PETER HENDERSON & CO.'S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 03 



DANDELION. 



German, Pardeblume. — French, Pisse-en-lit.— Spanish, Amargon. 



The Dandelion resembles Endive, and is sometimes cultivated for spring greens, or 

 for blanching for salad. The roots, when dried and roasted, are often employed as a 

 substitute for coffee. The seed should be sown in May or June, in drills half an inch 

 deep, and twelve inches apart. The plants will be ready for use the following spring. 

 Dandelion, Common Per pkt 10c. Per, oz....40c. 



ECC PLANT. 



German, Eierpflanze. — French, Aubergine. — Spanish, Berengena. 



The Egg Plant will thrive well in any good garden soil, but will repay good treat- 

 ment. The seed should be sown in hot beds the first week in April, care being taken 

 to protect the young plants from cold at night. Plant out about Juno 1st, about two- 

 and-a-half feet apart. If no hot-bed is at hand, sufficient plants may be raised for a 

 small garden by sowing a few seeds in common flower pofs", or boxes in the house. 



Per oz. X lb. Lb. 

 New- York Improved. The leading market variety ; excellent 



and very productive Per packet, 15c 60c. $2 00 $7 00 



Early Long Purple. Differing iu shape from the foregoing, 



early, hardy and productive 40c. 125 4 00 



Black Pekin. The fruit of this handsome variety is jet black, 



round in form, and very solid; it is quite early, and a 



very superior variety Per packet, 15c 75c. 3 00 10 00 



Scarlet Fruited. A highly ornamental variety Per pkt., 10c. 75c. 



ENDIVE. 



German, Endivien.— French, Chicoree. — Spanish, Endivia, 



Endive is one of the best salads for fall and winter use. Sow for an early supply 

 about the middle of April, As it is used mostly in the fall months, the main sowings 

 are made in June and July, from which plautations are formed at one foot apart each 

 way, in August and September. It requires no special soil or manure, and after plant- 

 ing is kept clear of weeds until the plant has attained its full size, when the process of 

 blanching begins. This is effected by gathering up the leaves and tying them by their 

 tips" in a conical form, with bass matting. This excludes the light and air from the in- 

 ner leaves, which, in the course of three to six weeks, according to the temperature at 

 the time, become blanched. Another and simpler method consists in covering up the 

 plants, as they grow, with slates or boards, which serves the same purpose, by excluding 

 the light, as the tying up. 



Per oz. 

 Green Curled. Very hardy ; leaves dark green, tender and crisp. 20c. 

 White Curled. Leaves pale green ; should be used when young. 30c. 

 French Moss Curled. A beautiful curled variety, of fine quality. 40c, 

 Broad-Leaved Batavian. (Escarolle.) Chiefly used in soups and 



stews ; requires to be tied up for blanching 25c. 75 2 50 



GARLIC. 



German, Knoblauch. — French, Ail. — Spanish, Ajo. 



Used for flavoring soups, stews and other dishes. Garlic thrives best in a light, 

 well-enriched soil; the sets should be planted in early spring, in rows one foot apart, 

 aud from one to five inches between the plants in the rows. The crop matures in 

 August, when it i3 harvested like the Onion. 

 Garlic Sets Per lb., 40c. 



KOHLRABI. 



German, Kohlrabi. — French, Chon-rave. — Spanish, Cal de nabo. 



A vegetable intermediate between the Cabbage and the Turnip. It is best culti- 

 vated by sowing the seed in rows in May, June and July, according to the latitude. In 

 this district, we sow through June, for succession, in rows eighteen inches apart, thin- 

 ning out to eight inches between the plants. It is rather difficult to transplant, and it 

 is generally preferable to sow the whole crop from seed, and thin out where it stands ; 

 although, when the weather is favorable, the thinnings may be planted at the distances 

 above named. 



Per oz. 

 Early White Vienna. Flesh white and tender ; the best market 



sort, excellent for table use 30c. 



Early Purple Vienna. Differing from the above in color, which 



is of a bluish-purple 40c. 



Large Purple. Growi i principally for stock feeding 20c. 



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