D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, | 33 
ORN SALAD FemcusecLanesLermuce ge 
winter and spring months as a sub- 
stitute for lettuce and is also cooked and used like spinage. In 
warm weather the plants will mature in four to six weeks. Sow the 
seed in shallow drills about one foot apart, during August and 
September. If the soil is dry, it should be firmly pressed over the 
seed in order to secure prompt germination. On the approach of 
severe cold weather, cover with straw or coarse litter. The plants will 
also do well if the seed is sown very early in the spring, and like most 
CURLED, OR PEPPER 
GRASS.—This small salad is 
much used with lettuce, to $e ; 
which its warm, pungent taste CORN SALAD. 
makes a most agreeable addi- 
tion. The seed should be sown in drills about sixteen inches apart, on very 
rich ground, and the plants well cultivated. It may be planted very early, 
but repeated sowings are necessary to secure a succession. 
Keep off insects by dusting 
with Pyrethrum Powder. 
Pkt. 5cts.; Oz. 10cts.; 
2 Oz. licts.; 14 Lb. 20cts.; 
Lb. 50cts. 
TRUE WATER.—This 
is quite distinct from the 
last, and only thrives 
when its roots and stems ~ 
CURLED CRESS. are submerged in water. 
It is one of the most 
delicious of small salads and should be planted wherever a suitable place can z= 
be found. The seed should be sown and lightly covered, in gravelly, mucky lands, 
along the borders of small, rapid streams, and the plants will need no subsequent = 
culture, as under favorable conditions they increase very rapidly by self-sown seed 
and extension of the roots. Pkt. 5cts.: Oz. 30cts.; 2 Oz. S5cts.; 14 Lb. $1.00; Lb. $2.75. WATER CRESS. 
CICGUMBER 
This is one of the vegetables which can be grown to perfection by anyone who can control a few 
square yards of soil which is fully exposed to the sun, and the fruit is so much better when gathered 
fresh from the vines than it is when obtained in the market, that every family should be supplied 
from their own yard. 
Culture.—In order to obtain the largest yield of cucumbers the soil should be well 
enriched with well rotted manure, but an abundance of good fruit can be raised on any rich 
\ arden soil. Plant the seed in rows six feet apart, and four to six feet apart in the row 
, \ 
opping fifteen to twenty seeds inahill. After the plants begin to crowd and the striped 
beetles are pretty well gone, thin to three plants to the hill. Give frequent but 
< shallow cultivation, until the plants make runners so long that this is impracticable. 
In field culture, plow furrows four feet apart across the field, and similar ones, but 
at right angles to the first. At each intersection drop a shovelful or more of well 
rotted manure, which should be well mixed with soil, forming a broad, fiat hill 4 to 
6 inches above the surface. Many growers omit every fourth row, thus forming 
paths for the distribution of manure and gathering the fruit. In many sections 
: where earliness is very important, market gardeners start plants in boxes 
made like the ordinary berry box, but without the raised bottom. The boxes 
“ are set in hot beds or cold frames filled with rich friable soil and the seed 
planted. When danger of frost is over the plants are set in the open ground. 
bos the boxes being cut away, so that the roots are not disturbed at all 
\, 2M \ \ The plants are liable to attack by the striped cucumber beetle, 
> WE\ which are so numerous in some cases as to destroy them. These 
N\A EN may be kept off by frequent dusting with air-slacked lime, soot, 
or sifted ashes diluted with fine road earth: care should be taken 
not to use too much, for if too strong, any of the above 
materials will kill the vines; but the best protection against 
injury is a vigorous and rapid growth of the young plants. 
In gathering, pick all the fruit before it begins to 
ripen, as the vines will cease setting fruit as soon as 
any seed commences to mature, 
In gathering the pickles, cut the stem, instead of 
pulling the fruit off, and be careful not to mar the 
fruit in any way, for if the skin is broken, the pickles 
will not keep so well. 
EARLY RUSSIAN, Earliest and hardiest. 
Vines vigorous and 
productive. Fruit three to four inches long, thick, 
oval, pointed at each end, covered with fine small 
spines. Good for table, but not of value for pickling. 
Pkt. 5dcts.; Oz. 10cts.; 2 Oz. l5cts.; 14 Lb. 20cts.; 
Lb. 55cts. 
EARLY: CLUSTER. (23> ers. pro 
ducing the bulk o 
crop near the root and in clusters. Fruit short, 
holding full size to each end, dark green, but paler at 
blossom end. A very productive sort. Pkt. 5cts.; 
EARLY CLUSTER CUCUMBER. Oz. 10cts.; 2 Oz. l5cts.; 14 Lb. 2ets.; Lb. 50cts. 
