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GARDENING. 



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early sorts. Edmands, Bastians half 

 Long and Long Dark Blood, of the late 

 sorts. 



Cauliflower.— Snowball and Selected 

 Erfurt, of the earfy sorts. Le Xormand 

 short stemmed. Half early Paris, and Al- 

 giers, of late s orts. 



Carrots— Short Horn, Half Long 

 Nantes, Guerande, of the short types; 

 Danver's Half Long, St. Yalery and Half 

 Long Nantes, of the medium and late 

 sorts. 



Celery.— White Plume, Pink Plume, 

 Golden Self Blanching, of the early; Per- 

 fection Heartwell, Giant Pascal and 

 Golden Heart, of the late sorts. 



Corn.— White Cob Cory, Early M nne- 

 sota, First of All, Stabler's Early, Cros- 

 by's, Country Gentleman, Evergreen, 

 Roslyn Hybrid and Black Mexican. 



Cuci'MBER. — White Spine, Cool and 

 Crisp, Ever-bearing, Long Green Turkey. 



Egg Plant. — New York Improved and 

 Black Pekin. 



Kohl Rabi.— Early White and Purple 

 Vienna. 



Kale. — Imperial Long Standing. Pw arf 

 Scotch. 



Leek. — Large London and American 

 Flag. 



Lettuce. — Boston Market, Silver Ball, 

 Salamander, Yellow Seeded Butter and 

 Hanson, of the head varieties; Black 

 Seeded Simpson, Curled Faris White and 

 Trisnon Self Folding, of the Cos vari- 

 e ies. 



Melons. — There being so long a list, 

 and many being suited best to certain 

 soils, both of the Musk and Water vari- 

 eties, best leave the selection to the seed 

 catalogues. 



Okra. — Dwarf Green, White Creole or 

 Lady Finger. 



Peas. — Extra Earlies of the \-ellow 

 green ior the first. American Wonder, 

 Nott's Excelsior, Premium Gem, Wm. 

 Hurst, of the extra early wrinkled sorts. 

 Horford's Market Garden, Heroine, Ad- 

 miral, Shropshire, Hero, of the second 

 early sorts. Champion of England, Tele- 

 phone, Stratagem, Duke of York and 

 June, of the late sorts. Dwarf and Tall 

 White Sugar, Grey seeded Sugar and 

 Melting Sugar, of the edible pod sorts. 



Parsnip. — Half Long Guernsey or Hol- 

 low Crown. 



Parsley. — Moss curled for garnishing, 

 but the plain or half curled for flavor. 



Radish. — Cardinal Globe, French Break- 

 fast, White Box, for extra early. Char- 

 tier, White Vienna and White Strasburg 

 for summer. 



Spinach. — Round Seeded Savoy and 

 Long Standing for early and winter; New 

 Victoria and New Zealand for summer. 



Squash, Tomatoes and Turnips. — The 

 varieties are so numerous and types so 

 different that the selecting is generally 

 from choice of types. The same may be 

 said of potatoes We know now of 14-5 

 varieties, many synonymous; and by re- 

 peated tests the sorts best suited to our 

 soil and also our table are preferred and 

 used until they weaken through repeated 

 close selection, then some other equally 

 good sort is used. 



In this latitude planting may be begun 

 quite early, viz: April 1 — Extra early 

 peas, beets, celery, carrots, leek, lettuce, 

 onion, parsley, salsify, spinach. April 15 

 — Wrinkled peas, cabbage, cauliflower, 

 parsnip, radish, turnip. May 1 — Beans, 

 all sorts, and corn. May 15 — Egg plant, 

 cucumbers, melons, okra, pepper, squash, 

 pumpkin, tomato. Beans may be planted 

 every ten days until August 15; peas 

 every week until June 15, and then the 

 extra early sorts August 1 to 15. Corn 

 [concluded page 286.] 



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