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planting of corn, and of beans, and our third 
planting of peas — sowing also a few more beets and 
carrots, and adding the herbs. About the 25th, or 
when warm weather has been established, we plant 
our hills of melons. Around these we set boxes, 
eighteen inches across, and four or five inches high. 
Press these carefully into the soil, so that the bugs 
cannot crawl under, and have mosquito netting 
ready to spread over before the striped beetle ap- 
pears. In June we are still planting our late peas 
and corn. 
Remember that when there has been a failure in 
growth of seed, you can fill up the vacancies at al- 
most any time with beets, turnips, and carrots, or 
you can plant potatoes as late as the last of 
June. Turnips and carrots may be sown in 
July. Young carrots are always delicious if 
cooked in Jersey cream, and they are among 
the most wholesome of our vegetables. Ruta- 
bagas must be sown as early as July. Buy your 
seeds and plants direct from growers. Most of the 
reputable seedsmen are growers of their own stock. 
Get into connection with a half dozen; study their 
catalogues, and heed carefully what they have to 
say. Avoid dealers that offer too many sorts, and 
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