INSURE YOUR CROP—PLANT BUISTS SEEDS 
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OKRA, OR GUMBO 
T HIS is a highly esteemed vegetable throughout the entire country. The seed pods will 
impart an aromatic flavor to soups if used when young and tender, they may also be stewed 
and served with butter. Sow the seed late in Spring, in very rich soil, in drills 3 feet 
apart, observing that the ground is warm, for if cold and moist, the seeds will invariably rot; 
when the plants are up, thin out to a foot apart. When canned it is also one of the most 
delightful vegetables for Winter use, especially when canned with tomatoes. 
Perkins’ Mammoth Podded Okra 
BUIST’S DWARF PROLIFIC LONG POD 
The Dwarf Okra was introduced by us some years ago 
and it has become the most popular dwarf variety with all 
growers. Its characteristics are not only its dwarf habit, 
but its earliness and great productiveness. The pods are 
twice the size of the common variety and grow from an inch 
above the ground to the top. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; M lb., 20c; 
lb., 65c. 
PERKINS’ MAMMOTH GREEN PODDED 
This extraordinary variety is not only the most productive 
known, but forms enormous-sized pods, and is earlier than 
any other variety. It is a large cropper, and is not only 
very highly prized by growers, but owing to its great 
tenderness, is preferred by canners, who preserve it hermeti- 
cally for Winter use. Its average growth is 4 feet, and each 
plant produces on an average from twenty to thirty pods, 
which are of a beautiful green color. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; M 
lb., 20c; lb., 65c. 
TALL OR LONG GREEN 
A tall-growing variety, producing long, thin pods. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; X A lb., 20c; lb., 65c. 
WHITE VELVET OR CREOLE 
An entirely distinct variety, the pods are round and 
smooth, but covered with a fine fibre resembling velvet. 
Extremely tender and prolific. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; M lb., 
20c; lb., 65c. 
BUIST’S PEDIGREE ONION SEED 
HOW TO GROW ONIONS 
Culture—The Onion is a heavy feeding plant with numerous spreading roots that absorb 
nourishment from every part of the soil; therefore the liberal use of manure or other suitable 
fertilizer is necessary for every crop. Onions, unlike most vegetables, may be cultivated on 
the same land for a succession of years if the ground is kept well enriched. 
They respond best to well-rotted stable manure which should be heavily applied in the 
autumn, and plowed in early the following spring. If manure, which becomes more difficult 
to obtain each year, is not available, a high-grade commercial fertilizer, at the rate of one 
ton per acre, may be applied to good advantage. This should be thoroughly worked with 
the top soil, after plowing in the early spring, and the plowed soil should be thoroughly 
pulverized and levelled with a rake or harrow. 
Seed should be sown as early as the ground can be prepared in rows 12 inches apart and 
Zl inch deep. Cover well with fine soil and press down with a light roller or the back of a 
spade. Keep the rows clear of all weeds by frequent hoeing. Do not hoe deeply, for the 
more the Onion rises out of the ground, the finer it is and the better it keeps. When the 
young plants are 3 inches high, thin them out to stand 3 inches apart. 
For growing large Onions one ounce is sufficient for 100 feet of drill, or 5 to 6 pounds 
per acre. 
How to Grow Onion Sets —Seed should be sown very thickly in shallow drills early in 
the spring. Sixty pounds of seed per acre is required and the best varieties are White Silver 
Skin, Yellow Strasburg, Ebenezer or Japanese and Large Red Wethersfield. 
The young plants form small Onions about the size of marbles by mid-summer when the 
foliage becomes brown and dry, and the crop may then be harvested. Sets require cool storage. 
Freezing will not hurt them if they are not handled while in that condition. 
