WOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
them in a piece of cloth, and place in a 
coo! spot—under the cistern, or, if con- 
venient, in an ice box. Keep the cloth 
moist, and in two or three days the 
seeds will sprout. Then sowthem,; best 
to dos) in the evening, and give a | 
watering. 
If the seed is sown without being | 
sprouted, ants will be likely to carry it 
away before it can germinate, and the 
seedsman be blamed for selling seeds 
that did not grow. This sprouting has 
to be done from May to September, 
depending upon the weather. Should 
the weather be moist and cool in the 
fall, it can be dispensed with. Some 
sow late Cabbage for winter crop in this 
month, saying the plants are easier 
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raised during this than the two following 
months. I consider this month too soon; 
plants will become too hard and long- 
legged before they can be planted out. 
This is the last month to sow the Late 
Italian Cauliflower; towards the end 
the Early Italian Giant Cauliflower can 
be sown. Some cultivators transplant 
them, when large enough, at once into 
the open ground; others plant them 
first into flowerpots and transplant 
them into the ground later. If trans- 
planted at this time, they will require 
to be shaded for a few days, till they 
commence to grow. 
Sow Tomatoes for late crop during the 
latter part of this month. 
JULY. 
Plant Pole Beans: also, Busi Beans, 
towards the end of the month. Sow 
Tomatoes in the early part for the last 
erop. Some Corn for roasting ears may 
still be planted. Cucumbers can be 
planted for pickling. Early Giant Cau- 
liflower can be sown. 
tuce, Yellow and White Summer Radish. 
Where the ground is new, some Turnips 
and Ruta Bagas can be sown. Cabbage 
should be commenced with after the 
15th of this month ; Superior Flat Dutch, 
Improved Drumhead, St. Denis, or 
Bonneuil and Brunswick are the leading 
kinds. 
best time to sow, as ourseasons differ so 
much—some seasons we get frost early, 
other seasons not before January. Cab- 
bage is most easily hurt by frost when 
it is half grown; when the plants are 
small, or when they are headed up, frost 
does not hurt much. It is always good 
to make two or three sowings. AS a 
general thing, plants raised from seeds 
sown in July and August, give the most 
satisfaction; they are almost certain to 
head. September, in my experience, is 
the most ticklish month; as the seed 
sown in that month is generally only 
half grown when we have some frosts, 
and therefore, more liable to be hurt. 
But there are exceptions. Some years 
ago the seed sown in September turned 
out best. Seed sown at the end of Oc- 
tober and during November generally 
Sow Endive, Let- 
It is hard to say which is the . 
give good results... November is the 
proper month to sow for shipping. The 
surest way to sow is in a cold frame, to 
protect the plants from frosts’ which 
sometimes occur in December and Jan- 
uary. January, and the early part of 
February, is early enough to set out. 
Brunswick and Excelsior are the earli- 
est of the large growing kinds, and it- 
should be sown in July and August, so 
that it may be headed up when the cold 
comes, as itis more tender than the Flat 
Dutch and Drumhead. The same may 
be said in regard to the St. Denis. All 
cabbages require strong, good soil: but 
these two varieties particularly. Bruns- 
wick makes also a very good spring 
cabbage when sown at the end of Octo- 
ber. The standard varieties, the Supe- 
rior Flat Dutch and Improved Drum- 
head, should be sown at the end of this 
month and during next. It is better to 
sow plenty of seeds than to be short of 
plants. I would prefer one hundred 
plants raisedin July and August, to four 
times that amount raised in September. 
Jt is very hard to protect the young 
plants from ravages of the fly. Strong 
tobacco water is as good as anything 
else for this purpose, or tobacco stems 
cut fine and scattered over the ground 
will keep them off tosome extent. As 
the plants have to be watered, the smell 
of the tobacco will drive the flies away. 
