Lettuce

Sow seeds and transplant the plants on hand. This crop requires a soil well supplied with plant-food.

Melons

Plant seeds in the same manner as advised for cucumbers.

Okra

Sow seeds on sods and set out the plants next month.

Peas

Sow seeds of a number of varieties.

Peppers And Egg-Plants

Peppers And Egg-Plants, if not sown last month, should be sown now. Sow them under glazed sashes and keep close. When the plants appear, give some air, and increase it according to the weather. If a large number of plants is required, the sowing may be delayed until next month. Should flea-beetles trouble you, use plenty of bordeaux on egg-plants.

Potatoes, Irish

The main crop should be planted as early as possible. Standard varieties are Early Rose, Peerless, and Burbank.

Strawberries

Run the cultivator through them at least once every three weeks; if they are to be mulched, collect the necessary material. Strawberries planted in February seldom yield much of a crop.

Sweet-Potatoes

Sweet-Potatoes, can now be bedded and protected with canvas, or a row or two of whole tubers may be planted for "draws" and vines.

Tomatoes In Frames

Tomatoes In Frames should be given all the air and light possible and plenty of room if protected with canvas, do not allow the plants to crowd.

March

Beans

Sow all varieties for a fall crop. As soon as the plants appear, the cultivator must be run through the crop, and kept going as often as necessary.

Corn

Continue to plant; and we recommend harrowing the patch as soon as the young corn appears. It is generally planted in hills 3 or 4 ft. apart, but better results will be obtained by planting in drills and leaving one stalk every 12 in.

Cucumbers

Sow in hills 4 ft. apart, using a liberal quantity of seed to each hill. When the plants come up, thin them to about six in the hill. When the plants begin to get rough leaves, pull out one or two more from each hill. Striped cucumber-beetles are sometimes very numerous, and in order to get a stand of plants it is necessary to go through the patch early every morning and sprinkle all the hills with air-slaked lime.

Egg-Plants

Toward the end of the month the plants growing in frames may be transplanted to their fruiting quarters. Seed may be sown outside after March 15; sooner if a warm and sheltered spot is selected.

Lettuce

Sow in drills, and when the plants are large enough, thin to a foot apart. If transplanted at this season, they often go to seed.

Okra

A sowing may be made now, but the main planting would best be deferred until after March 15. Sow in drills 3 ft. apart and thin the plants to 18 in. apart in the drills.

Peas

Early varieties may be sown; it is now too late to sow tall-growing kinds.

Peppers

Treat as advised for egg-plants.

Potatoes, Irish

It is not too late to plant them, but the sooner they are planted the better. The crop planted in February should be harrowed as soon as the shoots begin to come up, and when the rows can be fairly seen, the cultivator must be set to work to keep down weeds and grass.

Squashes

Plant seed in hills 6 ft. apart. The directions for planting melons may be followed. The same remarks apply to pumpkins and other vegetables of this kind.

Sweet-Potatoes

If slips or vines are at hand, they may be planted late in the month for the earliest tubers. The whole potatoes may be planted on a ridge to yield vines for later planting.

Strawberries

The mulching of beds or rows should be no longer delayed, if clean and plentiful fruit is wanted.

Tomatoes

About March 15 the frame plants may go to their fruiting quarters. It is necessary to use some judgment in this matter, as they may be killed or injured by an April frost. Seed may be sown in the open ground for plants for late fruiting. Set the plants 4 ft. apart each way.

April

Alternantheras

Alternantheras should go out now.

Annuals Of All Kinds

Annuals Of All Kinds may still be sown where they are to flower, as they transplant with difficulty at this season.

Coleuses

Plant out in the beds now. Cuttings root readily, simply requiring to be stuck in.

Beans Of All Kinds

Beans Of All Kinds can be planted, limas especially.

Beets

Make another sowing.

Cabbage Plants

Cabbage Plants obtained from spring sowings should be set out as soon as fit. The ground requires to be very rich to carry this crop.

Cucumbers

These can be sown anywhere now.

Corn

Make a sowing to yield roasting ears to come in after that sown last month.

Okra

Sow in drills 3 or 4 ft. apart.

Peas

Make a sowing of early varieties for the last time.

Squash (Bush) And Pumpkin

Squash (Bush) And Pumpkin may now be planted.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes should be got out to their fruiting quarters as early in the month as possible. Let them be set at least 4 ft. apart each way.

May

Beans

Plant a few more bush and pole beans.

Celery

Celery may now be started. The bed or box needs plenty of water, and should be shaded from sun.

Lettuce

Lettuce requires careful handling to encourage it to germinate. It is best sown in a box and kept shaded and moist.

Melons, cucumbers, squashes, and pumpkins may be sown.

Radishes

Sow the yellow and white summer varieties.

Remarks

It is a constant struggle with weeds throughout this month, and the cultivator and plow are ever going. As the land becomes vacant, sow corn or plant sweet-potatoes - draws or vines. Sow some late Italian cauliflower. Let the orchard have constant and thorough cultivation, and remove all unnecessary growth from the trees as soon as they appear. Be always on the lookout for borers. Keep the strawberries as free of grass and coco, or knob-grass, as possible.