Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 



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ENDIVE. 



Chicoree. Escarola o Endivia, (S'nbiuie. 

 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 are six or 

 eight inches long, blanch by gathering in the hand and tying 

 together near the top with yarn or bast. T! is must be done 

 when quite dry, or they will rot. At the ap-ioach 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 dry, and have plenty of air, or they .vill rot. 



20 

 20 



BROAD-LEAVED ENDIVE 



755 



ribbed sort ; very fine light green leaves ; for fall or winter 



Green Curled Winter. Standard 



sort for fall and winter crop . . . $0 20 

 White Curled. For early use . . 

 Tiaeiiiiated. A fine French sort . . 

 Broad-leaved (Escarolle). A 

 sweet variety ; fall and winter . . 

 Large Green Curled (de Ruff'ec.) 



Broad ribs; fine for fall and winter 

 Imperial Curled. Also a broad- 



^lb. Per lb. 



$0 50 

 50 

 60 



50 

 60 

 60 



$1 50 



1 50 



2 OO 



I 50 



FENNEL, FLORENCE or NAPLES. 



Fenouil de Florence. Finocchio di Na-poli. 

 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, 

 per ^lb., 40 cts.; per lb., $1.50. 



Per oz., 15 cts. ; 



KALE, or BORECOLE. 



Chou vert Frise. Col. ^rau^obf. 

 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 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 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 midribs are 

 the parts eaten. They are cooked like asparagus, and usually served with drawn 

 butter. 



Per oz. 



Curled Dwarf Green Scotch. Very dwarf and spreading ; best strain $0 10 



TALL CURLED KALE. 



759 

 760 

 768 

 769 



773 

 777 

 780 

 783 



Tall Green Scotch. A taller growth of the above 10 



" Dwarf Brown. Very hardy 10 



" Tall Brown. Very hardy 15 



44 Striped and Variegated. For garnishing 25 



" Siberian, Thorburn Improved. Uniformly dwarf, green curled ; hardy . 10 



Sea-Kale. Very fine ; resembles Celerv in appearance 30 



Pe-tsai. (The Chinese Cabbage.) Grows like a Cos Lettuce; delicately cooked as 



Spinach or raw for salad ; best as a fall crop 3° 



#Ib. 



$0 25 

 30 

 30 

 40 



75 



20 



85 



Per lb. 

 $0 75 

 1 00 

 1 00 



1 50 



2 50 

 50 



3 00 



3 00 



VIENNA KOHLRA 



KOHLRABI. 



Chou-Rave. Colinabo, $ofylrabt. 



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

 grown in every garden. 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 stems above ground are two or three inches 

 hrough .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. 



Early White Vienna. Handsome 



and delicate ; white ball 



Early White Vienna. For frames . 

 Early Purple Vienna. Purple ball ; 



a verv good sort 



Early Purple Vienna. For frames . 

 Large White or Green. Forms a 

 larger ball ; not so fine, but more pro- 

 ductive 



784 



785 

 789 



790 

 791 



#lb. Per lb, 



25 



$0 



75 



$2 50 



40 



I 



00 



4 00 



30 





85 



3 00 



40 



I 



00 



4 00 



15 





40 



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