GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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Horticultural or Cranberry. Early and productive ; used 

 as a shell bean either in the green or dried state; beans 

 large, splashed and spotted with red ; quality very good. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. ; qt. 30 cts. 



Dutch Case-Knife. Used principally as a shell bean; 

 beans broad and kidney-shaped, and of very good quality ; 

 pods very long, green and flat. Pkt. 5 cts. ; qt. 30 cts. ; pk. 

 $L60. 



White Runner. Culti- 

 vated chiefly for its beauty ; 

 vines and leaves large ; blos- 

 soms in long racemes, large, 

 pure white beans of fair 

 quality. Pkt. 5 cts.; pt. 30 

 cts. 



Scarlet Runner. Similar 

 to the last, but with scarlet 

 blossoms, and the beans are 

 lilac purple, variegated with 

 black. Pkt. octs. ; pt. IScts. 



Lazy Wife. Has alreadv 

 become a great favorite. 

 The pods grow from four to 

 six inches long, and are en- 

 tirely stringless, and of a rich 

 buttery flavor when cooked. 

 The pods remain green and 

 retain their tender, rich, 

 stringless flavor until nearly 

 ripe; the beans are white, 

 and are unsurpassed as shell 

 beans for winter use. Pkt. 5 

 cts. ; qt. 50 cts. 



Asparagus or Yard Long. 

 Bears pods two feet and up- 

 ward in length, and produced 

 so abundantly as to almost 

 conceal the foliage ; quality 

 of the very best. Pkt. 10 

 cts. ; qt. 75 cts. 



Southern Prolific. Pods 

 green, round, very long and 

 fleshy, and produced in clus- 

 ters ; an excellent snap short ; 

 immensely productive and 

 continuous, bearing until 

 frost. Pkt. 5 cts. ; qt. 35cts.; 

 pk. $2.25. 



Giant Wax, Red Seed. 



Pods of a pale yellow color, 

 six to nine inches in length, 

 and ver^ thick and fleshy; 

 exceedingly proauctive and 

 very fine in quality. Pkt. 5 

 cts. ; qt. 35 cts. 



German Wax, Black Seed 

 shelled in the green state ; pods large and fleshy, and go'lden 

 yellow in color ; matures in seventy days, and is very pro- 

 ductive. Pkt. 5 cts.; qt. 35 cts. 



ENGLISH DWARF BEANS. (Grosse Bohnen.) 



Culture. Sow in drills two feet apart, as early in the 

 spring as the ground can be worked (these are as hardy as 

 Peas) in order to get them into pod before the heat of 

 summer. When in pod, break off the top of the plant to 

 check the growth. Plant and hoe same as for Dwarf Beans; 

 a strong soil suits them best. These beans are eaten 

 shelled. 



Broad Windsor. The largest and best for main crop. 

 Pkt. 5 cts.; qt.30 cts. 



Add postage at the rate of 8 cents per pint, and 15 cents 

 per quart for beans if to be sent by mail". 



BROCOLI. (Sprossen-Kohl.) 



A species of the cabbage family closely allied to the cauli- 



Lazy Wife Pole Bean. 

 Excellent as a snap or 



flower, and not differing from it materially in the mode of 

 treatment. 



^ff" One ounce will produce 3,000 plants. 



White Cape. Produces heads of a medium size, compact 

 and creamy white in color; a sure header. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. .'lO cts. 



Purple Cape. This sort is better adapted to our climate 

 than the preceding ; heads of a purplish color; very large 

 and compact, and has excellent flavor. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz.40cts. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. (GrueneF-Sprossen.) 



Cultivated for the small cabbage-like heads which grow 

 out in considerable number from the sides of the main stocks. 

 Sow the seeds in hot-beds and transplant; treat similar to 

 cabbage or cauliflower; a delicious vegetable. 



J^igF" One aunce will produce 3,000 plants. 



Dwarf Improved. Dwarf ; compact in growth. Pkt. 5 

 cts. ; oz. 25 cts. 



Tall French. Very fine quality; taller in growth than 

 the preceding. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 25 cts. 



BOREKOLE OR KALE. (Gpuenep-KohL) 



A species of the cabbage family which does not form 

 heads, being used in the open state. It can be grown almost 

 in any kind of soil, but the best results are obtained from very 

 rich soil ; sow in April and May in beds, transplant and 

 cultivate similar to cabbage. The varieties are extremely 

 hardy and much improved by frost; not grown so largely 

 as if its superior qualities were generally known ; its delicacy 

 and tenderness is equaled by but few of the cabbage varieties. 



Tall Green Curled Scotch. A tall growing variety, at- 

 taining a height of two feet and over; produces abundance 

 of deep green and very curly leaves; recurved and spread- 

 ing in habit ; withstands very severe winter weather. Pkt. 

 5 cts. ; oz. 15 cts. ; 54 ^b. 40 cts. 



Moss Curled Very Early. A new sort ; of special excel- 

 lence, being a very dwarf fine curled variety of a yellowish 

 green color, growing very close to the ground. Pkt. 5 cts.; 

 oz. 15 cts.; i^lb. 40 cts. 



DwarfGreen Curled Scotch. 



Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. A round dwarf variety, 

 rarely exceeding eighteen inches in height, but spreading 

 out under good cultivation to three feet in diameter; the 

 leaves are beautifully curled and of a bright green; this va- 

 riety is very hardy, and will remain overwinter in any place 

 where the temperature does not fall below zero; it is most 

 tender after being bitten by a sharp frost. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 

 15 cts.; % lb. 40 cts. 



Siberian Kale, German Greens or Sprouts. This variety 

 is extensively grown as Winter Greens; sown in the month 

 of September in rows one foot apart, and treated in every 

 way as spinach, it is ready for use in early spring. Pkt. 5 

 cts.; oz. 10 cts. ; K lb. 25 cts.; 1 lb. .$1. 



Cottager's Kale. A great favorite in England; it is 

 dwarf, not exceeding twelve inches; leaves rich green, 

 deeply curled and feathered almost to the ground; very 

 hard}', and a most profitable sort; more weight being grown 

 on the same space than with any other variety. Pkt. 5 cts.: 

 oz. 20 cts.; y. lb. 60 cts. 



