CARTER AND CO.'S GARDENER'S VADE-MECUM FOR 1862. 
65 
MUSTARD. 
The same as the curled Cress. 
Brown l ,cr r' nt 
d. 
6 
White per qt. 
ONION. 
Sow the main crops in March and April, and about the second week in August to stand through the Winter. 
Blood-red 
Denver's Yellow 
Deptford 
Globe 
— new white 
James’s keeping 
Lisbon 
New Giant Madeira., 
Pickling 
Portugal, brown 
— white. 
.per oz. 
2 oz. of each of the 6 finest sorts 7 
Reading . 
Silver-skin 
Spanish brown 
— white 
Strasburg 
Tripoli, large flat .. 
— , round 
Very early Nocera 
Welsh 
Pear-shaped 
•per oz. 
1 oz. of each of the 6 finest sorts 
d. 
6 
4 0 
Red., 
Dunnett’s garnishing 
Large-rooted Hamburg ... 
Extra curled 
ORACH OR FRENCH SPINACH. 
Sow for succession in March and April. 
per oz. 0 6 | Yellow 
PARSLEY. 
Sow in drills from the end of February to the end of May. 
peroz. 0 6 
..per oz. 0 6 
Myatt’s garnishing per oz. 
New matchless winter „ 
PARSNIP. 
Sow early in March in deep rich soil, and thin early. 
Best large P« oz. 0 4 | Guernsey per oz. 0 4 
Vino 0 6 1 HollOW-CrOWned II 
Sutton’s Student,'... perpkt. 1 0 | New Parsnip Chervil per pkt. 6d. & 1 o 
PEAS. 
Sow Carter’s Earliest, Sangster’s No. 1, and Dunnett’s First Early in January. Emperor, Bishop’s long pod, Glory and 
Perfection in February, and the later sorts twice a month to the end of May ; two sowings in June of earlier sorts for a 
late crop, and two early sorts about the third week in November. Carters \ictoria, Nc Plus Ultra, and king of the 
Marrows are unrivalled for flavour and general excellence. 
Carter’s Earliest 3 ft. 
Daniel O’Rourke i 2 ! JU 
Dilips tone’s Early 3 ft. 
Earliest Varieties. 
per qt. 1 0 i Dunnclt's first Early 24 ft. per qt. 
1 0 | Sangstcr’s No. 1 2J ft. „ 
1 C 
Toni Thumb 
Early and Second Early Varieties. 
Auvergne f ft- 
Bishop’s long-podded 14 ft. 
Blue Eclipse 2 A- 
Dcnycr’s Prolific ... 3 ft. 
Dickson’s Favourite 4 ft. 
Beck’s Gem 1 ft- 
per qt. 1 
0 
3 
»» 0 
„ o 
9 
Harrison’s Perfection 
M * 
»» * 
1 
G 
Excelsior Marrow 
4 
per qt. 
Alliance or Eugenie.. 
Climax or Napoleon 
,.3 ft. 
,.3 ft. 
Early Wrinkled Varieties. 
1 6 i Champion of England 4 ft. 
1 6 | Fairbeard’s Nonpareil 3 ft. 
per qt. 
Sea-green, new per qt. 2». 6rf. 
Middle and Late Varieties. 
Beck’s Prize-taker 4 ft. 
Bedman’s Imperial 2 1 ft. 
Blue Prussian 3 ft. 
Dwarf green Marrow ••••4 ft* 
— white Marrow 4 ft. 
Fnirbcard's Surprise -1 ft- 
Glory of England 6 ft- 
per qt. 
Matchless green Marrow 5 ft. 
Noble’s green j A- 
Royal Victoria “ A- 
Scimitar A- 
Sugar (eatable pods) 6 A- 
Flack’s dwarf Victory 3 ft. 
Woodford’s green .....24 ft. 
per qt. 
per qt. 
