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Mountain Sprout Water. Thisis similar in shape to the fore- I 
going variety, but rather later. It is light green with irregular stripes 
of dark green. Flesh bright scarlet. 
Improved Gipsey. This is a lately introduced variety which 
has become the favorite of the market-gardeners. It is very large, ob- 
long and of a dark green color, striped and mottled with light green. 
Flesh scarlet, and of delicious flavor. This is without any exception 
the best market variety. 
Eee=Cream. (WHITE SEEDED.) A medium sized variety of execel- 
lent quality. It is early and very productive. Being thin in the rind 
it is not so well adapted for the market as the other kinds; notwith- 
standing this, it is grown exclusively by some for that purpose, on ac- 
count of its earliness. It has come into general cultivation more and 
more every year, as it is very sweet, and sells readily in the market. 
Orange Water. Quite a distinct variety from the others. The 
rind can be peeled off the same as the skin of an orange. Itis of me- 
dium size, fair quality. Very little cultivated. 
Rattle Snake. An old Southern variety which has come into 
notice since a few years; it is of large size, the green not quite so dark 
as the Gipsey, but the stripes larger; fine market variety. The past 
season, when other varieties failed, it stood the wet weather well, and 
sold more readily than others, not having been injured in looks. It 
stands transportation better than any other ; has become the standard 
market variety, and taken the place of the Mountain Sweet and 
Mountain Sprout, which were planted in former years. 
Cuban Queen. A striped variety highly recommended by North- 
ern seedsmen ; said to reach from fifty to seventy pounds. Sweet and 
of delicate flavor. 
Scaly Bark. A new kind raised much in Georgia for the North- 
ern market. It grows to a large size and is of good flavor, but never 
will become as popular here as the Rattlesnake. It is not attractive 
in appearance. 
MUSTARD. 
MovtarbkE (Fr.), Senr (Ger.), Mostaza (Sp.). 
WHITE OR YELLOW SEEDED. | ARGE-LEAVED. 
This is grown to quite an extent in the Southern States, and is 
sown broad-east during fall, winter and spring. It may be used the 
same as spinach, or boiled with meat as greens. The White or Yellow 
Seeded is very little cultivated, and is used chiefly for medical pur- 
poses, or pickling. The Large-leaved or Curled has black seed, a dis- 
tinet kind from the Northern or European variety. The seed is raised 
in Louisiana. It makes very large leaves; cultivated more and more 
every year. - 
NASTURTIUM. 
CaPuctne (Fr.). INDIANISCHE KRESSE (Ger.), CAPUCHINA (Sp.). 
TALL. | DwarF. 
Not cuitivated here, except for ornament. 
