dreer's garden calendar, 



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These are the best varieties. The culture of Tobacco is one of 

 the most profitable. It will grow on any soil ; but a deep mellow loam, 

 plowed in the fall, and cross-plowed in the spring, and well manured, 

 is best adapted to it. The seed should be sown in the spring as soon as 

 the frost is out of the ground, on a clean and well prepared piece of 

 ground, in a warm, sheltered situation. Care should be taken to pro- 

 tect the plants from frost. Transplant about the 1st of June, in rows 

 about three and a half feet apart. The culture of this plant is very 

 much, the same as that usually adopted for Indian Corn, in stirring the 

 ground and keeping down the weeds 



ESCULENT BOOTS AND PLANTS IN SEASON; . 



Early Potatoes. 



Garlic. 



White Onion Sets. 



Yellow Onion Sets. 



Cabbage Plants. 



Celery " 



Egg 



Mushroom Spawn. 

 Asparagus Roots. 

 Sweet Potato Slips. 

 Rhubarb Roots. 

 Lettuce Plants. 

 Tomato Plants. 

 Pepper Plants. 



New and Desirable Vegetables- 



We take pleasure in offering the following varieties, and can recom- 

 mend them for their superior qualities. 



TILDEN TOMATO 



This valuable variety- originated with Mr. Henry Tilden, of Daven- 

 port, Iowa. The plant is somewhat dwarf in its habit, the branches 

 rarely reaching three feet in length, even when trained on stakes. It is 



