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from germination. Ears well made out. Desirable in the Family 

 Garden and profitable to shippers. Price of seed 20 cents per quart. 



Early Landreth Market. — Not a true Sugar Corn, but a hybrid be- 

 tween a Sugar Cane and Adam's Early, and cultivated on large areas 

 and almost exclusively by the market gardeners of Burlington 

 County, New Jersey, The edible grain is white and sweet. This va- 

 riety will mature ears for market in about eighty days from germi- 

 nation. The stalk is leafy and grows to a height of 6 feet. A very 

 profitable sort as a money maker. Plant in rows 4 feet apart, and 

 thin the plants to two feet in the rows. Price of seeds 20 cents per 

 quart. 



Landrettis Sugar. — A remarkably productive variety ; two ears on 

 ©very stalk, often three, and sometimes four The ear remains long in 

 milky condition for the table, the edible grain being pure white and 

 exceedingly sugary. Matures for market in about 82 days. This 

 Sugar Corn will afford to market gardeners more baskets of marketable 

 ears to the acre than any other variety in cultivation. Plant at dis- 

 tances of 4J- feet between the rows, and 3 feet from plant to plant in 

 the rows. Price of seed 20 cents per quart. 



Spixach. 



By sowing at intervals of two or three weeks from beginning of 

 August till March, a succession of Spinach is easily kept up from about 

 October till May. The soil for Spinach should be deep and rich, 

 neither very stiff nor very light, and should be rather moist, otherwise 

 frequent waterings will be necessary. The seed should be sown in 

 drills about an inch deep, and 15 to 18 inches apart, and the plants 

 should be thinned out to about 6 inches apart in the rows. Beyond- 

 keeping the ground free from weeds, the soil stirred occasionally, and 

 watering frequently and copiously in dry weather, no further cultiva- 

 tion is needed. 



Quantity of Seed required. — To sow a drill one chain in length f of 

 an ounce of seed will be needed. 



Varieties. — Carters' Market Favourite, The Carter, Bloomsdale Spi- 

 nach, Ever Heady, Prickly Seeded- Curled, Round or Summer, 



Prices of seed. — English, 3d. and 4d. per ounce ; American, 10 to 15 

 cents per ounce. 



Lettuce. 



Sow once a fortnight from beginning of August to beginning of 

 February to keep up a succession of lettuce from October to April. 



The soil for lettuce should be well manured with good rotten manure. 

 The seed should be sown in drills about 15 inches apart, and as soon as 

 young plants are large enough to handle they should be thinned out to 

 about 12 inches. The plants removed in thinning should be trans- 

 planted at the usual distances and they will be ready for pulling from 

 two to three weeks after those left in the seed drills. After transplant- 

 ing it will be necessary to water the plant for some days till they get 

 established. 



The surface of the soil between the rows should be kept stirred 

 during growth, and an occasional application of week liquid manure, 

 when the plants begin to form heads, will be beneficial 



Quantity of seed required. — Half an ounce of seed will sow a drill one 

 chain in length. 



