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[Ninth month 
Morning star—Saturn 
September, 1914 
Thirty days 
Evening stars — Venus, Mars, Jupiter 
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i. © Till to-day and 
spray roses. The fringed 
gentian blooms this 
month. Enjoy them, but 
do not pick in any quan¬ 
tity. They are danger¬ 
ously near extermination. 
2. 35 To the old Sax¬ 
ons this was the “barley 
month.” 
Look over cold frames 
and storage cellars and 
get all in readiness to be 
used when needed. 
3. 3 ) Henry Hudson 
arrived in what is now 
New York Bay 1609. 
Clean up in the garden 
as fast as a crop is har¬ 
vested, and sow a crop 
of clover or rye to be 
plowed under. 
4. © Full moon 9ft. 
im. A. M. 
Till to-day; also plant. 
Take cuttings of tender 
bedding plants to furnish 
stock for early spring 
propagating. Sow sweet 
peas in an 8-inch trench. 
5. © A planting day 
also. Sow cabbage and 
cauliflower for cold 
frames, also corn salad, 
cress, lettuce, mustard, 
winter radishes, spinach 
and turnip. 
6. © President McKin¬ 
ley shot at Buffalo, 1901. 
Autumn’s herald, the 
golden rod, is beginning 
to open here and there. 
13. (g “Yellows” is a 
disease that is fatal to 
peach, plum, apricot, nec¬ 
tarine and almond trees 
— all allied fruits and 
highly infectious. De¬ 
stroy the infected trees, 
then treat all the others 
preventively. 
7. © Labor Day. 
Corn salad that is 
sown this month, lightly 
protected, will furnish 
the table in March. 
14. (g President Mc¬ 
Kinley died of his wound 
1901. 
Plant daffodils, tulips, 
crocus and all spring 
blooming bulbs now. 
Transplanting of woody 
material may begin by 
this time. 
8. © Gold first found 
in California 1848. 
Till to-day and spray 
roses. Keep dead flower 
heads picked off and 
watch for ripening seed 
if you wish to save any, 
else it may escape you. 
15. (g William Howard 
Taft born 1857. 
Till to-day and keep up 
the spraying of roses if 
weather stays warm and 
they are growing. 
9. © The apple-picking 
season is here. If you 
are intending to set out 
new trees, select now 
when you can test the 
fruit. Plant peonies now. 
16. (g Frosts may be 
expected any time now in 
northern sections. Har¬ 
vest root crops, except 
salsify and parsnip, which 
are to remain out in the 
frost. 
10. © Pick apples when 
color is high. The earl¬ 
iest is Yellow Trans¬ 
parent, a good “eater” 
and likewise a good 
“cooker.” Livland Rasp¬ 
berry is even better, how¬ 
ever, and as early. 
17- C Get protective 
litter in readiness to be 
spread at short notice if 
nightfall brings promise 
of a freeze. 
11. © Till to-day. 
Grapes are purpling. Do 
not cut away the leaves 
on the vines to expose 
the bunches, as some ad¬ 
vocate. The action of 
sun on leaf is what is 
necessary to make the 
sweetest fruit. 
18. (g Till to-day. Get 
the August-sown lettuce 
into the cold frames; 
give cabbages and cauli¬ 
flower deeper cultivation 
than heretofore. 
12. (g Last Quar. oh. 
48m. P. M. 
Go over all fruit trees 
for signs of disease, and 
pull out and burn up any¬ 
thing seriously affected 
—root and branch. Send 
specimen branches to 
your State Department. 
19. © New moon 4I1. 
33m. P. M. The Harvest 
Moon. 
Washington's farewell 
address, delivered 1796. 
Guard against any in¬ 
advertence that may set 
fire to the woods. 
20. © Now is the time 
to lift and replant peren¬ 
nials, separating the root 
clumps where they need 
it. All such work is bet¬ 
ter done in fall, for the 
plant’s sake as well as 
for the garden’s. 
21. © Of course, only 
such plants as have fin¬ 
ished flowering should be 
moved now. Wait for 
the late bloomers like 
chrysanthemums and 
anemones to finish before 
touching them. 
22. @ Till to-day. All 
dead branche s—o f 
healthy plants only, of 
course — leaves and every' 
sort of vegetation save 
weeds with their pest of 
seeds, should be saved 
and go into the compost 
heap. 
27. © One of the ad¬ 
vantages of raising fruits, 
etc., is lost if adequate 
winter storage facilities 
are not provided. Prop¬ 
erly handled, the fruit 
from even a small place 
should last the year 
around. 
28. 35 The .first Mara¬ 
thon 490 B. C. 
The old-fashioned sys¬ 
tem of pit storage works 
perfectly, and if no bet¬ 
ter way is possible, put 
the reserve apples under¬ 
ground in a straw-lined 
“dug-out.” 
23. © Planet Neptune 
discovered 1846. First day 
of autumn. 
Cut the old canes out 
of berry bushes, and do 
a little cleaning up when¬ 
ever there is time. I hen 
it will all be done with¬ 
out much effort. 
29. 35 Michaelmas. 
Chestnut time now, after 
the first frost. 
This is a good time to 
do whitewashing, gener¬ 
ally out of doors; and 
nothing surpasses a good 
coat of this as a purifier 
inside or out. 
30. White peaches 
are better than yellow. 
Pick this fruit as fast as 
ripe, and plant some new 
trees often, as they are 
short-lived. Select va¬ 
rieties now. 
24. © Do not relax the 
vigilant watch for weeds. 
Carelessness now may 
undo all a summer’s care, 
for one weed gone to 
seed is a catastrophe! 
25. © From now on 
tilling may be omitted, 
providing yesterday’s 
warning is particularly 
heeded. Collect seeds 
daily from those plants 
you wish to propagate, 
or look daily lest you 
miss them. 
26. First quar. 7I1. 
3m. A. M. 
British occupied Phila¬ 
delphia 1777- 
All barrels for storing 
fruit in winter should be 
ready by the end of the 
month. 
“Autumn nodding o’er the yellow plain!” — Thomson. 
There is every promise of a delightful month; warm and not too much 
Rain, if dulled is her silvery light; Warm if she’s low-hung in the sky." 
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