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become hard and tasteless. The Perpignan is the best kind for sum- 
mer 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 fertiliz- 
ing purposes, they are sown one bushel per acre, and plowed under 
when the ground 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 occasional 
rain ; if it does not rain they have to be watered. The tops of Shallots 
will commence to get dry; this indicates that they are fit to take up. 
Pull them up and expose to the sun for a few days and then store them 
away in a dry, airy place, taking care not to lay them too thick, as they 
are liable to heat. Lima and Pole Beans can be planted ; the Southern 
Prolific is the best variety for late planting. 
JUNE. 
This month is similar to the last, that is, not a great deal can be 
sown. The growing crops will 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, Squash and Pumpkin 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 Radish, 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, un- 
der 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. 
Tf 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 sell- 
ing seed that did not grow. This sprouting has to be done from May 
to September, depending upon the weather. Should the weather be 
moist and coolin the fall it can be dispensed with. Some sow late Cab- 
bage for winter crop in this month, saying that the plants 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 Italian Giant Cauliflower can be sown. Some culti- 
vators 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 transplanted 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. 
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