. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 148 SUGGESTIONS FOR GARDEN WORK BY MONTHS surplus plants from hotbeds, herbaceous plants from the flower garden, vines, trees, shrubs, and harvests of asparagus, rhubarb and winter onions this month (Fig. 88). The permanent flower garden should be given much attention. Divide the large clumps of such perennial plants as phlox, larkspur, golden glow, and others. Trim out the dead tops of the old plants and give the bed a good cleaning up. After spading all bare spots, apply some manure as a
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. 148 SUGGESTIONS FOR GARDEN WORK BY MONTHS surplus plants from hotbeds, herbaceous plants from the flower garden, vines, trees, shrubs, and harvests of asparagus, rhubarb and winter onions this month (Fig. 88). The permanent flower garden should be given much attention. Divide the large clumps of such perennial plants as phlox, larkspur, golden glow, and others. Trim out the dead tops of the old plants and give the bed a good cleaning up. After spading all bare spots, apply some manure as a mulch to keep the ground mellow and enrich it. May.—Probably the last spring frost will occur during this month. After that almost any of the vegetables may be risked in. Fig. 88.—The surplus products from the home garden and orchard should be marketed frequently directly to consumers in the town market. First day of Holyoke market. Com- pare with verify. (Massachusetts Agricultural College.) the open garden. Do not plant many hot weather crops until the soil is warm. Additional plantings should be made of such hardy crops as beets, peas, onions, lettuce, radish, and transplant more cauliflower, cabbage, and kohl-rabi to the open garden early in the month. The last of May is soon enough to risk tomatoes, peppers, corn, and beans in the open garden. Apply nitrate of soda or other nitrogenous fertilizer to the asparagus bed early in the month. Set forcing frames with glass tops over clumps of asparagus and rhubarb if they have not begun growth before the first of May. Fight cut-worms that are working abundantly in May. A paper collar around all transplanted plants. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davis, Kary Cadmus, 1867-. Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Co
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