OF THEIR GUIDE TO THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 59 



Per pkt. Ter oz. 



t. d. s. d. 



Carter's St. Osyth's, medium size, good shape, short top, rich deep blood-red colour .. . 0 6..1 6 



Cattell's Dwarf Purple Top, a very distinct variety, leaves handsome as Peiilla 0 6..1 G 



Dewar's Improved Short Top, brilliant dark-red handsome short-necked roots; this was 



the best Beet exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society Exhibition in 1866 ... 1 0. . 

 Henderson's Pine Apple, compact short-topped, roots medium size, and deep crimson ; 



boils tender. Our stock of this variety has been selected with much care 0 4..1 0 



New Crimson Leaved Beet, selected purposely for the Jlower garden ; as a contrast 



in ribband borders, Sfc, it is unsurpassed ; (he roots are excellent 1 0.. .. 



Nutting's Dwarf Red, medium size, roots of a dark red colour, an excellent variety ... 0 6. . 1 G 



White's Black, large root, almost black 0 4. .0 9 



For Spinach and Seakale Beets, see page 56. For Garnishing Beet, see page 65. 



CARROT. 



Earliest French Short Horn (Covent Garden variety), a favourite little carrot for 



soups, extremely early and of superior flavour ; the best variety for forcing 0 4. .0 8 



Early Scarlet Horn, an exceedingly valuable variety 0 3..0 G 



Covent Garden Long Surrey (Long Orange), the richest coloured, and best for main crop 0 3 . . 0 G 



New Intermediate, a superior medium sized variety, valuable for shallow soils 0 3..0 G 



James' Scarlet Short Top, a good useful sort 0 3 . . 0 G 



Altringham, a very careful selection for garden culture 0 3..U G 



For Field Carrots, see page 66. 



OUR OWN SELECTION. 



12 ounces in 6 best varieties 3 6 | 6 ounces in 6 best varieties 2 0 



LEEK. 



Ayton Castle New Giant (Syn. Henry's Prize Giant), a very superior large variety. .. . 0 6..1 G 



Rouen, a first-class very large-growing variety 0 4..1 0 



London Flag, large and fine 0 4..0 8 



Musselburgh, very superior, may be grown to the weight of 3 or 4 lbs 0 4 . . 1 0 



ONION. 



White Spanish (true Beading), the mildest in flavour, and most useful for main crop. 0 4. .0 6 



Deptford, or Brown Spanish, similar to the above but brown, a good keeping variety. 0 4. .0 6 



Brown Globe, a hardy useful good keeping variety 0 4..0 9 



White Globe, a mild-flavoured and a good keeping variety 0..4..0 9 



Giant Madeira, an exceedingly large mild flavoured variety, equally suitable for spring 



and autumn sowing 0..4..1 0 



Blood Red, a very useful hardy excellent keeper 0 4..0 9 



James' Long Keeping, keeps longer than any other variety 0 4..0..9 



Strasburgh, a very hardy brown skinned good keeping variety 0 6 



Covent Garden Small Silver Skinned, the best and the smallest for pickling 0 6..1 6 



Early Nocera, true, exceedingly mild flavoured, the best of all for salad and early use. 0 4. . 1 0 

 Tripoli Large flat Italian (true), a very mild flavoured large handsome onion, valuable 



for spring and autumn sowing, but it is not a good variety to store 0 4..1 0 



„ New White, like the above, a most valuable variety 0 4..1 0 



Danvers' New Yellow, a large brown skinned variety, an excellent keeper. Our 



specimens of this valuable onion were awarded a First Class certificate at the 



International Fruit Show of the Horticultural Society, 1865 0 4..1 0 



1 Trebons, a large brown-skinned fine mild-flavoured onion, but not a good keeper 0 6. . 1 G 



Nuneham Park, a very large brown-skinned mild-flavoured variety, resembling the 



White Spanish, but a better keeper and a heavier cropper, in original packets. ... 2 6 



Welch, or Two-bladed 0 6 



White Lisbon, the variety sown in autumn by market gardeners for spring onions 0 6 



OUR OWN SELECTION. 



12 ounces in 6 best varieties 6 0|6 ounces in 6 best varieties 3 6 



PARSNIP. 



" The Student," a superior flavoured variety, with clean handsome roots 0 4..0 6 



Hollow Crown Improved, the most useful for main crop 0 3..0 4 



True Jersey Marrow, a large valuable sort 0 4 



New Parsnip Chervil, much esteemed by some 0 6..1 0 



RAMPION. 



Rampion 0 6. .2 0 



SALSIFY. 



Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster, so called from the peculiar oyster-flavour of this much 



esteemed root 0 4 . . 0 9 



SCORZONERA. 



Scorzcnera 0 4..0 9 



SKIRRET. 



i Skirret 0 4..1 0 



