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TIME OF SOWING SEEDS 
T HE time for sowing seeds depends entirely on what 
kinds of vegetables you want to grow. 1 here are 
hardy, half-hardy, and tender vegetables, their nature 
being judged by how they stand cold or warm weather. 
Under the various chapters will be found definite sug- 
gestions for each class. 
Seeds of hardy vegetables, like peas, radishes, lettuce, 
etc., may be sown as soon as the soil can be dug and raked 
in the spring. Others, like beans and corn, should not 
be sown until danger of frost is passed. Still others, like 
cucumbers, melons, squashes, etc., known as tender vegeta- 
bles, should not be sown until the ground is thoroughly 
warm and even cool nights are but a memory. 
Do not sow fine or light seeds when high wind prevails. 
It scatters the seeds broadly in the row and cultivation 
later on will prove difficult. 
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