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or four plants. The fruit is at perfection 

 when the stem will cleave from it. 



Water Melon — The water melon is high- 

 ly estimated. Monnntain Sweet, Moantain 

 Sprout, Ice Cream, Long Island, and Span- 

 ish, are well known varieties. The new Or- 

 ange, when in perfection, cannot be excelled* 

 The Citron is only used for preserving. 



Mustard. — The white is excellent, culti- 

 vated as sallad, and is also a snperior article 

 for greens. Sow early in the spring. 



Nastubtium.— The plant is ornamental, 

 and the flower bud and green seed pods, 

 preserved in vlnegar,make a pickle equal to, 

 if not better, than capers. 



Oeba,or Gumbo. — This plant is cultivated 

 for its green seed pods, which are used in 

 soups, or stewed and served like asparagus. 

 The seeds when ripe, are sometimes used as 

 coffee. Plant late in the spring in drills, 

 and thin the plants to two feet apart. 



OifiONs. — The seed should be sown as 

 early as the ground is in order. It will an- 

 swer from' the middle of March to the mid- 

 dle of May, and when desired to obtain 

 ' small bulbs for another season, the seed may 

 be put into the ground even later. In 

 Wetherefield, cultivated in beds, six pounds 

 of seed are sown to the acre. When sown 

 brtmdcast 2 1-2 pounds of seed will be suffi- 

 cient for an acre. In cases where the land is 

 new and clean, the seed can be sowed broad- 

 cast, when it should be raked or harrowed 

 in with a light harrow, and the ground rolled 

 afterwards. Large Red, New Yellow, or 

 Silver Skin, and White Portugal are good 

 varieties. The small onions of these varie- 

 ties are good for early crops the next 

 spring. 



Parsley. — A well known savory herb 

 The seed should be soaked a few hours in 

 warm water, and should be sowed early in 

 the spring. The Double is dwarfish and 

 most tender. For winter, the plants should 

 be taken up and set out in a light cellar. 



Paksnip. — This vegetable requires the 

 warmest and richest soil. The seed should 

 be sowed in drills a foot or more apart, and 

 the plants thinned to eight inches apart. 

 Long Smooth is the best variety. 



PsAS. — There are numerous varietitt. 

 They are so hardy that the seed can be plan- 

 ted in drills soon as the absence of frost will 

 permit it. Comstock's early Dwarf is the 

 earliest of the Dwarfs. It is a ^reat bearer, 

 growing only ten or twelve inches high in 

 the richest soil. Early Emperor, a vtry 

 early variety; Dwarf Blue Prussian growi 

 three feet high and very strong. Pods large 

 and long, containing eight blue peas. One 

 of the best varieties and an excellent summer 

 pea. Champion of England — nniversally 

 admitted to be one of the richest and best 

 flavored peas grown, and very productive. 

 It is early, with large and long pods, pro- 

 ducing a great many pods to a stem— rone 

 and a half feet high. Sow thickly in rovB 

 two feet apart. Large White Marrowfat; 

 a standard variety, cultivated more for a 

 summer crop than all others. This varie- 

 ty is so well known that it is needless to speak 

 of its qualities. It is doubtless the best 

 summer variety; it grows about five feet 

 high. There are many fancy varieties of 

 peas, of delicious flavor, but moderate bear- 

 ers. The planting for an early crop should 

 be made in the spring, as soon as the ground 

 can be worked. The ground should be rich 

 and warm. The seed should be planted 

 about three inches deep. 



Peppers. — The Bull Nose and Sweet 

 Mountain are best for pickling. The Cker- 

 ry and Cayenne for pepper sauce. 



Potatoes — Early Kidney, Early Neshan- 

 noc. Hall's early, are the best for an early 

 crop. They can be planted as soon as the 

 ground is in order. 



Radish. — Sow as early as the ground can 

 be worked, and every two weeks for a suc- 

 cession. Early short top scarlet is a very 

 early variety. Scarlet Turnip or Cherry is 

 beautiful small radish. Long Salmon is a 

 later and good variety. Yellow Turnip 

 Radish does well in summer. Black Fall 

 Radish is sown a little earlier than fall tur- 

 nips, and the roots must be taken up and 

 stored in the cellar for winter. To grow 

 radishes well, they must have good ground, 

 plenty of room, and grow quick. ; v 



Rhus A KB . The principal seed sold at the 



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