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VVEEBER & DON. 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



EGG PLANT. 



German, Eierpjlanze.— French, Aubergim.~STpa.msh, Berengena. 

 One ounce will produce 1,000 plants. 



The Egg Plant will thrive well in any good garden soil, but will repay 

 good treatment. The seed should be sown in hot beds the first week In 

 April, care being taken to protect the young plants from cold at night. 

 Plant out about J une 1st, about two and a half feet apart. If no hot-bed is 

 at hand, sufficient plants may be raised for a small garden by sewing a 

 few seeds in common flower-pots or boxes m the house. 

 EARl.ir JLONCr PUKPIiE. A very early, hardy and productive 



variety of good quality. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.: M lb., 75 cts.: 



lb., $2.00. 



BLiACK JPEKLIN. A highly-esteemed variety, producing very 

 handsome, jet-black fruit of superior quality. Per pkt., 5 cts.: oz., 

 40 cts.; 14 lb., $1.25; lb., $4.00. 



NEW ITORK IITIPIIOVKD PCJRPIiE. This variety is ex- 

 tensively cultivated for both market and private use ; it srows to a 

 large size, very proUflc and fine flavored. Per -g&X,, 10 cts, ; oz., 

 50 Ota. ; X lb., $1.50; lb., |5.00. 



GREEN CURLED KNDIVE. 



ENDIVE. 



German, Endivien.— French, Ghicoree. Spanish, Endivia. 

 One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 



A highly-esteemed winter salad. For first crop sow about the mid- 

 ale ot May, and for succession in June and Julv. When the plants are 

 two or three mches hiah, thin them out or transplant into moderately 

 rich and rather light soil, one fool apart. When nearly full grown and 

 before they are fit for the table, they should be blanched by tyine the 

 leaves loosely together, or by covering with boards or flower-pots 

 GKEEN CfJRLED. The hardiest variety grown; beautifully 



curled, tender and crisp. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; J4 lb., 40 cts.- 



WHITE CURIiED. Very tender when cut young; blanches 



Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; U lb., 40 cts.; lb.. $1.50. 

 WLOSS CURIIED. More finely curled, heavier and a more dense 

 ji^ant than green curled. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; J4 lb., 40 cts.; 



BROAD-iiEAVED BAT A VI AN. (Escarrolle.) This variety, 

 :s chiefly used m soups and stews ; requires to be tied up for blanch- 

 mg. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 14 lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.50, 



FENNEL. 



FIiORENCE OR NAPliES, Sow in spring, in rows 16 to 20 inches 

 apart. Thin out so as to have the seedlings 5 or 6 inches apart, and 

 water as plentifully as possible. The plant is usually eaten boiled. 

 In flavor it resembles Celery, but with a sweet taste and a more deli- 

 cate order. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 14 lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75 



GARLIC. 



German, Knoblauch.— French, ^ii.— Spanish, Ajo. 

 One pound will plant 10 feet of drill. 



^ Garlic is used for a variety of flavoring purposes. Plant the sets six 

 racnes apart m rows one foot apart. As soon as the leaves have turned 

 the crop is matured, and may be harvested like the onion. ' 

 QARIilC SETS. Per lb., 30 cts. 



MARTYNIA. 



^ One onnce will plant 200 Itills. 



1, A^^'' growrag annual plant bearing curiously shaped seed pods. 

 Which, when_ young and tender, make excellent pickles. Sow in the 

 open ground m May and thin out the plants to two or three feet apart, 

 ^""TI" m a hot-bed and afterwards transplanted. 



NEW rOKK IMPROVED EGG PLANT. 



KOHL-RABI. 



German, Eohl-nabL- French, Chou- Rave. Spsinish, Col de Nabo. 

 One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 



This vegetable, the popularity of which is rapidly increasing, com- 

 bines the virtues of the turnip and cabbage, but excels both in nutritive, 

 hardy and productive qualities. The seed may be sown in June, in rows 

 eighteen inches apart, and the plants thinned out to eight or ten inches. 

 EARI.Y SHORT- I.E AVER WHITE VIENNA. The 

 earliest and best table or market variety. Per pkt, 10 cts,; oz., 30 

 cts.; J4 lb., $1.00; lb., $3.00. 

 EARIiY SHORT-IiEAVEO PURPLE VIENNA. Simi- 

 lar to the preceding, except in color, which is of a bluish purple 

 Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts., I4 lb., 75 cts.; lb., $3.00, 



LEEK. 



German, iawcA.— French, Poireau.— Spanish, Puerro. 

 One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 



V , ^^^"^ very hardy, and easily cultivated ; it succeeds best in a 

 light but well-enriched soil. Sow as early in spring as practicable, in 

 drills one inch deep and one foot apart. When six or eight inches high, 

 transplant in rows ten inches apart each way, as deep as possible, that 

 the neck, being covered, may be blanched. 



liARGE AxUERICAN FliAG. The most desirable for market 

 or family use. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz.. 20 cts.; J4 lb., 60 cts.; lb., $2.00. 



RKlTSSEIiBURGH. A very large variety of superior quality'. Per 

 pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 34 lb., 60 cts.; lb., $2.00. 



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