WM. HENRY MAULE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



The Home Gardener's Time Table 



This is a year's schedule of garden work that will tell you what to plant during certain periods and what preparations to 

 make for future planting as well as what remedies to use for preventing plant diseases and destroying insects. 



Cultural directions telling how to plant will be found at the heading of each vegetable variety throughout the catalogue 

 and on all our packet, ounce, quarter-pound, pound, pint and quart bags. 



January 1 — February 25 



During the month of January The Maule Seed Books 

 are usually being distributed. As soon as you receive 

 yours, make arrangements for your garden and order 

 all the seeds you will need for the season. The sooner 

 you send your order the better; you will have your seeds 

 ready to plant at the proper time. 



In order to raise strong, healthy plants that should 

 be set out early in the spring, it would be to your 

 advantage to make a hot-bed or cold frame. These are 

 easily made. We give you directions on page 3. 



Insure success in your garden by adopting the practical 

 instructions given throughout this book. 



February 25— March 30 



Sow in greenhouse, hot-bed or indoors in shallow 

 boxes or pots, seeds of Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Early 

 Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Celery, Chinese Lantern 

 Plant, Egg Plants, Ground Cherry, Lettuce, Peppers 

 and Tomatoes. We offer paper pots on page 35. 



After March 15, or as soon as the ground can be 

 worked, plant Asparagus seed or roots, Table Beets, 

 Carrots, Cress, Dandelion, Horse Radish Sets, Leek, 

 Lettuce, Mustard, Onion Sets or seed, Smooth Peas, 

 Potatoes, Radishes, Rhubarb Roots and Spinach. 



Asparagus beds may now be top-dressed with manure 

 and given an application of salt. 



April 1— May 10 



Plants of Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Early Cabbage, 

 Cauliflower and Lettuce may now be set outdoors. 



Plant Asparagus seed or roots, Bush Beans, Table 

 Beets, Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Celeriac, Celery. Chic- 

 ory, Collards, Corn Salad, Early Com, Cress, Dande- 

 lion, Endive, Garlic Sets, Herbs, Horse Radish Sets, 

 Kale, Kohl Rabi, Leek, Lettuce, Mustard, Nasturtium, 

 Onion seed or sets, Parsley, Parsnips, Peas, Potatoes, 

 Radishes, Rhubarb seed or roots, Salsify, Sorrel, Spinach, 

 Swiss Chard and Early Turnips. 



If you do not have the time nor space to devote to 

 the growing of vegetable plants from seed, we can furnish 

 you with the following varieties, grown on our farm at 

 Newfleld, N. J.: Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, 

 Celery, Egg Plants, Lettuce, Pepper, Sweet Potato and 

 Tomatoes. Consult index on page 176. 



May 10— June 15 



Chinese Lantern Plant, Egg Plants, Ground Cherry, 

 Peppers, Sweet Potato and Tomato plants, as well as 

 Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Early Cabbage, Cauliflower 

 and Lettuce plants, if not yet set out in the open ground, 

 should be re-set or transplanted now. 



Asparagus roots, Beans of all kinds, Lima Beans, Table 

 and Sugar Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts. Late Cab- 

 bage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Chicory, Collards, Corn Salad, 

 Corn, Cress, Cucumbers, Dandelion, Garden Lemon, 

 Garlic Sets, Gourds, Herbs, Horse Radish Sets, Kale, 

 Kohl Rabi, Leek, Lettuce, Mangels, Melon Peach, Musk- 

 melous, Mustard, Nasturtiums, Okra, Onion seed or sets, 

 Parsley, Parsnip, Peanuts, Peas, Potatoes, Pumpkins, 

 Radishes, Rhubarb seed or roots, Salsify, Sorrel, Spinach, 

 Squash, Swiss Chard, Early Turnips and Watermelons 

 may be planted. 



June 15— July 20 



Bush Beans, Bush Limas, Beets, Carrots, Chicory, 

 Chinese Cabbage, Collards, Com, Cress, Cucumbers, 

 Endive, Kale, Kohl Rabi, Lettuce, Nasturtium, Okra, 

 Potatoes, Summer and Winter Radishes, Ruta Baga, 

 Sorrel and Swiss Chard may be sown. 



Set out plants of Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Late Cab- 

 bage, Cauliflower, Celeriac and Celery. 



July 20— August 31 



At this time many of the vegetables that were planted 

 early have matured and should be followed by others, 

 but the probable time of the first frost in each locality 

 must be considered before deciding what to plant. 



Sow the following for a late fall crop: Bush Beans, 

 Collards, Kale, Lettuce, Mustard, Onions, Early Peas, 

 Summer or Winter Radishes, Spinach and Turnips. 



September 1 — October 15 



Sow no later than September 15: Corn Salad, Kale, 

 Lettuce and Spinach for late fall or early spring use. 

 Sow Onion seed for early spring use (we recommend 

 Silver Skin). Celery plants should be slightly banked up. 



Any of these vegetables wanted for early spring use 

 should be covered with a few inches of hay, leaves or 

 litter the last of November and left on during the winter. 



Until October 15 : Asparagus roots, Horse Radish Sets, 

 Onion Sets and Rhubarb roots may be planted. These 

 require no protection, but a covering will prove beneficial. 



October 1 5 — December 3 1 



Continue banking up celery plants. After a few light 

 frosts, when the ground is dry, dig roots of Beets, 

 Carrots, Celeriac, Parsnips, Winter Radishes, Ruta 

 Bagas, Salsify and Turnips, remove tops all but an 

 inch or two, which will prevent bleeding or drying out. 

 Store either in pit outdoors or in boxes indoors, covering 

 roots with dry sand or soil. We offer a special collection 

 on page 29 of root vegetables for winter storing. 



Store Cabbage outdoors by placing heads close together, 

 roots up, and cover with straw and soil. 



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firtant Nfltfi * Tbe above suggestions are based on climatic conditions in the latitude of Philadelphia. Farther south, allow one week to two 

 u * UUll 11UIIC. months earlier, farther north, allow one to lour weeks later, according to the climatic conditions in the various sections. 



Protect Your Garden Against Blight Disease and Insects 



Prevent blight (at first dark brown spots on leaves, 

 which spread, causing the foliage to dry up and die) by 

 dusting or spraying with Bordeaux Mixture, Quick Bor- 

 deaux or Bug Death every two weeks until the plants 

 are in full bearing. 



For cut-worms, make a poisoned bait by diluting y 2 

 ounce of Arsenate of Lead or Paris Green with water 

 and mixing with 1 pound of Bran. Add enough water 

 to make a thick mash, and spread around plants in the 

 evening, as cut-worms feed only at night. 



Plant lice or Aphis, and all bugs which suck the sap of 

 plants during the hot, dry weather, can be destroyed by 

 spraying with Kerosene Emulsion, Sulpho Tobacco Soap, 

 Readeana or Fox's Insecticide. 



All bugs and worms which eat the foliage of plants 

 can be destroyed by spraying with either Arsenate of 

 Lead or Bordo-Lead, or by dusting with Bug Death, Slug 

 Shot or Red Wing Insect Powder. 



The insecticides here mentioned, as well as the necessary 

 implements for applying same, are offered on page 173. 



Directions for using preparations to destroy insects, blight, etc., are printed on every can or package 



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