Grapes should be kept well tied to trellis, and unnecessary growth removed, so that the wood may have the chance of becoming thoroughly ripened. If the cultivator and plow are not used judiciously, a second growth will be started, which is not desirable.
Lettuce.—The seed requires to be sprouted before being sown, and if the sowing is done on a dry day the drills should be watered.
Radishes.—Sow the summer kinds.
Strawberries.—Keep the beds clean of weeds and grass.
Tomatoes.—Make a sowing early in the month, or, what is much better, take cuttings from plants still in bearing.
Turnips.—Sow a few after a shower towards the end of the month.
Remarks.—Much cannot be done this month, as the weather is hot and dry, but the opportunity should not be lost for killing weeds and preparing for the planting season, which is now rapidly drawing near.
Artichokes.—Seed of the Green Globe may be sown now and large plants obtained by spring. The seed-bed requires to be shaded.
Bush beans, beets, pole beans, carrots, celery, endive, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustard, Black Spanish and Rose China radishes, parsley, turnips, rutabagas, and salad plants of all kinds may now be sown. The seed should be sown on small ridges, adaptable to the kind of plants, for level culture is not successful in the vegetable garden in this section.