THE PLANTER'S GUIDE 



Containing a monthly calendar of operations and some useful tables, arranged to help the gardener or 

 farmer in sowing seeds or setting out of plants from February to October in the latitude of Washington. 



FEBRUARY 



Sow in Hotbed 



Early Beans 

 Broccoli 

 Early Cabbage 

 Forcing Carrot 

 Early Celery 

 Cucumber 

 Eggplant 

 Early Lettuce 

 Parsley 

 Pepper 

 Radish 

 Tomato 



TRY OUR 



STONE 

 TOMATO 



FOR 

 CANNING 



MARCH 



Sow in Hotbed 



Early Beans 

 Early Beets 

 Brussels 

 Sprouts 

 Early Cabbage 

 Forcing Carrot 

 Cauliflower 

 Celery 

 Eggplant 

 Kohl Rabi 

 Lettuce 

 Parsley 

 Pepper 

 Radish 

 Tomato 



Open Ground 

 Beans, B. 

 Windsor 

 Beets 

 Carrot 

 Leek 

 Onion 

 Peas 

 Potatoes 

 Radish 

 Spinach 

 Early Turnip 



APRIL 



Sow in Hotbed 



Cucumber 

 Eggplant 

 Melon 

 Pepper 



i omato 



Open Ground 



Asparagus 

 English Beans 

 Beets 

 Brussels 

 Sprouts 

 Early Cabbage 

 Carrot 

 Cauliflower 

 Celery 

 Cress 

 Kohl Rabi 

 Lettuce 

 Onion 

 Parsley 

 Parsnip 

 Peas 

 Potatoes 

 Radish 

 Spinach 

 Early Turnip 



MAY 



Open Ground 



Artichoke 

 Asparagus 

 Beans, Bush 



and Running 

 Beets 

 Brussels 



Sprouts 

 Carrot 

 Cauliflower 

 Celery 

 Sweet Corn 

 Cress 

 Cucumber 

 Kohl Rabi 

 Leek 

 Lettuce 

 Melon 

 Onion 

 Parsley 

 Parsnip 

 Peas 

 Potatoes 

 Radish 

 Salsify 

 Spinach 

 Early Turnip 



JUNE 



Open Ground 

 Beans, Lima & 



all other sorts 

 Beets 



Broccoli 

 Brussels 

 Sprouts 

 Late Cabbage 

 Carrot 

 Cauliflower 

 Sweet Corn 

 Cress 

 Cucumber 

 Endive 

 Kale 



Kohl Rabi 

 Lettuce 

 Melon 

 Nasturtium 

 Okra 



Early Peas 

 Potatoes 

 Pumpkin 

 Radish 

 Salsify 

 Spinach 

 Squash 

 Herbs 



JULY 



Open Ground 

 Beans 

 Beets 

 Carrot 

 Sweet Corn 

 Corn Salad 

 Cress 

 Cucumber 

 Gherkin 

 Kale 



Kohl Rabi 

 Lettuce 

 Nasturtium 

 Okra 



Early Peas 

 Pumpkin 

 Radish 

 Spinach 

 Squash 

 White Turnip 



Open Ground 

 Beans, Bush 

 Tuberous 

 Chervil 

 Corn Salad 

 Cucumber 

 Endive 

 Lettuce 

 Welsh Onion 

 Early Peas 

 Radish 

 Spinach 

 Turnip 

 Rutabaga 



AUGUST SEPTEMBER 



Open Ground 



Cabbage for 

 Coldframes 



Cauliflower for 

 Coldframes 



Tuberous 

 Chervil 



iCorn Salad 



Cress 



Siberian Kale 



1 ettuce 



Mustard 



Winter Radish 



Spinach 



Turnip 



Sweet Peas 



WE SUGGEST 



A TRIAL OF OUR 



CHINESE CABBAGE 



AND 



SWISS CHARD 



SPRAY CALENDAR AND FORMULAS 



BITING INSECTS.— Such as Asparagus Beetles, Bean Leaf 

 Beetles, Spring Canker Worms, Caterpillar Codling, Moth, 

 Curculio, Cherry Fruit Fly, Currant Worms, Locusts, Grass- 

 hoppers, are best controlled by spraying with either Arsen- 

 ate of Lead at rate of 1 lb. to 5J gallons of water, or dust 

 with Bug Death. We also recommend Tuber Tonic for the 

 destruction of Potato Bugs and Tomato Worms. Paris 

 Green in mixture with dry Arsenate of Lead or with Hy- 

 drated Lime is also an effective remedy for Potato Bugs 

 and Tomato Worms. 



SUCKING INSECTS— Fish Oil Soap sprayed 20 to 25 parts 

 water is effective on Aphis, some Scale Insects, Cabbage 

 Flea Beetles, Chinch Bugs, Bark Lice. Lemon Oil Insecti- 

 cide is also effective used on flower plants. 



ANTS — Make holes by driving a stake down 6 inches 

 deep, then pour in about a tablespoonful of Bisulphide of 

 Ca'rbon. Ants on rose bushes and chrysanthemums are not 

 doing any harm to the plant. They are usually going after 

 Aphis, which they milk. The Aphis should be destroyed. 

 We also recommend Ant-I-Cide for destroying ants on lawns 

 and walks. 



APPLE— San Jose Scale, Oyster Shell Scale— Use Lime- 

 Sulphur Solution, 1 gallon to 10 gallons of water, in the 

 fall or winter, preferably in the fall: if badly infected, 

 apply twice. Apple Scab', Bud Moth, Curculio and Canker 

 "Worm — Spray with Lime-Sulphur, 1 gallon to 40 gallons of 

 water, and add 2 to 3 pounds of Arsenate of Lead to each 

 50 gallons. Apply when the color shows in the bloom, but 

 before the bloom opens. For Codling Moth spray just after 

 the bloom has fallen with Lime-Sulphur, 1 gallon to 40 

 gallons of water, and add 2 pounds of Arsenate of Lead to 

 each 50 gallons. The worms enter the apple at the blos- 

 som end and each cup must be filled with spray. Do the 

 work thoroughly. Spray again in 40 to 50 days for the sec- 

 ond brood of Codling Moths, which appear at this time. If 

 Bitter Rot or Black Rot should show in the orchard, spray 

 with Lime-Sulphur, 1 pound in 50 gallons of water. 



BLACKBERRIES— Anthracnose and Rust. Cut out and 

 burn any diseased canes. Spray with Lime-Sulphur, 1 to 

 40, or with Insecto (Bordeaux-Arsenate). 



CHERRY — Forbes or Cherry Scale — Spray with Lime-Sul- 

 phur in the fall and winter. For Brown Rot spray with 

 Lime-Sulphur, 1 gallon to 40 gallons of water, and add 2 to 

 3 pounds of Arsenate of Lead to poison the Curculios. Spray 

 again about 10 days after the fruit has set. Slugs often eat 

 the surface of the leaves early in June; spray the trees with 

 Black Leaf Forty or Arsenate of Lead. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM— Aphis— Use Tobacco Dust or spray 

 with Black Leaf Forty. For Blight use Bordeaux. 



CURRANT— Leaf-blight— Apply Sulphate of Copper Solu- 

 tion when injury first appears. After fruit is harvested ap- 

 ply Bordeaux Mixture. Green Current Worm — Use Arsenate 

 of Lead. Borers — Cut out and burn infested stems early in 

 the spring. 



GOOSEBERRY— Mildew— Before buds break, Bordeaux 

 Mixture. For Worms, dust with Arsenate of Lead or Bug 

 Death. 



GRAPES— In the spring gEther and burn all dead wood 

 and dried fruit of the previous season. Spray with Bor- 

 deaux Mixture as tie buds are swelling. About 10 days 

 later spray with Bordeaux. Soray as?ain after t^e fruit has 

 set and every two weeks until fruit is nearly full grown. 



MAPLE— Caterpillars— Collect and burn egg rings in fall 

 and winter. If practical, spray Arsenate of i^ead after first 

 leaves apnear. B~rers— Insert wire in hole and kill, or in- 

 ject Bisulphide of Carbon in the hole and close with mitty 

 or sticky clay. Band the trees with Tree Tanglefoot. 



HARDY SHRUBS— Where affected with Blight, use Bor- 

 deaux Mixture two or three times in the spring. For 

 Leaf-eating insects, Bordeaux Lead. Scale— Lime-Sulphur 

 Solution in fall or winter. 



ONION— Maggot— Destroy the young plants affected as 

 so°n as noticed, digging up maggots with the roots. Use 

 Fish Oil Soap in dilution over plants. 



PEACH, APRICOT AND PLUM— For Peach-leaf Curl 

 spray in the spring before the buds open with Lime-Sul- 

 phur 1 gallon to 15 gallons of water, hor Brown Rot and 

 Peach Scab spray with 1 gallon of Lime-Sulphur to 75 gal- 

 lons. Spray before bloom opens and again about 10 davs 

 after it has fallen. Spray again 30 days with the Lime- 

 Sulphur 1 to 75. 



PEAR— Blight— Cut out and burn all affected branches six 

 inches below blighted part. For Pear Scab and Codling 

 Moth spray as recommended for the apple. 



QUINCE— If twigs blight, cut out and burn all those af- 

 fected. Spray with Lime-Sulphur and Arsenate of Lead as 

 for apple after bloom has fallen. 



ROSES— Leaf-curl and Blight— Bordo Lead, apply twice. 

 For Green-fly or Aph's, Arsenate of Lead before the buds 

 form; afterward, Lemon Oil Insecticide or Black Leaf 

 Forty. For Slugs, Arsenate of Lead. 



STRAWBERRIES— Leaf-blight. Mildew— When growth 

 begins in spring, Bordo Lead. When first fruits are set, 

 repeat. After fruit is harvested, repeat every two weeks. 



TOMATO — Leaf-blight — As soon as disease is discovered, 

 Insecto; repeat every week or 10 days. Rot — Train the 

 vines, giving as much sunlight as possible. Sow seed at 

 different times, so as to have two or three plantings. Pick 

 infected fruit. 



SAN JOSE SCALE— They can be controlled by spraying 

 Lime-Sulphur Solution in the fall, winter and early spring 

 months while the tree is dormant, 1 gallon to 10 gallons 

 water, and it is best to spray twice. In the summer this 

 strong solution cannot be used on account of the injury to 

 foliage and fruit, but even weaker solution, 1 gallon to 30 

 or 40 gallons of water, seems to have beneficial effect. 



SHADE TREES— For Scale Insects spray in fall or win- 

 ter with Lime-Sulphur and Bordeaux-Arsenate. For leaf- 

 eating caterpillars use Arsenate of Lead. For Borers use a 

 wire and pole through burrows, or pour Bisulphide of Car- 

 bon in the hole and stop up with mud or putty to keeD in 

 the fumes. 



