Plant fail’s Thoroughbred Seeds 
FLORENCE FENNEL 
(Foeniculum Dulce.) 
Fenouil de Florence. Fenchel. Finnochio di Napoli. Hinojo. 
A delicious Italian vegetable which tastes quite like celery, but sweeter and more delicate in flavor. Sow at intervals 
from March to July 54 an inch deep, and 18 inches apart, and when the plants are large enough, thin to 8 inches in the row 
and cultivate frequently. The enlarged leaf-bases are usually boiled in preparation for the table, but the bottom and stalk 
are blanched by drawing the earth up to them like celery. This is usually done when the enlargement of leaf stalk at base 
is about the size of a hen’s egg, and in about 10 days cutting may begin and continue as the plants increase in growth. Pkt. 
10 cts., oz. 15 cts., 54 lb. 60 cts., lb. $2.00. Postpaid. 
GHERKIN 
(See Cucumber.) 
HORSERADISH 
(Cochlearia Armoracea.) 
Rabano-Picante. Meerettig. Rafano. 
CULTURE.—100 cuttings are enough for a row of 100 feet. 8,000 to 10,000 
for an acre. The cuttings or roots should be set out in March or April in deep 
rich, well prepared soil, in rows 2% feet wide, 3 inches deep, and from 9 to 
12 inches apart in the rows. It will be noted that the cuttings have one end 
cut at an angle, and care must be taken that this slanting end is put down. 
When the ground is well warmed, the cuttings shoot up luxuriant leaves, and 
the crop is cultivated much the same as Corn. The roots continue to grow 
in diameter long after the tops have died, and are plowed out like Potatoes, 
and usually trimmed before marketing. 
IVTnlinpr KVptI A remarkable Bohemian variety with enormous roots 
i iquuci x c « t j iat are a ] mos t p Ure w hite, and of peculiarly fine flavor. 
Dozen 40 cts., 100 $2.00. Postpaid. 
LEEK 
Florence Fennel 
KOHL-RABI 
(or Turnip-Rooted Cabbage) 
(Brassica Caula Rapa.) 
Chou-Rave. Kohlrabi. Cavola Rapa. 
Colinabo. 
CULTURE.—1 ounce is sufficient 
for 100 feet of drill. For an acre 
154 pounds. Sow 54 an inch deep 
from April to July, at intervals of 4 
weeks, as the bulbs are best when 
gathered young and tender, which is 
usually when they are 2 or 3 inches 
in diameter. The rows are usually 
made 18 inches apart, and the plants 
are thinned from 6 to 10 inches, the 
thinnings being transplanted if 
wanted. Work well to keep down 
weeds, but avoid throwing any earth 
in the crown. 
Early White Vienna. 
The 
best 
variety of this useful vegetable the 
edible part of which is the enlarged 
globe-shaped stem. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 
25 cts., 54 lb. 60 cts., lb. $2.00. Post¬ 
paid. 
(Allium Porrum.) 
Poireau. Porree, Lauch. Perro. Puerro. 
CULTURE.—1 ounce is sufficient for 100 feet of drill, 4 to 6 pounds for 
an acre. Sow in February and March in drills 54 an inch deep and 9 inches 
apart, selecting light but rich soil. Thin to 1 inch and cultivate until the 
plants are 6 inches high. 
They are then ready for 
transplanting, and should 
be removed from the 
seed-bed carefully, the 
leaves being trimmed to 
half their length. Have 
the rows 18 inches apart, 
and set the plants with a 
dibble from 4 to 6 inches, 
allowing the earth to 
come almost to the leaves. 
Keep the soil well loos¬ 
ened, earthing up grad¬ 
ually as the leeks in¬ 
crease in size, so as to 
secure thorough blanch¬ 
ing of the bottoms. 
White Vienna 
Kohl-Rabi. 
Monstrous Car- 
pntnn This will be 
eiitd.ii. found a yery 
superior variety for mar¬ 
ket gardening, as the 
broad, thick stems are 
extra large. Good for 
either home or market. 
Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., 
54 lb. 65 cts., 1 lb. $2.25. 
Postpaid. 
American Flag. 
An excellent, hardy leek, 
with long stems that are 
of good quality. Pkt. 10 
cts., oz. 25 cts., 54 lb. 65 
cts., lb. $2.25. Postpaid. 
Monstrous Carentan Leek. 
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