Catalogue of Vegetable Seeds. 
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RADISH. 
German, Rettig , Radieschcn. — French, Radis, Rave , Petit Rave. —Spanish, Rabano. 
Radishes require a light, rich, sandy loam; heavy or clayey soils not only delay 
maturity but produce crops much inferior, both in appearance and especially in flavor, 
constant supply, sow from the middle of March until September, at intervals of two or 
weeks. For an early supply, they may be sown in a hot-bed in February. 
Long Scarlet Short-Top, the standard variety for market and private 
gardens... 
Scarlet Turnip, rather more delicate in flavor than the above ; excellent for 
summer use. 
French Breakfast, a variety of quick growth, very mild and tender, form 
oval, color scarlet, tipped with white. 
Olive-Shaped Scarlet, oblong-shaped, flesh rose-colored; a good summer 
variety. 
Rose China Winter, bright rose color; flesh firm and piquant, excellent 
for winter use.. 
Black Spanish, one of the hardiest and best for winter use. 
California Mammoth White, a giant white-fleshed Fall Radish, of excellent 
quality....... 
White Tipped Scarlet Turnip, this is an early variety, of medium size, of 
excellent flavor, and of very handsome appearance. 
White Summer Turnip, excellent for summer use, of mild flavor. 
Yellow Summer Turnip, grows to a large size, excellent to stand the heat 
and drought of summer. 
Gray Summer Turnip, an excellent variety for summer use. 
Long Winter, an exceedingly fine winter variety, grows somewhat larger 
than the Black Spanish, good keeper, and of a gray color. 05 
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SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT. 
German, Bok start. — French, Salsifts. —Spanish, Ostra Vegetal. 
Sow early in spring in drills fifteen inches apart, cover the seeds with fine soil an inch and a 
in depth, and when the plants are strong enough, thin out to six inches apart. The roots are 
taken up in the fall and preserved in sand, or remain in the ground and are dug up in the spring. 
To prepare them for the table they should be boiled like parsnips, or cut up in thin slices and 
boiled in water, or milk and water, mashed, thickened with flour, and fried with salt pork or 
butter. Per pkt., 5c.; oz., 30c. lb., $3.00. 
SEA-KALE. 
German, Seekohl Meerkohl. — French, Crambe .Maritime. —Spanish, Breton de Mar. 
Cultivated for its blanched shoots, which are cooked as asparagus. A supply may be had all 
winter by planting the roots closely in a warm cellar before frost. Sow one inch deep, in drills 
two feet apart, thin out to six inches, and the next spring plant in hills three feet apart. Per pkt., 
ioc.; oz., 30c.; lo., $3.00. 
SPINACH. 
German, Spinat. — French, Spinard. — Spanish, Espinaea. 
Spinach likes a rich soil, and should be planted for a main crop in August or September. 
When cold weather sets in it should be protected from the frost by covering with straw and brusht 
For summer use sow at intervals of two or three weeks from April to August. 
Round Leaf, equally good for spring or fall sowing.. 
Prickly, or Winter, does not yield per acre as much as the round, but is hardier 
New Zealand, produces leaves in great abundance throughout the summer; 
should be raised in heat, and transplanted three feet apart each way into 
light, rich soil... 
Savoy-Leaved, new, and a great acquisition Stands the winter as well as 
the Prickly, and produces twice the quantity per acre. The leaf is 
Extra Large Round-Leaved Viroflay, a splendid variety of the Lettuce¬ 
leaved Spinach, but with leaves much longer and broader, round, thick 
and fleshy, dark green. Young plants transplanted into a rich soil will 
grow to an enormous size. 
Bloomsdale Spinach, this is much superior to the ordinary round leaf and 
is fast becoming popular with market gardeners. It has a blistered leaf 
which makes it springy. It lies lighter than the common sort in boxes or 
barrels, and being less liable to heat, will keep longer in good condition 
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