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J. M. Thorburn & Co. 's Catalogue of Seeds. 



Endive. 



Chicoree. Escarola o Endivia. (Enbinctl. 

 Culture.— Sow in June, July and August; cover lightly. When up, thin out to eight inches apart, and 



water well afterward, if dry. When the leaves 

 ^> iB4 ^Jfife. are six or eight inches long, blanch by gather- 



ing in the hand and tying together near the top 

 with yarn or bast. This must be done when 

 quite dry, or they will rot. At the approach 

 of winter, take up carefully, with a ball of 

 earth to each plant, and place close together in 

 frame or cellar for use. They must be kept 

 ry, and have plenty of air, or they will rot. 



Per oz. Per % lb. Per lb. 

 Green Curled Win- 

 ter. The standard 

 sort for fall and 

 winter crop . . . j 

 White Curled. For 

 early use, for whieh 

 it is* desirable . . . 

 Laciniated. Fine crisp 

 French sort for fall 

 and winter .... 



753 Broad-Leaved (Escarolle). A sweet variety for fall and winter 



754 Large Green Curled (de Ruffec). Broad ribs ; fine for fall and winter 



755 Imperial Curled. Also a broad-ribbed sort; very fine light green ; for fall or winter 



Kale or Borecole. 



Chou vert Frise. Col. BldtterfobJ. 1 



Culture.— Nos. 759 to 773 are cultivated and grow exactly "like Cabbage. No. 777 sow in September for 

 early greens. Sow No. 780 early in the spring in a hotbed, and when f roai one to two inches high transplant 

 into a bed or border that has been highly manured and deeply dug. The plants should stand two feet apart, 

 in rows three feet apart. The soil should be kept mellow and free from weeds. Cover with litter or leaves 

 during the winter. Plants started and grown in this way should be fit to blanch the following spring. The 

 seed may also be sown early, in the open border, and transplanted in rows (as directed above), as soon as out 

 of the seed-leaf; but they will need to be a year older than the hotbed plants before being fit to blanch. Sea- 

 Kale is not fit to eat till it has been blanched, either under large pots, or by banking up with sand. The mid 

 ribs are the parts eaten. They are cooked like Asparagus, and usually served with drawn butter. 



Per oz. Per % lb. Per lb. 



Very dwarf and spreading: best strain .... 



■REE N CURLED ENDIVE. 



20 



$0 50 



$1 50 



20 



50 



1 50 



20 



50 



1 50 



20 



50 



1 50 



20 



60 



2 00 



20 



60 



9 00 



green curled; hardy . . 

 delicate cooked as Spin- 



759 Curled Dwarf Green Scotch. 



760 " Tall Green Scotch. A taller growth of the above . 



768 " Dwarf Brown. Very hardy 



769 " Tall Brown. Very hardy 



770 " Dwarf Green Erfurt. Very desirable 



771 ' Mosbach Winter. Dwarf and very hardy 



773 " Striped and Variegated. For garnishing 



777 " Siberian, Thorburn Improved. Uniformly dwarf 



780 Sea-Kale. Very fine : resembles Celery in appearance . . . 



783 Pe-tsai. (The Chinese Cabbage). Grows like a Cos Lettuce: 



ach or raw for salad ; best as a fall crop 



Kohlrabi or Turnip-Rooted Cabbage 



Chou-Rave. Colinabo. Kohlrabi. 

 Culture. — This is an excellent vegetable, and should be grown in every garden. Sow in spr 

 eighteen inches apart, afterward thinning the plants to eight 

 or ten inches. If the weather is suitable the thinnings may be 

 planted, but it is considered difficult to transplant. Keep the 

 weeds down, and when the thickened stem above ground is 

 two or three inches through, they are fit to eat, and should be 

 used at once, being tough when old. They are cooked same as 

 Turnips, and, when well grown and used at the proper stage, 

 are tender and very palatable. 



Per oz. Per ^lb. 



784 Early White Vienna. Handsome 



and delicate ; white ball SO 30 $0 85 



7S9 Early Purple Vienna. Purple ball: 



a very good sort 35 100 



791 Large White or Green. Forms a 



larger ball; not so tine, but more 



productive 15 50 



VIENNA KOHLRABI. 



m io so 30 si oo 



10 



30 



1 00 



15 



50 



1 50 



15 



50 



1 50 



15 



50 



1 50 



15 



50 



1 50 



20 



60 



2 00 



10 



25 



75 



25 



75 



2 50 



40 



1 25 



4 Oo 



Per lb. 



$3 00 



