10 dresr's garden calendar, 



BEUSSELS SPEOUTS. 



30 cts. per oz. 

 Chou de Bruxdhs, Fr. Rosenkohl, Ger. 



Produces from the stem small heads, resembling cabbages in minia- 

 ture. The sprouts are used as winter greens, and become very tender 

 ■when touched by the frost. Sow in May, transplant, and manage as 

 winter cabbage. 



CABSAGE. 



30 cts. per oz. 

 Chou Pomme, Fr. Repollo^ Span. Kopf TcoJd, Gee. 



Early York. Green Curled Sayoy. 



Early Oxheart. Large Drumhead Savoy. 



Early Sugar Loaf. Hed Dutch, for Pickling. 



Wheeler's Imperial. Red Drumhead, 60 cts. 



Large Early Y®rk. Large Late Drumhead, 

 Early Winnigstadt, 50 cts. Large Flat Dut^h, 



Early Battersea. Large Bergen. 



The first colum_n contains the early sorts, which may be raised as 

 follows : Sow the seed in well prepared ground, about the 15th of 

 September. When the plants are large enough to transplant, pick 

 them out of the seed bed, into frames. Protect the plants during 

 severe weather, with a covering of boards, observing to give them 

 plenty of air and light during mild weather ; they may also be raised 

 by sowing the seed very early in hot-beds — afterwards plant out in 

 deep and well-manured ground, in rows out eighteen inches apart and 

 twelve inches distant in the rows. 



The autumn and winter sorts, sow in April or early in May, in a 

 moderately shaded border, in shallow drills, three or four inches apart. 



Transplant early in July, in rows thirty inches apart, and about two 

 feet apart in the rows. Cabbage succeeds best in a fresh rich soil, well- 

 manured and deeply dug or ploughed. The late plants are subject to 

 attacks of the cabbage-fly, destroying them as fast as they appear above 

 ground. Various remedies are recommended for the preservation of 

 the plants, such as sprinkling them with ashes, air-slack lime, plaster, 

 or tobacco, which should be performed early in the morning. A solution 

 of whale-oil soap is also recommended. \^See subsequent page of this 

 Calendar.'] 



CAEDOON. 



80 cts. per oz. 20 cts. per paper. 



Cardon, Fr, Cardo, Span. Kardonen, Gee. 



Large Solid Stalked. 



Is much cultivated in Europe for culinary purposes. The stem of 

 the leaves, which are thick and crisp, after being blanched, are the 

 eatable parts, and are generally used in soups or stews. They 

 are in perfection during the autumn and winter. Sow in April, and 

 transplant in trenches of well-manured ground ; blanch by earthing up 

 in the fall. 



