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growth stands well above the ground yet not sufficiently high to allow 
the sun to reach the stems. Remove any Winter protective material 
used, burn it and use a good fertilizer. 
Disbud newly planted peaches and plums and finish up Fig 
pruning. 
Plant the main crop Onion sets. 
Damage the vines of Peas as little as possible when picking, and 
sow other rows for a later crop. 
April 
Prepare the soil for sowing sour Orange stock seed and if possible 
use a piece of ground that has not been irrigated much. I 
Sow the main crop Beans, Eggplant and Corn and keep the culti- 
vator going after every rain to prevent the soil baking under the hot 
sun. 
Sow Watermelon and Cantaloupe in soil previously well prepared. 
Give thorough cultivation to the land recently planted to fruit 
trees to create a dust mulch. 
Make the most of good rhubarb pullings now while the price is 
good. There will be plenty of time for the plants to recover later. 
Plant Sweet Potatoes for early crops and do not crowd them. 
Four feet apart is about right for the rows. 
Follow early Potatoes with Lima Beans. 
Keep the irrigation going on Lettuce and thin the rows early. 
Make plantations of Globe Artichokes from selected suckers and 
plant out Jerusalem Artichokes for hog feed. 
May 
As the weather gets warmer allow the Tomato plants to get bigger 
before planting out, as large plants cut back stand drought better than 
smaller ones. 
Sow sour Orange stock after soaking in water for 24 hours and 
cover at once with clean sand. Some shade such as lath will be neces- 
sary in most cases when the seedlings appear. 
Dust Eggplant with Paris green and give a dressing of sulphate of 
potash. 
Thin Peaches and Apricots when possible. It takes more out of 
the tree to grow a stone than the flesh of the fruit. 
Have a good sowing of Cauliflower made now to plant out after 
early crops have matured. 
Bud all young stock that is ready and examine earlier budded 
stock to see that the ties are not “growing in.” 
Plant out young sour Orange stock and finish all Citrus fruit 
planting with as little delay as possible. 
Clean over Strawberry beds as soon as the fruit is gathered, then 
dry for a couple of weeks and fertilize before turning on the water 
for a later crop. 
June 
Remove sucker growth from all orchard trees and finish up the 
spraying as soon as possible. 
Look out for aphis in Melons and Cucumbers and lose no time in 
dusting with tobacco powder as soon as any insects are seen. 
Cool nights and hot days tend to mildew. Use sulphur freely 
