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31. © Johnstown Flood 
1889. 
Spray with ice-cold 
water anything that you 
suspect is frost-touched; 
spray with cold water 
also as a frost preventive 
before covering at night 
if frost threatens. 
1. © May Day—dedi¬ 
cated to Robin Hood. 
Sow seeds as desired, 
also potatoes, u n le s s 
ground is wet and cold; 
wait a week if it is. 
2. © Arbor Day in 
New York State. 
Sudden sharp frosts 
may descend this month 
unexpectedly; be pre¬ 
pared to protect all 
young plants with news¬ 
paper when conditions 
favor frost. 
3. First Quar. ih. 
29m. A. M. 
Tender vegetables are 
beans, corn, cucumbers, 
eggplant, all melons and 
s q 11 a s h, okra, peppers, 
pumpkins, sweet pota¬ 
toes and tomatoes; these 
cannot bear frost. 
4. J) If anything is 
touched by frost, cover 
from the sun and let 
thaw out gradually. 
Spray elms for leaf 
beetle now or as soon as 
leaves are opened, using 
arsenate of lead. 
5 J) Napoleon died 
1821. 
Spray fruit trees also 
as soon as leaves open, 
using arsenate in pro¬ 
portion of 1 lb. to 12 gal. 
water always, unless di¬ 
rections specify differ¬ 
ently. 
6. 3 | Spray evergreens 
that are troubled with 
bag worm with arsenate 
half this strength; com¬ 
bine arsenate with Bor¬ 
deaux in place of water 
for use against fungi on 
fruits. 
7. 31 Sow seeds as de¬ 
sired ; transplant from 
frames some cabbage, 
lettuce, cauliflower, 
greens, tomatoes, etc.; 
set out roses, pruning 
back to three buds; plant 
Dahlias and Tritomas. 
8. 3 H Plant and trans¬ 
plant generally; divide 
and shift perennials; 
sow seeds of anything 
remaining to be sown. 
9. © Full Moon 4h. 
31m. P. M. 
Soak sand with kero¬ 
sene, a pailful to a cup¬ 
ful, and spread this 
around the base of 
plants to prevent root 
maggots. 
10. © Mother’s Day. 
Look about for insects 
of familiar and unfa¬ 
miliar kinds; this is the 
month they emerge from 
egg and cocoon, and vigi¬ 
lance now is garden in¬ 
surance. 
17. (§j Look about con¬ 
stantly for more tent 
caterpillars’ nests; they 
will build and rebuild, 
and you must keep 
watch for them right 
along. 
24. © New Moon 9I1. 
35m. P. M. 
Look over currants and 
gooseberries for signs of 
the currant worms; ar¬ 
senate of lead, 1 oz to 
the gallon, is the spray 
to use when they appear. 
11. © Weed every¬ 
thing early and often; 
keep ahead on this or 
you are lost! Plant lice 
are omnipresent; spray 
with tobacco extract or 
soapsuds whenever even 
a few are found any¬ 
where. 
18. (§j If any are found, 
drag them out with a 
swab of cloth on the end 
of a pole, by twisting 
this into them and pull¬ 
ing them gradually off 
the branches; do not 
burn them on the trees 
now. 
23. © Water roses with 
liquid manure. Watch 
the young fruits that are 
forming; at first signs of 
insects entering the m, 
spray with arsenate of 
lead, 1 lb. to 12 gals, 
water. 
12. © Jupiter, evening 
star. 
Frogs will be “jingling” 
soon; three times must 
they thaw out and freeze 
up before spring is act¬ 
ually assured, is the old 
superstition. 
19. (§j Provide a toad 
shelter at the edge of 
the garden — a trench, 
roofed with a strong 
plank laid on stones at 
the ends to keep it up so 
they may crawl under; 
then provide the toads if 
you have none. 
26. © Dig dandelions 
out of the lawns, using 
them for greens, and 
sprinkle grass seed over 
the spots left bare. Keep 
after weeds in garden, 
and do not neglect til¬ 
lage. 
13. © English settle¬ 
ment of Jamestown, 1607. 
Rub all buds that are 
not wanted from grape¬ 
vines and fruits and 
from shrubs and trees 
generally. 
20. Cuba became a 
republic 1902. 
Spray roses with to¬ 
bacco extract or whale- 
oil soap and with Bor¬ 
deaux to keep away fun¬ 
gus. 
27. © First telegraph 
in America 1844. 
Plant second crops of 
everything planted on the 
7th and 8th; annuals, 
vegetables, etc. 
14. © Bees should be 
watched now for swarm¬ 
ing and supers be in 
readiness: weak colonies 
may need feeding for 
awhile. If you are to 
start a hive, wait till the 
end of the month to get 
it. 
21. (§j Ascension Day. 
Attend to weeding 
everything to-day, and 
the gentle tillage that 
conserves the moisture 
deep in the earth; this 
induces deep root 
growth. 
28. © Finish all plant¬ 
ing and transplanting of 
trees, etc., and shifting 
of perennials and general 
clean-up work. 
15. © Thin out every¬ 
thing that is well under 
way; provide bird houses 
and shelters and water 
pool or basin. Watch 
and watch for insects, 
and be prepared to spray 
at an instant's notice. 
22. (§j Two days after 
the petals of fruit trees 
fall—-and not before — 
spray with arsenate-Bor- 
deaux solution, 1 lb. of 
the first to 16 gals, of the 
last. This is for codling 
moth and curculio and 
fungi. 
29. © This day is also 
favorable to sowing and 
planting, if any has had 
to be neglected because 
of weather or other hin¬ 
drances. Only late flow¬ 
ering perennials may be 
moved now without loss 
of blooms. 
16. (§j Last Quar. 5I1. 
12m. P. M. 
Begin systematic gar¬ 
den tillage and care, and 
thus make all your work 
easier throughout the 
year and the garden 
products better. 
23. Captain Kidd 
hanged 1701. 
Dust young cabbage 
plants at night with py- 
rethrum powder mixed 
with flour — 1 Hi. to 5 lbs. 
— to discourage the but¬ 
terflies that lay their 
eggs then. 
3c. © Decoration Day. 
Spray young potato 
plants with the arsenate- 
Bordeaux combination 
when they are 6 inches 
high for blight and po¬ 
tato bugs. 
“When daisies pied, and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white. 
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue. Do paint the meadows with delight." — Shakespeare. 
“New moon on her back, for rain you’ll not lack." 
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