MAY. 



GOURDS JLYD PUMPKINS, 



Continue to plant gourd -5 and pumpkins, &c. as di- 

 rected in April. Destroy the insects on the plants of 

 last month, by strewing wood ashes, soot or unsJacked 

 lime in powder, over the plants, when the dew is upon 

 them. 



BEETS, 



Draw such beets as are too close, and plant those 

 you draw, about ten inches apart, leaving what remain 

 at the same distance. 



POLE AND BUSH BEANS. 



Continue to plant bush beans, particularly the run- 

 ning kinds, which plant about three and a half feet 

 asunder ; they will require slicks to climb on. Scar- 

 let flowering beans Lima beans, and the large white 

 Dutch running kinds, are ver}^ proper to plant this 

 month, and may be dropt three or four inches apart 

 in the drills, covering the m equally with earth an inch 

 and a half deep. The running kinds planted last 

 month will now require sticks to climb by ; and the 

 better you supply them with sticks, the more they 

 will produce ; the sticks maybe ten feet long; dwarfs 

 may be planted if you cannot get sticks easil}^ but 

 runners are more productive. 



CAPSICUMS, OR PEPPERS, 



Plant out the capsicums that w^ere soivn in March; 

 plant them a foot apart in rich light earth, raked 

 smooth, and water them ; youma}^ also sow more seed, 

 as directed in March. 



LOVE APPLES, OR TOMATOES, 



Plant out the love apples that were sown ia March; 

 plant them near fences, along w^hich they must be 

 trained and tied as they branch out, or stakes may be 



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