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during hot weather, and, if neglected, will be- 

 come hard and tasteless. The Perpiguau is 

 the best kind for summer use. Okra can still 

 be sown. 



The first sowing of White Solid Celery is to 

 be made this month. The seed requires to be 

 shaded, and, if the weather is dry, should be 

 regularly watered. Late Italian Cauliflower 

 should be sown. 



Cow Peas can be planted between the corn, 

 or the crowders in rows; the latter are the best 

 to be used green. If they are sown for fer- 

 tilizing pui-poses, they are sown one bushel per 

 acre, and plowed under when the groimd is 



well covered; or sometimes they are left till 

 fall, when they commence to decay, and then 

 plowed down. 



Sweet Potato Slips can be set out, taking 

 advantage of an occassional rain; if it does not 

 rain they have to be watered. The top of 

 Shallots will commence to get dry; this indi- 

 cates that they are fit to take up. Pull them 

 up and expose to the sun for a few days, and 

 then store them awaj'' in a dry, airy place, 

 taking care not to lay them too thick, as they 

 are liable to heat. Lima or Pole Beans can be 

 planted; the Southern Prohfic is the best va- 

 riety for late planting. 



JUS^E 



This month is similar to the last, that is, not 

 a great deal can be sown. The growing crops 

 wiU require attention, as weeds grow fast. 

 Plant Corn for the last supply of roasting ears. 

 A few Water and Musk Melons may be planted. 

 Cucumbers, Sqiiash and Pumpkins planted 

 this month generally do very well, but the first 

 requires an abundance of water if the weather 

 is dry. 



Southern Prolific Pole Beans may be planted 

 during this month. Continue to set out Sweet 

 Potato vines. 



Sow Yellow and White Summer Kadish; sow 

 Endive for Salad; this is raised more easily than 

 the Lettuce. 



Lettuce can be sown, but it requires more 

 ■care than most people are willing to bestow. 

 Soak the seeds for half an hour in water, take 

 them out and put them in a piece of cloth, and 

 place in a cool spot — under the cistern, or, if 

 convenient, in an ice box. Keep the cloth 

 moist, and in two or three days the seeds will 

 sprout. Then sow them ; best to do so 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, de- 

 pending upon the weather. Should the weather 

 be moist and cool in the fall, it can be dis- 

 pensed with. Some sow late Cabbage for winter 

 crop in this month, saying the jjlants are easier 

 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 Itahan 

 Giant Cauliflower can be sown. Some cultiva- 

 tors transplant them, when large enough, at 

 once into the open gi-ound; others plant them 

 first into flowerpots and transplant them into 

 the ground later. If transplanted at this time, 

 they ^yi]l 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. Bush Beans, towards 

 the end of the month. Sow Tomatoes in the 

 early part for the last crop. Some corn for 

 roasting ears may still be planted. Cucumbers 

 can be planted for pickling. Early Giant Cau- 

 liflower can be sown. Sow Endive, Lettuce, 

 Yellow and White Summer Radish. Where 

 the ground is new, some Turnips and Ruta 

 Bagas can be sown. Cabbage should be com- 

 menced with after the 15th of this month; 

 Superior Plat Dutch, Improved Drumhead, St. 

 Denis, or Bonneuil and Brunswick are the 

 leading kinds. It is hard to say which is the 

 hest time to sow, as our seasons differ so much 

 — some seasons we get frost early, other seasons 

 not before January. Cabbage 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 so-v^dngs. 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 there- 

 fore, 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 October and during November generally 

 give good residts. 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 Decem- 

 ber and January. January, and the early part 

 of February, is early enough to set out. 

 Brunswick is the earliest of the large grow- 

 ing kinds, and it should be sown in July 

 and August, so that it may be headed up 

 when the cold comes, as it is 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. Brunswick makes 

 also a very good spring cabbage when sown at 

 the end of October. The standard varieties, 

 the Superior Flat Dutch and Improved Drum- 

 head, should be sown at the end of this month 



