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melons, cucumbers and pumpkins from seed-beds, 

 yams, and early sweet potato slips. 



Remarks. — The main work for this month wiU be 

 in pulling onions, digging potatoes, and shipping 

 them. During the first part of the month all the 

 packages for the onions and potatoes should be got 

 ready ; all the sweet potato slips and springers should 

 be put down that can be obtained. 



Arrowroot. — Finish planting. This is a very good 

 month for it. 



Onions. — Should be kept very clean from weeds ; 

 the early ones will be fit to pull from about the 20th 

 to the 25 th ; care should be taken to pull them up as 

 soon as the stalk falls, as they will not keep long if 

 allowed to stand in the ground after they are ripe. 



Irish Potatoes. — ^The early planted ones will begin 

 to ripen, and should be taken up, but not exposed to 

 the sun ; pick out the very small ones for the pigs, 

 the second size put away for seed, the remainder 

 ship, eat, or keep, as you may deem best. 



Peas. — Plant a few bird's-eye peas in the Irish 

 potato ground for an early crop, fodder, or manure 

 for slips. 



Pumpkins. — Plant the' slips in all waste land, side 

 of hills, &c. The shp will yield a better crop than 

 the seed. 



