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Vegetable Garden. — Mostly all seeds 

 recommended for last month can be 

 sown this month, but some more, should 

 be added to them. 



In the earlj^ part plant Bush Beans, as 

 they will bear before frost sets in. Also 

 plant all early varieties of Peas, All 

 kinds of Radishes, Carrots, Beets, Par- 

 snips, Salsify, Roquette, Chervil, Parsley, 

 Sor.rel, Cress, Lettuce, Endive Leeks, 

 Turnips, Kohlrabi, Broccoli, Cauliflower, 

 Kale, Celery, Corn Salad and Mustard 

 can be sown during this month. 



Begin sowing Creole Onion seed after 

 the 15th of this month. As this is one 

 of the most important crops, it should 

 not be neglected. 



Transplant Celery plants in ditches 

 made for that purpose, and if the weather 

 is favorable, set out Lettuce, Beet, Cab- 

 bage and Cauliflower plants. 



If the weather is not too hot and dry, 

 Spinach may be sown, but has to be well 

 watered, otherwise it is impossible to 

 get a stand. 



Some Cabbage seed may be sown, but 

 Cabbage sown this month will generally 



not do as well as seed sown during the 

 previous month. 



Set out, divide and transplant Shallots, 

 sow Sorrel and Turnip-rooted Celerj^ 



Field. — Continue to plant Potatoes fo.r 

 an early v/inter crop. Use only small 

 0"e3 left over from a late spring crop., 

 but do not cut them as they are apt to 

 rot. Plow under the Cow Peas and pre- 

 pare land to set out Cabbage and Cauli- 

 flower plants. Sow Seed Rye, Barley, 

 Wheat, Vetches, Buckwheat, all varieties 

 of Clovers, Dwarf Essex Rape, Kentucky 

 Blue, Red Top, Rescue, Johnson, Tall 

 Meadow Oat, Meadow Fescue, Guinea 

 and Orchard Grasses, Timothy, all varie- 

 ties of Millet and Giant Beggar Weed. 



Orchard. — Continue to bud if the 

 weather is not too dry and the stools re- 

 main in sap. 



Flower Garden — During the month 

 Flower seeds, such as Pansy, Daisy, 

 Sv/eet Alyssum, Candytuft, Stocks, Flow- 

 ering Sweet Peas, Phlox, Chinese, Japan, 

 Marguerite and Carnation Pinks, Asters, 

 etc., can be sown. Plant Hyacinth bulbs 

 for early blooming at the end of the 

 month. Sow on your lawn English Rye 

 Grass for winter lawn. 



OCTOBER 



This is the month when Artichokes 

 should be dressed, the suckers or 

 sprouts taken off and transplanted. 



Onion seed can be sown up to the lutli 

 of this month, but it is better to get in 

 the ground as soon as possible, so that 

 the plants get large enough before cold 

 weather comes on. 



Black-Eyed Marrowfat Peas and Eng- 

 lish Windsor Beans can be planted. 



Sow Cabbage, Spinach, Cauliflower, 

 Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Kale, Mustard, 

 Swiss Chard, Carrots, Beets, Salsify, 

 Leeks, Corn Salad, Parsley, Roquette, 

 Chervil, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Radishes, En- 

 dive and Parsnips. 



Shallots set out previously may be 

 divided and set out again. 



Field. — Rye, Barley and Texas Red 

 Rust Proof Oats should be planted for 

 stock food; also Orchaird Grass, Red and 



VvQiite Clover, Alfalfa or Lucerne and 

 Crimson Clover. Sow Red Top, Kentuc- 

 ky Blue, Timothy and Rescue Grass and 

 all varieties as directed for September. 



Orchard. — Spray your fruit trees in 

 order to destroy scale and other insects, 

 and prepare land to set out more trees. 

 If the weather is good and the trees are 

 in sap, bud Orange trees. 



Transplant Strawberry plants; they 

 have to be transplanted every year, as 

 they cannot be eft in the same place for 

 several years, as is done North. 



Senator Dunlap, Excelsior, Michel's 

 Early, Ocean City, Improved Hoffman, 

 Lady Thompson and Klondyke are the 

 favorite varieties for the Southern 

 States. 



Flower Garden.— Continue to sow Flow- 

 er seeds of all spring blooming varieties. 

 Plant Hyacinth, Narcissus, Ranunculus, 



Poultry Punches for Marking Chickens. 



