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when about a foot high, they will produce plenty of fruit. Or, the 
seed may be sown about the end of this month, on a warm border, 
and planted out finally, in the beginning of June; but these will be 
rather late, and not produce fruit so abundantly, in the middle or 
eastern states, as by the former method. If any were sown last 
month, let them be pricked out into a fresh hot-bed, the middle of 
this, at the distance of four or five inches, to gather strength, and 
prepare them for planting out, about the fifteenth or twentieth of 
May. 
Sowing Cucumber, Squashes, Musk and Water Melons. 
In the middle states where the ground is light, dry, and warm, 
you may in the last week of this month sow cucumbers, squashes, 
water-melons, and early musk-melons in the open ground, agreea- 
bly to the directions given next month. If the weather proves fa- 
vourable, and that they are not attacked by frost after being up, 
they will succeed very well; but if you have hand or bell glasses for 
their protection, there is no doubt of their success. 
It is generally observed, that cucumbers, squashes, and melons 
of every kind, may be sown in the open ground, as early as Indian 
corn; but they are certainly somewhat more tender, and cannot be 
sown in the middle states, with great certainty of success, before 
the eighth of May. 
Kidney-Beans. 
Towards the latter end of this month, you may plant a first crop 
of Kidney-beans, in the open ground. Select a warm, dry, and 
favourably situated spot, and having dug and manured it properly, 
draw drills an inch deep, and two feet or thirty inches asunder; drop 
the beans therein, two inches apart, and draw the earth equally over 
them; do not cover them more than an inch deep; for, at this early 
time, they are liable to rot, if cold or wet ensue. The kinds pro- 
per to be sown now, are the early cream-coloured, speckled, yellow, 
and white dwarfs. 
Endive. 
Those who are fond of endive, as a sallad, may now sow some of 
the seed, as directed in June; and blanch it, when of sufficient size, 
in the manner prescribed in August. But in the early summer 
months, lettuce has almost generally superseded the use of it. 
Sorrel. 
Sow now a sufRcient supply of the broad-leaved, garden sorrel, 
and also, of the round-leaved or French sorrel; these, or either ot 
them, may be sown, on narrow beds or borders, andcovered lightly, 
or raked in; when the plants are up keep them free from weeds, 
and in June, you may transplant them, either in rows along the 
borders, or into three or four feet wide beds, at the distance of nine 
inches, plant from plant, every way. 
