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BARR & SUGDEN'S COMPENDIUM 



Per qt. 

 s. d. 



Violet-flowered, Purple-podded, new ; the stems and leaves are tinted with violet which imparts 

 a very remarkable effect : as an ornamental climber it is worthy of a place in the flower 

 garden ; the pods are long, very fleshy and can de eaten even when old ; said to be ex- 

 cellent in flavour per £ pint 1 0 



Black Scimitar-podded, new ; the pods of this variety are yellow, very long, fleshy, and may be 



eaten when quite old ; flavour said to be excellent per \ pint 1 0 



Asparagus Runner, pods nearly a yard long ; this is a Dolichos, and the flavour is peculiar and 



might not be relished by every one per £ pint 2 0 



Section II. — EDIBLE LEAVED A XI) EDIBLE f LOWE BED PLANTS. 



(By Edible Flowered Plants are meant those, the inflorescence of which is used as a vegetable, such as Cauliflower, &c.) 



ARTICHOKE, GLOBE. 



Green per packet, 4d, per oz. Is. Purple per packet, AcL per oz. Is. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Grayson's Covent Garden Giant Asparagus per oz., 3d.. . .per lb., 3s. 6c?. 



Large Early Batavian ,, 6(/. 



BEET (Edible Leaved). 2 ri 5f , ' J ! P S: 

 Perpetual Spinach Beet, the leaves are gathered throughout the summer, as Spinach . . 0 4. .1 0 

 Beck's Improved Seakale Eeet, the mid -rib of the leaf is from two to three inches broad, 



very white, delicate in flavour, and an excellent substitute for seakale 0 4..1 0 



For edible-rooted Beet, see page 58. 



BORECOLE, OR KALE. 



Albert Sprouts (new), one of Mr. Melville's successful hybrids, between the Drumhead 



Savoy and Brussels Sprouts; it is a most valuable winter vegetable 0 6..1 6 



Asparagus, or Chou do Milan, a valuable sprouting hardy variety 0 3..0 6 



Buda Kale (sometimes called Asparagus), an extremely hardy winter kale 0 4 . .0 9 



Cottager's Kale, extremely hardy and prolific, the stem being covered with shoots .... 0 4. .0 9 

 Covent Garden Garnishing, very beautifully variegated colours, varying from white to 



crimson. Highly ornamental in shrubbery borders, 8fc 0 6..1 6 



Dalmeny Sprouts (new), a hybrid between the Cabbage and the Brussels Sprouts ; 



stems thickly set with delicate sprouts, and terminated by a cabbage of medium size 0 6..1 6 



Feathered, or Dwarf Curled German or Scotch Greens, valuable for small gardens 0 3. .0 6 



Fearnought Cabbage, an extremely hardy hybrid, between the Dwarf Cabbage and 



Hearting Kale. The heads, nhea cooked, are tender and fine flavoured 0 4..1 0 



New Imperial Heaning, somewhat resembling the Scotch Kale, but with larger sprouts 0 4. .0 9 

 Melville's Variegated Triple Curled Improved, the most beautiful of all for garnishing 

 purposes and fur embellishing the flower garden and shrubbery borders during 

 winter and spring. Sow in April or May, and transplant 6 inches apart on a 

 poor soil in an open situation ; from thence remove to where required when the 

 ground is ready, planting them so deeply that the foliage will touch the ground 1 0. . . . 



Ragged Jacks, a very 'hardy winter kale 0 6 



Sclater's Variegated* Cabbaging Kale, new; very ornamental, very hardy, and useful . . 1 6. . . . 



Scotch, or Tall Green Curled, very valuable winter green *. 0 6 



Victoria Marrow, a useful winter kale 0 4..0 9 



BROCOLI. 



Division I— For cutting during the Autumn and early Winter Months. 



Grange's or Hammond's White Cape, one of the best for succeeding the cauliflower . . 0 6 . . 2 0 



Early Purple Cape, a most useful variety, may be cut from August to December 0 6..1 6 



„ New Large Headed, a verv superior early purple Cape variety . . 0 G..2 0 



Walcheren (Syn. TV. Cauliflower), a valuable variety for cutting in September and October 1 0 . . 2 6 



Dancer's Late Pink Cape, a most valuable succession to the Early Purple Cape 0 6. .2 0 



Division II.- For cutting during the Winter Months. 



Snow's "Winter White, fine heads may be cut from this variety in December and January, 



and if sown in succession, a supply can be had during the spring months .". 1 0. .2 6 



Improved Winter White ; this has been saved with very great care from a fine 



selected stock by a private grower 2 6. . 



Backhouse's Winter Whit3, large white compact heads, coming into use with Snow's . 2 6. . . . 



Covent Garden Winter White, the variety supplied to the Covent Garden Market 1 0. .2 6 



Early Purple Sprouting (Asparagus Brocoli), a fine sprouting, hardy, valuable variety 0 4. . t 0 



Lee's Early White Sprouting, a fine sprouting variety 0 4. .10 



Csborn's Winter White, a fine early and mid-winter Brocoli, heads as white as a cauli- 

 flower, hardy, and self-protecting. Sown in March, can be cut in November ; and, 

 by successional sowings, may be had in use till April or May 1 0..3 6 



Division III— For cutting in March and A^ril. 



Adam's Earliest White, the earliest Spring Brocoli, sometimes ready sfl Jeoruary .... 0 4. .1 0 



