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past. Use a fungicide to which 
may be added some arsenate of 
lead. 
Attend to the Summer pruning 
on trained and yoimg fruit trees. 
July 
Plant out Celery. 
Keep Tomatoes tied and disbud- 
ded. 
Sow for succession, Lettuce, 
Radish, and other salad subjects. 
Pot Strawberry runners. 
Plow or dig under old Straw- 
berry bed, and plant to late crops. 
Keep ground well cultivated. 
Thin out fruits on Apples, 
Peaches, etc., if crop is heavy. 
Regulate young trees by Summer 
pruning. 
August 
Vegetables such as Beans and 
Corn may still be sown for suc- 
cession. 
Harvest Onions. 
Plant Shallots. 
Celery may still be planted. 
Blanch earl}' Celery as it re- 
quires it. 
Blanch Cardoons. 
Keep Tomatoes well tied and 
disbudded. 
Sow Winter Spinach. 
Dig Potatoes as they are ready. 
Cut awav all old canes of Rasp- 
berries and Blackberries, and 
thin out young canes. 
Plant out young Strawberries. 
Spray for brown rot on late 
Plums and Peaches. 
September 
Continue to blanch Celery. 
Spinach may still be sown. 
Dig Potatoes as they are ready. 
Sow Cabbage and Cauliflower in 
cold frames. 
Plant Lettuce. 
Turnips and Radishes and any 
quick maturing crops may still be 
sown outside. 
All runners should be kept off 
Strawberries. 
Young plants of Strawberries 
may still be planted. 
Pick fruits as ready, in dry 
weather. 
Examine Peach trees for borers. 
October 
Continue to plant Cauliflower 
and Lettuce in coldframes. 
Celery still requires much at- 
tention; look out for the rust. 
Onion sets should be planted for 
Spring bunching. 
Protect tender crops from the 
first frosts; also blanch Endive. 
Pick all late fruits before danger 
of freezing. 
New fruit trees other than 
Peaches may be planted; Peaches 
are best planted in the Spring. 
November 
Lift and store Celery, Carrots, 
Beet, and aU other crops not yet 
harvested. 
Give attention to Lettuce in 
frames. 
Prepare for next year’s crops by 
plowing and manuring, and by 
burning rubbish. 
Asparagus, Rhubarb and Chicory 
should now be forced. 
Protect Parsley, pot Mint and 
other herbs for Winter use. 
Finish all planting of fruit 
trees. 
Prepare Blackberries and Rasp- 
berries for Winter protection. 
December 
Protect Celery 'and other crops 
from severe frosts. 
Take advantage of aU good 
weather to do cleaning and dig- 
ging in preparation for next year. 
Ventilate frames on every good 
day. 
Strawberries should be entirely 
covered over with salt hay after 
