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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. WwiLTAm Bull 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 borne and on the Continent, and tbeir growth, 
having been effectually tested, they are confidently offered as being the very best 
that can be procured. 
ARTICHOKES. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
GREEN GLOBE . . . , 1 O' 
PURPLE GLOBE 10 
Sm in April in rich soil, and trmisplant when strong. In making a plantation, proonre in Mcwcli 
well-rooted suckers, trim the straggling tops and roots, but do not shorten the perfect leaves ; plant in 
rows ifeet apart, and 30 inches from plant to plant. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
COLOSSAL (Connover-’s) 0 6 
READING GIANT or BATTERSEA perlh, 4s. 0 4 
During the third week in March, sow the seed in drills 12 or 15 inches apart, on wcll-dn-ained' 
light ground that has been heavily manured thepo-emous autumn ; the seed may be 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 . .16 
EARLY LONG-POD, a good early sort 0 8 
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 bearer ; one of the best for main crops. . .0 10 
WONDERFUL LONG-POD (Johnson's), very prolific 0 10 
AVINDSOR, BROAD, pods broad and short ; is considered the best for summer crop . .10 
WINDSOR, GREEN, rather sraaUer than the preceding, but of a deep green colour. . .10 
For successional and main crops, sow in February and every month until June. The later kinds 
should be planted in drills 3 inches deep, 4 io 6 inches apart in the rows, the rows to be Zfcct apart. A 
deep, strong tenacious soil is most mitable, trenched 2 feet deep, aiul liberally manured. 
BEANS, CLIMBING or RUNNING. 
Per qt. — s. d. 
CHAMPION SCARLET RUNNERS, a fine variety, producing very large pods . . .26 
SCARLET RUNNERS 2 0 
WHITE DUTCH or CASE KNIFE, long pods and of o-xccllent flavour 16 
These are 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 stakes used to be about 8 feet high, and when the plants have 
reached the required height, they should be stopped to cause them to produce laterals. 
