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Varieties. — Boston Market, Tennis Ball Black Seeded, All the Year 

 Hound, Henderson's Neic York, Perfected Salamander, Big Boston, 

 Virginia Solid Header, Largest of all, Yellow Seeded Butter, Golden 

 Queen. 



Price of seed. — American, 10 to 30 cents per ounce. 



Radish 



Sow once a fortnight from beginning of September to end of January" 

 to have radishes from October to March. The radish will succeed in 

 any light, open soil, but rather a shady spot should be selected. To 

 grow them properly the ground should be dug deeply, and the surface 

 raked fine. The seed is usually sown thinly broadcast in beds about 4 

 feet wide, and the surface lightly raked over after sowing. In dry 

 weather the beds should be watered early in morning. 



Quantity of seed required. — One and a half ounces of seed will sow a 

 bed 16 feet long by four feet wide. 



Varieties. — Earliest Long Frame, Carter's Violet French Breakfast, 

 Carter's Early White Turnip, Carter's Extra Early white-tipped 

 Scarlet, Mixed Turnip, Early Round Dark Bed, Market Gardeners 1 

 Early Long Scarlet. 



Prices of seed. — English, from 4d. to 8d. per ounce ; American, 10 

 cents per ounce. 



Peppers. 



Sow early in August to get fruit in November or December, and 

 onwards. They should be planted about 2 \ feet apart in rows, and the 

 latter should be about 3 feet asunder in good mellow soil. 



Messrs. Landreth, and Sons, state that " Under good cultivation 200 

 to 350 bushels should be grown to the acre. The best prices for Peppers 

 are obtained after frost. Commission Merchants pay 40 to 50 cents per 

 bushel for first picking, but later on the price increases." 



Quantity of seed. — Half an ounce of good seed should produce 

 sufficient plants for five rows of one chain each, planted at 2\ feet 

 apart. 



Varieties. County Fair. — Particularly sweet and mild, being 

 thicker in the flesh than any other sort and enormously productive. 

 Seed, 10 cents per packet, 40 cents per ounce. 



Cardinal. — Glossy bright red in colour ; five to six inches in length,, 

 being about an inch broad at the base and tapering to a point. Yery 

 sweet and thick fleshed. Seed, 5 cents per packet 40 cents per ounce.. 



Ruby King. — An exceedingly large and handsome pepper of mild 

 flavour ; the fruits of a bright ruby red. Seed, 10 cents per packet, 25 

 cents per ounce. 



Large Bell. — An early variety of mild flavour; a favourite for 

 pickling and for use in the natural state. Seed 5 cents per packet, 25 

 per ounce. 



Golden Dawn. — Of similar shape and size as Large Bell, but of more 

 delicate flavour ; colour yellow, seed, 5 cents per packet, 25 cents per 

 ounce. 



Parsley. 



Sow early in August and again November for a succession. It likes 

 a good but not too rich soil, in a somewhat shady situation. The seed 

 should be sown in drills 1 foot apart, and covered with fine mould to 



