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BUIST’S SEEDS—ALWAYS RELIABLE 
eating off the young plants just as fast as they make their appearance above ground. 
Examine closely, and if they are discovered, dust them with plaster. Frequent failures 
are often experienced in securing a good stand of plants; do not become disheartened, 
but re-seed at once; after they form their first rough leaf the crop is safe. As there is 
so much spurious Turnip Seed now offered for sale, it would be advisable to purchase 
your supplies from us, put up in %, y 2 and 1-pound sealed cartons, as every grain of seed 
we offer has been grown from transplanted and selected roots. 
Peas—Plant Buist’s Early Morning Star from middle to last of the month; all later 
varieties, if planted this month, are now liable to mildew, and will produce no crop. 
Snap-Short Beans—Plant especially the Giant Stringless Green Pod, Stringless Green 
Pod, Refugee or 1000 to 1, and Best of All Wax. 
Spinach—Sow Perfection Curled; it is the best variety; sow also Corn Salad and 
Green Curled Kale. Radish—Early Scarlet Turnip, Early Scarlet Globe and White Box, 
also Round Scarlet China, Chinese Rose and White China for Fall or Winter use. 
Lettuce —Sow Dutch Butter and Big Boston in drills for heading late. Early plant¬ 
ings of Celery should now be earthed up, and later plantings, if dry, should be well 
watered. This crop always pays well for any extra attention bestowed upon it. 
Tomatoes planted late should have their foliage thinned out to permit the fruit to 
ripen more evenly. Those who have acted upon our suggestion and planted the Monarch 
Market Champion, will now find that we have not praised them too highly. Lima and 
other Pole Beans will require pinching back when overtopping their support. Late sowings 
of Beet should be thinned out and well cultivated. The growth of Cabbage will be greatly 
stimulated by keeping the soil well tilled. 
SEPTEMBER 
This month is still an active one with the gardener. Seeding time is almost over, but 
the time for harvesting of root crops and the covering of others for Winter protection 
will soon be here; therefore important work should be well in hand and finished promptly. 
During August and September you have full opportunity for comparing and examining 
crops, and noting impurities in those you have grown. If you purchased your seeds 
from Buist and have given your crops good soil and good culture, your garden has 
proved a success, and impurities in your vegetables a rare occurrence; but if you have 
overlooked the important requisite of obtaining good seeds, and have planted those sent 
to the country stores to be sold on commission (which are generally either old or of 
inferior quality), you will find that a portion of your season’s labor has been bestowed on 
the cultivation of worthless crops. It would be wise, therefore, in future, to remember 
that the best seeds are always the cheapest, and Buist’s are always grown by him from 
Selected Seed Stocks, and are therefore of the very finest quality. Order them; they are 
the cheapest and best for you. All growing crops will still require your attention and 
cultivation; preparations made for the sowing of Cabbage, Lettuce and Cauliflower, to 
produce plants for Spring planting; sowings of Buist’s Extra Early Jersey Wakefield and 
Charleston Wakefield should be made about the middle of this month. On the approach 
of cold weather the plants should be lifted and stored in cold frames, and transplanted 
out in early Spring. Sow also Early Snowball Cauliflower, which can be transplanted into 
forcing or cold frames for heading during Winter and Spring, or stored similar to 
Cabbage for planting out. Turnips, the Red Top and White Flat Dutch, may still be sown 
during the first week of the month, if the sowings made last month have not proved a 
success. They will now grow rapidly, and have fair prospects of forming roots if the 
season does not prove a short one. Celery should be earthed up. Endive tied up for 
blanching. Sow also Corn Salad, Spinach and Kale to remain out all Winter. Sow also 
Buist’s Early White Forcing, Big Boston, Buist’s Unrivaled and Dutch Butter Lettuce, 
which can be transplanted into cold frames or forcing beds for Winter and Spring heading, 
or transplanted on ridges in the garden and covered with straw or litter during Winter. 
This is the month for the formation and seeding of lawns. Sow Buist’s preparation of 
grasses for this purpose, and read remarks on page 80. September sowing is decidedly 
