CARTER’S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS FOR 1853. 
31 
Mouth 
of Sow 
oz. ounce ; lb. pound ; 
qt. quart. 
Price. 
4 to 6 
Salsafy, root per oz 
s.d. 
4 
Scorzonera, root „ 
4 
3 to 6 
Sea Kail „ 
6 
Skirret, root „ 
0 
Sorrel „ 
4 
3 to 9 
Spinach, round per qt. 
1 0 
new Gaudry per oz. 
4 
prickly per qt. 
1 0 
hroad Flanders ,, 
1 0 
3 to 6 
New Zealand per oz. 
6 
4 to 5 
Squash, fine mixed per pa. 
3 
— Autumnal Marrow ,, 
3 
— Golden Bush „ 
3 
— Lima Cocoa Nut „ 
3 
— Summer Crookneck,, 
3 
— Winter do. „ 
3 
— White Scallop Bush „ 
3 
3 to 8 
Turnip, early Dutch, lb. 2s., oz. 
2 
early Mousetail, „ 2s., „ 
2 
— Six- week „ 
3 
— Snowball „ 
3 
— Nonsuch „ 
3 
— Stone, lb. 2s. „ 
2 
new black for stewing „ 
4 
large white „ 
2 
yellow Maltese „ 
3 
— Dutch „ 
3 
— Preston „ 
3 
— Stone „ 
3 
— Swedish „ 
2 
— Teltau or Miirksehc „ 
0 
4 to 6 
Vegetable Marrow per pa. 
3 
white, egg-shaped „ 
3 
HERBS. 
In 3d. Packets ; or per Ounce ; 
to be soxvn in April or May. 
Angelica Buglos 
Anise Capsicum 
Balm Chervil 
Basil, bush Chilis 
— sweet Clary 
Benedict Fennel 
Borage — Florence 
Month 
of Sow. 
pa. packet ; bush, bushel. 
Ilorehound Purslain, golden 
Hyssop Rosemary 
Lavender Rue 
Marjoram, pot Sage 
sweet Savory, Summer 
Orach — Winter 
Nettle Tarragon, plants 
Pimpernel Tobacco, fumig. 
Pot Marigold Thyme 
Purslain, green Wormwood 
Chives , Lemon Thyme and 
Tarragon to be had in Plants 
only. 
ROOTS AND PLANTS. 
Some of the prices variable. 
Artichokes per peck 
Jerusalem „ 
Asparagus, 2 years per 100 
— 3 years, large „ 
— extra large, for forcing ,, 
Garlic per lb 
Mushroom Spawn per bush. 
Potato, early ash -leaved „ 
— Regents, late „ 
And all other sorts. 
Rhubarb, Linnaeus each 
Royal Albert , 
Tobolsk 
Victoria 
Sea Kail .per 100 
extra large, for foroiug „ 
Shallots per lb. 
And all other Seeds and 
Plants for the Kltche'/i Garden. 
When sown before the usual 
time in Spt'ing, a hot-bed frame 
is required for Carrot , Cauli- 
flower , Cucumber , French Beans , 
Gourds , Lettuce , Potato , Pomp- 
kin, Radish, Vegetable Marrow, 
and most others except Peas 
and Beaxis. 
s.d. 
2 0 
2 0 
2 6 
5 0 
1 0 
4 0 
0 0 
4 0 
1 0 
1 0 
1 0 
i 0 
5 0 
1 0 
FRUIT SEEDS. Per packet. 
No. 
1-00 
1/01 
1/02 
1703 
1704 
1705 
1706 
1707 
1 708 
1709 
1710 
1711 
1712 
1713 
1/14 
1715 
1716 
1717 
1718 
1719 
1720 
1721 
1722 
1723 
Apricot cacl 
Currant,, white, rcd&blacl 
Gooseberry, white 
— red 
Grape, finest-flavoured 
Melon, Bceehwood 
— Jilack Rock 
— Bromhnm Hall 
— Busby's scarlet-flesh 
— Carter’s green-flesh 
— Cassabnr 
— Clifton hybrid 
— Delicious rough 
— Early Cantalupc 
— Egyptian green-flesh 
— Fine Nutmeg 
— Goodwin’s Imperial 
— Green Citron 
— Green-flesh 
— Hybrid green-flesh 
— Ionian green-flesh 
— Kew Green 
— Netted green-flesh 
— Passingham 
8.(1. 
No. 
s.d. 
No. 
O 
1724 Melon, Pea-grccn 
1 0 
1 748 Melon, fine mixed, 20var. 
G 
1725 — Pekin 
1 0 
ITU) — Water, black Spanish 
G 
1726 — Pine-apple, small 
G 
1750 — Carolina 
G 
1/27 — Pitfour, fine 
1728 — Pomegranate 
G 
1751 — Ice-cream 
1 0 
G 
1752 — Long Island 
1 0 
1 729 — Provence, superb 
1730 — Queen’s Pocket 
1 u 
1753 — Sweet Cabul 
G 
1 0 
1754 — Nos. 1/49 to 1753 
1 0 
1731 — Royal Fitzgerald 
1732 — scarlet-flesh 
1 0 
1755 — fine mixed 
1 n 
G 
1756 Mulberry, white 
1 0 
1733 — scarlet do., warted 
G 
1 75 7 — black 
G 
1734 — scarlet Rock 
(i 
1758 Nectarine 
G 
1/35 — Sirdar 
0 
1759 Quince 
1 0 
1736 — Skilman’s Netted 
G 
17G0 Peach 
G 
1737 — small green-flesh 
G 
17Gl Pear and Apple each 
1762 Plum, mixed 
G 
1738 netted orange 
G 
6 
1739 — Snow’s prize 
1 0 
1763 Raspberry, finest red 
6 
1740 — splendid large green 
1 0 
1764 Strawberry, red Alpine 
6 
1741 — striped, from Tiflis 
1 0 
17G5 — white Alpine 
6 
1742 — sweet Ispahan 
G 
1766 — British Queen 
6 
1743 — Transparent green 
6 
1 767 — Comte de Paris 
G 
1744 — Trentham Hall 
1 0 
17G8 — Elton Pine 
6 
1745 — white apple-flavoured 
G 
17G9 — old Pine 
6 
174G — white melting Valence 
1 0 
1770 — Princess Royal 
1 0 
1747 — G finest sorts 
5 0 
s.d. 
1 0 
G 
6 
G 
6 
6 
2 0 
6 
G 
G 
G 
6 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
G 
6 
(i 
6 
G 
6 
