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INNUAL DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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Gardes aad 3f lower Seeds, 



Put up in Packages, Colored Packets and Papers, 

 Containing Bkief Directions for the Cultivation of Vegetables. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Fr. Asperge. Ger. Spargel. 

 GIANT. 

 Culture.— Soak the seed twenty-four hours in warm water, and sow early 

 in spring, in drills, two inches deep and one foot apart from row to row. 

 \yhen one or two years old, the former preferred, transplant into permanent 

 beds. The soil should be thoroughly enriched with manure and salt, and the 

 plants should be set in trenches, six inches deep, and nine inches apart, 

 placing the crown of the root two inches below the surface. The soil can 

 scarcely be too rich. 



BEANS- 



Fr. Haricots nains. Ger. Stamhohen. 



DWARF, BUSH OR SNAPS. 



6 EXTRA EARLY YELLOW SIX WEEKS, 



Or NEWINGTON WONDER, 



7 WHITE CORN HILL, 



8 ROYAL DWARF KLDNEY, 



1 EARLY CHINA RED EYE, 



2 EARLY MOHAWK, 



3 EARLY RED VALENTINE, 



4 GERMAN WAX, 



5 EARLY YELLOW SIX WEEKS, 



9 LARGE WHITE MARROW, OR MOUNTAIN. 



Under this name are classed all low-growing sorts, called in different eata. 

 logues, Bush, Bvnch, Snap, String, or Dwarf Beans. 



Kinds.— -Nos. 3 and 6 are the earliest ; No. 2 the most hardy ; Nos. 1, 5, 

 7, 8 and 9 are very productive and best for main crop ; No. 4 is a new variety 

 — dwarf, highly recommended, and a very popular market variety. 



Culture.— About the first of May, select a warm, dry, sheltered spot ; dig 

 and manure thoroughly, make drills an inch deep and two feet apart. Drop 

 the Beans two inches apart in the drills, and cover not more than an inch deep; 

 Keep hoed, when not wet, and the weeds killed. 



