CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V — Continued 



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Seeds. Tools and Repairs. Other Odd Jobs 

 About the Garden. Manure. The First Plant- 

 ing. For the Fruit Garden. Special Require- 

 ments. 



February. — Hotbeds. The Growing Plants. 

 New Plantings. Fruitward Thoughts. 



The Season of Planting: March to June . 150 



March. — Planting and Transplanting. Moving 

 Last Month's Seedlings. Just How to Trans- 

 plant. "Dibbling." Paper Pots. The First 

 Potatoes. Making an Asparagus Bed. Advice 

 for the Future. Rhubarb Beds, too. Getting 

 the Ground Ready. Clay Soils. The Seed-bed. 

 Planting the Fruit in the Garden. Tree Fruits. 

 Grapes. Bush Fruits. Strawberries. 



April. — The Value of Manure. The Prin- 

 ciples of Seed Sowing. Drilling. The All Sea- 

 son Crops. Sowing for Succession. Corn. 



The Busy Growing Season: May to October . 170 



May. — The Main Corn Crop. Melons and 

 Lima Beans. Pumpkins, Squash, etc. New 

 Zealand Spinach. More Succession Sowing. 

 A Rule for Succession Crops. Setting Out the 

 Tender Plants. Fall Crops. The Asparagus 

 Bed. "To Hill or Not to Hill." Thinning Out. 

 Fruit Notes. The Growing Season for Fruits. 



June. — A Washing Tank for Vegetables. 

 When to Gather Vegetables. Special Care for 

 Melons. Supporting the Tomato Vines. Look- 

 ing Out for Insects. Water and Fertilizer. 

 Fruits. 



July. — Fighting the Heat and Drought. 

 Late Transplanting. Celery Care. Don't For- 

 get the Asparagus Bed. Ripening and Picking 

 Melons. What to Sow in July. Thinning Fruit. 

 Bag the Grapes. Keep Up the Cultivating. 

 Pruning. 



