70 KichaPvD Frotschee's Almanac and Garden Manual 



After the fifteenth of this month Creole Onion seed can be sown. 

 This is an important crop, and should not be neglected. If it is very 

 dry, cover the bed, after the seed has been sown, with green moss ; it 

 will keep the ground moist, and the seed will come up more regularly. 

 The moss has to be taken off as soon as the young plants make their 

 appearance. 



Celery plants may be set out in ditches prepared for that purpose. 

 Cauliflower and Cabbage plants can be transplanted if the weather is 

 favorable. , 



If the weather is not too hot and dry, Spinach should be sown ; but 

 it is useless to do so if the weather is not suitable. 



Cabbage can be sown, but it is much better to sow in August and 

 transplant during this month. 



Set out Shallots. Sorrel should be divided and replanted. 



Sow Turnip-rooted Celery. 



OCTOBER. 



Artichokes should be dressed, the suckers or sprouts taken off, and 

 new plantings made. 



Onion seed can still be sown ; but it is better to get the seed into the 

 ground as soon as possible, so the plants get to be some size before the 

 cold weather comes. 



Towards the end of the month, Black Eye Marrowfat Peas can be 

 planted; also, English or Windsor Beans. 



Sow Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Kale, Spinach, 

 Mustard, Swiss Chard, Carrots, Beets, Salsify, Leek, Corn Salad, 

 Parsley, Boquette, Chervil, Kohlrabi, Badish, Lettuce, Endive and 

 Parsnip. Shallots from the first planting can be divided, and set out 

 again. Salsify does very finely here, but is generally sown too late ; this 

 is the proper month to sow the seed. The ground should be mellow 

 and have been manured last spring. It should be spaded up very deeply ; 

 as the size and smoothness of the roots depend upon the preparation of 

 the soil. 



Water the Celery with soap suds, and if the season has been favor- 

 able, by the end of this month some may be earthed up. 



Sow Bye, Barley and Bed Oats, Orchard Grass, Bed and White Clover, 

 and Alfalfa Clover. Strawberry plants should be transplanted ; they 

 can not be left in the same spot for three or four years, as is done North. 

 T he Wilsons Albany and Longworth's Prolific are the favorite varieties 

 for the market. 



The Wilson's Albany do not make many runners here, but tjiey 

 form a stool something like the plants of violets, and these stools have 

 to be taken up and divided. 



NOVEMBER. 



Continue to sow Spinach, Corn Salad, Badish, Lettuce, Mustard, 

 Boquette, Parsley, Chervil, Carrots, Salsify, Parsnip, Cress and Endive, 

 also Turnips and Cabbage. Superior Flat Dutch and Improved Drum- 

 head, sown in this month, make fine cabbage in the spring. 



Artichoke should be dressed if not already done last month. 



