APRIL, 



ARTICHOKES. 



Dress and slip artichokes that want those operations. 

 See directions in March. 



Early this mcith make new plantations of artichokes 



directed in March, or s^w seed broad cast on a bed o f 

 rich light earth well dug. 



N. B. Shps planted will produce a year sooner than 

 seed. 



CABBAGES AjYD MVOYS. 



This is a proper time to transplant early cabbage and 

 savoys that were sown this spring; earth up those that 

 have been transplanted. 



R.1DISHES. 



Sow salmon and short top radishes two or three times 

 this month, for a succession of crops ; sow the seed on 

 the surface and rake it in. Weed your early radishes, 

 and thin them so as to stand tw^o or three inches asunder 

 and water them often in dry weather. Turnip-rooted 

 radishes may be sown in moist ground. When the 

 leaves are an inch broad, thin and weed them. Trans- 

 plant radishes for raising seed as directed in May. 



LETTUCES, 



Dig beds a spade deep, in an open situation, the earth 

 rich; sow the seeds on the surface and rake the Li in. 

 The best for this month are grand admiral cabbage ; 

 also imperial and silesia ; you may sow two or tliree 

 times this month. Transplant the lettuces that w ere 

 sown heretofore, into rich earth, well dug and raked ; 

 place them about ten inches apart, water them imme- 

 diately, and in dry weather they will require w^ater oftea 

 till well rooted in the earth. Draw the young plants 

 from seed beds or nursery teds in such a maimer as to 

 leave the others at equal distances. 



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