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$1.00 



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1.00 



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.30 



4.00 



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.20 



2.00 



B. & J. Farquhar & Go.^ Seed Merchants^ Boston. 11 



CUCUMBER — (Continued.) 



Per pkt. Per oz. Per lb. 

 Boston Pickling. (Fine Stock). The finest variety to grow for 

 pickles; fruit short, straight and very uniform; very pro- 

 ductive, ........... 



Long Green. Fruit about 12 inches long; of excellent quality, . 

 Long "White. Very perfect fruit, often 20 to 25 inches long, 

 West India Gherkin. Used only for pickles; very small fruit 



English Frame Cucumbers. 



The following varieties grow from twenty to twenty-tive inches long ; all are of very tender quality : 



EACH, PE3R PACKET, 25 Cents. 



Blue Gown. Duke of Edinburgh. Sion House Improved. 



Carter's ModeL RoUison's Telegraph. Tender and True. 



DANDELION. {Lowenzahn.) 



Used as early spring •' greens " and considered very healthful. The seed should be sown in May or 

 June, in drills half an inch deep and twelve inches apart. The crop will be ready for use next spring. A 

 moist, heavy soil is preferable. One ounce of seed is sufficient for two hundred feet of drill. 



Fer pkt. Per oz. Per lb. 

 Improved Large Leaved. The finest variety ; home grown seed, .05 .40 $4.50 

 Moss Curled. Very tender flavor ; excellent, 10 .60 



EGG PLANT. (Eierpjlanye.) 



For perfection of growth, a very rich soil, plenty of moisture, and warm weather are required, with 

 thead'litiun of frecpient hoeings. Sow in a gentle lieat about the lirst of April. Transplant about the 

 middle of June, setting the plants three feet apart. One ounce to fifteen hundred %)lants. 



Per pkt. Per oz. Per lb. 

 Black Pekin. Very fine, large, globular fruit, of a dark, glossy 



purple color; early, solid, and of superior flavor, ... .10 .40 $5.00 

 New York Improved. Purple; the best for market and home 



use; very large, oval, heavy fruit, 10 .50 5.00 



Early Long Purple. Fruit longer and smaller than the above 



sorts ; hardy, productive, early and excellent, . . . .10 .30 3.00 



ENDIVE. (Endivien.) 



One of our best salad plants. For a first crop, sow about the middle of April ; for successions, small 

 sowings may be made every month till August, when the main plantation is made. Set out the plants 

 one foot apart, in rows, and when well grown, effect blanching by folding the leaves in their natural po- 

 sition around the heart, and tying the outer leaves together by their tips in cone form. One ounce of seed 

 for seventy-five feet of drill. 



Green Curled. Hardy ; finely curled ; easily blanched. 



Moss Curled. More finely curled, and with leaves close and dense, 



Broad Batavian. Leaves large, long and broad, thick and succulent, 



Per pkt. 



Per oz. 



Per lb. 



.05 



.25 



$2.50 



.05 



.25 



2.25 



.05 



.20 



2.25 



KOHL-RABI. 



The Turnip-stemmed Cabbage. The stem is thick, and forms a large globe, like a Swedish Turnip. 

 It is sweeter, more nutritious and keeps longer than either Cabbage or Turnip. 



Culture. — Sow in IVIay, June or July, in rows eighteen inches apart, and thin out the plants to ten 

 inches ai)art. Any ordinary soil, moderately rich, will answer. The bulbs, when about half grown, are 

 boiled and .served like Turnips. 



Per pkt. Per oz. Per lb. 

 Early Green Vienna. Best for early and main crop, . . . .05 .25 $2.50 

 Early Purple Vienna. Greenish purple outside, with white flesh, .05 .^5 2.50 



LEEK. (Lauch.) 



The Leek is generally considered superior to the Onion for soups; it is very hardy and easily culti- 

 vated. Sow in drills, a foot apart, in Ai)ril, and transi)hint in July in rows fifteen inches apart and 

 six inches from plant to plant. They should be set five inches deep, in rich moist soil One ounce will 

 produce aboict one thousand plants. 



Musselburgh, or Scotch. Of large size and extra fine quality. 

 Giant Carentan. Of mammoth size ; splendid sort, 

 London Flag. Hardy, useful sort for general use, 



r pkt. 



Per oz. 



Per lb. 



.05 



.30 



$4 00 



.05 



.30 



3.00 



.05 



.25 



2.00 



