142 THE SEED-GROWER. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES 

 OF VEGETABLES, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS 

 SYNONYMS OR OTHER TITLES WHICH MANY 

 VARIETIES BEAR IN THE TRADE. 



ARTICHOKE. 



Large Green Globe Heads or buds measure from 

 3 to 5 inches across, nearly round; scales deep-green, 

 thick and fleshy, pointed at the tips. 



In European gardens there are a dozen or more varieties in 

 various favor, but in America only the above sort is under cultiva- 

 tion, being considered the best of all. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Conover's Colossal, or Barr's Mammoth, Conover's 

 Giant, California Mammoth, Donald's Elmira, Giant 

 Argenteuil. Stalks are large; many an inch in diam- 

 eter. 



There is practically but one variety in cultivation, it having a 

 number of synonyms as above. It is undoubtedly the same old 

 variety spoken of by Pliny as being under cultivation in his time in 

 Roman gardens, the shoots of which grew so fair and large that 

 three would weigh a pound. The coloring of the heads varies with 

 the nature of the soil; in heavy loam, dark green or purplish heads 

 are produced; in very sandy soil the heads are usually light green 

 or nearly white. 



BEAN. 



Green Pod Varieties. Best of All. Seed cream, 

 streaked with dull red; medium early; pod half round, 

 dashed with red. 



Brown Valentine, or Refugee, Thousand to One. 

 Seed brown mottled; early; pod round, thick, pale. 



Canadian Wonder. Seed large, slightly flat, deep 



