ROBERT BUIST COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
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CHICORY 
WITLOOF CHICORY OR FRENCH 
ENDIVE 
This European delicacy has in the past few 
years become a standard salad in all of the 
best American hotels and restaurants. It can 
be easily grown. Seed is planted in the 
Spring and roots like parsnips are produced; 
which after lifting and resting a few days are 
replanted to form a new growth. The stalks 
when blanched make a delicious salad. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 15c; M lb., 55c; lb., #1.75. 
LARGE ROOTED MAGDEBURG 
The roots are roasted and cooked as coffee. 
The young leaves may be used for salad. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; lb., 45c; lb., #1.35. 
CHIVES 
Chives are perfectly hardy perennial plants 
of the onion type. Leaves used in salads and 
for flavoring soups and stews. Pkt., 10c; 
M oz., 25c; Vz oz., 45c; oz., 80c. 
CHERVIL 
Chervil is cultivated like Parsley and used 
for garnishing and flavoring soups and salads. 
Seed requires four to five week to germinate. 
CURLED CHERVIL 
The young leaves are used for flavoring 
soups and salads. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; M lb., 
60c; lb., #2.00. 
PLAIN CHERVIL 
Like above, but not curled. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
20c; U lb., 60c; lb., #2.00. 
CORN SALAD 
The leaves should always be picked, not 
cut; if sown early in the Spring, in rows 9 to 
12 inches apart, it is fit for use in from six 
to eight weeks; but the proper time for sow¬ 
ing is September, and cover thinly with straw 
or hay when cold weather sets in. There are 
two varieties, the large and small seeded; the 
former is the best, as it produces larger leaves. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 40c; lb., #1.25. 
SOUTHERN COLLARDS 
Collard is scarcely known in any other section of this country, but in the South, where 
it originated, and where it is cultivated more extensively than any other vegetable, because it is 
well adapted to that country and is always a sure crop. It is almost a daily dish for rich or 
poor and for both man and beast. It is a species of Cabbage, which is not only very hardy, 
but a vigorous and continuous grower, producing a mass of leaves and very good heads, the 
former are stripped off and used as they form, the plant continues growing and finally heads. 
The crop is much improved by a touch of frost. 
GEORGIA WHITE STEM 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; lb., 60c. 
SOUTHERN BLUE STEM 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; M lb., 20c; lb., 60c. 
BUIST’S CABBAGE 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 25c; lb., 75c. 
NORTH CAROLINA BUNCOMBE 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; M lb., 25c; lb., 75c. 
SUGAR CORN (for Garden Culture) 
Plant about the last of 
Spring, in hills about three 
feet apart each way; dwarf 
varieties can be planted 
closer; place a shoveful of 
manure or a handful 
of good phosphate 
in each; five or six 
grains to a hill is sufficient; 
when up, thin them out, al¬ 
lowing three of the strongest 
plants to remain; thorough 
cultivation is necessary to se¬ 
cure a good crop. A 
pound will plant 150 
hills; ortwelve 
pounds to the acre. 
Stowell’s Evergreen Sugar Corn 
