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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



may be deeply dug to form tlie melon hills, and the crop 

 will be ready to remove before the melons begin to run. 

 The melon crop may be followed by one of turnips. All 

 such plants as radish, lettuce, and other small salads need 

 take up no room : they can, any of them, be raised be- 

 tween the potatoe drills, or between melon hills, rows of 

 corn, &c. and will come to perfection before the potatoe or 

 other crops require the ground. Radishes can be raised 

 in the beds of all kinds of plants that are slow in coming 

 up, as carrots, parsnips, &c., and will be ready to remove 

 by the time the others come up. Three or four weeks 

 before Irish potatoes are ripe, a plant of winter cabbage 

 can be placed in the trench caused by earthing up the po- 

 tatoes, where it will find shade and moisture until well 

 established, and digging the potatoes will cultivate the 

 cabbage. Between the rows of early potatoes is also a 

 good situation for raising celery for home use. 



Any vacant spot that occurs early in summer should be 

 occupied with plantings of extra early or sweet corn, pota- 

 toes, kidney beans, for preserving for winter use, and cu- 

 cumbers for pickling. Those coming later in the season, 

 may be occupied by sweet potatoe until July, then corn, 

 cow peas, or E.uta Baga turnips. Where the early onions 

 grow, both in the alleys and in the centre of the bed. 

 before much of the crop is removed, may be planted with 

 late cabbages or Siberian kale. Cabbage will head out 

 planted 1st August if in moist ground and well culti- 

 vated, and sweet corn may be planted at the same time. 

 Still later, every unoccupied corner should he covered 

 with turnips and winter radishes, which may cover nearly 

 the whole garden, being sown in drills between the rows 

 of plants not yet q^uite ready to be removed. After the 

 frost has come, any vacant spaces should be immediately 

 sown with spinach, onions, and other crops for early spring 



