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72 PETER HENDERSON & CO. 'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 



SQUASH. — Continued. 



Per pkt. Oz % lb. Lb. 



Yokohama. Flesh of a deep orange color, very finely flavored ; 

 sweet and dry, very fine-grained, and without any fibre. It is 

 excellent stewed, and when baked it much resembles a Sweet 

 Potato in flesh and flavor, and is superior to any Pumpkin for pies. 5c. 30 100 300 



Vegetable Marrow. A favorite English sort ; skin greenish yel- 

 low ; flesh white, soft, and of rich flavor, quite distinct from 

 all the preceding 10c. 25 80 3 00 



SEA-KALE. 



German, Seekohl MeerkoM, — French, Crambe Maritime. — Spanish, Breton de Mar. 

 Cultivated for its blanched shoots, which are cooked as Asparagus. A supply may be had 

 all winter by planting the roots closely in a warm cellar before frost. Sow one Inch deep, in 

 drills two feet apart, thin out to six inches, and the next spring plant in hills three feet apart. Per 

 pkt. , 10c. ; per oz. , 30c. ; per ± lb. , $1 ; per lb. , $3. 



SPINACH. 



German, Spinat. — French, Epinard. — Spanish, Espinaca. 

 This is a very important crop in our market gardens ; it is one of the most easily managed of 

 all vegetables, requiring but little culture, and may be had fit for use the entire season. The 

 main crop is sown in September; it is sometimes covered up, in exposed places, with straw or salt 

 hay, during winter, which prevents it from being cut with the frost ; but in sheltered fields here, 

 there is no necessity for covering. For summer use, it may be sown at intervals of two or three 

 weeks, from April to August. Spinach is best developed, and most tender and succulent, when 



growm in rich soil. „ 



Per pkt. Oz. % lb. Lb. 



Round Spinach.. The main market sort; equally good for 



spring or fall sowing 5c. 10c. 20c. $0 50 



Prickly Spinach. Stands well in winter, but gives less bulk 



per acre than the first-named 5c. 10c. 20c. 50 



Large Round-Leaf Viroflay. A new variety, with very large 



thick leaves 5c. 15c. 25c. 75 



New Zealand. A useful and excellent vegetable; produces 



leaves in great abundance throughout the summer; should 



be raised in heat, and transplanted three feet apart each way, 



into light, rich soil 5c. 15c. 50c. 1 50 



TOMATO. 



German, Liebesapfel. — French, Tomate. — Spanish, Tomate. 



This delicious vegetable is one of the most important of all garden products The seed 

 should be sown in a hot-bed about the first week in March, in drills five inches apart, and half 

 an inch deep. When the plants are about two inches high they should be set out four or five 

 inches apart in another hot-bed, or removed into small pots, allowing a single plant to a pot; 

 they are sometimes transplanted a second time into larger pots, by which process the plants are 

 rendered more sturdy and branching. About the middle of May the plants may be set in the 

 open ground; they are planted for early crops on light, sandy soil, at a distance of three feet 

 apart, in hills, in which, a good shovelful of rotted manure has been mixed. On heavy soils, 

 which are not suited for an early crop, they should be planted four feet apart. Water freely at 

 the time of transplanting, and shelter from the sun for a few^ days until the plants are established. 

 Sufficient plants for a small garden may be started by sowing a few seeds in a shallow box or 

 flower-pot, and placing it in a sunny window of the room or kitchen. 



Per pkt. Per oz. % lb. Lb. 



The Trophy. This, when well grown, is without doubt the best 



Tomato in cultivation. It is unsurpassed in size, in flavor, 



in productiveness, and in every other desirable quality. Our 



Head- Quarters Seed is carefully growm for us, and is saved 



only from perfect specimens, the finest fruits being selected 



each year for seed. Seed* of this variety, that is offered at 



cheap rates, cannot give good satisfaction 25c $1 00 |3 00 $10 00 



Extra Selected Seed; saved only from specimens of " perfect form, 



weighing from 16 to 24 ounces 50c 



Blount's Champion Cluster. A distinct and valuable new va- 

 riety, growing in clusters of from ten to twenty large-sized, 



smooth, well-shaped fruits in one bunch. It is as early as 



the "Trophy," and for the size of fruit, remarkably smooth 



and free from inequalities. Color, rich dark crimson; flesh 



very solid 25c. 



The Conqueror. A new variety, and one of the earliest; fruit 



of good size, very uniform in size and shape, and free from 



irregular specimens 10c. 40 1 25 4 00 



New York Market. (See cut.) One of the earliest, large, smooth. 



solid and productive 10c. 40 1 25 4 00 



