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CUCU M B ^^^—ContinucJ. 

 Sninll Gherkin, or Uiirr. Also known as tlie West 

 India or .lerusalem Pickle; used only for i)icklin£; 

 while younir. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 2/) cts., J lb. 75 cts. 



ENGLISH PRIZE 



OR FRAME CUCUMBERS. 



Leading varieties for foreiiia;, attaiiiini; a U'iiL,'tli of 

 20 to 30 inches; they cnii be srowii in hot-beds where the 

 temperature does not fall below ()5 decrees at night. Sow 

 the seed in small pots about the middle of January ; when 

 they have grown to three leaves, ])lant in a prepared hill 

 of rich loose soil in tlie centre of a sash. Our packets 

 contain from five to twelve seeds each, according to the 

 varietv 



nine Gown. 

 Carter's Model. 

 Champion of England, 

 illnrqiiis of Lome (New). 



Pearson's Long Gun. 

 Sion House, Improved. 

 Telegraph. 

 Tender and True. 



Each, per pkt., 2.3 cts. 



Water Cress. 



CRESS. 



Gurten und Brunnen Kresse, Ger. Cresson, Fe. Mas- 

 tuerzo 6 Lepidio, Sp. 

 Peppergrass is extensively grown and used as a small 

 salad. Sow thickly in shallow drills, early in the spring 

 and at intervals throughout the season, for a succession, 

 as it soon runs to seed. The Cresses are excellent salad 

 plants. The Water Cress requires a stream of running 

 water, ditch or pond, in which it will grow without care, 

 except at first keeping weeds from interfering with it. It 

 is easily introduced by planting along the margins of 

 ditches or streams, and increases rapidly by the spreading 

 of the roots or from the seed. The leaves are eaten with 

 salt, and are of an agreeable, pungent taste, relished by 

 most people. 

 Extra Curled, or Peppergrass. Fine flavor, and the 



best sort for dry soils. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 4 lb. 25 



cts. 

 Erfurt Water, True. A perennial aquatic plant, with 



small oval leaves and prostrate habit. Pkt. 10 cts., 



oz. 50 cts. 



spring greens or salads. The roots, when dried and roasted, 

 are often used as a substitute for coffee. The seed should 

 be sown early in the spring in drills 12 inches aj)art, about 

 i of an inch deep, and thin out to 6 inches in the drills; 

 the following spring it will be fit for use. 

 Large-Leaved Improved. Used as spring greens or 



salad. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts. 

 Thick-Leaved, or Cabbaging. This variety is dou- 

 ble the size of the common, and for salad will soon 

 supersede it. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 



EGG-PLANT. 



Eierpflanze, Geh. Aubergine, Fr. Berengena,SP. 

 Sow the seed in hot-beds early in March. When 3 

 inches high pot the young plants, using small pots, and 

 plunge them in the same bed, so that the i)lants may be- 

 come stocky. They can be planted out, from the pots, 

 when the season becomes sufficiently warm, in May or 

 June; or they can be transplanted into a second bed to 

 make them strong, until the weather is warm enough to 

 transplant, about 3 feet apart each way, in thoroughly 

 worked and well-enriched soil. Draw the earth u[) to their 

 stems when about a foot high. Egg-plant seed will not 

 vegetate freely without a strong uniform heat, and if the 

 plants get the least chilled in the earlier stages of growth 

 they seldom recover. Therefore repeated sowings are 

 sometimes necessary. Care should be observed in cutting 

 the fruit so as not to disturb the roots of the plants. 

 Early Long Purple. The earliest and hardiest, very 



productive; fruit from 6 to 10 inches long. 



Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts. 

 New York Improved Large Purple. The leading 



market variety ; large, round, dark purple, free of 



thorns, excellent and the most productive variety. 



Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 60 cts. 

 Black Pekin. Fruit purplish black, round to globular, 



large, solid, smooth and glossy, very prolific, early, 



and of fine flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 60 cts. 



Improved Large-Leaved Dandelion. 



DANDELION. 



(Taraxacum Dens-Leonis.) 



Likvenzahn Oder Pardeblnme, Gkb.. Pissenbt, Fr. Amur- 

 gon, Sp. 

 The Dandelion is a hardy perennial plant, resembling 

 Endive, and aflPords one of the earliest and most healthful 



New York Improved Egg-Plant. 



ENDIVE. 



Endivien, Ger. Chicoree, Fr. Endivia 6 Escarola, SP. 

 Endive is one of the best and most wholesome salads for 

 fall and winter use. Sow in shallow drills in April for 

 early use, or for late use in June or July. When 2 or 

 3 inches high transplant into good ground, or thin out 

 to 1 foot apart. It requires no special soil or manure, but 

 after being transplanted must be cultivated and kei)t clear 

 of weeds until it is full grown, when the blnnching process 

 begins. This is done by gathering the leaves together into 

 the hand and tying with yarn or buss, to exclude the light 

 and air from the inner leaves, which must be done wiien 

 quite dry, or they will rot; in three or four weeks they 

 will be sufficiently blanched. At the approach of winter 

 the growing crop may be taken up carefully, with a ball 

 of earth to each plant, and planted close together in a 

 frame or dry cellar, when it can be used during the winter 

 prepared and dressed like a salad. 



Vegetable seeds sent postpaid on receipt of retail price. Grass and agri.-.jnural seeds by express or freight at purchaser's 

 expense. 



