FARQUHAR'S RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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FENNEL 



Culture. Sow during February or March under glass, transplanting to the open ground in 

 June, 9 inches apart and IJ^ feet between rows. Keep well watered and cultivated. Later in the 

 season they require to be earthed up, like celery, to blanch. 



FinOCChio Ol* Florence Fennel. A very delicious vegetable largely Pkt. 

 grown in the south of Italy for salads. It can also be served in the natural state 

 similar to celery, or boiled. It is rather sweet to the taste oz. 50c. .$0 15 



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Finocchio or Florence Fennel 



KALE or BORECOLE 



Breton (Sp.) 



The Kales are highly esteemed for winter greens. They 

 are extremely hardy, and are improved in flavor after frost. 



Culture. For fall use, sow early in May, in a prepared bed, 

 transplant in June and treat in the same manner as cabbages. 

 One ounce of seed produces about 3,500 plants. 



Dwarf Green Curled Kale 



Dwarf Green Curled. Leaves bright green and beautifully curled Pkt. 



oz. 30c.; Mlb. 75c. .$0 10 



Siberian or Winter (Sprouts). Sow at end of August and treat as spinach. 

 Excellent as spring greens oz. 25c.; J^lb. 75c. . 10 



KOHLRABI 



Culture. Sow in May or June, in rows IJ^ feet 

 apart. Any ordinary soil, moderately rich, will answer. 

 The bulbs, when about half-grown, are boiled and 

 served like turnips. 



Farquiiar's Delicacy. A very early varie- 

 ty, handsome in shape and of the finest 

 quahty. The flesh is pure white and of 

 delicate flavor. Desirable sort for forcing 



oz. 75c. .$ 



Pkt 



15 



Facqubar's Delicacy Kohlrabi 



Farquhar's Earliest White. The best for 



early and main crop. Flesh white 



oz. 60c.; 141b. $2.00. . 10 



Farquhar's Earliest Purple. Bluish purple 

 outside. Flesh white, .oz. 60c.; Mlb. $2.00. . 10 



HORSE-RADISH 



Grown from small pieces of the roots. Plant the sets 1 foot distant in rows 2H feet apart. 

 Maliner Kren. Small roots. 35c. per doz.; $1.75 per 100. 



LEEK. Puerro (Sp.) 



The Leek is generally considered superior to the onion for soups, being of milder and more 

 agreeable flavor. It is very hardy and easily cultivated. 



Culture. Sow in drills a foot apart in April and transplant in July, in rows 2J^2 feet apart and 6 inches 

 from plant to plant. Plants should be set 5 inches deep, in rich, moist soil. Seed may also be sown in the 

 greenhouse in February and the plants transferred to the open ground when it becomes warm. One ounce 

 of seed will produce about 1,000 plants. 



F3l'C|Un3i' S Exhibition! a splendid strain producing long, thick, pure white stems 

 of a most attractive appearance and very mild in flavor oz. $1.00 



Musselburgh. Of large size and extra-fine quality oz. 50c.; Mlb. $1.50. 



Giant Carentan. Of mammoth size; hardy and excellent oz. 50c.; Mlb. $1.50. 



American Flag. Leaves broad with short, very large stem oz. 35c.; }ilh. $1.00. 





Farquhar's Exhibition Leek 



If you want a fine, green, velvety lawn, sow "FARQUHAR'S EVERGREEN" LAWN GRASS, described on page 36 



