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pei qt. 



BROAD BEANS — continued. s. d. 



Minster Giant Long Pod, very productive and long-podded, 3 ft o 9 



.Nonpareil Green Long Pod, when cooked of a delicate green colour, 3 ft o 8 



Taylor's Large Windsor, best for general crop, productive, beans very large, 3 ft o 8 



Improved, or Harlington Windsor, very large pods and productive, 3 ft 1 o 



Green Windsor, prized on account of its colour, 3 ft o 9 



Scarlet-blossom, an excellent variety, 3 ft > 1 6 



OUR OWN SELECTION. 



<5 qts. of Beans, in 6 best varieties 4 6 | 6 pts. of Beans, in 6 best varieties 2 3 



FRENCH OR DWARF KIDNEY BEANS. 



Canterbury White, very prolific, well known, 1 ft 1 6 



Chinese Long-podded, exceedingly productive, free cropping variety, 1 ft 1 6 



Dun, Cream-coloured, or Yellow, much esteemed for its earliness and free cropping, 1 f t 1 3 



Flageolet, '.ong scarlet, very productive and long podded, 1 ft 2 o 



Fulmer's Early Forcing, a 'fine variety for forcing, very productive, 1 ft 1 6 



Negro, very fine cropper, with long pods, 1 ft 1 6 



Early Rachel, a first-rate distinct variety, exceedingly productive, 1 ft 2 o 



Newington Wonder, the best of all for forcing, very productive, 1 f t 2 o 



Pheasant's Eye, an exceedingly fine free cropper, 1 ft 2 o 



Sion House, a fine forcing variety, 1 ft 1 6 



Sir Joseph Paxton, an exceedingly early and very productive variety, fine for pot culture, 1 ft 2 o 



Colchester Red Speckled (Perkin s Early Warwick), a well-known prolific variety, 1 ft 2 o 



Nonpareil, a very heavy cropper, 1 ft 2 o 



RUNNERS OR TALL FRENCH BEANS. 



Eclipse, or Giant White, very long pods, produced in clusters, and in great abundance 2 6 



Scarlet, exceedingly prolific 1 3 



York and Lancaster, or Painted Lady, very ornamental and prolific 2 6 



White Dutch, or Case Knife, very productive 2 o 



Carter's Scarlet Champion Runner, very long-podded, prolific, and thick-fleshed per pint 3 6 



Violet-flowered, purple-podded ; pods long, fleshy, and can be eaten even when old ,, 2 o 



Negro Wax Runner, a fine productive variety, with pale yellow pods ; cook the pods whole 2 o 



Asparagus Runner, pods nearly a yard long, the flavour is peculiar per oz. o 6 



Canadian Express, said to be a very fine sort, and the hardiest runner bean per pint 2 6 



Section II.— EDIBLE LEAVED AND EDIBLE FLOWERED PLANTS. 



(By Edible Flowered Plants are meant those, the inflorescence of which is used as a vegetable, such as 



Cauliflower, etc.) 



ARTICHOKE, GLOBE. 



Green per packet, \d. ; per oz., is. | Purple per packet, ^d. ; per oz., is. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Grayson's Covent Garden Giant per oz., 3d. ; per lb., 3s. 6d. 



Large Paris Market A These are the varieties of Asparagus so much / per packet 6d., per oz. 1 6 



Giant Dutch Purple Top { esteemed in the Paris market, and spoken of in) , ,, o 6 



'Early Purple Giant Argenteuil r Mr. Robinson's "Parks, etc., of Paris," as\ ,, 1 o 



Late „ „ „ ) being of fine quality and of large size. \ ,, 1 o 



Conover's Colossal, an American variety, which attains an immense size per pkt. 1 o 



BEET (EDIBLE LEAVED). per pkt. per oz. 



Spinach Beet, the leaves in summer are used as Spinach, and by many preferred o 3...0 6 



•Seakale Beet, the mid-rib of the leaf is two or three inches broad, ve-ry white, delicate in flavour, 



and in summer and autumn is an excellent substitute for Seakale o 4...0 6 



For edible-rooted Beet, see page 58. 



BORECOLE OR KALE. 



On all hands it is asserted and accepted as a fact that the varieties of the Brassica fa7nily arc liable to great 

 variations, and no doubt this is correct, especially in the higher forms, such as Broccoli, Cauliflower, and 

 Cabbage. This sportive character is made a pretext, however, for the confusion that exists amongst the names oj 

 Kales, but after several years' careful comparative tests — if we are to judge from the extreme purity of the stocks 

 procured from a great variety of sources, and from which we conducted our experiments — we are of opinion that 

 cither great care is exercised by the growers tn keeping the Kales pure, or they are not liable to sport, as we could 

 see no deviation in our trials from the normal or typical forms of the plants ; although there was any amount of 

 variation in the names applied to the same variety of Kales. 



To the Kales, as e?nimeratcd below, we have affixed accurate descriptions of the plants, which will readily 

 enable anyone interested in this subject to identify the varieties. per pkt. per oz 



Cottager's Kale, some of the plants are purple, and others green ; the leaves in most cases are crimped 

 or curled at the margin ; the plant is tall and robust, yielding in spring a very large crop of 



side- shoots, which are exceedingly delicate in flavour o 4...0 3 



Chou de Milan ; in respect to height and robustness this resembles Cottager's Kale, the leaves arc of a 

 bluish-green tint, and mostly plain : in spring it yields a large supply of side sprouts, which 



are particularly delicate in flavour o 3.. o 6 



Buda Kale, this might almost be called a dwarf Chou de Milan ; leaves of a dull bluish-green, with 

 white veins, and is not unlike some of the varieties of Swede ; in spring it throws up a large 

 quantity of shoots, which, when cooked, eat like marrow ; or they may be blanched, and made 



a greater delicacy by placing a seakale pot, or anything in that way, over the plant o 4...1 o 



Egyptian, differs from Buda mainly in its richer green leaves and more prominent white veins ; in 

 spring it throws up a large quantity of shoots, which may be used green or blanched as we have 



recommended iti the case of Buda Kale o 3...0 6 



Jerusalem Green Curled, the growth is dwarf but sturdy, the margin of the leaves crisped or curled- 

 very much, and the partially undeveloped centre leaves are tinged on the tips with purple, 

 and the veins are of a subdued crimson colour ; in the spring this plant throws out numerous 

 long stout succulent shoots, and is believed by many to be the true " Asparagus Kale;" 



these tender shoots may be eaten green or blanched o 4...0 8 



Jerusalem Purple, this plant differs considerably from the Green Curled; it is altogether a coarser 

 and less prepossessing plant, but no doubt very hardy ; colour dullish puiple ; in spring it 



also throws out a large quantity of succulent shoots o 3...0 6 



"Ragged Jack ; the leaves are green, beautifully laciniatcd, and especially in the young leaves, 



prettily cristed ; in spring it yields a large quantity of sprouts of a delicate favour o 3...0 6 



