CATALOGUE OK VEGETABLE SEEDS 
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Boragcm 
The young leaves of this annual are used as a salad, or boiled like spinach. Sow in the spring, in light soil, and 
thin out to eight inches apart. The flowers aie a pretty blue and afford excellent food for bees throughout a long season. 
Borage, pkt. 5 cts.: oz. 20 cts. 
Borecole or Kalom 
German, Blaiierkohl. — French. Chou Vert. — Spanish, Breton. 
Sow early in the spring in prepared beds, covering the seeds thinly and 
evenly; transplant in June, and treat in the same manner as for cabbage. They 
are extremely hardy, and will endure quite a low temperature. The .Siberian 
variety is also sown in September for early greens. One ounce zvtll sow /jo feet 
drill. , , , t , 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. Leaves of a bright green and very tender and 
closely curled. The quality is improved if the plants are touched by frost 
before being used. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts. ; % lb. 25 cts.; lb. 80 cts. 
Dwarf Brown. Similar to the preceding, but of darker color, veiy hardy. Pkt. 
5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; X ^5 cts.; lb. 80 cts. 
Siberian or German Greens. Sown in fall for spring u.se. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 
To Cts. ; X -o cts. ; lb. 70 cts. 
Tail Green Curled Scotch. Similar to the dwarf, but of more vigorous growth. 
I'kt. 5 Cts. : oz. 10 cts.; X -5 cts. ; lb. 80 cts. 
BroccoUm 
German, Spargelkohl. — French, Chou Brocoli. — Spanish, Broculi. 
This vegetable closely resembles the cauliflower, but is hardier. Like cabbage 
and cauliflower, it succeeds best in deep, rich, moist soil and in cool weather. The 
seed should be sown at the same time and the plants receive the same general culture 
as cabbage. Broccoli completes its growth from seed in from 120 to 140 days ; five to ten 
Curled Scotcfi Kale. 
degrees of frost will not injure the plants when they are approaching maturity. 
ounce of seed will produce about i.joo plants. 
Pkt. Oz. 
Early Purple Cape. Hardy, heads of medium .size, and compact 
formation ........... $o.to $0.35 
Veitch*s. Self-protecting, large, compact head .... .10 .35 
White Cape. Like Purple Cape, but of a creamy white color . .10 .35 
One 
1/4 lb. 
81.25 
*•25 
1.25 
Brussels Sprouts. 
German, Sprossenkohl. — French, Chou de Bruxelles. — S])anish, Berza de Brusela. 
Species of the Cabbage family. It produces along the whole length of the stem 
small sprouts resembling miniature cabbages. These heads are a great delicacy boiled 
in the same way as cauliflower. Seed should be sown about the middle of May in a 
seed bed, and the plants after^vards set out in rows two feet apart and cultivated like 
cabbage. Being small and hard, the sprouts are not in the least affected by frost. One 
ounce of seed produces about 1.200 plants. 
Aigburth. The finest variety. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 20 cts,; % ]h. 60 cts. 
Improved Paris Market. A most desirable strain. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; X 5 ° cts. 
Paris MarUct 
llrusscls Sprouts. 
The seeds which I received from you last Spring were of good quality; the man 
%vho has been on this place for nearly thirty years says that he never saw such corn 
or garden stuff. Yours truly^ 
New Braintree, Mass. CHABLIiS O. JOI/A'SON. 
Cabbage. 
German, A'op/l-oJtL — Vrenc\\, Chou — Spanish, Berza. 
(For price on Cabbage Plants, see Vegetable I lants.) 
All the Cabbage tribe requires is the soil to be rich, deep, well-drained, and 
abundantly manured. For the early kinds, plant 30 inches between the rows and 
16 inches between the plants. For the late kinds, three feet between the rows 
and two feet between the plants. For very early use, sow in January or hebru- 
arv, in hot-beds. Set out when the plants are strong enough into other hot-beds, 
or set in cold-frames in March. Transplant when danger from frost is past to 
the open ground. For a succession, sow in the open ground last of March or 
early in April. The late or winter crop seed can be sown m May and the plants 
set out in July. Late plants are sometimes subject to attacks of the cabbage fly, 
which destroys them as fast as they appear above ground To prevent this de- 
stniction, sprinkle the plants with wood ashes, air-slacked lime, plaster, slug-shot, 
or tobacco dust, when the plants are wet with dew. 
Karly Smiimcr <'Hbl>agc. 
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