Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Gnide 
Alley. 
Per oz. — 8. d. 
Connover’s Colossal— Early, and verj- large 0 4 
Giant— Good, for general use 0 4 
Palmetto— Of very large size, even and regular in growth and 
appearance ; very early 0 0 
For plants, see page 46. 
strong manure, fork this in about another foot, and if dug over deeply two 
or three times so much the better ; on the top of this place a fair coating of 
well-rotted manure, and over this 8 inches of soil from out of the alley, 
then place one plant to every 9 inches, spreading the roots well out, 
covering them over with the finest soil, free from stones. For the top covering 
have C inches of light friable or even sandy soil. The first year make one 
cutting only, if the plants are three years old, the following winter add more 
fine soil, so that there is something like 9 inches of earth above the crown 
of the plants. Asparagus beds made in this way with a good coating of 
rilanure every other year cannot fail to give abundance of this succulent 
Vegetable until the peas make their appearance. A coating of our Real 
Manure gives increased strength, and should be applied, 2 ozs. to the yard, 
every season, showery weather being selected for the operation. 
We have heard of beds being in good condition when fifty years old, 
but it stands to reason that the vigour of the plants must be impaired. New 
beds should be planted every year, so that sufficient strong plants can be 
taken up, put closely into a gentle hot-bed and forced ; this method 
would give a fine supply for the table during February, and thus 
prolong the season for this welcome vegetable. 
Alley. 
BED. 
Alley or Pathaay. 
BED 
BEET. 
{Beta vti/ffaris.) Chenofodiacea:. 
CAh’NRU/s RiiTUNDA 
BEET, CANNELLS* BEST OF ALL. 
CULTURE. — Sow the middle of April on ground that has been deeply 
dug and well manured the previous year. At the time of sowing the ground 
should be again deeply dug, and the seeds sown in rows a foot apart. It 
may be sown in drills drawn by a hoe, or by dibbling a fetv seeds in holes 
an inch deep and a foot apart in the rows ; thin out, when the plants are 
about 2 inches high, to a foot apart where in drills, and where dibbled in 
holes draw out all except one. When lifting the roots, in October or 
November, great care must be taken not to bruise them or cut off any small 
shoots or outgrowths or the colouring will be gone. About the end of 
October or beginning of November store them in an open shed in dry sand ; 
they will then keep in good condition, and can be used when required. 
CANNELLS’ BEST OF ALL. 
Medium-sized root of a beautiful rich deep blood colour, fine shape, 
and clean growing. Sure to please for culinary purposes, and its handsome 
dark metallic glossy crimson leaves render it a very effective variety for 
the flower garden. 6d. per packet, Is. per oz. 
Cannell’s Rotunda — Turnip shaped, flesh dark crimson colour, s. ri. 
useful for Summer salads ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 8 
Dell’s CFimson— Leaves of a dark bronze colour j very ornamental 
for tbe flower garden ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 8 
New Purple — Unequalled for form, smoothness, colour, and quality 
of the root. It was Certificated at the Vegetable Conference as 
j the best type of dark Beet ... .. ... ... .. ... 0 8 
Nutting’s Select Dark Red— A splendid variety for general 
purposes 0 8 
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. 3d. & fid. 
Swiss Chard, Silver, or Sea-kale— The mid rib of the leaf of 
this variety is used in the same way as Sea-kale 0 fi 
Spinach, or Perpetual Beet — Both stalks and leaves of this 
variety are used; the former should be served up as Asparagus, 
and tbe latter makes an excellent substitute for Spinach ... 0 fi 
Other varieties can be supplied. 
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