94 J^otices of neto Culinary Vegetables, 



Bailey's red and white Giant, and Law's silver Giant, are 

 the kinds which we have noticed, and which have been intro- 

 duced and cultivated. There is now a new variety, which is 

 said to be superior to either of these. It has not yet been 

 grown in this country, but we shall try it the coming season, 

 if the seed can be procured. It is called 



Seymour''s Superb While Celery. — We have already noticed 

 it in our last volume, (VI., p. 308.) It is said to have been 

 first raised in 1830, by Mr. Seymour, whose name is familiar, 

 as the originator of the celebrated Seymour system of train- 

 ing the peach. It is so shy a variety in producing seeds, that 

 its cultivation has been confined to a few individuals and ac- 

 quaintances of Mr. Seymour, and it did not find its way into 

 the trade until 1839, after the long period of nine years. 



This variety is said to grow to a great size, some of the 

 roots or heads having weighed as much as thirteen pounds, 

 even after the soil and loose leaves were trimmed ofi', and at- 

 tained to the height of five feet. Mr. Seymour, the younger, 

 has cultivated it in such a manner that the roots of a whole 

 row, seventy-five feet long, averaged the weight of ten pounds 

 each. Four and five pounds is the weight of the roots, under 

 ordinary treatment. 



Our readers may judge by this, of the value of this new 

 variety; and we would recommend it to them for trial along 

 with the present large sorts, under precisely the same treat- 

 ment, that its merits, as compared with the latter, may be fair- 

 ly tested. 



The white Carrot. — A new variety of the carrot has 

 been recently introduced: we alluded to it in our IV., p. 86, 

 at which time it was advertised by the London seedsmen. 

 We procured some of the seeds in 1638, but we did not give 

 it a trial until the past year. We sowed a few seeds very 

 late, and in light sandy soil, but they grew well, and attain- 

 ed a good size in September: at that lime we pulled a few 

 roots, which were presented for exhibition at the Annual Exhi- 

 bition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, where they 

 attracted considerable attention. Their qualities as an eating 

 carrot we did not try. 



We believe the variety has not been recommended only as 

 a variety for field cultivation. So far as their size and pro- 

 duce might be estimated, from the small quantity we culti- 

 vated, we should think them a very valuable variety: and from 

 some statements we have seen in relation to it, in the agricul- 



