OF THEIR GUIDE TO THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



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Per pkt. Per oz. 

 s. d. s. d. 



Earlv Vienna White Kohl Rabbi, Turnip-rooted Cabbage, or Knol Kohl, the roots 



cooked in a young state are excellent 0 4..0 8 



„ „ „ „ Purple it „ „ „ „ 0 4..0 8 



OUR OWN SELECTION. 



6 ounces in 6 best successional varieties. . 3 0 | 3 ounces in 6 best successional varieties. . 1 G 



CABBAGE SAVOY. rerpkt . IM .„, 



New Sprouting Ulm Savoy, this resembles a miniature Brussels Sprout with the Ulm 



Savoy head ; the heads are cut for early use, and the sprouts later in the spring. . 1 G. . . . 



Dwarf Green Curled, the best variety 0 3..0 6 



Drumhead, very large and very fine 0 G 



New Dwarf Dim, most valuable for small gardens, should be planted one foot apart ... 0 4. .0 8 



New Feather Stem, a hybrid, resembling Brussels sprouts in growth and habit 0 4..1 0 



Yellow, the least esteemed of the section 0 G 



COUVE TRONCHUDA, OR SEA-KALE CABBAGE. 



Couve Tronchuda, the most delicately flavoured of the cabbage tribe 0 4..0 9 



CAULIFLOWER. 



Covent Garden (Improved Early London), an exceedingly fine stock, very early 1 0..2 G 



New Erfurt Dwarf Mammoth (Syns. Frogniore Forcing, Early Paris, Carter's Mam- 

 moth, &c.) It produces compact large heads of superior quality, and turns in quickly 1 0..3 G 

 Stadtholder, the best of the strong growing kinds, with large compact heads. Esteemed 



by the London market gardeners as superior to Walcheren 1 0..2 6 



Asiatic, a large and very highly esteemed late variety I 0. .2 G 



"Walcheren, well-known, and a general favourite 1 0..2 G 



Lenormand's Paris Market, extra large, fine favourite French early variety 1 0..3 G 



„ „ „ medium early, an excellent variety 1 0..2 6 



RHUBARB. 



Per pkt. Per oz. Per pkt. Per oz 



Myatt's Victoria 0 4..1 0 



Prince Albert 0 4..1 0 



Linnaeus 0 4..1 0 



Early Scarlet 0 4..1 0 



Emperor o 6 . . 



Mixed 0 4..1 0 



SEA-KALE. 



Sea-Kale o 4..0 G 



r ., „ . , . SPINACH. pel02 . per „ 



Found, best for spring and summer sowing 0 2..1 6 



Prickly, best for autumn sowing 0 2..1 6 



Broad Flanders t , . . . 0 2 . . 1 6 



PricUj „ 0 2..1 G 



Orach White, or Mountain Spinach ? 0 ? 3. °6 



„ Red, or Mountain Spinach, a highly decorative plant for shrubbery borders .... 0 3. .0 6 



New Zealand, produces leaves in great abundance throughout the summer 0 3..0 G 



Section III.— EDIBLE ROOTED PLANTS. 



For Cultural Directions, see " Our Guide to the Kitchen Garden." 



BEET ' Per pkt. Peroz. 



Covent Garden Improved, extra fine selected variety, medium sized, beautifully shaped 



roots, of a rich crimson colour, boils tender, and is of superior flavour 0 6..1 G 



Carter's St. Osyth's, medium size, good shape, short top, rich deep blood-red colour ... 0 4. . 1 0 

 Cattell's Dwarf Purple Top, a very distinct fine variety, with leaves as handsome as 



Perilla Xankinensis 0 4..1 0 



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



perhaps the best Beet exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society this season ... 1 0. . 

 Henderson's Pine Apple, compact short-topped variety, roots medium sized, and of a 



fine deep crimson ; boils tender, and is of very superior flavour 0 4..1 0 



Nutting's Dwarf Red, medium size, roots of a dark red colour, an excellent variety ... 0 4 . * 



"White's Black, large root, almost black q 3 



For Spinach and Seakale Beets, see page 61. For Garnishing Beet, see page 69. 



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 6 



Early Scarlet Horn, an exceedingly valuable variety ° 0 3. .0 4 



Long Orange, -somewhat similar to Surrey "o 4 



Covent Garden Long Surrey, the longest, richest coloured, 'and best for main crop' 0 "3 '. '. 0 4 



Aew Intermediate, a superior medium sized variety, valuable for shallow soils 0 3..0 4 



1 0 

 0 G 



