

 or in frames. 



Fruit. This is a good month to prune grapes, 

 currants, gooseberries and peach trees, to avoid the 

 rush that will come later. 



FEBRUARY 



Hotbeds. A little early for making them until 

 after the 15th, but get all your material ready — 

 manure, selected and stacked ; lumber ready for any 

 new ones; sash all in good repair. 



Starting Seeds. First part of the month, earliest 

 planting of cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce should 

 be made ; and two to four weeks later for main early 

 crop. At this time also, beets and earliest celery. 



Tools. Overhaul them all now; order repairs. 

 Get new catalogues and study new improvements 

 and kinds you do not possess. 



Poles and brush. Whether you use the old-fash- 

 ioned sort (now harder to obtain than they used to 

 be) or make your "poles" (facing p. 106) and use 

 wire trellis for peas, attend to it now. 



Fruit. Finish up last month's work, if not all 

 done. Also examine plum and cherry trees for 

 black-knot. See page 219. 



