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Beans are hard to keep in this climate, and tlierefore very few are 

 planted for shelling purposes. AVith 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 Ked 

 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 ]jut up in bottles, or in tin boxes, and a little camphor sprinkled 

 between them. 



Sweet Potatoes should be planted. 



APRIL. 



Sow Bu-,]:i, Pole and Lima Beans, Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, Scpiash, 

 Melons and Okra. 



Beets, Carrots, Swiss Chard, Radish, Lettuce, Mustard, Endive, 

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



Sow Tomatoes, 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. 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 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 hardier than the French and Ger- 

 man kinds. A good plan is to sow the seed in boxes, elevated two feet 

 or more »lbove 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 ({uantum to 

 be sown per acre. It will be well to roll the ground after sowmg, 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. 



Very few varieties of vegetables can be sown during this month. 

 Many of the winter varieties will not do well if sown now. The grounds 

 should now be occupied with growing crops. * 



Where Potatoes and Onions are taken up. Corn, Melons, Cucumbers, 

 Squash and Pumpkins may be planted. 



