For the Southern States. 83 



JUNE. 



This month is simihirto the hist, that is, not a great (k'lil can 

 be sowu. The grooving crops will leqnire attention, as weeds 

 grow fast. Plant Corn for tlif' last supply of roasting ears. 

 A few Wat^r and Musk Melons nuiy be phmted. Oucombers, 

 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 mont h. 

 Continue to set out Sweet Potato Vines. 



Sow Yellow and White Summer Padish, sow Endive for salad; 

 this is raised more ea-^ily than the Lettuce. 



Lettuce can be sown, but it requires more care than movst 

 people are willing to bestow. Soak the seeds for half an hour in 

 water, take them out and put them in a pit-ce of cloth and place 

 in a cool spot, under the cistern, or if convenient, in an ice-box. 

 Keep the clotb moist and in two or ihree 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 geiminate, and tbe st-edsman be 

 blamed for selling seed that did m>t grow. Tbis sprouting has to 

 be done from May to September, depending ui)on the weather. 

 Should the weather be moist and cool in the fall it can be dis- 

 l)enst d with. Some sow late Cabbage for winter crop in this 

 month, saying that the plants are easier raised during this than 

 the two following months, I consider tbis mouth too soon; 

 plants will become too hard and long-legged before they can ba 

 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 cultivators transplant them, when large enough at 

 once J nto the open ground; others plant them first into flower- 

 pots 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 

 mouth. 



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 Cauliflower can be sown. Sow 

 Endive, Lettuce, Yellow and White summer Radish. Where the 

 ground is new, some Turnips and Puta Bagas can be sown. Cab- 

 bage should be commenced with after tbe 15th of this month ; 

 Superior Plat Dutch, Improved Drumhead, St. Denis, or Bon- 

 neuil and Brunswick are the leading kinds. It is hard to say 

 which is the best time to sow, as our seasons differ so much — 

 some seasons we get frost early, other seasons not before January. 



