THE PLANTER’S GUIDE 
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 
March 
April 
Sow In Hotbed 
Sow in Hotbed 
Sow in Hotbed 
Broccoli 
Early Beets 
Cucumber 
Early Cabbage 
Brussels Sprouts 
Eggplant 
Forcing Carrot 
Early Celery 
Early Cabbage 
Melon 
Forcing Carrot 
Pepper 
Cucumber 
Cauliflower 
Tomato 
Eggplant 
Celery 
In Open 
Ground 
Early Lettuce 
Parsley 
Eggplant 
Kohl Rabi 
Pepper 
Lettuce 
Asparagus 
Radish 
Parsley 
Beans 
Tomato 
Pepper 
Radish 
Tomato 
Beets 
Brussels Sprouts 
Early Cabbage 
Carrot 
Grothen’s 
In Open 
Cauliflower 
Celery 
Ground 
Cress 
Red Globe 
Beets 
Kohl Rabi 
Tomato 
Carrot 
Lettuce 
Leek 
Onion 
A 
Onion 
Parsley 
Wonderful 
Peas 
Potatoes 
Parsnip 
Peas 
Money 
Radish 
Potatoes 
Maker 
Spinach 
Early Turnip 
Radish 
Spinach 
Early Turnip 
May 
June 
July 
In Open 
In Open 
In Open 
Ground 
Ground 
Ground 
Artichoke 
Beans, Lima and 
Beans 
Asparagus 
all other sorts 
Beets 
Beans, Bush and 
Beets 
Carrot 
Running 
Broccoli 
Sweet Corn 
Beets 
Brussels Sprouts 
Corn Salad 
Brussels Sprouts 
Late Cabbage 
Cress 
Carrot 
Carrot 
Cucumber 
Cauliflower 
Cauliflower 
Endive 
Celery 
Sweet Cora 
Gherkin 
Sweet Corn 
Cress 
Kale 
Cress 
Cucumber 
Kohl Rabi 
Cucumber 
Endive 
Lettuce 
Kohl Rabi 
Kale 
Nasturtium 
Leek 
Kohl Rabi 
Okra 
Lettuce 
Lettuce 
Early Peas 
Melon 
Melon 
Pumpkin 
Onion 
Nasturtium 
Radish 
Parsley 
Okra 
Spinach 
Parsnip 
Early Peas 
Squash 
Peas 
Potatoes 
Turnip 
Potatoes 
Pumpkin 
Rutabaga 
Radish 
Radish 
Salsify 
Salsify 
Spinach 
Spinach 
Early Turnip 
Squash 
Herbs 
August 
In Open 
Ground 
Beans, Bush 
Chervil 
Corn Salad 
Cucumber 
Endive 
Kale 
Lettuce 
Welsh Onion 
Early Peas 
Radish 
Spinaoh 
Turnip 
Rutabaga 
September 
In Open 
Ground 
Cabbage for 
cold frames 
Cauliflower for 
cold frames 
Chervil 
Corn Salad 
Cress 
Siberian Kale 
Lettuoe 
Mustard 
Winter Radish 
Spinach 
Turnip 
Sweet Peas 
We Suggest a trial 
of 
Simon’s Cabbage Head 
and 
Wonderful or New York Lettuce 
Both No. 12 and No. 515 
Quantity of Seeds Usually Sown per Acre 
Asparagus Roots, 4 x 1 ft.10,000 
Barley, broadcast. 2to3 bushels 
Beans, dwarf in drills.1^ bushels 
Beans, pole, in drills.10 to 12 quarts 
Beets, in drills. 5to6 pounds 
Broom Corn, in drills.8 to 10 pounds 
Buckwheat.1 bushel 
Cabbage in beds, to transplant.M pound 
Carrots, in drills. 3to4 pounds 
Com, in hills.8 to 10 quarts 
Cora, for fodder.3 bushels 
Cow Peas.1H to 2 bushels 
Cucumber, in hills.2 pounds 
Melon, Musk, in hills.2 to 3 pounds 
Melon, Water, in hills. 4to5 pounds 
Mustard, broadcast.25 pounds 
Oats, broadcast. 2to3 bushels 
Onion, in drills. 5to6 pounds 
Onion for sets, in drills.50 pounds 
Parsnip, in drills.4to 6 pounds 
Peas, in drills.1H 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.1H bushels 
Sage, in drills.8 to 10 pounds 
Salsify, in drills.8 to 10 pounds 
Spinach, in drills.10 to 12 pounds 
Spinach, broadcast. . . .......30 pounds 
Squash, bush varieties, in hills. 4t©6 pounds 
Squash, running, in hills. 3to4 pounds 
Sugar Cane or Sorghum.10 to 12 pounds 
Tomato, to Transplant.pound 
Turnip, in drills.pounds 
Turnip, broadcast. 2to4 pounds 
Vetches, broadcast.60 to 90 pounds 
Wheat, broadcast.1J4 to 2 bushels 
Grass Seeds Usually 
Clover, Alfalfa. 
Clover, Alsike. 
Clover, Crimson. 
Clover, Red. 
Clover, White Blossom, Sweet 
Clover, White Dutch. 
Grass, Blue. 
Grass, Orchard. 
Grass, Pasture. 
Grass, Red Top. 
Grass, Rye... 
Grass, Sudan, Broadcast. 
Grass, Sudan, in Rows. 
Grass, Mixed for Lawns. 
Millet, Hungarian. 
Millet, German. 
Millet, White Wonder. 
Millet, Japanese. 
Timothy. 
Sown to the Acre 
.20 pounds 
.12 pounds 
.12 to 15 pounds 
..12 to 15 pounds 
.25 pounds 
.10 pounds 
.2H to 3 bushels 
..to 2 bushels 
.2 % to 3 bushels 
.1J^ to2 bushels 
. 3 bushels 
.15 to 20 pounds 
.3 to 5 pounds 
.6 bushels 
.1 bushel 
.1 bushel 
.1 bushel 
.15 pounds 
.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, 
Cora, Field, Shelled.per bushel, 
Corn, on the ear. per bushel. 
Hemp Seed.per bushel, 
Millet, Hungarian.per bushel. 
Millet, Japanese.per bushel. 
Millet, German.per bushel, 
Oats.per 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, Unhulled.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 lbs. 
48 lbs. 
46 lbs. 
14 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
56 lbs. 
70 lbs. 
40 lbs. 
48 lbs. 
32 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
32 lbs. 
32 lbs. 
14 lbs. 
24 lbs. 
60 lbs. 
56 lbs. 
50 lbs. 
10 lbs. 
32 lbs. 
56 lbs. 
40 lbs. 
45 lbs. 
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.43,560 
feet by feet.19,360 
2 feet by 1 foot.21,780 
2 feet by 2 feet.10,890 
2^ ie©t by 2^ feet. 6,969 
3 feet by 2 feet. 7,600 
3 feet by 3 feet. 4,840 
4 feet by 4 feet. 2,722 
5 feet by 4 feet. 2,178 
5 feet by 5 feet. 1,742 
6 feet by 6 feet. 1,210 
8 feet by 8 feet. 680 
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,(XX) 
“ 2,000 
“ 3,000 
“ 1,000 
“ 5,000 
