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Extra Early or Crosby's Dwarf Sugar. This is a very early 

 variety and of excellent quality. Ears small but very tender. It is not 

 so extensively planted as it deserves to be. 



Adam's Extra Early, the most popular variety with market- 

 gardeners for first planting. It has do fine table qualities, but as it 

 grows to a good size, and is matured in about forty days from time of 

 planting, it meets with ready sale in the market, and for these reasons 

 gardeners prefer it. 



Early Sugar or Xew England. A long eight rowed variety, 

 which succeeds the Extra Early kinds. Desirable variety. 



Stowel's Evergreen Sugar. This is the best of all Sugar 

 Corn, it is not an early Corn, but the ears are of large size, and are well 

 filled. It remains green longer than any other variety, and is quite 

 productive. The cultivation of this excellent cereal, as well as all 

 other Sugar Corn is much neglected, yet why people will plant common 

 field-corn for table use, considering size instead of quality I cannot 

 understand. 



Golden Dent Gourd Seed. A field variety which is very 

 productive at the North. It makes very fine Corn South, but has to be 

 planted here several years in succession before it attains perfection, 

 as during the first year the ears are not well covered by the husk, as it is 

 the case with all Northern varieties. When selected and planted here 

 for a few years, it becomes acclimated and makes an excellent Corn 

 with large fine ears, grain deep and cob of medium size. 



Early Yellow Canada. A long eight rowed variety. Itisvery 

 early and is planted in both field and garden. 



Large White Flint. A very popular variety with gardeners 

 and amateurs. It is planted here for table use principally, but like the 

 Golden Dent makes an excellent variety for field culture after it has 

 been planted here for two or three years. 



CRESS. 



Ceesson, (Er.) Kresse, iGer.) Beeeo, (Sp.) 

 Used for salad during winter and spring. Sow broad-cast or in 

 drills six inches apart. 



Curled or Pepper Grass. Xot much used in this section. 

 Broadleaved. This variety is extensively cultivated for the mar- 

 ket. It is sown from early fall to late spring. The leaves resemble 

 Water Cress ; a variety which does not succeed well here. Is considered 

 a very wholesome dish. 



CUCUMBER. 

 Concombre, (Ft.) Gurke, (Ger.) Pepino, (Sp.J 



Improved Earlv White Spine. Earlv Cluster. 



Early Frame. Gherkin or Blur (for pickling.) 



Long Green Turkey. 



Cucumbers need rich soil. Plant in hills from three to four feet 

 apart, the hills should be made rich with well decomposed manure, 

 and eight to ten seeds should be planted in each hill, and covered about 

 one half inch deep ; when well up thin out to four plants in the hill. 

 Hoe between the hills till the vines meet. When the spring is dry the 



