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sliced and dressed with vinegar, 

 etc., as a salad. 



Dwarf jLargfe Ribbecl. 



This kind was brought here sev- 

 eral 3'ears ago from France. It 

 is short, but very thick-ribbed, 

 solid and of fine flavor. The 

 best dwarf variety for this sec- 

 tion. 



Celery for Soup. This is 

 sown in the spring of the year, 

 broad-cast, to be used for sea- 

 soning, the same as Parsley. 



CHERVIL. 



Cerfeuil (Fr.), Keebelkraut 

 (Ger). 

 An aromatic plant, used a 

 good deal for seasoning, espe- 

 cially in oyster soup, and is of- 

 ten cut between Lettuce when 

 served as a salad . In the North 

 this vegetable is very little 

 known, but in this section there 

 is hardly a garden where it is DAvarf, Large Ribbed. (New.) 



not found. Sow broad-cast during fall for winter and spring, and in 

 January and February for summer use. 



COLLARDS. 



A kind of cabbage which does not head, but the leaves are used 

 the same as other cabbage. Not so popular as in former years, and 

 very little planted in this vicinity. 



CORN SALAD. 



Mache, Doucet (Fr.), Acker Salat (Ger.), Yalerr^xa (Sp.). 



Broad-leaved Corn Salad is the variety generall}' cultivated. It is 

 used as salad during the winter and early spring months. Should 

 be sown broad-cast during fall and winter, or in drills nine inches 

 apart. 



corn-Indian. 



Mais (Fr.), Welschkorn (Ger.), Maiz (Sp.). 



Extra Early Dwarf Sugar. Large White Flint. ' - 



Adam's Extra Early. Blunt's Prolific Field. 



Early Sugar or Sweet. Improved Leaming. 



Stowel's Evergreen Sugar. _ Golden Beauty. 



Golden Dent Gourd Seed. Champion White Pearl. 



Early Yellow Canada. Mosby's Prolific 



Plant in hills about three feet apart, drop four to five seeds and 

 thin out to two or three. Where the ground is strong the Adam's 



