CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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EKDIVE. 
Endive is one of the best salads for fall and winter use. Sow for 
early supply about the middle of April. As it is used mostly in the 
fall months, the main sowings are made in June and July, from which 
plantations are formed at one foot apart each way, in August and 
September. It requires no special soil or manure, and after planting 
is kept clear of weeds until the plant has attained its full size, when 
the process of blanching begins. This is effected by gathering up the 
leaves and tying them by their tips in a conical form, with bass mat¬ 
ting. This excludes the light and air, which in the course of three 
to six weeks, according to the temperature at the time, become 
blanched. Another and simpler method consists in covering up the 
plants, as they grow, with slates or boards, which serves the same 
purpose, by excluding the light, as the tying up. 
Per pkt. Oz. 
Green Curled. —Very hardy; leaves dark green, tender and crisp. 5c. 25c. 
White Curled. —Leaves pale green; should be used when young.. 5c. 25c. 
KOHLRABI. 
A vegetable intermediate between the cabbage and the turnip. It 
is best cultivated by sowing the seed in rows in May, June and July, 
according to latitude. It is rather difficult to transplant, and it is 
generally preferable to sow the whole crop from seed, and thin it out 
where it stands ; although when the weather is favorable, the thin¬ 
nings mav be planted at the distances above named. 
v 1 Per pkt. Oz. 
Early White. —Flesh white and tender; the best market sort. 5c. 20c. 
Early Purple. —Differing from the above in color, which is of a 
bluish-purple...*.. 5c. 20c. 
LEEK. 
The Leek is very hardy, and easily cultivated; it succeeds best in 
a light, but well-enriched soil. Sow as early in spring as practicable, 
in drills one inch deep and one foot apart. When six or eight inches 
high they may be transplanted in rows ten inches apart each way, as 
deep as possible, that the neck, being covered, may be blanched. If 
fine leeks are desired, the ground can hardly be made too rich. 
Per pkt. Oz. 
London Broad Flag.—A very useful variety. 5c. 20c. 
Boston Curled Lettuce* 
