38 
SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Mr. WILLIAM BULL’S 
SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
In the following General List of Vegetable Seeds, Mr. William Boll has excluded 
all varieties of doubtful origin and quality, only the most distinct and useful varieties 
in each section being quoted. The Stocks of all seeds have been carefully selected 
from the most eminent cultivators at home and on the Continent, and their growth 
having been effectually tested, they are confidently offered as being the very best 
that can be procured. 
ARTICHOKES. 
Per oz.— $. d. 
GREEN GLOBE 1 0 
PURPLE GLOBE 1 0 
Sow in April in rich soil, ccnd transplant when strong. In making a plantation, procure in March 
well-rooted suckers, trim the straggling tops and roots, hut do not shorten the perfect leaves ; plant in 
rows 4 feet apart, and 30 inches from plant to plant. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
COLOSSAL (Connover's) 06 
READING GIANT or BATTERSEA l ,el ' lb -> 4s - 0 4 
During the third week in March, sow the seed in drills 12 or 15 inches apart, on well-drained 
light ground that has been heavily manured the previous autumn ; the seed may he covered to the depth 
of half an inch ; when the plants are up thin out to 6 inches apart. 
BEANS. 
Per qt. — s. d. 
DWARF GREEN GEM (Beck’s), 1 foot high, branching habit, and abundant cropper . .10 
EARLY LONG-POD, a good early sort 08 
EARLY MAZAGAN, very hardy, best for early crop 0 8 
GREEN LONG-POD NONPAREIL, early, and mild in flavour 0 10 
MONARCH LONG-POD, large, an excellent hearer ; one of the best for main crops . .0 10 
SEVILLE LONG-POD. Vide page 37 18 
WONDERFUL LONG-POD ( Johnson's ), very, prolific 0 10 
WINDSOR, BROAD, pods broad and short ; is considered the best for summer crop . .10 
WINDSOR, GREEN, rather smaller than the preceding, but ol a deep green colour. . .10 
For successional and main crop, sow in February and every month until June. The later kinds 
should he planted in drills 3 inches deep, 4 to 6 inches apart in the rows, the rows to he 3 feet apart. A 
deep strong tenacious soil is most suitable, trenched 2 feet deep, and liberally manured. 
BEANS, CLIMBING or RUNNING. 
Per qt. — s. d. 
CHAMPION SCARLET RUNNERS, a fine variety, producing very large pods . . .20 
SCARLET RUNNERS 16 
WHITE DUTCH or CASE KNIFE, long pods and of excellent flavour 13 
These arc planted in the open ground in rows 3 or 4 feet apart, about the beginning of May. When 
3 inches high, earth up and stake ; the slakes used to be about 8 feel high, and when the plants have 
reached the required height, they should be stopped to cause them to produce laterals. 
