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SELECT GENERAL LIST OE VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
SAVOY. 
Per oz. — •*. d. 
DRUMHEAD or GLOBE, very large and of good quality, the best for general crop . .06 
DWARF GREEN CURLED, heads quickly, of good quality ; an excellent sort . . .06 
EARLY DWARF ULM, small, hearts early, and of excellent flavour . . . . .00 
EARLY DWARF SPROUTING ULM, vide page 58. 
FEATHER-STEMMED or SPROUTING, habit of growth exactly like Brussels Sprouts, the 
stems being covered with compact little heads of Savoy per pkt. 0 6 
Savoys require a inch deep soil , well manured. Sow Dwarf Ulm in March, and plant out about 
18 inches apart . . Dwarf Green Curled and Drumhead may be sown about the middle qf March, and 
again in April, for succession, and when strong enough transplant 2 feet apart each way. 
SCORZONERA. 
SELECTED SEED per oz. 1 0 
This vegetable requires the same treatment as Salsafy , only sow in drills 18 inches apart, and thin out 
to 9 inches from plant to plant. 
SEA KALE. 
6‘. d. 
SEED .......... ; ... per oz. 0 9 
Sow moderately thick early in April, on deeply trenched- and richly manured ground, in drills 18 inches 
apart, and thin out to about 2 feet asunder. 
SEED 
SKIRRET. 
. . . . . . . . . per oz. 0 6 
In March sow in rich and deeply trenched land, in drills 2 feet apart, and when up thin out to 8 inches 
from plant to plant,. Shirret is a hardy perennial, and grown for its roots. Give a good supply of water 
in dry weather. 
* SPINACH. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
NEW ZEALAND 0 6 
PRICKLY or WINTER per qt., Is. C>d. 0 2 
ROUND or SUMMER „ Is. 6d. 0 2 
The Round variety should be sown at intervals from March to June , to ensure a constant supply during 
the summer. The prickly or triangular -leaved sort is usually sown about the end of July, or beginning of 
August, for winter use, in drills 1 foot apart. New Zealand Spinach is a usef ul and excellent vegetable, 
and should be raised in a gentle heat in March , and transplanted in May or June, % feet apart each way , 
into rich light, soil. 
TOMATO or LOVE APPLE. 
Per pkt. — s. d. 
EARLY PROLIFIC RED, an early dwarf variety, and very prolific 0 6 
LARGE RED 0 3 
LARGE YELLOW 0 3 
MAMMOTH (Sims’), very early, robust habit, fruit large, round and smooth . . .10 
ORAN GEFIELD DWARF PROLIFIC, vide page 68 10 
TOMATO DE LAYE, a late-fruiting French variety of peculiar upright growth, requiring no 
support 0 6 
To obtain an early and good supply of this delicious fruit, sow in March, in a Cucumber frame, and 
when the plants are 2 or 3 inches high, pot off and grow on freely under glass, gradually hardening, so 
that they can be planted out into rich soil, against a mall, with full exposure to the sun, the first 
favourable day in May, taking care to protect them from frost and cold cutting winds. 
