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CUCUMBERS — English Prize, or Frame Forcing Varieties. 



These are some of the leading favorite varieties for forcing, attaining a length of 20 to 30 inches ; they can be 

 grown in hot-beds or hothouses where the temperature does not fall below 63 degrees at night and 75 or 80 degrees 

 during the day. Sow the seed in small pots about the middle of January ; when they have grown to three leaves , 

 plant in a prepared hill of rich loose soil in the centre of a sash. Our packets contain from five to twelve seeds 

 each, according to the scsircity of the variety 



Pkt. I Pkt 



Champion of England $0 25 1 Manchester Prize .40 25 



Cooling's Prolific 25 • Marquis of Lome iNewi 50 



Edward's Eclipse (New) 25 Pierson's Long Gun ■2.< 



General Canrobert 25 1 Sion House, Improved 25 



General Grant 25 I Telegraph 2.1? 



Giant of Arnstadt 25 I Tender and True (New) 25 



DANDELION — Leontodon Taraxacum. 



Loeaienzahn oder Pardeblume , Ger. Pissenlit, Fr. Atnargon, Span. 



The Dandelion is a hardy perennial plant, resembling Endive, and aflfords one of the earliest and most healthful 

 spring greens orsalads ; blanching destroys somewhat its bitter taste when desired as a salad. 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 apart, about % of an inch deep, and thin out to 6 inches in the drills. Keep clear of weeds by cultivation 

 ftnd the foliowine soring it will be fit for table use. 



Pkt. O2 



Large Common Varfety. Used as spring greens or salad go 5 25 



Thick-Leaved, or Cabbaging. This new variety is double the size of the common, and for 



salad will soon supersede it. (See Illustration.) 10 50 



EGG-PLANT. 



Eierpfianze , Gbr. Aubergine, Fr. Berengena, Span. 



Sow the seed in hot-beds early in March. When 3 inches high transplant into small pots, and plunge them into 

 the same bed, so that the plants may become stocky at.d can be readily planted out from the pols when the season 

 becomes sufficiently warm, say June ; or they can be transplanted into a second bed to make them strong, until the 

 weather is warm enough to transplant into thoroughly worked and well-enriched soil about 3 feet apart each way. 



Draw the earth up 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 »hilled in the earlier stages of growth, they seldom recover. There- 

 fore repeated sowings are sometimes necessar>'. Care should be observed in cutting the fruit so as not to disturb 

 the roots of the plants, which is injurious to them. 



Pkt. Oz. lb 

 Early Long Purple. The earliest, hardiest and very productive ; fruit from 6 to 10 inches long...$o 10 30 3 00 

 Ne^v York Improved Large Purple. The leading market variety: large, round, dark- 

 purple, free of thorns, excellent and the most productive variety 10 60 6 00 



Black Pekin. Fruit purplish black, round to globular, large, solid, smooth and glossy, very 



prolific, early, and of fine flavor 10 60 6 00 



Plants fanii:>hed in season, see list and prices ander Jiead of Escalent Roots and Plants. 

 ENDIVE. 



Endivien , Qv.-g.. Chicorie , Tk. Endiviao Escarola.SiPKS. 



Endive is one of the best and most wholesome salads for fall and winter use. Sow m April for early use, or for 

 late, in June and July, in shallow drills. When 2 or 3 inches high, transplant into good ground, or thin out at a 

 distance of 1 foot apart. It requires no special soil or manure, but after being transplanted must be cultivated and 

 kept clear of weeds until it is full grown, when the blanching process begins. This is done by gathering the leaves 

 together into the hand and t>'ing near the top with yam or bass, to exclude the light and air from the inner leaves, 

 which must be done when 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. 



Pkt. Oz. ft). 



Green Curled. The hardiest and best dark -green very curled variety, tender and crisp ^ 5 20 20a 



Ever White Curled. (Self-blanching.) This is by far the finest white curled variety, grows to 



a large size, always crisp and very tender Tsee illustration) 10 30 3 00 



Broad-Leaved Batavian. Leaves broad, light-green, nearly plain, used in stews and soups., 5 20 2 o.< 



KALE— Borecole. 

 Griiner oder Blatter Kohl, Ger. Ckou Vert, Fr. Breton, Span. 



The Kales are more hardy than Cabbage, and make excellent greens for winter and spring use, and are improved 

 by the touch of frost. Sow the seed from May to June, covering it thinly and evenly ; when of sufficient size and 

 favorable weather transplant in July, in good, rich, well-manured ground, and cultivate the same as Cabbage, 

 For early spring use, sow the Dwarf German and Green Curled Scotch, in September, and protect over winter, 

 with a covering of straw or Utter, and treat like Spinach. 



Sea Kale is much esteemed in England, in some parts of which it grows spontaneously. Sow the seed early in 

 the spring, in well-manured and deeply-dug ground, 1 inch deep, and the rows 2 feet apart; thin out to stand 6 

 inches in the rows ; before winter cover with litter or leaves, and the next spring transplant in hills 3 feet apart each 

 way. A supply may be had all winter by planting the roots closely together in a warm cellar before frost. 



Remit for plage, 16 c!s. per pound, or 25 cts. per quart or fraction thereof, when ordered to be sent by mail. 



