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trenches, and endive a full crop. Earth up celery in trenches in 

 dry weather, and all other drilled or rowed crops ; tie up the 

 forwardest plants of endive to blanch it, and destroy weeds. 



September. — Sow onionS;, lettuce, horn-carrot, to stand the 

 winter; radish the last sowing; small salad twice. Transplant 

 coleworts and last crops of broccoli ; prick out cauliflowers ; and 

 plant celery into shallow trenches ; also lettuce and endive under 

 shelter; gather seeds as they ripen. 



October. — Sow lettuce on warm borders; also mazagan 

 beans and Charlton peas to stand the winter. Transplant endive 

 and lettuce into frames ; cabbage, a full crop for spring supply. 

 Dig up potatoes, carrots^ parsnips, beet, scorzonera, salsify, 

 skirret, and Hamburg parsley, for pitting, or storing in dry sand 

 in a shed out of the reach of frost and moisture ; earth up celery ; 

 blanch endive ; hoe out winter spinach ; and draw earth to the 

 stems of all rowed crops ; and lay down broccoli. 



November. — Sow early peas, mazagan beans to succeed those 

 sown last month ; if they survive the winter they will come in very 

 early in the spring. Cabbage may still be planted ; finish earth- 

 ing up all crops requiring such care. Secure all full-grown 

 vegetables which may be injured by frost, such as lettuce, endive, 

 and especially cauliflowers and broccoli, which should be pulled 

 up and hung up by the heels in some airy outhouse. Dress 

 asparagus, and give artichokes their winter protection. 



December. — The operations of this month are chiefly in pre- 

 paring the ground for spring crops while the weather permits. 

 If open and dry, other sowings of mazagan beans and Charlton 

 peas may be made : and towards the end of the month the first 

 crop of spring radishes may be sown on a south border, to be 

 protected by a thick covering of litter on nights and in frosty 

 days, till they are nearly ready for use in March. 



N.B. As seeds cannot be sown nor plants removed always at 

 the times set down in the calendar, it should be understood as a 

 general direction, that such work should be done as soon after- 

 wards as the season allows. The above calendar (which includes 

 the business of every kitchen-garden) will supply the cottager 

 with the time of sowing or planting any vegetable, not mentioned 

 before, which he may be inclined to try. 



