16 Dreer's Garden Calendar, 



CORN (Indian)— Garden, or Table Varieties — Continned. 



Adams Extra Eakly. The hardiest and earliest variety for table use, Ear. Pkt. Qt. Bu. 

 but not a /S'zt'ee^ CorTi, white grain and short ear $ 5 10 20 4 00 



Early Narragansett Sweet. The earliest sweet variety, ears small, red 



grain, tender, and of good quality 5 10 25 5 00 



Early Minnesota Sweet. One of the earliest, of dwarf habit, ears small, 



productive and good. 5 lo 25 5 00 



Crosby's Extra Early Sugar. A favorite market variety, very early, 



productive, ears rather short, and rich sugary flavor 5 10 25 5 00 



Triumph Sweet. The largest of the early varieties ; ear large, produc- 

 tive, flavor rich and sweet; a fine market variety 5 10 25 6 00 



Black Mexican Sweet. A variety with black ears, said to be the sweet- 

 est of all 5 10 25 5 00 



Large Sweet, or Mammoth Sugar. The largest late variety,-, very 



productive and fine flavored 10 10 20 4 00 



Evergreen Sweet. The latest, and one of the sweetest, ears large, of 



excellent quality, remaining longer green than any other variety 5 10 20 4 00 



Egyptian Sweet, A new large variety, somewhat resembling the Ever- 

 green, flavor peculiarly rich and sweet, and of superior quality 10 10 30 6 00 



Ears of Sweet Corn when ordered to be sent by mail, remit 5 cts. for the small, and 10 cts. for the large ears, and shelled 25 



cts. per quart, in addition, to prepay postage. 



The following are Field Varieties. 



CoMPTON's Early Yellow. The earliest variety, ripening in seventy- doz. iiund. 



six days, producing from 100 to 150 bushels per acre, ears from 10 to ears. ears. * Qt. Bo. 



18 inches long, grain medium, bright yellow and flinty ; only adapted 



for mo^6>^ia^1^ reg'ions and north of Pennsylvania $0 50 3 50 20 3 00 



Early Yellow Canada, or Flint. The early ninety day variety, 

 used principally for replanting, where the other varieties fail to come 

 up ; and then maturing at the same time with the common field varie- 

 ties 50 3 00 20 3 00 



Early Large White Flint. The old Hominy variety; early, pro- 

 ductive, and of good quality 50 3 00 20 3 00 



Improved Prolific White. This new variety grows from 8 to 10 feet 

 high, ears 9 inches long, grain plump and perfectly white, producing 

 from 80 to 100 bushels per acre. A fine quality of flour is made from 

 it, resembling that made of wheat 60 4 00 25 4 00 



Pennsylvania Large Yellow. A productive yellow variety of good 



quality 50 3 00 20 3 00 



Golden Dent, or Chester County Mammoth. The largest, best, t 



and most profitable, yellow dent field corn 50 3 00 20 3 00 



White Pop. For parching, the best variety 20 125 25 



Sweet Fodder Corn. (For Soiling.) Profitable as green feed for 



milch cows 3 00 



Ears of Field Corn when ordered to be sent by mail, remit 15 cts. each or $1.50 per doz. ; Pop Corn 25 cts, per doz. ears, 

 aod shelled 30 ets, per quart, in addition, to prepay postage. 



CRESS. 



Garten und Brxmnen Kresse, Ger. Cresson, Fr. Mastuerzo, Span. 



Peppergrass is extensively grown and used as a small salad. Sow early in the spring and at 

 intervals throughout the season, for a succession, thickly in shallow drills, as it soon runs to 

 seed. The Cresses are healthful and excellent salad plants. The Water Cress requires a stream 

 of running water, ditch, or pond, in which it will grow without care, except keeping at first 

 weeds from interfering with it. It is easily introduced by planting along the margins of ditches 

 or streams, and increases rapidly by the spreading of the roots or from the seed. The leaves are 

 eaten with salt, and are of an agreeable pungent taste. Pkt. Oz. lb. 



Extra Curled, or Peppergrass. Fine flavor, and can be cut several times. 5 10 50 

 True Water. An aquatic plant, with small oval leaves and prostrate habit... 10 50 5 00 



CUCUMBER. 



Gurke, Ger. Concombre, Fr. Cohombro, Span. 

 For very early Cucumbers, sow the first of April a few seeds in a hot-bed, upon pieces of sods, 

 (grass side down,) so that they can be readily removed to transplant in the open ground, in rich 

 soil, when danger of frost is over, or protect by hand-glasses. For early use, plant first week in 

 May, if the weather has become settled and warm ; they succeed best in a warm, moist, rich loamy 

 soil, and continue at intervals for a succession, on hills about 4 feet apart each way ; the hills 

 should be previoiisly prepared with a shovelful of well-rotted manure; thin out to four plants, 

 after all danger from insects is over. For pickles, plant from June until the middle of July. 



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



