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Thyme, Late Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower, or Leeks. 

 Little is done to these crops this month, as but little 

 growth is made during the hot, dry weather, and newly 

 planted crops are merely stirred between the rows with 

 the hoe or cultivator. Some of the other later crops are 

 now maturing for market. Bush Beans, Cucumbers, 

 Potatoes, Squashes, and, in early places, Tomatoes ; also 

 succession crops of Peas, Beets, Onions, Cabbages, etc., 

 such of these as only mature during the end of the 

 month, render the second crops rather late, unless for 

 the later crops of Celery and Spinach. 



AUGUST. Except the months of January and Febru- 

 ary, August is a month requiring less labor in the mar- 

 ket garden than any other. Usually all the planting has 

 been done in July, and the long drouths, common at 

 this season, stagnate the growth of even our most 

 luxuriant weeds, so that in this month, of all others, the 

 garden ought to be clean. 



Late plantings of Celery may be made to the middle 

 of the month, and still give fair-sized roots for winter. 

 Spinach may also be sown for an early crop, to be cut 

 off in fi.'.l. Euta Baga Turnips should be sown early in 

 the month, and the white and yellow varieties during 

 the later part. Be careful now, if the land is dry, to 

 firm after sowing. (See "Use of the Feet in Sowing and 

 Planting.") If the "fly" attacks them, it may be kept 

 down, so as to do but little harm, by frequent applica- 

 tions of lime dusted lightly over the rows. Bush Beans 

 and Peas may still be sown for late crops. For Peas 

 for late sowing, we found our "First of All" variety 

 the best. In 1886, a crop sown 25th of August was 

 marketed late in October, and sold at excellent prices. 

 The Onion crop will ripen off during this month, and 

 when convenient to market, should be offered for sale as 

 soon as gathered, as the price received for those first sold is 

 frequently double that of those coming in ten days later. 



