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 

 Leeic 

 Onion 

 Peas 

 Potatoes 

 Radish 

 Spinach 

 Early Turnip 



APRIL 



Sow In Hotbed 



Cucumber 



Eggplant 



Melon 



Pepper 



Tomato 



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 



Xale 



Kohl Rabi 



Lettuce 



Melon 



Nasturtium 



Okra 



Early Peas 



Potatoes 



Pumpkin 



Radish I 



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 



AUGUST 



Open Ground 



Beans, Bush 

 Tuberous 

 Chervil 

 Corn Salad 

 Cucumber 

 Endive 

 Lettuce 

 Welsh Onion 

 Early Peas 

 Radish 

 Spinach 

 Turnip 

 Rutabaga 



SEPTEMBER 



Open Ground 



Cabbage for 

 Coldframes 



Cauliflower for 

 Coldframes 



Tuberous 

 Chervil 



Corn Salad 



Cress 



Siberian Kale 



Lettuce 



Mustard 



Winter Radish 



Spinach 



Turnip 



Sweet Peas 



WE SUGGEST 



A TRIAL OF OUR 



CmNESE CABBAGE 



AND 



SWISS CHARD 



SPRAY CALENDAR AND FORMULAS 



BITING INSECTS— Such as Asparagus Beetles, Bean Leaf 

 BeetUs, Spring Canker Worms, Caterpillar Codling, Moth, Cur- 

 culio, Cherry Fruit Fly, Currant Worms, Locusts, Grasshoppers 

 are best controlled by spraying with either Arsenate of Lead at rate 

 of 1 lb. to SO 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 Hydrated 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 Insecticide is also 

 eflTective used on flower plants. 



ANTS — Make holes by driving a stake down 6 inches deep, then 

 pour in about a tablespoonful of Bisulphide of Carbon. 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 infested, apply twice. Apple 

 Scab, Bud Moth, Curculio and Canker Worm — Spray with 

 Lime-Sulphur I 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 blossom end and each 

 cup must be filled with spray. Do the work thoroughly. Spray again 

 in 40 to 50 days, for the second brood of Codling Moths, which ap- 

 pear 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-Sulphur 

 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-bllght-AppIy Sulphate of Copper Solution 

 when injury first appears. After fruit is harvested apply Bor- 

 deaux Mixture. Green Currant Worm — Use Arsenate of Lead. 

 Borers — Cut out and burn infested stems early in the spring. 



Gooseberry — Mildew — Before buds break, Bordeaux Mixture. 

 For Womu, duit with Arsenate of Lead or Bug Death. 



GRAPES — In the spring gather and burn all dead wood and 

 dried fruit of the previous season. Spray with Bordeaux Mixture aa 

 the buds are swelling. About 10 days later spray with Bordeaux. 

 Spray -again after the fruit has set and every two weeks until fruit 

 is nearly full grown. 



MAPLE — Caterpillars — Collect and bum egg rings in fall and 

 winter. If practical, spray Arsenateof Lead after first leaves appear. 

 Borers — Insert wire in hole and kill, or inject Bisulphide of Carbon 

 in the hole and close with putty or sticky clay. Band the trees with 

 Tree Tanglefoot. 



HARDY SHRUBS— Where aflTected with Blight, use Bordeaux 

 Mixture two or three times in the spring. For Leaf -eating Insecta, 

 Bordeaux Lead. Scale — Lime-Sulphur Solution in fall or winter. 



ONION — Maggot — Destroy the young plants affected as soon 

 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 budsopen with Lime-Sulphur, 1 gallon- 

 to 15 gallons of water. For Brown Rot and Peach Scab, spray 

 with 1 gallon of Lime-Sulphur to 75 gallons. Spray before bloom 

 opens and again about 10 days after it has fallen. Spray again 30 

 days with the Lime-Sulphur 1 to 75. 



PEAR BLIGHT— Cut out and burn all aff'ected branches 6 

 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 affected. 

 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 Aphis, Arsenate of Lead before the buds form; after- 

 ward. Lemon Oil Insecticide or Black Leaf Forty. For Slugs, 

 Arsenate of Lead. 



STRAWBERRIES— Leaf -Blight. MUdew— When growth be- 

 gins 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, In- 

 secto; repeat every week or 10 days. Rot — Train the vines, giving 

 as much sunlight as possible. Sow seed at diff'ereat times so at to 

 have two or three plantings. Pick infected fruh. 



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 winter with 

 Lime-Sulphur and Bordeaux-Arsenate. For leaf-eating caterpillars, 

 use Arsenate of Lead. For Borers use a wire and pole through bur- 

 rows, or pour Bisulphide of Carbon in the hole and stop up with 

 mud or putty to keep in the fumes. 



