AUGUST

=Plot A.=--Towards the end of the month the onions may be ready to

harvest; if so, get them up, also the carrots and beet, though the last

may have to wait till September. Follow the onions with spring cabbage,

and the carrots with chicory, planted out, and endive. The celery will

probably be ready for a first slight earthing up.

=Plot B.=--Clear the latest peas away, and immediately follow them with

endive, chicory, and lettuce from the seed bed. As soon as established

give the lettuce a slight dressing of nitrate of soda, it makes all the

difference to the quality of autumn lettuce; the endive also will be

improved by similar treatment. If desired a sowing of turnips may be

made here at this time.

=Plot C.=--Keep this plot and the rest of the ground clear of weeds;

use the Dutch hoe.

=Seed Bed.=--Sow more spring cabbage, endive, and Tripoli onions.

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