THE PLANTER’S GUIDE 
1 
Containing a monthly calendar of operations and some useful tables, arranged to help the gardener or farmer In the 
sowing of seeds or setting out of plants from February to October in the latitude of Philadelphia. 
February 
Sow In Hotbed 
Broccoli 
Early Cabbage 
Forcing Carrot 
Early Celery 
Cucumber 
Eggplant 
Early Lettuce 
Parsley 
Pepper 
Radish 
Tomato 
Simon’s 
Columbia 
Tomato 
A 
Wonderful 
IVIoney 
Maker 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September 
Sow In Hotbed 
Early Beets 
Brussels Sprouts 
Early Cabbage 
Forcing Carrot 
Cauliflower 
Celery 
Eggplant 
Kohl Rabi 
Lettu ce 
Parsley 
Pepper 
Radish 
Tomato 
In Open 
Ground 
Beets 
Carrot 
Leek 
Onion 
Peas 
Potatoes 
Radish 
Spinach 
Early Turnip 
Sow In Hotbed 
Cucumber 
Eggplant 
Melon 
Pepper 
Tomato 
In Open 
Ground 
Asparagus 
Beans 
Beets 
Brussels Sprouts 
Early Cabbage 
Carrot 
Cauliflower 
Celery 
Cress 
Kohl Rabi 
Lettuce 
Onion 
Parsley 
Parsnip 
Peas 
Potatoes 
Radish 
Spinach 
Early Turnip 
In Open 
Ground 
Artichoke 
Asparagus 
Beans, Bush and 
Running 
Beets 
Brussels Sprouts 
Carrot 
Cauliflower 
Celery 
Sweet Com 
Cress 
Cucumber 
Kohl Rabi 
Leek 
Lettuce 
Melon 
Onion 
Parsley 
Parsnip 
Peas 
Potatoes 
Radish 
Salsify 
Spinach 
Early Turnip 
In Open 
Ground 
Beans, lima and 
all other sorts 
Beets 
Broccoli 
Brussels Sprouts 
Late Cabbage 
Carrot 
Cauliflower 
Sweet Com 
Cress 
Cucumber 
Endive 
Kale 
Kohl Rabi 
Lettuce 
Melon 
Nasturtium 
Okra 
Early Peas 
Potatoes 
Pumpkin 
Radish 
Salsify 
Spinach 
Squash 
Herbs 
In Open 
Ground 
Beans 
Beets 
Carrot 
Sweet Com 
Corn Salad 
Cress 
Cucumber 
Endive 
Gherkin 
Kale 
Kohl Rabi 
Lettuce 
Nasturtium 
Okra 
Early Peas 
Pumpkin 
Radish 
Spinach 
Squash 
Turnip 
Rutabaga 
In Open 
Ground 
Beans, Bush 
Chervil 
Com Salad 
Cucumber 
Endive 
Kale 
Lettuce 
Welsh Onion 
Early Peas 
Radish 
Spinach 
Turnip 
Rutabaga 
In Open 
Ground 
Cabbage for 
cold frames 
Cauliflower for 
cold frames 
Chervil 
Com Salad 
Cress 
Siberian Kale 
Lettuce 
Mustard 
Winter Radish 
Spinach 
Turnip 
Sweet Peas 
We Suggest a trial 
of our 
Chinese Cabbage 
Three Distinct 
Varieties 
Quantity of Seeds Usually Sown per Acre 
Asparagus Roots, 4 x 1 ft.10,000 
Barley, broadcast. 2to3 bushels 
Beans, dwarf in drills.1H bushels 
Beans, pole, in drills.10 to 12 quarts 
Beets, in drills. 6to6 p>ounds 
Broom Corn, in drills.8 to 10 pounds 
Buckwheat.1 bushel 
Cabbage in beds, to transplant.pound 
Carrots, in drills. 3to4 pounds 
Com, in hills.8 to 10 quarts 
Com, for fodder.3 bushels 
Cow Peas. lJ^to2 bushels 
Cucumber, in hills.2 pounds 
Melon, Musk, in hills. 2to3 pounds 
Melon, Water, in hills. 4to6 pounds 
Mustard, broadcast.25 pounds 
Oats, broadcast. 2to3 bushels 
Onion, in drills. 6to6 pounds 
Onion for sets, in drills.50 pounds 
Parsnip, in drills. 4to6 pounds 
Peas, in drills.IH bushels 
Peas, broadcast.3 bushels 
Potatoes, cut tubers.10 bushels 
Pumpkin, in hills.3 to 4 pounds 
Radish, in drills.8 to 10 pounds 
Rape, Dwarf Essex, broadcast. 5to6 pounds 
Rye, broadcast.IH bushels 
Sage, in drills.8 to 10 pounds 
Salsify, in drills.8 to 10 txiunds 
Spinach, in drills.10 to 12 pounds 
Spinach, broadcast.30 pounds 
Squash, bush varieties, in hills.4 to6 pounds 
Squash, running, in hills. 3to4 pounds 
Sugar Cane or ^rghum.10 to 12 pounds 
Tomato, to Transplant.M pound 
Turnip, in drills.1H pounds 
Turnip, broadcast. .2to4 pounds 
Vetches, broadcast.60to90 pounds 
Wheat, broadcast.IH to 2 bushels 
Grass Seeds Usually Sown to the Acre 
Clover, Alfalfa.20 pyounds 
Clover, Alsike.12 pounds 
Clover, Crimson.12 to 15 pounds 
Clover, Red.12 to 15 pounds 
Clover, White Blossom, Sweet.26 pounds 
Clover, White Dutch.10 pounds 
Grass, Blue.2}^ to 3 bushels 
Grass, Orchard.IH to 2 bushels 
Grass, Pasture. 2}^to3 bushels 
Grass, Red Top. lKto2 bushels 
Grass, Rye. 3 bushels 
Girase, Sudan, Broadcast.15 to 20 pounds 
Grass, Sudan, in Rows. 3to6 pounds 
Grass, Mixed for Lawns.6 bushels 
Millet, Hungarian.1 bushel 
Millet, German.1 bushel 
Millet, White Wonder.1 bushel 
Millet, Japanese.15 pounds 
Timothy.16 pounds 
Table Showing Weight of Various Articles 
Barley ..per bushel. 
Beans. *.per bushel. 
Buckwheat.per bushel. 
Broom Com.per bushel. 
Blue Grass.per bushel. 
Clover Seed.per bushel. 
Corn, Field, Shelled.per bushel. 
Com, on the ear. per bushel. 
Hemp Seed.per bushel. 
Millet, Hungarian.per bushel. 
Millet, Japanese.per bushel. 
Millet, German.per bushel, 
Oate.p)er bushel. 
Onion Sets.per bushel. 
Orchard Grass.per bushel. 
Perennial Rye Grass.per bushel. 
Peas. Smooth.per bushel. 
Peas. Wrinkled.per bushel. 
Rape, Dwarf Essex.per bushel. 
Red Top Grass, UnhuUed.per bushel. 
Red Top Grass, Recleaned.per bushel. 
Rye.per bushel. 
Spinach.per bushel, 
Timothy Seed.per bushel. 
Top Onions.per bushel. 
Turnip.per bushel. 
Vetches.per bushel. 
Wheat.per bushel. 
48 lbs. 
60 Ibe 
48 lbs' 
48 lbs' 
14 lbs 
60 lbs- 
66 lbs- 
70 lbs- 
40 lbs* 
48 Ibs' 
32 Ibs' 
60 lbs- 
32 lbs- 
32 lbs- 
14 lbs* 
24 lbs- 
60 lbs- 
56 lbs* 
60 lbs* 
10 lbs 
32 lbs. 
66 lbs. 
40 Ibs. 
45 Ibs. 
28 lbs. 
55 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
60 lbs 
Number of Plants Required to the Acre 
Distance Apart 
No. of Plants 
1 
foot by 
1 
foot. 
feet by 
feet. 
2 
feet by 
1 
foot. 
2 
feet by 
2 
feet. 
2 H 
feet by 
2 ^ 
feet. 
3 
feet by 
2 
feet. 
3 
feet by 
3 
feet. 
4 
feet by 
4 
feet. 
5 
feet by 
4 
feet. 
6 
feet by 
6 
feet. 
6 
feet by 
6 
feet. 
8 
feet by 
8 
feet. 
Number of Plants Produced from an Ounce of Seed 
Asparagus. 
Broccoli... 
Cabbage.., 
Cauliflower 
Celery ...., 
Egg Plant.. 
Endive...., 
Kale.. 
Leek. 
Lettuce .... 
Pepper..... 
Tomato.... 
Sage. 
Thyme ..., 
about 300 
“ 2,000 
“ 2,000 
“ 2,000 
“ 3,000 
“ 1,000 
*• 3,000 
“ 2.000 
•* 1,000 
*‘ 3.000 
“ 2,000 
“ 3,000 
“ 1,000 
“ 6,000 
