SELECT GENERAL LIST OP VEGETABLE SEEDS 
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BEANS, CLIMBING or RUNNING. 
Per qt. — s. d, 
CHAMPION SCARLET RUNNERS, a fine variety, producing veiy large pods . . .26- 
PAINTED LADY or YORK AND LANCASTER 16 - 
SCARLET RUNNERS 2 0 
WHITE DUTCH or CASE KNIFE, pods long and of excellent flavour . . . . .16 
These are planted in the opten ground in ro%vs 3 or 4 feet apart, about the beginning of May, if sown 
BO/rlicr in pots or boxes, will hear transplanting, thus ensuring more regular and greatly improved crops. 
When 3 inches high, earth up and stake ; the stakes used to be about 8 feet high, and when the plants 
have reached the required height they shoitld be stopped to ca%ese them to qp'oduce laterals. 
BEET. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
DARK RED EGYPTIAN TURNIP, rich dark red 10 
DWARF BLACK-LEAVED, vide page 54. 
DIMMICK'S DWARF GREEN-TOP, vide page 54. 
DWARF CRIMSON, deep blood red, excellent 10 
DWARF PURPLE-TOP, leaves dark purple, bright ciiiusou flesh 0 9 
IMPROVED SHORT-TOP, very handsome roots of a fine dark red colour, tender and well 
flavoured ID 
PINE-APPLE, COMPACT TOP, a very superior variety ; fine dark crimson flesh, tender 
and rich flavoured 0 9 
SELECTED DWARF DARK CRIMSON, well known and greatly esteemed . . . .10 
ST. OSYTH, medium size, rich blood colour, fine flavour 0 9 
SPINACH BEET (Orem <yr White'), an excellent substitute for Spinach 0 6 
SILVER, IMPROVED, OK SEA KALE BEET, the heart and mid-rib used as Sea Kale . .09 
To grow this highly esteemed vegetable to perfection, select in autumn a plot of deep rich sandy ground 
not recently manured, trench to the depth 0 / 18 inches, placing a layer of manuA'e at the bottom of the 
trench to attract the downward growth of the roots, remove all stones, roots, and hard clods, otherwise the 
roots by contact with these, will become forked and distorted. Early hi May draw dHlls 2 feet apart, 
and l^to 2 inches deep, and drop the seeds at regular dista'nccs of 2 or 3 inches, for although this space 
is too small for final growth, it is wise to be liberal in sowhig ; cover with fine soil, and beat it dowji 
upon the seed with the back of the spade. When the plants have attained th/rcc or four leaves, thin out 
gradually till they stand 8 or 9 inches apart. 
BORECOLE or KALE. 
Per OZ. — 8. d, 
ASPARAGUS or BUDA, very hardy, sweet, and well flavoured . . . . . . .06 
COTTAGERS’ KALE. The tall stem of this hardy and robust variety is surromided by 
innumerable (luantities of sprouts throughout the winter, of excellent flavour . . .08 
DELAWARE GREENS, an excellent small and compact curled variety . . . . .06 
DWARF GREEN CURLED or SCOTCH, one of the most hardy and useful vegetables grown 0 8 
JERUSALEM, very hardy and productive, tender and delicious . . . . . .06 
MEOPHAM COURT, vide page 58. 
SCOTCH CABBAGING or HEARTING, very hardy 0 6 
TALL GREEN CURLED, similar to the Dwarf Green Ctirlcd, but of taller growth . . .06 
VARIEGATED or GARNISHING 0 6 
VARIEGATED, TRIPLE CURLED, vide page 54. 
liorttoles may he grown in almost any soil, hut the richer it is the more abundant the irroduce. Two 
sowings may he made, the first early in, March, the second any time diering April, in prepared beds, from 
scliich they may either he transplanted into nursery beds, oi- wherever they arc intended to he grown ; by 
the former method, stronger plants will be obtained, and most kinds can be planted out as late as- 
August. 
