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SELECT GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Mu. WILLIAM BULL’S 
Select General List of Vegetable Seeds. 
In the following General List of Vegetable Seeds, Mr. William 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 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. 
GREEN GLOBE 
PURPLE GLOBE ......... 
. per oz. 
9 . d. 
1 C 
1 0 
Sow in April in rich soil, and transplant when strong. In making a plantation, procure in 
March wcll-rootcd suckers, trim the straggling tops and roots, hut do not shorten the perfect leaves ; plant 
in rows ifeet apart, and 30 inches from plant to plant. 
ASPARAGUS. 
s. d. 
COLOSSAL ( Connovcr's) per oz. 0 8 
READING GIANT or BATTERSEA ....!. per lb., 2s. 6d. „ 0 3 
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 be covered, to the depth 
of half an inch ; when the p>lants 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 . . , . . . . . . . .OS 
EARLY MAZAGAN, very hardy, best for early crops . . . . . . . .08 
GREEN LONG-POD NONPAREIL, early, and mild in flavour . . . . . .10 
MINSTER GIANT LONG-POD, large, fine flavour . . . . . . . .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 
WINDSOR, BROAD, pods broad and short ; is considered the best for summer crop . .10 
WINDSOR, GREEN, rather smaller 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 <o 6 inches apart in the rows , the rows to be 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 . . .26 
PAINTED LADY or YORK AND LANCASTER 2 0 
SCARLET RUNNERS 2 0 
WHITE DUTCH or CASE KNIFE, pods long and of excellent flavour . • . . . 2 (V 
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. 
