The gardener's calendar, for South-Carolina, Georgia, and North-Carolina. Containing an account of work necessary to be done in the kitchen and fruit gardens every month in the year, with instructions for performing the same. Also particular directions relative to soil and situation, adapted to the different kinds of plants and trees most proper for cultivation in these states. / By Robert Squibb, nursery and seedsman of Charleston, South-Carolina.

Title

The gardener's calendar, for South-Carolina, Georgia, and North-Carolina. Containing an account of work necessary to be done in the kitchen and fruit gardens every month in the year, with instructions for performing the same. Also particular directions relative to soil and situation, adapted to the different kinds of plants and trees most proper for cultivation in these states. / By Robert Squibb, nursery and seedsman of Charleston, South-Carolina.

Author

Squibb, Robert.

Publication

Charleston [S.C.]: :: Printed by Samuel Wright and Co. for R. Squibb, and recorded in the secretary of state's office, agreeable to the act of Assembly. (Price six shillings.),

MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

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Vegetable gardening -- Southern States.

Gardening -- Southern States.

Advertisements -- Nursery stock.

Advertisements -- Seeds.

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"The gardener's calendar, for South-Carolina, Georgia, and North-Carolina. Containing an account of work necessary to be done in the kitchen and fruit gardens every month in the year, with instructions for performing the same. Also particular directions relative to soil and situation, adapted to the different kinds of plants and trees most proper for cultivation in these states. / By Robert Squibb, nursery and seedsman of Charleston, South-Carolina." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N16161.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• TO THE HONORABLE THOMAS HEYWARD, ESQ. PRESIDENT; THOMAS PINCKNEY, ESQ. VICE-PRESIDENT; AND TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH-CAROLINA SOCIETY, FOR PROMOTING AND IMPROVING AGRICULTURE, AND OTHER RURAL CONCERNS.
• INTRODUCTION.
• SUBSCRIBER's NAMES.
• JANUARY.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • BEANS.
    • PEAS.
    • CABBAGES
    • CAULIFLOWERS.
    • BROCCOLI.
    • TURNIPS.
    • BEETS.
    • CARROTS.
    • ONIONS.
    • SPINAGE.
    • PARSLEY.
    • LETTUCES.
    • CELLERY.
    • ENDIVE.
    • GARLICK & SHALOTS.
    • RADISHES.
    • ARTICHOKES.
    • ASPARAGUS.
    • HORSE RADISH.
  • THE FRUIT GARDEN.
    • PEACH, NECTARINE, & APRICOT, TREES.
    • TRANSPLANT FRUIT TREES.
    • VINES.
    • PRUNING RASBERRY PLANTS.
    • PLANT RASBERRIES.
• FEBRUARY.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • BEANS.
    • PEAS.
    • CABBAGES.
    • CAULIFLOWERS.
    • LETTUCES.
    • SPINAGE.
    • ONIONS AND LEEKS.
    • RADISHES.
    • CARROTS AND PARSNIPS.
    • SMALL SALLADING.
    • CHERVIL AND CORIANDER.
    • SOWING PARSLEY.
    • SOWING BASIL.
    • POT, AND MEDICINAL HERBS.
    • ROSEMARY, RUE, &c.
    • MINT.
    • PLANTING ASPARAGUS.
    • ARTICHOKES.
    • IRISH POTATOES.
    • TURNIPS.
  • THE FRUIT GARDEN.
    • PLUMB AND CHERRY TREES.
    • PEACHES, NECTARINES, AND APRICOTS.
    • PRUNING OLD STANDARD FRUIT TREES.
    • VINES.
    • RASBERRIES.
    • STRAWBERRIES.
    • PLANTING FRUIT TREES.
    • FIG TREES.
    • TRANSPLANT ORANGE TREES, &c.
    • PRUNE ORANGE TREES, &c.
    • HEADING DOWN YOUNG TREES.
• MARCH.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • BEANS.
    • PEAS.
    • CABBAGES.
    • SNAP OR RUSH BEANS.
    • ONIONS AND LEEKS.
    • TURNIPS.
    • IRISH POTATOES.
    • CARROTS AND PARSNIPS.
    • RADISHES.
    • LETTUCES.
    • SMALL SALLADING.
    • PARSLEY.
    • TOMATOES.
    • SOW PEPPERS OF ALL SORTS.
    • WATER AND MUSK MELONS.
    • CUCUMBERS.
    • OCRA.
    • SQUASHES AND PUMPKINS.
    • RED BEETS.
    • CELERY.
    • SPINAGE.
    • ASPARAGUS.
    • ARTICHOKES.
  • THE FRUIT GARDEN.
    • ORANGE TREES, &c.
    • FIG TREES.
    • PEACH, NECTARINE, AND APRICOT TREES.
    • PLANTING FRUIT TREES.
    • STRAWBERRIES.
• APRIL.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • BEANS.
    • PEAS.
    • CABBAGES.
    • CAULIFLOWERS AND BROCOLI.
    • SNAP OR BUSH BEANS.
    • CARROTS AND PARSNIPS.
    • SOWING CARROTS AND PARSNIPS.
    • ONIONS AND LEEKS.
    • SOWING LEEKS.
    • TURNIPS.
    • ASPARAGUS.
    • IRISH POTATOES.
    • RADISHES.
    • LETTUCES.
    • SMALL SALLADING.
    • CELERY.
    • MINT.
    • CUCUMBERS AND MELLONS.
    • SQUASHES AND PUMKINS.
    • OKRA.
    • THINING BEETS.
    • DESTROY WEEDS.
  • FRUIT GARDEN.
    • VINES.
    • STRAWBERRY BEDS.
    • WATERING NEW PLANTED TREES.
• MAY.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • SNAP BEANS.
    • CABBAGES AND SAVOYS.
    • CAULIFLOWERS AND BROCOLI.
    • CARROTS AND PARSNIPS.
    • LETTUCES.
    • SMALL SALLADING.
    • RADISHES.
    • SPINAGE.
    • CELERY.
    • CUCUMBERS, MELONS, SQUASHES, &c.
    • PEPPERS AND TOMATOES.
    • BEETS.
    • GATHER SWEET AND POT HERBS.
    • CUT PEPPER-MINT, &c. FOR DISTILLING.
    • DESTROYING WEEDS.
    • WATERING NEW PLANTED CROPS.
  • FRUIT GARDEN.
    • THINNING PEACHES, NECTARINES, AND APRICOTS.
    • SUMMER PRUNING PEACH, NECTARINE AND APRICOT TREES.
    • VINES.
    • STOPPING THE YOUNG SHOOTS OF VINES TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF THE FRUIT.
    • FIG TREES.
    • WATERING NEW PLANTED TREES.
• JUNE.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • SNAP BEANS.
    • CABBAGES AND SAVOYS.
    • CAULIFLOWERS AND BROCOLI.
    • CARROTS AND PARSNIPS.
    • LETTUCES.
    • RADISHES.
    • SMALL SALLADING.
    • CELERY.
    • PULL ONIONS.
    • PULL GARLICK AND SHALOTS.
    • CUCUMBERS, MELONS, SQUASHES, &c.
    • OKRA.
    • TOMATOES.
  • FRUIT GARDEN.
    • PEACH, NECTARINE AND APRICOT TREES.
    • THINNING PEACHES, NECTARINES AND APRICOTS.
    • SUMMER PRUNING ESPALIER TREES OF APPLES, PEARS, PLUMBS AND CHERRIES.
    • WATERING.
• JULY.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • BUSH OR SNAP BEANS.
    • CABBAGES.
    • CAULIFLOWERS AND BROCOLI.
    • LEEKS.
    • ONIONS.
    • CARROTS AND PARSNIPS.
    • ENDIVE.
    • TURNIPS.
    • LETTUCES.
    • CELERY.
    • RADISHES.
    • SMALL SALLADING.
    • SPINAGE.
    • WATERING.
  • FRUIT GARDEN.
    • PRUNE PEACH, NECTARINE, AND APRICOT TREES.
• AUGUST. Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
  • PEASE.
  • BUSH OR SNAP BEANS.
  • CABBAGES.
  • CAULIFLOWERS AND BROCOLI.
  • ONIONS.
  • CARROTS.
  • SPINAGE.
  • TRANSPLANT CELERY.
  • ENDIVE.
  • TURNIPS.
  • HOEING TURNIPS.
  • POTATOES.
  • LETTUCES.
  • RADISHES.
  • SMALL SALLADING.
• SEPTEMBER.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • PEASE.
    • BUSH BEANS.
    • CABBAGES AND SAVOYS.
    • CAULIFLOWERS AND BROCOLI.
    • TURNIPS.
    • POTATOES.
    • ONIONS.
    • CARROTS.
    • SPINAGE.
    • ENDIVE.
    • CELERY.
    • LETTUCES.
    • RADISHES.
    • SMALL SALLADING.
  • FRUIT GARDEN. STRAWBERRIES.
• OCTOBER.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • BUSH BEANS.
    • CABBAGES.
    • CAULIFLOWERS AND BROCOLI.
    • TURNIPS.
    • ONIONS.
    • CARROTS.
    • SPINAGE.
    • ENDIVE.
    • CELERY.
    • LETTUCES.
    • RADISHES.
    • SMALL SALLADING.
    • ARTICHOKES.
    • ASPARAGUS.
  • FRUIT GARDEN.
    • STRAWBERRIES.
    • RASPBERRIES.
• NOVEMBER.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • PLANTING EARLY BEANS.
    • SOWING PEASE.
    • CABBAGES.
    • ONIONS.
    • LETTUCES.
    • RADISHES.
    • SOWING PEASE.
    • SMALL SALADING.
    • CELERY.
    • ARTICHOKES.
    • ASPARAGUS.
  • FRUIT GARDEN.
    • PRUNE LARGE-GROWN APPLE AND PEAR TREES.
    • PRUNING PEACHES, NECTARINES, AND APRICOTS.
    • STRAWBERRIES.
    • RASPBERRIES.
    • PLANTING FRUIT TREES, &c.
• DECEMBER.
  • Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden.
    • BEANS.
    • PEASE.
    • CABBAGES.
    • CAULIFLOWERS.
    • BROCOLI.
    • RADISHES.
    • LETTUCES.
    • SMALL SALADING.
    • SPINAGE.
    • ONIONS.
    • CARROTS.
    • CELERY.
    • ENDIVE.
    • ARTICHOKES.
    • ASPARAGUS.
  • FRUIT GARDEN.
    • PRUNE PEACH, NECTARINE AND APRICOT TREES.
    • PRUNING OLD STANDARD APPLE AND PEAR TREES.
    • PRUNE PLUMB AND CHERRY TREES.
    • PRUNING YOUNG VINES THE FIRST YEAR AFTER PLANTING.
    • PRUNING VINES THE SECOND YEAR AFTER PLANTING.
    • PRUNING VINES THIRD YEAR AFTER PLANTING.
    • PRUNING OLD VINES.
    • PLANTING OF VINES.
    • PLANTING FRUIT TREES, VIZ. APPLES, PEARS, PEACHES, NECTARINES, APRICOTS, PLUMBS AND CHERRIES.
    • RASPBERRIES.
    • STRAWBERRIES.
• ADVERTISEMENT. ROBERT SQUIBB, NURSERY AND SEEDSMAN;
• INDEX.