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BUIST’S SEEDS ARE QUALITY SEEDS 
have been awarded as many as twenty-two premiums in one season. There is nothing 
equal to them. They are put up and sold only under our seal in packets, ounce and 
ounces; also *4, *4 and 1-pound cartons. Seed of these varieties offered in any other 
way is spurious. As the cabbage-fly is very destructive to the young plants, it is the 
safest plan to sow plenty of seed, and always select the strongest looking plants for your 
planting. If the Spring sowings of early varieties have not yet been transplanted out 
from the hot-bed, attend to it at once. 
Carrot—Sow Early Scarlet Horn, Half-Long Scarlet, Scarlet Chantenay and Buist’s 
Long Orange; the latter for main crop, either for garden or field culture. They produce 
very large, smooth roots. 
Celery—Sow Easy Blanching, Golden Yellow, Self-Blanching and White Plume. 
Cucumber—Plant in sheltered situation Perfection White Spine and London Long 
Green. Transplant your Egg Plants and Tomatoes from frames, if not already attended 
to, and another sowing of the latter can be made for a later crop. Select the Buist’s 
New Monarch, Prize Stone, Buist’s Market Champion and Greater Baltimore for this 
purpose, as no other varieties will please you as much. 
Lettuce—Sow, and also transplant from Spring or Winter beds. There are very 
few cultivators who grow Lettuce to perfection. The soil must be of the richest nature 
and grown quickly, in order to produce crisp heads. Select Big Boston, Simpson, Hanson, 
May King, and Buist’s “Veribest” Cabbage Head; and for sowing to come in late, select 
the Salamander and New York. 
Onion Sets—Plant as soon as the ground can be worked; one quart will plant a 
50-foot row; use 8 to 10 bushels to the acre. 
Onion Seed—Sow thickly for producing Onion Sets, and thinly for growing large¬ 
sized Onions. The soil for the latter cannot be too rich. The varieties for producing 
sets are Yellow Strasburg and White Silver Skin. For producing full-sized Onions the 
first year, sow Red Wethersfield, Yellow Danvers, Prize-Taker, and Southport Globes. 
Parsley—Sow; the Buist’s Garnishing and Moss Curled—they are the best. The 
single or plain-leaved, although not as desirable for garnishing, is more hardy and has a 
much stronger flavor. 
Parsnip—Sow. Should you have a surplus, feed to your cattle, as they enjoy them. 
Peas are a very important and a standard crop in every garden and must not be 
overlooked; to keep up a regular succession of crops make sowings every two weeks 
throughout the season, and put in plenty of them, as they are a general favorite. There 
is a great difference in the quality of this vegetable, and it would be folly to grow inferior 
varieties when you can obtain those of a superior quality at the same price. We will here 
remark, and beg that it shall be observed, that where the ground is dry there should be 
water run in the drills before the peas are sown, 
si/ Form the drills 2 feet apart and 3 inches deep, dropping the Peas to stand about 
inch apart. Cover up, and the moisture will at once vegetate the seed. As soon as up, 
hoe well, and keep clear of weeds; when they are about 1 foot high stake them. 
Plant Buist’s Early Morning Star—Sold only in Sealed Packages. 1 lb., 2 lbs., 
ry 2 lbs., 15 lbs., 30 lbs. and 60 lb. sacks. Seed offered in any other way is not genuine. 
It is the earliest known variety, producing large crops of sweet and luscious Peas. The 
Morning Star is our latest improvement in Extra Earlies. It is not only the earliest, but the 
most productive and finest flavored Extra Early known. The Gradus, Thomas Laxton, 
American Wonder, Nott’s Excelsior and Telephone are the cream of wrinkled varieties. 
They produce large and well-filled pods of luscious flavor. 
Peppers—Transplant from frames. 
Potatoes—Select and plant those grown in Eastern localities; they will always 
produce much finer Potatoes. We annually grow our stocks in Maine. Plant Houlton 
Early Rose, Beauty of Hebron and Irish Cobblers; and for late or general crop, State 
of Maine and Green Mountain. 
Radish—Continue sowing the red varieties up to the 20th; if sown later they are 
liable to grow spongy and shoot to seed without forming any root. White Icicle, Chartier 
