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40 Farquhars' Reliable Seeds ^ 19 South Market St., Boston. 



RADISH — continued. 



Yellow Sumnier Turnip. For summer and autumn use, 

 Long Black Winter. For winter use oul^s 

 Long White Winter. Similar to the above except in color, 

 Chinese Rose-Colored Winter. Excellent large sort; 

 keeper, 



RHUBARB. 



German, Rhaharher. French, Rhiibarhe. 



A deep, very ricli retentive soil, trenched to the depth of two feet, is best for Rhubarb. It is 

 -generally propagated from plants, but often fi'om seed, which should be sown in April in drills an 

 inch deep. Thin the young plants to six inches; set out in the fall, three feet apart. One ounce to 

 sevenUj-Jive feet of drill. 



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Monarch. New, very fine flavor; stalks short, very thick and 



heavy, 05 .30 $3.00 



Linnaeus. Early, large, tender, 05 .25 2.00 



ITictoria. Large, late, good old sort, 05 .25 2.00 



RAP£. Brassica Napns. 



Grown entirely for early spring greens. Sow in rows fifteen inches apart as early in spring as the 

 ground can be worked. The soil should be very rich. Six pounds will now an acre. 



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-Large 'Seeded Garden. The only suitable variety, . . . .05 .10 §0.25 



SQUASH. 



German, Speise Knrbiss. French, Courge. 



All the varieties are somewhat tender, and should not be planted till all danger from frost is past 

 in spring. They delight in a warm, very rich soil, thoroughly pulverized. Plant in hills, incorporat- 

 ing with the soil in each a shovelful or two of rotted manure. The hills for bush varieties should be 

 about si.K feet apart; for running sorts, ten feet. Leave two plants to a hill, and keep covered in the 

 early stages with plaster. Bunh varieties,— one ounce to ffty hills ; running varieties,— one ounce to 

 fifteen hills ; four pounds per acre. 



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Early White Bush. Early scalloped summer sort ; best for very 



early use, 05 .10 $0.75 



Early Summer Crookneck. Golden yellow, long, warted variety; 



excelk'Ut flavor, .......... 



Perfect Gem. Excellent for sunnner, and equally good as a winter 



variety; very productive, 



Essex Hard-Shell Turban. Productive, good keeper, and one of 



tlie l)v'st llavured in cultivation, . 



American Turban. Excellent quality; flesh thick and sweet; 



superior fall sort 



Hubbard. xV general favorite, and Aery largely grown ; very hard, 



(hiri-c-i:roen slieU; meat thick, dry. and lineiy flavored, . 

 Boston Marrow. Good keeper and of excellent flavor; shell orange, 



(piite hard; several weeks earlier than the llul)l)ard, 

 Marblehead. Color liuht blue; large splendid keeper; for sweet- 

 ness, drvnoss, and fine flavor, quite unsurpassed 



Canada Crookneck. Flesh close-urained, dry and fine, . 

 Winter Crookneck. Larii-er and later than the Canada Crookneck ; 



tlie buij:s rarelv trouble tliese two sorts 



Mammoth Yellow. With very rich treatment, grows to a great 



size, often weighing over one hundred and fifty pounds, 



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