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It, however, requires to be earthed up as with other 

 varieties to produce desired results. 



CHERVIL. 

 Curled. Foliage delicately and beautifully frilled. 



CHICORY. 



Large Rooted or Barbe de Capuchin. Deep green 

 leaves, long, fleshy roots, measuring when well-grown 

 12 to 14 inches in length, about one inch in diameter 

 at their thickest part. 



COLLARD. 



Georgia, or Cabbage, Creole, Improved White 

 Georgia, Silver, Southern Curled. Cultivated exten- 

 sively in the Southern States for cabbage greens. Grows 

 from two to three feet high, with a mass of leaves 

 which do not head; the central leaves sometimes form 

 a sort of rosette. 



CORN. 



Garden Varieties. Adams' Early or Burlington. 

 Not a sugar corn; but an early, dwarf, small-eared dent 

 variety, which on account of its hardiness can be 

 planted much earlier than sugar varieties; height of 

 stalk six feet; 70 te 75 days. 



Asylum, or Darling's, Early Mammoth, Triumph. 

 Large ear, white cob, deep grain; 75 to 80 days. 



Black Mexican, or Squaw. Eight-rowed, bluish- 

 purple grain; 75 to 80 days. 



Country Gentleman, or Little Gem, Ne Plus Ultra, 

 Quaker Sweet, Shoe Peg. Large ear, white cob, nar- 

 row deep grain, irregularly set on cob; 75 to 80 days. 



Egyptian, or Washington Market. Largo enr, broad, 

 deep grain; 90 to 95 days. 



