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less. In fact, it is combined with a good 

 deal of labor to raise good Lettuce during | 

 the summer months. Improved Royal ; 

 Cabbage, Hubbard, Perpignan, Steckler's 

 French Market, ^Yhite Paris Coss or ; 

 Roman are the best for summer use. j 

 Okra can still be sown. i 



Large White Solid Celery may be sown 

 now, but must be well shaded, and if the 

 weather is dry, should be regularly 

 watered. 



Late Italian Cauliflower may be sown. 



Lima and Pole Beans can be planted; 

 the Southern Prolific, Kentucky Wonder 

 and White Creaseback are the best varie- 

 ties for late planting. 



Field. — Cow Peas and Crowders can be 



planted, the latter is the best to be used 

 green. 



Sweet Potato slips can still be set out, 

 taking advantage of an occasional rain; 

 but if it does not rain they must be 

 watered. As the tops of Shallots get dry, 

 which indicates their being ripe, they 

 are fit to be taken up and stored away in 

 a dry, airy place, taking care not to lay 

 them too thick, as they are liable to heat. 



Grass and Field Seeds, Sorghum, Field 

 and Cow Peas, Soja and Velvet Beans, 

 Field and Broom Corn can also be 



planted. 



Orchard. — Besides Budding, nothing 

 can be done. 



Flower Garden. — Follow instructions 

 given for last month. 



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Vegetable Garden. — The sowing during 

 this month is similar to the preceding. 

 The growing crops will require attention 

 as weeds grow fast daring this month. 



Corn may be planted for the last supply 

 of roasting ears; also a few Water and 

 Musk Melons. Cucumbers, Squash and 

 Pumpkins planted during this month 

 generally do well; but if the weather is 

 hot and dry, they require an abundance 

 of water. 



Soutnern Prolific, Kentucky AVonder 

 and White Creaseback Pole Beans are 

 the be£t to plant this month, as they 

 stand more heat than other varieties. 

 Continue to set out Sweet Potato slips. 



Sow all kinds of Radishes; Endive for 

 salad, also Royal and Perpignan Lettuce. 



Before sowing, scak the seeds for half 

 an hour in water, take them out, put in 

 a piece of cloth and set in a cool damp 

 place, or if convenient in an ice box, 

 which is best. Keep the cloth moist, 

 and in four to six days the seeds will 

 sprout. Then sow them. It is best to 

 do so in the evening, and give a good 

 watering. 



If the seeds are sown without being 

 sprouted, ants will be likely to carry 

 them away before they can germinate, 

 and the seedsman be blamed for selling 

 seeds that did not gi^ow. This sprouting 

 has to be done from May to ^eptember, 

 or, if the weather is warm and dry in 



the latter month, 

 October. 



to the middle of 



Should the vs-eather be moist and cool 

 in the fall it can be dispensed with. 



Cabbage for winter crops may be 

 sown in this month, as the plants are 

 generally easier raised during this than 

 the following months. 



Late Italian Giant Cauliflower may still 

 be sown at the early part of this month; 

 towards the end Half Early Paris, Extra 

 Early Paris, Early Dwarf Erfurt, Hen- 

 derson's Snowball and Early Italian Giant 

 can be sown. Some cultivators transplant 

 them, when large enough; at once from 

 the seed bed into the open ground; 

 others plant them first in dirt bands and 

 transplant into the ground later. How- 

 ever, if transplanted at this time of the 

 year they will have to be shaded for a 

 few days and watered until they have 

 taken a good hold. 



Sow Tomatoes for late crop towards 

 the end of this month. 



Field.— Cow Peas, Canada Field Peas, 

 Soja and Velvet Beans, Sorghum and all 

 varieties of Field Corn can still be sown. 

 Plant Sweet Potato slips for a late crop. 



Orchard. — Nothing can be done. 



Flower Garden. — Follow instructions 

 given for April. 



Flowering Annuals to be had in their planting season. 



