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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 10, 30 September 1942, Page 6

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WHAT TO DO NEXT MONTH OPERATIONS DURING OCTOBER Successional Sowings Lcttucc (when planting), must be watered in), beans, peas, celery, turnips,. spring onions, sweet corn, spinach. Other Sowings All gourds (when danger ol' frost lias passed) carrots, parsnips (main crops), cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, beetroot, leeks. Plants to Set Potatoes (main crop), tomatoes, j i lettuce, silver beet. Perennial Crops Rhubarb—stalk- of matured, ma} - be pulled till Christmas. Asparagus—spears ol V: el: established beds may be cut from-'7 to n week?. Iwo to three year «;ld ixols—spears should bo harvested >p:v:]ugly, two to three weeks respect i; o-ly. immediately harvesting is finished, give a dressing of blood and bono—two handi'uLs to each crown ior old beds, and one handful for younger ones — with a liberal • application of wood ashes ami soot. Crops in Season (The month is brackets represents Live month of sowing seeds). Beans— broad. (I\la3 r to June); dwarf and climbing (raid October to early February). Artichokes, Globe (September). Beetroot (almost ail the year). Broccoli (September to January). Brussels sprouts (September to Deeember). Carrots (July to April). Cauliflower (June to December). Egg plant (mid October), Lettuce (May to February).