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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. With a little care, how- 

 ever, they can be kept, but they ought not to be planted before 

 the first of August, so that they may ripen wlien 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 or boxes. The Red and White Kidney are 

 generally the varieties used for drying. Beans raised in spring 

 are hard to keep, and if intended for seed they should be put up 

 in bottles, or in tin boxes, and a little camphor sprinkled between 

 them. 



Sweet potatoes should be planted. 



APRIL. 



Sow Bush, Pole and Lima Beans, Sweet Corn, Cucumber, 

 Squash, Melons and Okra. 



Beets, Carrots, Swiss Chard, Eadish, Lettuce, Mustard, En- 

 dive, Roquette, Cress, Parsley, Chervil and Celery for cutting. 



Sow Tomatoes, Egg Plant and Pepper for succession. It is 

 rather late to sow Cabbage seed now, but if sown, the early va- 

 rieties only can be successfully used. Kohlrabi 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 Italian 

 Giant Cauliflower can be made. It is very large, and takes from 

 eight to nine months before it matures, so 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 hardier 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, can be planted out. Early 

 Irish Potatoes will be fit to dig now, and the ground they are 

 taken out of may be planted with Corn, Beans, Squash, etc. 



Sow Pumpkins of both kinds, the Field and the Cashaw. 



German Millet should be sown this month. The ground 

 ought to be well plowed and harrowed. Three pecks of seed is 

 the quantum to be sown per acre. It will be well to roll the 

 ground after sowing, and the seed will require no other covering. 

 If no roller 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 give it a trial. 



MAY. 



Yery few varieties of vegetables can be sown during this 

 month. Many of the winter varieties will not do well if sown 



