ANNUAL DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, 1 



greatly improved variety and highly recommended; No. 9 is usued exclusively, 

 for pickles. 



CuLTUKE. — Culture in the open air is of the simplest character. Merely 

 dig a hole in the ground, a foot wide and six inches deep, and fill in with well- 

 rotted manure, and cover with four inches of earth, and plant a few seeds, and 

 the result is certain. Make the hills six feet apart, and when the plants2.have 

 made three leaves, nip off the points to make them branch out, which will also 

 piake them fruit sooner. 



EGGJ PliAIVT. 



Fr. Aubergine. Ger. Cierpeflanze. 



1 EAELY PURPLE, 3 LARGE NEW YORK PURPLE. 



2 D, M. & r. CO.'S IMPKOVED liAKGE PURPEE. 



Kinds. — No. 1 is the earliest; No. 2 the largest and finest in cultivation; 

 No. 3 good for general use. 



Culture.— Sow in hot-beds very early in spring, and transplant to two and 

 ^ half feet apart each way, in very rich, warm ground. Keep the plants well 

 watered, and cultivate and hoe same as Cabbages. 



EJVDIVE. 



Fr. Chicoree. Ger. Endivien. 

 GREEN CURLED. 

 CuLTUKE. — Sow from late in spring till middle of summer, in shallow drills, 

 fourteen inches apart. Thin out to one foot apart, and when fully grown, tie 

 over the outer leaves every week or two, in dry weather, to blanch. 



KOUIi RABI. 



Fr. Chov-rave. Ger. Kohl-rahuiber. 

 GREEN. 

 CuLTDBE.— Cultivate same as Cabbage, only that in earthing up the plant, 

 be careful not to cover up the globular part. They should only be used when 

 they have attained their full growth. 



KAIiE. 



Fr. Chou Vert. Ger. Orune Kohl. 

 GREEN CURLED SCOTCH. 

 Is the kind most generally cultivated. It is very hardy, and, like the Sa- 

 voys, improved by moderate frost. 



Culture.— Should be cultivated like Cabbages. 



liEEK. 



Fr. Poireau. Ger. Luch. 

 LONDON. 

 Culture.— Sow eqrly in spring, in drills fourteen inches apart, and thin 



