GEO. COOLING & SONS, BATH. 
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cooung’s omega. 
Cultivation. — Sow end of April and in May in drills a foot apart and 
half-an-inch deep ; thin out the plants when up to 12 inches apart. A rich 
deep open soil is the most suitable for Beet.- ^ ^ 
COOLING’S OMEGA, this highly esteemed variety is of 
medium size, and remarkable for handsome shape and 
rich crimson colour, but more especially so for its distinct 
flavour, which is delicately sweet and agreeable, far 
surpassing any kind yet offered. This variety is the 
original green-leaved Beet which has now become so 
popular with private and market growers in all p.arts of 
the country per pkt. 6d, 1 H 
VEITCH’S SUPERB RED, finely formed, bright rich 
colour, and high quality. The foliage being beautifully 
coloured it is as valuable for decorative as for table use 1 0 
DELL’S IMPROVED BLACK LEAVED, the best for 
flower garden decoration 10 
CRIMSON GLOBE, perfect in shape and colour, recom- 
mended for shallow soils and earliness 1 0 
EGYPTIAN TURNIP ROOTED, like a Dutch Turnip ... 0 10 
NUTTING’S FINE SELECTED DWARF, dark red, fine. . 0 8 
PINE APPLE SHORT TOP, dark coloui’, fine flavour ... 0 10 
CHELTENHAM GREEN TOP 1 0 
BLOOD RED 0 8 
ORNAMENTAL CHILIAN, much admired for its foliage 
in garden decoration per pkt. Od. and 1/ 
Edible Leaved Varieties. 
WHITE OH SPINACH, an excellent substitute for Spinach 0 0 
SILVER OR SEA-KALE, the mid-rib of the leaf cooked like 
Sea-Kale is excellent 0 8 
BORECOLE or KALE. 
CuLTiVATiON.~Sow in March and May, the former for Autumn use the latter for Spring, in drills lightly covered with fine 
soil. When the plants are two inches high prick out in beds six inches apart, 
and when fairly sized remove them again to their final quarters, setting them 
in rows thirty inches apart each way A large supply of this useful vegetable 
should be grown. oz.—s. d. 
COOLING’S HARDY MOSS CURLED KALE, very 
distinct and hardy, one of the finest selections of 
Scotch Kale ; of robust habit, most exquisitely curled, 
and of delicious flavour; one of the best of late winter 
vegetables per pkt. (id. and 1 / 
drumhead kale, a new vegetable of great merit, it 
partakes of the nature and appearance combined of 
a Kale and a Cabbage, the outer leaves resembling the 
Kale and the heart that of a tlabbage, while the deli- 
cately flavoured mid-ribs of the leaves are as tender as 
Asparagus. Dwarf in habit, .and perfectly hardy 
per pkt. 6d. and 1/ 
BUDA or asparagus, may be blanched as Se.a- 
kale ... ... ... ... ...per pkt. 4d. 0 8 
COTTAGER’S KALE, the most useful variety, should be 
grown in all gardens per pkt. 4d. 0 8 
CHOU DE MILAN, produces .a profusion of side shoots, 
very hardy . ...per pkt. 4d. 0 (i 
DWARF GREEN CURLED or SCOTCH, hardy, the 
best Winter Greens ... ...per pkt. 4d. 0 H 
tall green curled, the tall Scotch Kale, pkt. 4d. 0 8 
MELVILLE’S GARNISHING, invaluable for decorative 
purposes and an excellent vegetable, its leaves varying 
in colour — purple, rose, and white, edged with green, 
per packet 6d. 10 
RAGGED JACK, a very useful and hardy variety, 
per packet 4d. 0 6 
thousand headed, hardy and prolific 0 4 
COOI.ING S HARDY MOSS CURLED KALE. 
Cooling’s Omega Beet, the best shaped and richest flavoured variety in cultivation. 
