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PARSL EY—PA RSNIP. 
Parsley. 
ApiumpetroscUimm~Persil—'^tUx\'\\\t—Perejil—Petergilje. 
Two Ounces of Seed to loo Yards of Row. 
Eight Pounds to the Acre. 
rem I^eavecl.— Evquisilely curled, nnd a: 
clioice. I'liLs. be. and lOe. ; per oz. 15c. 
ThcdriUing should take place when the Cherry is in bloom, and may be continued until early 
If for"hoi"'e culture, the rows should be three feet apart : if for hand culture, the rows should be 
eighteen iiiclies apart. 
SiMSle.— Pkts. 5c. and 10c. ; per oz. 10c. 
Fine Curled.— Pkts. 5c. and XOc. ; per oz. 15c. 
Moss Curled.— Extra fin« in appearance. A shy .seeder aud therefore high in price. Pkts. 
5c. and 10c. ; per oz. 15c. 
a culinary decoration very | Enierald.-Very superior, very fine curled nnd tvyisted k-af, of deep 
green color. A well bred very choice strain, short jointed, tufted, certain 
I to please. Pkts. 5c. nnd lOc. ; pi;r oz. 15c. 
Parsnip. 
I^tinaca s<^Uiva—PanaU—Chirivia—'if,a\VinciU—Padlnak. 
Three Ounces of Seed to loo Yards of Row. 
Eight Pounds to the Acre. 
Xurnip-Rootecl.— This varielv bus a root the form of a flnt or round 
Turnip. Karlier than tlie long forms, and therefore desirnlile for early 
n.se. iispecially adapted to shsillow soils, hard clays or snivels, by reason 
of its surface development. Pkts. 5c. and lOc. ; per oz. 10c. 
Bloontsdale.— The Bloomsdalc is llie best bred r.'iid handsomest Parsnip 
to be found- it is half li^ng, wedije sliapert, hollow crowned and very 
broad at the shoulders, easily taken out uf the ground, and producing 
The Parsnip is a vegetable of merit, easily raised and of exceeding productiveness. It isadelicious 
table vegetable, and is famous in some districts as a food for swine. 
When the Peach is in blossom, sow in shallow drills in good ground deeply dug; cover the seed 
liglilly. When the plants are up two or three inches, thin them to stand four inclies asunder. 
Yield"300 to 700 bushels. 
NOTES OK cOOKIPSC— No. 189.— FitiF.D.— Boil until tender, remove skin, cut ill slices, 
dip in butter, roll in bread crumbs, and fry dry in hot lard. . , . 
No. 190.— S.\UTE.— When boiled, cut in slice.s, place in frying pan with butter, salt, pepper 
and liashed Parsley. 
more tons to the acre than the longer and more slim varieties. Bo not 
confound this with common stock which produces slim roots forked and 
so long as to be next to impossible of extraction from the ground. Pkts. 
5c. and 10c. : per oz. lOc. 
Susrar, Hollow Crowned, or Cup.— An old variety. I'kts. 6c. 
and 10c. ; per oz. lOc. 
A FAMOUS WINTER CABBAGE, 
Bloomsdale Late Flat Dutch. 
Th« Ktock of this famous Cabbage 
was originally obtained from 
the German and Swedish mar- 
ket gar<lener.>i who h.ad settled 
in Philadt^lphia one hundred 
and sixty years ago. 
In spite of the much-advertised so-called " new " sorts, it has ever maintained its position in the front rank of the best late varieties. Considering the 
thousands of bushels we have sold in tlie many years we have offered it, no higher praise can be given it when we .say we have never had a complaint of 
its true and hnrd lu'iidiug qualities. It will give"equallv as good satisfaction when sold under the names of " Sure Header," " Matchless," or "Prize Medal." 
or " Premium "—indeed these are all synonymous torm.s" with our Bloomsdale Late Flat Dutch. It is folly to pay fancy prices for catch-penny titles when 
you can buy the old relialile, under the old-fashioned name, at a moderate price. "Grown on our own farms." Price $2.25 per lb. 
BXTKACTS F-ROM 
Ma-rket Ga-rde/ni/ng a/m-d Fa-rm Motes, 
By Burnet Landreth — 
GARDEN INSECTS.— Owiug to the depredations of spar- 
rows, bluckliirds, chickens, and other leathery thieves, moles and 
mice underground, sfjuirrels, woodchucks, cats and dogs above 
ground, the painstaking gardener will find many of his labonsfrus- 
trated b}' an innumerable host of enemies coming and going 
throughout the season. Among these may be included slugs, 
grubs, cutworms, caterpillars, sap suckers, plant lice, the larvte 
of day butterflies and niglit moths in various stages of trans- 
formation. Some seasons they all appear to be present and com- 
bine in an attack lo defeat every operation of the gardener. At 
other times they most graciously absent themselves; but the gar- 
dener is never without a sufficient number to keep him well on the 
defensive. 
INSECTICIDES.— The subject of insecticides and traps is 
one to "which is now given much attention, and country stores in 
every district arc all well supplied Nvith preparations and apparatus 
without number, all offered as the best, hovvever jjoor. 
DISEASES OP GARDEN VEGBTABLES.— How- 
ever much insect depredations may be dreaded by the gardener, 
he, at least, has some recour.se against the grubs, worms, snails, 
caterpillars, and bugs, by destroying them after some trouble, or 
by holding them in check by poisonous applications, so as finally 
to secure a crop. Not so, however, with fungous growths, which, 
intimately connected with the structure and circulation of flie 
host plant, cannot always be destroyed by solutions poisonous to 
vegetable growth, for, with the fungus, the supporting plant may 
suffer equally with the parasite. 
The Legislature of the State of New York h;t3 set a good 
example by the passage of a law authorizing the, etc. * * * 
HOTBEDS AND COLD FRAMES.— The ordinary size 
of a convenient hotbed, may be ten feet, by six or seven feet wide, 
or it may be only of the dimensions of a common window sash, 
three feet by four feet, more or less. The shape has nothing to do 
with the definition, which may be to the effect that a hotbed is a 
box covered with glass, the whole placed upon a bed of .soil restin^^ 
on a bed of fermenting stable manure, the heat from which, rising 
in the Ibrm of vapor, warms and moistens the soil within the box, 
while, at the same time, the sun's rays, passing tliKOUgh the glass., 
are retained to warm and vivify the surl'ace* 
PACKING AND SHIPPING VEGETABLES. -The 
prices obtained by southern market gardeners shipping truck to 
Philadelphia, New York and other distant points, depends so 
much upon the manner of packing that it is a subject to which too 
much attention cannot be given. 
To illustrate: Florida egg-phmta sent to Philadelphia about 
May 1st command !{)7.00 per barrel-crate, but lat«r on in the 
season, as the temperature increases, they arrive, often due to bad 
packing and slow transportation, in such decayed condition as to 
i)e worthless. Cucumbers, in the Philadelphia market about the 
last of May, are usually worth $1.00 per dozen, but as the wanner 
weather of June approaches many arrive in such bud condition as 
often to remain unsold. Beans in this market command in April 
about $5.00 per crate, but in May are often unsalable on account of 
bad packing, insufficient ventilation in cars and the holds of steam- 
ships. Such perishable articles should be shipped only in crates 
holding not over one bushel, better one-half busliel, as beans and 
peas when discolored are unsalable. Forty-eight hours in early 
spring is as long as peas will safely carry, sometimes one day is 
more than they will stand. 
All retail purchasers of Landreths' Seeds, to the extent of five dollars [Sr>.ut)], will be presented with one copy of " Market Gardening and Farm Notes;' 
to all others, the price postpaid is One Dollar. 
