DBSCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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M, Ferry &. Go's Improved 

 Mammoth Long Red 

 Mangel Wurzel. 



Norbitan Giant Long 



Red Mangel 



Wurzel. 



ety. The tops are small, and the roots, although large, 

 are of excellent quality. Average weight fifteen to 

 eighteen pounds. Highly recommended for shallow 

 soil. 



Red Globe Mangel Wurzel. — Similar to the pre- 

 ceding, except in color, which is of a light red or pink. 



BROCOLI. 



Fr. Choti Brocoli. — Ger. Spargel Kohl. 



Brocoli is a species of Cabbage, nearly allied to the 

 Cauliflower, 



Culture. — Sow thinly in seed-beds about the middle 

 of spring, and transplant and cultiva':e according to di- 

 rections for winter Cabbages. The plants in the seed- 

 bed are very apt to run up tall and slender, unless they 

 are thinned and kept free from weeds. When they be- 

 gin to flower, break the large leaves over the heads, to 

 protect them from the sun, and gather them before they 

 begin running up to seed. 



Early Purple Cape. — This is the best variety for 

 our climate. It produces large heads, of a brownish - 

 purple color, very close and compact, and of excellent 

 flavor. 



Carter's Summer. — Very early, and well adapted to 

 this climate. Heads solid, firm, and cf most delicate 

 flavor. 



Leamington.— A very large and close-heading, white 

 variety, the foliage folding well in to protect the flower. 



Brussels Sprouts. 



Brussels Sprouts. 



Fr. Chou de Bruxelles. — Ger. Spros- 

 sen Kokl. 

 Culture.— The plant g^rows two or 

 three feet high, and produces from 

 the sides of the stalk numerous little 

 sprouts one or two inches in di- 

 ameter, resembling Cabbages. The 

 leaves should be broken down in the fall, to give the lit- 

 tle cabbages more room to grow. They should be treat- 

 ed in all respects like winter Cabbages, or Kale. 



CABBAGE. 



Fr. Chou Pommes. — Ger. Kopfkohl. 



The Cabbage was highly esteemed by the ancient 

 Greeks, one of their fables deducing its origin from the 

 Father of their Gods, who, labormg to reconcile two 

 conflicting ©racles perspired, and from this divine pers- 

 piration sprang the Cabbage. This hint that Cabbages 

 come only by the sweat of the brow may have had foun- 

 dation in their day, but in ours there is no vegetable 

 which may be cultivated with more certainty of success 

 than this, and few if any that are so generally useful, 

 as it may be made to follow other crops and will give 

 some return no matter how poor the soil or how negli- 

 gent tho cultivation, while it responds so readily to bet- 

 ter care that it claims a place in the finest garden and 

 the attention of the most skillful gardener. 



Culture. — The requisites for complete success are. 

 Firsts good seed. Second^ rich, well prepared ground. 

 Third, frequent and thorough cultivation. There is 

 no vegetable where the seed has more influence on the 

 quality of the product than in this, and gardeners should 

 invariably select the best procurable. 



For Cabbages, the ground must be highly manured, 

 de^ly dug or plowed and thoroughly worked to insure 

 good, full-sized heads. A heavy, moist and fresh loam 



