GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 75 
The Garnishing varieties are decidedly the prettiest for ornamenting a dish, but 
for seasoning they are all equally as good. The seed will also germinate more 
freely by soaking it twenty-four hours in water, and mixed with sand before sowing. 
Market Gardeners’ Curled. 
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Market Gardeners’ Curled. A splendid Improved Garnishing. This is the best 
variety for shipping. The leaves are | kind to ornament a dish; it has the same 
handsomely curled, dark green in color, 
and of a very fine flavor. A decided im- 
provement on the regular curled variety. 
We recommend same very highly. 
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_ Double Curled. The leaves of this va- 
‘riety are curled. It has the same flavor 
as the other kind, extensively raised for 
shipping purposes. 
Plain Leaved. This is the hardiest va- 
Tiety; foliage very dark green, with plain 
leaves, having a strong Parsley flavor, 
and much preferred in French cooking. 
flavor as the other kinds. 
Creole Plain. This Parsley originally 
comes from the imported French sirain, 
but after being grown in Louisiana for a 
number of years it has a tendency to 
grow taller; it is claimed by some gar- 
deners that this Parsley does not go to 
seed as quickly as the Northern and im- 
ported varieties. It can be planted dur- 
ing the months of November, December, 
January and February, also in June or 
July, and is the best variety for all 
around purposes. 
. PARSNIP 
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5 Panais (Fr.), Pastinake (Ger.), Chirivia (Sp.), Pastinaco (Ital.) 
CULTURE.—Should be sown in deep, mellow soil, deeply spaded, as the roots 
are long, in drills twelve to eighteen inches apart; when the piants are three 
inches high, thin out to three inches apart in rows. Sow from September to 
November for winter, and January to March for spring and summer Crops. 
The Hollow Crown or Sugar, is the 
kind generally cultivated, it possesses all 
the good qualities for which other varie- 
ties are recommended. 
PEAS 
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Pois (Fr.), Erbse (Ger.), Guisante (Sp.), Pisello (Ital.) 
CULTURE.—Plant in ground manured the: previous season, else they will 
make more vines than peas. Marrowfat Peas, planted in rich ground, will not 
bear well, but they produce finely in sandy light soil. The Extra Early Tom 
Thumb and Laxton’s Alpha will not produce a large crop without being in rich 
ground. Peas have to be planted in drills two inches deep and from two to three 
feet apart. Tom Thumb can be planted one foot apart, whereas the White Marrow- 
fat cr Champion of England require three feet. The Extra Early, Alpha and Tom 
Plant Tobacco Seed for Your Own Consumption. 
