Richard Frotscher’s Almanae and Garden Manual 
Beans are hard to keep in this climate, and therefore very few are 
planted for shelling purposes. With 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 tothe sun. It is best to shell them at once, and after they 
are shelled put them to air andsun again for a few dayslonger. Sacks 
are better to keep them in than barrels and 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, Cucumbers, Squash, 
Meions and Okra. 
Beets, Carrots, Swiss Chard,. Radish, Lettuce, Mustard, Endive, 
Roquette, Cress, Parsley, Chervil and Celery for cutting. 
Sow Tomatoes, Egg Plant and Pepper for succession. Itis 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 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. 
Very few varieties of vegetables can be sown during this month. 
Many of the winter varieties willnot do well if sown now. The grounds 
should now be occupied with growing crops. 
W here Potatoes and Onions are taken up, Corn, Melons, Cucumbers, 
Squash and Pumpkins may be planted. 
