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their appearance. Watch the crop and dust with plaster. Do not permit your garden 
to be littered up with any crop that has ceased bearing; remove it at once to make room 
for another. By attending to this closely you will be surprised with the various suc¬ 
cessions of crops that can be produced in a small garden. 
JULY 
Weather during this month is generally hot and dry, and men are generally opposed 
to much exertion; but brace up and take a glance over your garden, be it large or small. 
See what has been omitted, and have all oversights quickly rectified. Weeds must always 
claim your constant attention. When watering is necessary to be done, do it thoroughly; 
sprinkling of the surface soil is really an injury. A water cart on wheels will be found 
valuable. Where you have planting to do—Cabbage, for instance—make a strong puddle 
of clay and loam and dip the roots into it. Even in the driest weather not more than five 
per cent will fail to grow. Prepare the ground for replanting where early crops have 
been removed; some seeds may still be sown. When the soil is dry, settle it firmly by 
treading with the feet. 
Beet—Keep well thinned and thoroughly clear of weeds. The foliage of young Beets 
is an excellent substitute for Spinach. 
Cabbage—Set out for late crops. If the weather is dry, dip the roots in puddle, as 
above, before planting; but it is always best to select moist weather for their transplanting. 
Carrots—Give their final thinning. Keep the hoe or cultivator constantly going until 
the leaves are large enough to cover the ground. 
Celery—Set out for your main crop. Cut off the tops to within two or three inches 
of the crown of the plant before planting. 
Com—Plant Country Gentleman, Mammoth and Evergreen Sugar for a succession. 
Cucumbers—Plant the Jersey Pickle for pickling purposes. 
Egg Plant—An occasional watering of liquid manure or soapsuds greatly facilitates 
their growth, if weather is dry. Mulching the plants with cut grass will be of advantage. 
Tomato—Train, or where no support is given them, place some pea haulm or straw 
under the vines, to protect the fruit in ripening. If the foliage is very strong thin it out 
to allow the fruit to ripen. 
Endive—Sow. Cultivate your Melons, Squashes and Cucumbers until the vines 
cover the ground. Look closely for the squash bug on all young plants, as they are 
very destructive. Ruta Baga sown last month should now be thinned out. If you have 
overlooked sowing them you are still in time until the 20th to the 25th. After that date 
the season is generally too short to form large roots. 
Turnips—A portion of your sowings should be made the last of the month, just 
before or after rain. The Red or White Flat Strap-Leaved are the best flat varieties; 
but Buist’s Mammoth Red Top White Globe is the best of all; sow it, it will please 
you. They are of the easiest culture, and are generally sown broadcast. To those who 
desire to cultivate a choice Yellow Turnip, we strongly recommend the Yellow Globe 
for field culture, or the Golden Ball for the garden; the former should be grown in drills, 
and the latter broadcast. 
AUGUST 
This is the last of the gardening months of Summer, and the time for sowing all 
varieties of vegetables that require but a short season to mature their crops—such as Peas, 
Snap Beans, Spinach, Corn Salad, Radish, Turnip, Lettuce and Kale. The most important 
and most extensive sowings, however, are Turnips, and sowings should be completed, if 
possible, before the 20th; but all globe-shaped varieties, such as Mammoth Red Top Globe, 
White and Yellow Globe, Yellow Aberdeen and Amber Globe, should be sown as early in 
the month as possible. The best of all the globe varieties is the Buist’s Mammoth Red 
Top Globe—sow it, by all means. It is becoming very popular and cannot be recommended 
too highly. 
The flat varieties, such as Red Top and White Flat Dutch (Strap-Leaved), will fre¬ 
quently be in time if sown as late as September 1st; but seeding so late is not advisable. 
The turnip-fly is a very destructive insect on the Ruta Baga and Turnip crop, frequently 
