Cataloguk of High-Class Seeds. 



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Chicoree. 



ENDIVE. 



Escarola o Endit'ia. 



Gnbhw. 



Culture. — Sow in June, July and August ; cover lightly 

 •water well afterward, if dry. When the leaves are six or 

 eight inches long, blanch by gathering 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 

 b^ kept dry, and have plenty of air, or they will rot. 



when up 



thin out to eicht inches apart, and 



Green Curled Winter . 



Per oz. 

 Standard 



. $0 20 



y x \b. Perlr. 



$0 50 



752 



754 

 755 



sort for fall and winter crop 



White Curled. For early use . . 20 



Laciniated. A fine French sort . . 20 

 Broad-leaved (Escarolle). A 



sweet variety; fall and winter . . 20 



Large Green Curled (de Ruffec). Broad ribs ; fine for fall and winter ?o 20 



Imperial Curled. Also a broad-ribbed sort ; very fine light green ; for fall or winter 20 



50 1 50 



BROAD-LbAVED ENDIVE. 



Per oz. 



Vx lb. 

 £0 60 



60 



Per lb. 

 $2 00 



2 OO 



FENNEL, FLORENCE OR NAPLES. 



Fenouil de Florence. Finocchio di Napoli. 



Culture.— Sow in spring in rows sixteen to twenty inches apart. Thin out so as to have the seedlings five 

 or six inches apart, and water as plentifully as possible. The plant is usually eaten boiled. In flavor it resem- 

 bles Celery, but with a sweet taste and a more delicate odor. Peroz., 15 cts.; per ^lb., 40 cts.; per lb., Si. 50. 



KALE OR BORECOLE. 



Chou vert Frise. Col. ®rau<Sfo^f. 

 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 hot-bed, and when from 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 mollow end iree from weeds. Cover with litter or leaves during the 

 winter. Plants started and grown in this r/ay 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 the}' will need to be a year older than the hot-bed plants before being fit to blanch. Sea-Kale io not fit to eat 

 till it has been blanched, either under large pots, or by banking up with sand. The midribs are the parts eaten. 

 They are cooked like Asparagus, and usually served with drawn butter. 



759 

 760 

 768 

 769 

 773 

 777 

 780 



783 



Curled Dwarf Green Scotch. Very dwarf and spreading 



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



" Dwarf Brown. Very hardy 



" Tall Brown. Very hardy 



" Striped and Variegated. ForganiisJsi 



" Siberian, Thorburn Improved. Uniformly clwarf, £i 

 Sea-Kale. Very fine ; resembles Celery in app«j..ran^e . . 

 Pe-tsai. (The Chinese Cabbage.) Gro\;c like a Jo^ Lettuce 

 Spinach or raw for salad ; best as a fall crop 



Per oz. 



best strain $0 10 



10 



en uurled ; hardy 

 delicate cooked as 



25 

 10 

 30 



30 



Vx lb. 



So 25 

 30 

 30 

 40 



75 

 20 



83 



Per lb. 

 So 75 

 1 00 

 1 00 



1 50 



2 50 

 60 



3 00 



85 3 00 



KOHLRABI. 



Chou-Rave". Coltnabo. &ofylrabt. 



Culture. — This is an excellent vegetable, and should be 

 grown in 2very 2. .rden. Sow in spring, in rows eighteen inches 

 apart, afterwards 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 cat, 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. 



Early White Vienna. Handsome 



784 



785 

 7S9 



790 

 791 



VIENNA KOHLRABI. 



Early Whito Vienna. For frames . 



Early Purple Vienna. Purple ball ; 

 a very good sort 



Early Purple Vienna. For frames . 



Large White or Green. Forms a 

 larger ball ; not so fine, but more pro 

 ductive 



Peroz. 



Vx lb. 



Per lb. 



So 25 



*o 7 5 



$2 50 



4o 



1 25 



4 50 



30 



85 



3 00 



40 



1 25 



4 50 



15 



40 



1 25 



