AMATEUR CULTIVATORS GUIDE 



per oz. 



Hsage's White Cylindric. A new long white variety; very prolific bearer, and recom- 

 mended as a most valuable acquisition. Per pkt., 25. 



Haage's Striped Giant. One of the largest and longest varieties; green, with yellow 

 stripes ; new and fine. Per pkt., 25. 



Long Green Smooth. A very long-growing variety. Flesh greenish-white, finn, and 

 crisp ; flavor good. A German variety, twenty to t\venty-four inches in length. 

 Per pkt., 10 . 50 



Charlwood's Hidge. An English variety, highly recommended ; productive, and good fla- 

 vored. Per pkt., 10. 



Stookwood Ridge. A very productive black-spined variety, having three to four fruit, 



twelve to eighteen inches long, at each joint ; one of the best. Per pkt., 10 . -50 



New-Jersey Hybrid. Very productive, and good average growth of fruit ; about twenty 



inches. Per pkt., 15 50 



Giant of Arnstadt. One of the very best, and of fine quality. Per pkt., 25. 



Wiiitc Giant of Arnstadt. A new and beautiful snow-white variety, growing twenty to 

 Iwenty-four inches long. Per pkt., 25. 



West-India Gherkins. Used only for pickles. Per pkt., 13 50 



English Gherkins. Fine for the table, or pickles. Per pkt., 10 50 



ENGLISH FRAME VARIETIES. 



per pkt. 



Berkshire Champion 25 



Carter's Champion, selected 25 



Cuthiil's Black Spine 25 



Cuthili's Highland Mary 25 



Carter's Vi/hite Spine 25 



Manchester Prize 25 



Minster Abbey 25 



Lynch's Star of the West 25 



Lynch's Conqueror of the West 25 



Star of the West 25 



Sion House Improved 25 



Sir Colin Campbell 25 



Surprise 25 



Stilwell's Matchless 25 



Weedon's Surprise 25 



Kenyon's Favorite 25 



Walker's Rambler 25 



Napoleon III 25 



Roman Emperor 25 



General Grant (for forcing). A new and superb variety, either for exhibition or the table; 

 perfect in form, solid and crisp, and of a most agreeable flavor. Many specimens 

 were grown the past season, averaging twenty-four to thirty inches in length ; suc- 

 ceeds well in the open gi'ound 25 



IEggr-I*lant: (Solanum Melongena). 

 German, Czer/>/!a?tze. — French, Aubergine. — Spanish, Berengena. 

 The Egg-Plant was introduced from Africa, and is called by some the Guinea Squash. It is 

 generally cultivated, and is becoming more so every year. They are cut into thin slices, and fried, 

 and have a taste very similar to oysters : others use them in stews and soups. 



Culture. — Sow in hotbed very early in spring ; transplant, when two inches high, into a second 

 hotbed ; if that is not done, thin to four mches apart. Do not plant out till the weather becomes 

 settled and warm. Keep plants watered for a few days if hot when put out. Where hotbeds are not 

 convenient, a few plants can be started in tlower-pots or boxes, and, when planted out, must have a 

 deep rich soil, and full exposure to the sun. Till and hoe same as for Cabbages. 



per oz. 

 Early Lon'g Purple. Earliest, hardy, and most productive ; of superior quality. Per pkt., 10, 50 

 New-York Improved Hurplo. One of the largest and best varieties. Oval-shaped, of a 



dark-purple color ; fine flavored. Grown extensively for the market. Per pkt., 10 1.00 

 White-fruited. Fruit milk-white, egg-shaped, varying from three to five inches in length, 



and from two and a half to three inches in diameter ; grown principally for ornament. 



Per pkt., s . . , 1. 00 



Scarlet-fruited. A highly ornamental variety. In general appearance, it resembles tlie 



common Egg-Plant ; but the fiiiit, which is about the size of a hen's egg, is of a 



most beautiful scarlet : principally cultivated for its peculiar, richly colored, and 



ornamental fruit, which makes a fine garnish. Per pkt., 10. 

 Gaudaloupe Striped. Fruit nearly ovoid; smaller than the large purple; skin white 



streaked, and variegated with red. Per pkt., 10. 

 Pekin New Black. A new variety, from Pekin, China, producing very remarkable, large, 



round fruit, weighing six' to eight pounds each. Per pkt., 25. 



Endl've (Chicorium Endivia). 

 Gennan, Endivicn. — French, Chicore'e. — Spanish, Endvia. 

 The garden Endive is a native of Northern China, and has been cultivated in Europe the past 

 three centuries for a winter salad. The French are particularly fond of it, using it raw, pickled, 



