70 ElCHAED FrOTSCHER's ALMAiifAC AND GaEDEN MaNUAL 



bage and Perpignan ; the White Coss is a favorite variety for spring ; 

 the Butterhead will run into seed too quickly and should not be sown 

 later than the middle of February in this latitude. 



Plant a full supply of Bush and Pole Beans. For Lima Beans, 

 better to wait till towards the end of the month, as they rot easily 

 when the ground is not warm enough, or too wet. 



Squash, Cucumbers, Melons and Okra can be planted. The remark 

 in regard to:Lima Beans holds good for Okra. Early varieties of Peas 

 may still be planted. 



Tomatoes, Egg Plants and Peppers can be set out in the open 

 ground, and seed sown for a later crop. Plant Sweet Corn. 



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, 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 lopger. 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 m 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, Endive, 

 Eoquette, 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 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 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 i)lan 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. 



