842 LIST OF VEGETABLES 
f * Large Flat, abundant bearer, retains its characters better than 
the other sorts, ripens about the end of June. 
f * Prolific, or Conical, this is one of the best if not the very 
best of this class, ripens the end of June. 
Round Fruited Muscatelle ; rather a small, but a very rich fruit 
ripens the beginning of July. 
The Green Strawberries are not worth growing, where a selection of 
good fruits are wanted. 
ALPINE AND WOOD STRWABERRIES. 
f * Red Alpine, and White Alpine, which bear fruit both through 
summer and autumn. 
Red Wood, and White Wood, which oidy bear during summer. 
ARTICLE IL 
LIST OF THE BEST VEGETABLES IN CULTIVATION. 
Artichokes. — The Globular is the only variety worth cultivation. 
Asparagus. — Battersea and Gravesend varieties. 
Beans. — The Early Magazine, and Early Lisbon, are the best 
for early crops. The Long-pod is the most abundant bearer, and de- 
cidedly the best for small gardens. The Windsor, Sandwich and 
Token are good ones for summer crops. 
Beet Root. — The Large Rooted, is the best to boil, and slice for 
table, and the Green and White, for their leaves. 
Broccoli. — The following are the best sorts, at present cultivated 
in our gardens: Green Cape, Early Purple Cape, Grange's Early 
White, Early Sprouting Purple, Green's Close-headed Winter, Im- 
pregnated Early White, Tall large-headed Purple, Portsmouth or 
Cream coloured. Sulphur Coloured, Late or Spring White, Late 
Dwarf Close-headed purple, Siberian or latest Green. 
The Green Cape and Early Ptirple Cape sown in May and June 
will produce from August to December; sown in July and August, 
if the winter is mild, will produce heads in April and May. Grange's 
Early While sown at three different times, between the beginning of 
May to the end of June, will produce from Michaelmas to Christmas. 
Early Sprouting Purple sown in April will produce from November 
to February ; sown in June will produce sprouts in March and April. 
Green close-headed Winter, if sown the end of May, will produce 
from November to February, if the winter is mild. Impregnated 
Early White sown the beginning of March will produce from No- 
