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Rosy Gem. Perfectly round, deep 

 scarlet color on top, and pure white at 

 the bottom, the colors blending with each 

 other so delicately as to excite the ad- 

 miration of every lover of this healthful 

 and valuable vegetable. It is also ex- 

 ceedingly tender, crisp and very delicious. 

 Well adapted for shipping or the home 

 garden. 



Shippers' Favorite. Extra early bright 

 scarlet and round. The tops are small; 

 the flesh very crisp and tender, it is the 

 very best for the market garden. 



Crimson Globe. A most valuable 

 Radish, of European introduction. It 

 grows quickly, and even when it attains 

 a large size it remains absolutely tender 

 and of perfect flavor to the very last. It 

 is of a beautiful deep crimson color, and 

 in crispness and flavor it is unsurpassed. 



Glass or Cincinnati. This is a selection 

 of the Long Scarlet, with exceedingly 

 small tops, and grows from 6 to 7 inches 

 long; of a beautiful bright scarlet color 

 with a very delicate skin; one of the best 

 and most attractive market varieties. 



as a salad: 



ROQUETTE. 



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Roquette fFr.) 

 CULTURE. — Sown from September to March. It is used 

 resembles the Cress in taste. 



SALSIFY or OYSTER PLANT. 



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Sfiisifis (Fr.) Haferwurzel (Ger.), Ostra Vegetal (Sp.), Sassefrica (Ital.) 



Sandwich Island Mammoth. 



CULTURE. — A vegetable which ought to be more cultivated than it is. It is 

 prepared in different ways, and partakes of the flavor of oysters. It should be 

 sown in the fall of the year, not later than November. The ground ought to be 

 manured the spring previous, deeply spaded and well pulverized. Sow in drills,, 

 about ten inches apart, and thin out to three or four inches in the rows. 



Sandwich Island Mammoth. 



Sandwich Island. (Mammoth). This is 

 a sort that grows much quicker than the 

 old varieties. It attains a large size; can 



be called with right mammoth. It is 

 superior to the old kinds and has come 

 into general cultivation. 



SPINACH. 



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Epinard (Fr.), Spinat (Ger.), Espinago (Sp.), Spinace (Ital.) 

 Extra Large Leaved Savoy. Broad Leaved Flanders. 



Broad Leaved Flanders. 



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