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Cucumbers : it is best to start them in two or three inch pots, and when 

 they have twn roiv-i-li l^T'aves. transplant tliem to their pkice ; two good 

 plants are sufficient under every sash. 



DECEMBER. 



Xot a great deal is ]'lanted during this nK>nth. as the ground is 

 generally ()C(ji;pied Ijy the growing crops. 



Plant Peas for a general crop : some Potatoes may be risked, but 

 it is uncertain whether they will sticceed or not. 



Sow Spinach. Eo-piette. Eadish. Carrots. Lettuce. Endive and Cab- 

 bage. 



Early varieties of Cauliflower can be sown in a frame or sheltered 

 situati'jn. to be transplanted in Eebruary into the open ground. Early 

 Cabbages, such as Y'irk. Oxheart and Winningstadt, may be sown. 



To those wliM wish lo force Tomatoes. I will say that this is the 

 month to sow them. The best kind for that purpose is the Extra Early 

 Dwarf Eed. It is really a good aci"iui-iti<:in : it is very dwarfish, very 

 productive, and uf g.jod size, and V)ears tlie fruit in clusters, but will 

 sell only for the lirst. as the fruit is not so large as the Livingston 

 varieties, which come in later. 



