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GEO. COOLING & SONS, BATH. 
rOOUNO’S WHITK I)EFIAN(TC. 
CELERY. 
Cultivation. — Succeeds best in a highly enriched soil having 
abundance of moisture. For earliest crop sow on a hot bed in 
February, and for main crops in March and April. Prick out the 
earliest sowings when about two inches high, and transfer to the 
trenches in June. The latter sowings should be pricked into rich 
soil, and allowed to stand until they are four or five inches high. 
The trenches should be twelve to eighteen inches deep, at the 
bottom of which a heavy dressing of manure should be dug in. 
Earth up gradually as the plants grow, and water every week should 
the weather be dry. 
White Varieties ,e, put_. ,, 
COOLING’S WHITE DEFIANCE, an early variety 
attaining a large size, very solid and ot a sweet 
nutty tlavonr, a grand exhibition variety, fid. and 1 0 
WRIGHT’S GROVE WHITE, a very excellent 
variety, producing large solid heads, very crisp, 
recommended fid. anil 1 0 
WHITB PLUME, a variety that blanches almost 
without earthing up. It is also very orna- 
mental fid. and 1 0 
SANDRINGHAM DWARF WHITE, very dwarf, 
solid, crisp, and of an agreeable nutty flavour... 0 fi 
Red Varieties. 
COOLING’S SUPERB RED, a splendid dwtirf 
kind, very solid, crisp, of a nutty flavour, of a 
deep rich red in colour, and early ... fid, and 1 0 
LEICESTER RED, true, very crisp, and fine 
flavour ; one of the best Red Celeries fid. and I 0 
WRIGHT’S GROVE RED, fine dwarf solid variety 
fid. and 1 0 
standard bearer, of sturdy compact habit, 
grows to a great weight, and of fine nutty 
flavour 6d. atid 1 0 
CELERY SEED, for Soup per Ih. 2/. 
CELERIAC or TURNIP ROOTED 
CELERY 
For flavouring Soups, Salads, &c.— Per oz. 1/. 
CRESS. 
Cultivation. — Will succeed in any ordinary soil ; sowings 
should be made once a fortnight to produce a regular supply. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
AMERICAN or LAND, resembling Water Cress 
in flavour ^ * 
AUSTRALIAN, fine flavour; excellent for 
Salads . ^ * 
COMMON or PLAIN, for general crops, 
per qt. 2/; per pt. 1/2 0 2 
CURLED or NORMANDY, if cut ofteii, will 
continue to grow, per quart 2/; per pint 1/2 0 ^ 
WATERCRESS per packet fid. 
CORN SALAD or LAMB’S 
LETTUCE. 
Cultivation. — Sow in April for Autumn use and in August 
for Spring use. This is the most economical of all small 
salads, and may be used as a substitute for Lettuce in winter. — 
Per packet 3d. and 6d. 
DANDELION. 
Cultivation. — Sow in March and April where the plants 
are to stand, in rows 12 to 15 inches apart. The quality is 
much improved by blanching, which mav he done by placing 
inverted flower pots over the plants. 
IMPROVED THICK-LEAVED or CABBAGING, 
excellent for salads, per pkt. fid. 
EGG PLANT. 
Cultivation.— Sow in hot-bed in March, and when 3 ins. 
high put the plants singly into small flower pots and place in 
a frame till all cold weather is past, when they may be taken 
from the pots without disturbing the roots and planted in a 
sheltered place 2 feet apart. Draw the earth up to their stems 
when about a foot high. 
PURPLE, SCARLET, WHITE, and MIXED. 
Each per pkt. 3d. & fid. 
Cooling’s Superb Red Celery is the most solid and best flavoured Celery grown ; its peculiar nutty 
flavour is appreciated by all. 
