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Nutting’s Select Dark Red— A splendid 
variety for general purposes 
Dell’s Crimson— Loaves of a dark bronze 
colour ; very ornamental for the flower 
garden 
Dark Red Egyptian Turnip-rooted— 
Turnip 8lia|icd, flesh dark crimson 
colour, useful for Summer salads 
Pineapple Short Top — An excellent 
variety 
Ornamental Chilian — This is a non- 
edible variety, but is much used for 
decorating shrubberies, banks, and the 
flower garden ; its brilliant colours make 
it very attractive ... per pkt. fld. & Gd. 
Spinach, or Perpetual Beet — Both 
stalks and leaves of this variety are 
used! the former should be served up as 
As])aragus, and the latter makes an 
excellent substitute for Spinach 
Silver, or Sea-kale— The mid rib of the 
leaf of this variety is used in the same 
way ns Sea-kale ... ... 
Cheltenham Green Top— An excellent 
kind, of uniform size ; s]>lendid colour 
when cooked, flavour good ; foliage 
almost green 
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BORECOLE, or KALE (Brassica oleracea fimbriata). 
CULTURE.— Sow about the middle of March, or earhj in April, broadcast, over a well-prepared 
bed, and cover Uahtly with fine soil. When the plants are large enough to be hand ed, prick out, on 
another prepared bed, about 6 inches apart, and well water them. In Mag these will be quite strong 
enough to be planted out in their permanent quarters about 'I feet G inches apart each way. ^ $ d 
Dwarf Green Curled— For early 
and general cultivation ... ... 0 G 
Asparagus — A useful kind, with 
purple shoots ; very delicious 
and hardy 0 G 
Buckman’s Hardy Winter — 
This is a valuable and distinct 
variety, very hardy and produc- 
tive, and will produce a suc- 
cession of beautiful Greens 
during the severest winter ... 0 G 
Tall Green Curled — A useful * 
variety 0 G 
Cabbaging or Hearting — A fine 
variety, with compact head ; 
somewhat like a Cabbage ... 0 6 
Variegated — Very useful for gar- 
nishing ... Gd. & Gd. per pkt. 
Cottager’s — Much in request, very 
DWARF GREEN CURLED KALE. hardy, and produccs a large crop 0 G 
Ragged Jack — Yields a large quantity of delicate sprouts in spring 0 
Chou de Milan— The ribs of this are like Asparagus in flavour when cooked 0 b 
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