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WEEBEE & DON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



CHERVIL. 



German, JCerbel.— French, Ce7feuU.— Spanish, Perifollo. 



The Curled Chervil is cultivated like Parsley, and used for garnishing 

 and flavoring soups and salads. The seed of the Tuberous Rooted is 

 sown in August, and treated like the Carrot. 

 CURIiED CHEKVIIi. The young leaves are used for flavoring 



soups and salads. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; J4 lb., 30 cts.; lb., 



$100. 



^ffUBER-OUS ROOTEI>. Prepared for the table like Carrots, this 

 is one of the most delicious vegetables grown. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 

 25 cts.; M lb., 75 cts.; lb., $2.00. 



CHICORY. 



German, Gliicorle.—Yv&ach, C/izcoree.— Spanish. — Achivoria a Cafe. 

 Chicory Is cultivated chiefly for its roots, which are dried, and used 

 as a substitute or flavoring ingredient f or coffee. The leaves, when 

 blanched, are also esteemed "as an excellent salad. Cultivate as recom- 

 mended for Carrots. 



ILAKGE ROOTED. Per pkt., 5 cts,, oz., 10 cts.; U lb., 30 cts.: 

 lb.. $1.00. 



UTIT'IiOOF. Sow in June and transplant the roots in October in 

 rows eight inches apart, in trenches one foot deep ; cut off the leaves. 

 Cover the roots with well sifted soil eight inches thick, adding a good 

 layer of manure two to three feet thick. The Witloof will be ready 

 for use in about three weeks. Valuable as a salad ^s well as a vege- 

 table. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; J4 lb., 20 cts.; lb., $1.00. 



CORN SALAD. 



WITLOOF CHICORY. 



CRESS, or Peppergrass. 



German, Kresse.— French, Cresson.— Spanish. —Mastuerzo. 

 One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill. 



A popular salad which should be sown early in the spring— very 

 thickly in shallow drills— and at short intervals, for succession, as it 

 Boon runs to seed. 



UPIiANI> CRESS. This vegetable gives us a garden substitute 

 for the English Water Cress. Crisp, tender, perfectly hardy, easily 

 xaised in any garden, and has the peculiar spicy flavor of water cress. 

 Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts. 



EXTRA OURIiED. The best variety grown; leaves are beauti- 

 fully cut and curled • highly prized for garnishing. Per pkt., 5 cts.: 

 oz., 10 cts.; M lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60, cts. f » 



AUSTRAIilAlV.. Pine, piquant flavor. Per pkt., 5 cts.: oz., 10 cts.: 

 M lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. > , 



AMERICAN, OR li AND. Eaten as Water Cress in winter. Per 

 pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 14 lb., 30 cts., lb., $1.00. 



WATER-CRESS. 



German, BrunnenRresse.— French, Gresson de Fontaine.— Spanish, 

 Berro. 



This wholesome salad may be grown in any moist situation, but more 

 successfully by the edge of a running brook. The seed may be sown in 

 May, on the ground where it is intended to be grown, and the thinnings 

 transplanted. The plants should be set not less than a foot apart. The 

 cress will be flt for gathering the second year. 



THE COWMOTV VARIEJ^Y. Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.: M 

 lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00. ' ^ 



TRIJ E ERFURT. More highly esteemed than the ordinary variety, 

 bemg less pungent and of a more agreeable flavor. Per pkt., 15 cts • 

 oz., 75 cts.; M lb., $2.50. ^ ' ' 



CUBLED CHBRVIIi. 



CORN SALAD or 



Fetticus. 



German, Ackersalat.—Frent^, Mache.— Spanish, Mocha Valerianilla. 



One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill. 



This excellent salad may be had the year round. Sow in September 

 in drills eight inches apart, covering the seeds lightly and protect from 

 frost by a light covering of hay or litter. The seed may also be sovra in 

 spring. 



li ARGE-SEEDER. The most popular variety grown. Per pkt,, 

 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 14 lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 



COLLARDS, or Cole wort 



German, BlatterTcohl. — French, Ohou. — Spanish, 

 Gahu. 



One ounce will produce 3,000 

 plants. 



Sow the seeds at intervals from June to Aug- 

 ust, in drills one foot apart. They are ready for 

 use when one month old, but may be transplanted 

 six or eight inches apart to prolong the season. 



TRUE OEOROIA. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 

 cts.; J4 lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 



UPLAND CRESS. 



DANDELIOIV. 



German, Pardeblum.— French, Pisse-en-lit.— Spanish, Amargon. 

 One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 



In spring, the blanched leaves of this plant make a most delicately, 

 flavored and wholesome salad. The seed may be sown in May or June, 

 in drills half an inch deep, and twelve inches apart ; thin out the plants 

 to six inches ; cultivate during summer, and the following spring the 

 leaves will be fit to cut. The quality is improved very much by blanch- 

 ing, which can be easily done by covering over the plants with boards. 

 EREIVCH {Common). Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; H lb., 75 cts.: 

 lb., $2.50. . 7* . 



IMPROVED liAROE-IiEAVER. A thick-leaved variety, of 

 great productiveness and fine flavor. Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 75cte.! 

 M lb., $3.50. ■ • 



