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RICHiJRD FSOTSCHER S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MAJTUAL 



Bush Beans can be commenced -with this 

 month; Cncumbers, Sqnash and Melons may 

 be tried, as they often succeed; if protected 

 by small boxes, as most gardeners protect | 

 them, there is no risk at aU. i 



Corn can be planted towards the end of this | 

 month. For market, the Adams Extra Early ; 

 and Early "White Flint are planted. I recom- 



mend the Sngar varieties for family use; they 

 are jnst as large as those mentioned, and 

 St-owel's Evergreen is as large as any variety 

 gro-vm. 



Mangel Wurzel and Sngar Beet should be 

 sown in this month for stock. Sweet Potatoes 

 can be pnt in a bed for sprouting, so as to 

 have early shps. 



MARCH 



Sow Beets, Eadish.- Cabbage, early varieties; 

 Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Spinach, Mustard, Carrots, 

 Swiss Chard and Leek. 



Also, Celery for cutting, Parsley, Boquette, 

 Cress and Chervil The latter part of the 

 month sow Endive. Of Lettuce, the Soyal 

 Cabbage and Perpignan; the "White Coss is a 

 favorite variety for spring; the Butterhead will 

 run into seed too quickly, and should not be 

 sown later than the middle of February in this 

 latitude. 



Plant a full supply of Bush and Pole Beans. 

 For Lima Beans better to wait till towards the 

 end of the month, as they rot easily when the 

 ground is not Wcirm enough, or too wet. 



Squash, Cucumbers, Melons and Okra can 

 be planted. The remai'k in regai'd to Lima 

 Beans holds good for Okra. Early varieties 

 of Peas may still be planted. 



Tomatoes, Egg Plants and Peppers can be 

 set out in the open ground, and seed sown for 

 a later crop. Plant Sweet Com. 



Potatoes can be planted; all depends upon 

 the season. Some years they do as well as 

 those planted during last month. 



Beans are hard to keep in this climate, and 

 therefore very few are planted for shelling 

 purposes. "VS'ith a little care, however, they 

 can be kept, but they ought not to be planted 

 before the first of August, so that they may 

 ripen when the weather gets cooler. When 

 the season is favorable leave them out till dry; 

 gather the pods and expose them a few days 

 to the sun. It is best to shell them at once, 

 and after they are shelled put them to air and 

 sun again for a few days longer. Sacks are 

 better to keep them in than barrels and boxes. 

 The Bed and "^Tiite Eldney are generally the 

 varieties used for drying. Beans jraised in 

 spring are hard to keep, and if intended for 

 seed they should be put up in bottles, or in 

 tin boxes, and a httle camphor sprinkled be- 

 tween them. 



Sweet Potatoes should be planted. 



APRIL, 



Sow Bush, Pole and Lima Beans, Sweet 

 Com, Cucumbers, Squash, Melons and Okra. 



Beets, CaiTots, Swiss Chard, Eadish, Lettuce, 

 ]\Iustard, Endive, Eoquette, Cress, Parsley, 

 Chervil and Celery for cuttiug. 



Sow Toma:toes,*Egg Plants and Pepper for 

 succession. It is rather late to sow Cabbage 

 seed now, but if sown, the early varieties only 

 can be successfully used. Kohli-abi can still 

 be sown, but it is best to sow it thinly in 

 drills a foot apart, and thin out to four inches 

 in the rows. 



Towards the end of this month a sowing of 

 the late Itahan Giant Cauliflower can be made. 

 It is very large, and takes from eight to nine 

 months before it matures, so it has to be sown 

 early. It is always best to make a couple of 

 sowings, so that in case one should fail the 

 other "may be used. This variety is hai'dier 

 than the French and German kinds. A good 

 plan is to sow the seed in boxes, elevated two 



feet or more above the ground, as it will keep 

 the cabbage-fly off. The plants should be 

 overlooked daily, and all green cabbage worms 

 or other vermin removed. 



Sweet Potato Slips, for early crop, cfui be 

 planted out. Early Iiish Potatoes will be fit 

 to dig now, and the ground they are taken out 

 of may be planted with Com, Beans, Squash, 

 et«. 



Sow Pumpkins of both kinds, the Field and 

 the Cashaw. 



German ^Millet should be sown this month. 

 The groimd ought to be well plowed and 

 harrowed. Three pecks of seed is the quantum 

 to be sown per acre. It ■wiU be well to roll 

 the ground after sowing, and the seed vriR 

 require no other covering. If no roUer is 

 handy, some brush tied together ought to be 

 passed over the ground sown. For hay it 

 should be cut when in flower. Every planter 

 should sdve it a trial. 



MAY. 



Very few varieties of vegetables can be sown 

 during this month. Many of the winter va- 

 rieties vrUl not do well if sown now. The 

 ground should now be occupied with growing 

 crops. 



Where Potatoes and Onions are taken up, 

 Com. Melons. Cucumbers, Squash and Pump- 

 kins may be planted. 



j Nothing of the Cabbage kind, except the 

 ! Creole Cabbage seed, can be sown this month. 

 .' It is supposed to stand the heat better than 

 ; other varieties, but it makes only loose heads 

 j and runs to seed as early as the end of Novem- 

 j bar. 



I Yellow and white summer Eadish and Endive 

 i should be sown. Lettuce requires much water 



