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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



ture, and thought by some to be earlier than the preceding. Ears, large, well 

 filled out at top and end ; color, yellow, striped with red, A Yery desirable 

 variety. 



Ohio Dent. — An early field variety, maturing in advance of many of the 

 Dent varieties. Ears, about twelve inches long ; sixteen rows of kernels which 

 are long and slim, and indented at the end ; color, pale yellow. 



Rice, for Parching'. — A very handsome variety ; ears, short ; kernels, 

 long, pointed and resemble rice ; color, white ; very prolific ; used entirely for 

 parching, for which purpose it has no superior. 



Boston White, for Parching. — Also used only for parching ; ears, 

 longer than the preceding, nearly the same size ; kernels, round and white ; a 

 good bearer, and thought by some to be the best in use. 



FEDIA OLITORIA. 

 Fr. Mache Salade de ble. — Ger. Ackersalat Lainmersalat. 



Corn Salad, Fetticas, or Lamb's Lettuce, is an annual plant, a native 

 of English wheat fields, and is used during winter and early spring to increase 

 the variety of small salads, and as a substitute for Lettuce. In France, it is 

 boiled like Spinage, 



Culture. — Sow the seed from August till cold weather, in drills six inches 

 apart. Thin as wanted for consumption, to four inches in the drill. In milder 

 sections, where the cold is not severe, it will be fit for use all winter. 



LEPEDIUM SATIVUM. 

 Fr. Cresson. — Ger. Kresse. 



Curled. — This plant is extensively used as a small salad ; the leaves, 

 while young, have a warm, pungent taste, and are eaten separately, or mixed 

 with Lettuce or other salad plants. Sow rather thick, in shallow drills, and at 

 short intervals during the season. 



True Water. — A water plant, with small, oval leaves, much used and 

 universally esteemed as a wholesome salad in spring. The seed should be sown 

 in a very wet situation, or by a running brook, and the plants well covered with 

 water during the winter. 



CUCUMIS SATIVUS. 



Fr. ConcoJiibre, — Ger. Gttrken. 

 The Cucumber is cultivated in all vegetable gardens, and is highly esteem- 



