Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 



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CAULIFLOWER. 



Chou-Fleur. Coliflor. 331umcnfoM. 



Culture. — This is the same as for Cabbage, except that extra manure and plent 

 this. If the soil be dry, water frequently, and if 

 the plants could have a heavy mulch of hay or 

 straw, it would keep the soil moist, and the plants 

 would not suffer from drought. The early kinds 

 should be strong enough to plant out not later 

 than the middle of April ; the late kinds may be 

 planted out same time as for Cabbage. To destroy 

 the Cauliflower-maggot, it is recommended to take 

 one ounce of sulphuret of potassium and dissolve 

 it in one gallon of water. Heat the liquid to about 

 100 degrees, take a large spoon, or something that 

 will hold the 100th part of a gallon, and pour the 

 liquid against the stalk of the plant just above the 

 ground. 



■% lb. 



of water will pay upon 



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2 25 $7 50 $30 00 



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THORBURN GILT-EDGE CAULIFLOWER. 



Per oz. ^ lb. Per lb. 

 Extra - Early Dwarf 

 Erfurt. Short stem ; 

 very fine. Pkt., 50 cts. . $6 00 



Large Early Dwarf 

 Erfurt. Finest strain ; 

 . . . per pkt., 25 cts. . 



Ordinary Early Erfurt. 



. . . per pkt., 10 cts. . 



Thorburn Early Snow- 

 ball. One of the best 



for forcing or open ground ; small, but a sure header per pkt., 25 cts. 



Thorburn Gilt-Edge. Large, heavy sort ; undoubtedly the best and surest of a 



the sorts now in cultivation per pkt., 25 cts. 



Extra-Early Paris. Heads of medium size ; first-class per pkt., 10 cts. 



Italian Taranto. .On the style of Autumn Giant ; very solid 



Lenormand Short-Stem. Has very large heads ; white and firm . per pkt 

 Large Algiers. Market-gardeners' popular late sort, of enormous size " 



Early London. Large and hardy 



Thorburn Nonpareil. For late planting 



Half-Early Large French. Intermediate in maturing . 

 Stadtholder. Intermediate in season ; large and hardy . . 



Walcheren. Very late and hardy 



Autumn Giant. Vigorous in growth, and very large ; late 

 Ne Plus Ultra, or Giant of Naples 



10 cts. 

 10 cts. 



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Highland Falls, N. V., March j, 1894. 



Messrs. J. M. Thorburn & Co. : 



Your seeds please me better than any I have ever used. They are reliable from first to last. I have used them now for 20 

 fears, and think I ought to know something about them. Never mind how bad the season, I am always able to get a crop from 

 /our seeds, and generally a good one. The Cauliflower was extra fine last season in spite of the drought. Planted July 24, I 

 lad heads 12%. inches in diameter, and weighing over 10 pounds, in November. Hoping you may have a prosperous season, I 

 remain, Very truly yours, (Signed) Max A. Guelke. 



CELERY. 



Celeri. Afio. (Setterie. 



Culture. — Sow the seed in a light, rich, dry border as early as the ground can be worked, in drills eight 

 )r ten inches apart, and cover the seeds about a quarter of an inch deep, rolling or treading them in if the 

 ground be dry. When fairly out of the seed-leaf, they may be transplanted to another bed, or they may be 

 :hinned out to six or eight inches apart, and let grow until wanted to plant out in beds or trenches. The beds 

 should be kept well weeded, and an occasional soaking with water in dry weather will do the plants good. 

 Early in July at the north, a month or six weeks later in the southern states", is the proper time to set the plants 

 )ut in beds or trenches. Press the soil firmly against the roots. In the garden the better way is to set the 

 Dlants in shallow trenches — we say shallow, for it is obviously a bad plan to remove all the good soil (as must 

 :>e done in a deep trench) and put the plants in that which is poor. The plants may be set in a single row in a 

 larrow trench, or the trench may be made into a bed wide enough to hold two, three or four rows, and in this 

 :ase the plants are in a compact form to be covered for the winter where they grow. This will save much labor 

 where there is no root-cellar for storage, as often happens to be the case. When grown in beds in this way, the 

 •ows should be one foot apart, and the plants about eight inches apart in the rows. A bed four feet wide 

 will take four rows of plants, leaving six inches space on the outside of the first and last rows. The bed 

 ihould be made very rich with thoroughly decomposed manure. The plants will need to be earthed up two 

 >r three times ; and in doing this, care should be taken not to let the earth get into the heart of the plant. In 



