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CUCUMBER— CoTi^mued 



Eakly Eussian. The earliest hardy, productive variety, produced in pairs, Pkt. Oz. lb. 

 of small fruit ' $0 5 15 1 25 



Early Fkame. A good old variety, of medium size, straight, and excellent 



for table use or pickling 5 10 1 00 



Improved Early White- Spined. The favorite market variety, and largely 

 used for forcing, medium to large size, deep green, crisp, fine flavor, and 

 very productive 5 10 1 00 



Tailby's Hybrid. A variety hybridized with the White-Spined and EnrjUsh 

 Prize, retaining the beauty of the long English, and hardiness of the spined ; 

 an excellent table variety. 5 25 2 50 



G iiiE-V Prolific. A pickling variety, dark green, tender, crisp, productive, 

 of fine flavor, and of uniform size', hardly ever yielding any too large for 

 pickling; also good for the table 5 15 1 50 



Long Green Turkey. The leading variety for pickling, of excellent qual- 

 ity, dark green, firm and crisp 5 15 1 25 



Small Gherkin, or Burr. Also known as the West India, or Jerusalem 



Pickle; used only for pickling 5 25 2 50 



CUCUMBERS— English Prize, or Frame Varieties. 



These are the leading favorite varieties for forcing, attaining a length of 20 to 30 inches; they 

 can be grown in hot-beds or hot-houses where the temperature does not fall below Qo degrees at 

 night and 75 or 80 degrees during the day. Plant in the centre of a sash. Packets contain 

 from five to ten seeds each, according to the scarcity of the variety. 



Pkt. . ' Pkt. 



Champion OF England 25 Glory of Erfurt (White) 25 



Cooling's Prolific 25 Manchester Prize 25 



Edward's Eclipse 25 Pierson's Long Gun 25 



General Canrobert 25 Sion House, Improved 25 



General Grant 25 Telegraph 25 



Giant of Arnstadt 25 Tender and True (Scarce) 50 



DANDELION— Leontoden Taraxacum. 



Loewenzahn, Ger. Pisse-en-lit, Fr. Amargon, Span. 



The Dandelion is a hardy perennial plant, resembling Endive, and affords one of the earliest 

 and most healthful spring greens or salad ; by blanching destroys somewhat their bitter taste. 

 The roots, when dried and roasted, are often used as a substitute for coffee. The seed should be 

 sown early in the spring in drills 18 inches apart, and thin out to 6 inches in the drills. Keep 

 clear of weeds and the following spring it will be fit for the table. 

 Large Common Variety Per pkt., lOets. ; oz., 40 eta. 



EGG-PLANT. 



Uierpflanze, Ger, Aubergine, Fr. Berengena, Span. 



Sow in hot-beds early in March. "When 3 inches high transplant into small pots, and 

 plunge into the same bed, so that the plants may become stocky, which are readily planted out 

 from the pots when the season becomes sufSciently warm, say June; or transplant into a second 

 bed to make them strong, and when the weather is warm enough, transplant into thoroughly 

 worked and well-enriched soil about 3 feet ajiart each way. 



Draw the earth up to their stems when about a foot high. Egg-plant seed will not vegetate 

 freely without substantial heat, and if the plants get the least chilled in the earlier stages of 

 growth, they seldom recover. Repeated sowings are sometimes necessary. Care should be 

 observed in cutting the fruit so as not to disturb the roots of the plants, which is injurious to them. 



Pkt. Oz. lb. 

 Early Long Purple. Earliest, hardiest, and productive, 8 or 9 inches long.$0 10 30 3 00 

 New York Improved Large Purple. The leading marA-e« rariW^; large, 



round, dark-purple, free of thorns, excellent and productive 10 50 5 00 



Black Pekin. Fruit jet black, round to globular, large, smooth and glossy, 



prolific, early, and of fine flavor .'.. 10 60 7 00 



Scarlet Chinese. A beautiful ornamental variety, with small scarlet fruit 



the size of a hen's Q^g .' 10 75 



ENDIVE. 



Endivien, Ger. Chicoree, Fr. Endivia, Span. 



Endive is one of the best and most wholesome salads for fall and winter use. Sow in April 

 for early use, or for late, in June and July, in shallow drills. When 2 or 3 inches high, trans- 

 plant into good ground, or thin out at a distance of a foot apart. Blanch by gathering the leaves 

 together in the hand and tying together near the top, with yarn or bass, which must be done 



Remit for postage, 16 ets. per pound, or 25 cts. per quart or fraction thereof when ordered to be sent bj mziL 

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