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I?f ouiitaiBi Sweet Water. This is a very popular variety, is of 
oblong shape, flesh bright scarlet and of good flavor. Tt is very pro¬ 
ductive. 
Jlioiiiitain Sprout Water. This is similar in shape to the fore¬ 
going variety, but rather later. It is light green with irregular stripes 
of dark green. Flesh bright scarlet. 
I bid proved Oipsey. This is a lately introduced variety which 
has become the favorite of the market-gardeners. It is very large, ob¬ 
long and of a dark green color, striped and mottled with light green. 
Flesh scarlet, and of delicious flavor. This is without any exception 
the best market variety. 
Ice-Cream. (White Seeded.) A medium sized variety of excel¬ 
lent quality. It is early and very productive. Being thin in the rind 
it is not so w r ell adapted for the market as the other kinds; notwith¬ 
standing this, it is grown exclusively by some for that purpose, on ac¬ 
count of its earliness. It has come into general cultivation more and 
more every year, as it is very sweet, and sells readily in the market. 
Orange Water. Quite a distinct variety from the others. The 
rind can be peeled off the same as the skin of an orange. It is of me¬ 
dium size, fair quality. Very little cultivated. 
flattie Snake. An old Southern variety which has come into 
notice since a few years; it is of large size, the green not quite so dark 
as the Gipsey. but the stripes larger; fine market variety. The past 
season, when other varieties failed, it stood the wet weather well, and 
sold more readily than others, not having been injured in looks. It 
stands transportation better than any other ; has become the stand¬ 
ard market variety, and taken the place of the Mountain Sweet and 
Mountain Sprout, which were planted in former years. The seed I 
offer of this variety is grown for me by one of the best growers in 
Georgia. It is of the purest strain that can be found. 
CutoaBB QueeiB. A striped variety highly recommended by North¬ 
ern seedsmen ; said to reach from fifty to seventy pounds. Sweet and 
of delicate flavor, but does not grow so large here as said it does North. 
• MUSTARD. 
Moutarde (Fi\), Sene (Ger.), Mostaza (Sp.). 
White or Yellow Seeded. \ Large-Leaved. 
This is grown to quite an extent in the Southern States, and is 
sown broad-cast during fall, winter and spring. It may be used the 
same as spinach, or boiled with meat as greens. The White or Yellow 
Seeded is very little cultivated, and is used chiefly for medical pur¬ 
poses, or pickling. The Large-leaved or Curled has black seed, a dis¬ 
tinct kind from the Northern or European variety. The seed is raised 
in Louisiana. It makes very large leaves; cultivated more and more 
every year. 
NASTURTIUM. 
Capucine (Fr.), Indianische Kresse (Ger.), Capuchixa (Sp.) 
Tall, j Dwarf. 
Not cultivated here, except for ornament. 
