Miscellaneous Calendar. SQSf 



July 1. White pond lily {Nymphaia odorata) in flower. 

 4. Black elder (Sambucus canadensis) in full flower. 



7. Early peas fit for the table. Red and white currants 



ripening. 



8. Nodding lily (Lilium, canadense) in flower. 



1 1. Garden beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) in full flower. Chest- 

 nut in flower. Black raspberries ripening. 



20. Early corn tasseled (Zea mays. Variety prcecox.) Red 

 raspberries fully ripe. 



22. Whortleberries ripe {Vaccin, resinos.) 



24. Cucumbers fit for the table. 



28. Early potatoes fit for the table. 



29. Rye fit for the sickle. Early garden squashes (Cucurbita 



Melo-pepo) fit for the table. 



August 2. Jenneting apples ripening. 

 5. Early corn fit for the table. 



8. Wheat (Triticum hybtirnum) fit for the sickle, 

 28. Summer peas ripening. 



September 4. Watermelons and muskmelons ripe. 



5. Swallows departed. 



6. Elderberries fully ripe. 



11. Choke cherries and wild cherries {Prunus virginiana) 



ripe. 



12. Yellow plum (Prunus chicasa) fully ripe. 

 16. Butternut beginning to fall from the tree. 

 16. Our farmers making their first cider. 



22. Great grapes ripe. 



October 2. Butternut and elm beginning to defoliate. Chest- 

 nut-burrs beginning to open. 



9. Our farmers beginning to harvest their Indian corn. 



1818. 



March 1 1 . Bluebirds arrived. 



13. Woodpeckers, robins, and blackbirds arrived. Bees out 



of the hive. 

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