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horses and all other animals. They are also grown as a 
garden vegetable, for the table and the market. In com¬ 
position it closely resembles the Swede Turnip, and in 
cultivation and keeping can be treated exactly like the 
Swede Turnip or Rutabaga. If anything, it should be 
sown a little earlier than the Swede Turnip, say in May or 
early in June. 
The great value of the Kohl Rabi consists in its ability to 
stand the severest drouth. It is strange that it is not 
more extensively grown in this country. Perhaps the 
reason is that most of the seed that has hitherto been sent 
out has been very poor. We 
have imported some of the 
choicest seed that can be ob¬ 
tained in Germany, and hope 
all our customere will try it. 
Sow as you do ruta bagas. 
Kohl Rabi, Large 
Gree n— The best variety for 
the table or for stock. Per 
lb., $1.35; K lb., 40 cents ; oz., 
12cents; packet, 5cents. 
Xretthce. 
Fr. Laitue. Ger. Lattish Salat. 
Sow a little Lettuce seed in a box in the house, in Febru¬ 
ary or March, and as soon as the hot-bed is ready, set out 
the plants in one of the sashes. This will give you all the 
early Lettuce you wish. The Boston Market or White 
Seeded Tennis Ball is considered the best variety for 
forcing, though some of our customers prefer “The Dea¬ 
con.” 
For out door culture, the Deacon has certainly no 
superior, and as yet we have found no variety equal to it. 
Sow in rows 15 to 20 inches apart, dropping two or three 
seeds to an inch of row ; but as soon as the plants get well 
started thin out to afoot apart in the row. Keep the 
ground well hoed and clean, and you will have lettuce that 
is lettuce. The great value of the Deacon Lettuce is that 
it makes good heads of the highest quality, and will remain 
longer without running to seed or turning bitter than any 
other variety. 
Lettuce requires rich land and in addition four or five 
pounds of Superphosphate to the square rod will be found 
of wonderful efficacy. But 
Tennis Ball Lettuce. 
above all keep the land well 
hoed, and give each lettuce 
not less than two square feet 
of land. This will give 21,780 
lettuce to the acre. 
Early Green Tennis 
Kail, Black Seeded— 
A popular variety, especially 
for forcing. Hardy, early 
and of excellent quality. 
Per lb.„ $1.50; J4 lb., 45 cents; 
oz., 15 cents; packet, 5 cents. 
THE BEA¬ 
CON— See Spec¬ 
ialties, page 9. 
Per lb., $2.00; M 
lb., 60 cents; oz., 
20 cents; packet, 
5 cents. 
Early Curl¬ 
ed Simpson— 
A well known 
and favorite 
market variety. 
Per lb., $1.50; 
M lb., 45 cents; 
oz., 15 cents; packet, 5 cents. 
Malta Drumhead, 
Black. Seeded Simpson— Very similar to theEarly 
Curled Simpson, but lighter in color, and nearly twice the 
size. Per lb., $1.50; Mlb., 45 cents; oz., 15 cents; packet, 
5 cents. 
Black Seeded Simpson. 
Malta Drumhead or Ice 
Lettuce— A good lettuce; large, 
early, attractive looking and of 
good quality. Per lb., $1.50; J4 lb., 
45 cents; oz. 15 cents; packet, 5 cts. 
BOSTON MABKET, or 
White Seeded Tennis Ball— 
The best variety for forcing. This is 
the true early Boston Market Let¬ 
tuce. Per lb„ $2.00; M lb., 60 cents ; 
oz., 20 cents; packet, 5 cents. 
Cos Lettuce, Earls White 
—The best of all the Cos Lettuce, 
and a great favorite. To blanch it, 
tie up the heads. Per lb., $1.65; % 
lb., 45 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; packet, 5 cents. 
Mhsk AJelops. 
Fr. Melon. Ger. Zucker-Melone. 
Plant in rows not less than five feet apart each way, or 
six feet one way and four feet' in the rows. This gives a 
better chance for using the horse hoe between the rows. 
Sow a dozen seeds in each hill, and thin out to three or 
four strong plants in a hill. 
To succeed in growing Melons to perfection you require 
very rich land. A light soil is best, but Melons can be 
grown on any land if it is well pulverized and enough 
rotted manure is worked into it. 
The following record from our test garden notes on 
Melons last year, may interest our readers : 
Seed sown 
on sods in 
hot-bed. 
Transpl’d 
i out doors. 
Seed sown 
out doors. 
First fruit 
ripens on 
1 sod from 
hot-hed. 
First fruit 
rip’nsfr’m 
out-door 
sowing. 
New Early Hackens’k 
Netted Gem. 
April 28 
May 2 
May 24 
May 24 
May 24 
May 24 
May 24 
May 24 
May 24 
May 24 
Aug. 8 
Aug. 8 
Aug. 12 
Aug. 20 
Aug. 22 
Aug. 30 
Sept. 1 
Sept. 6 
Sept. 8 
Sept. 9 
Hackensack. 
April 28 
May 2 
May 2 
May 2 
April 28 
Miller’s Cream. 
May 24 
May 24 
Emerald Gem... 
Chamnion Market.... 
Montreal Market. 
May 24 
May 24 
ay 24 
Aug. 23 
Aug. 24 
Sept. 1 
NEW EARLY HACKENSACK— In size, shape and 
quality the New Early Hackensack resembles the well- 
known and popular Hackensack variety. As grown in 
our grounds last year they were fully equal in every re¬ 
spect to the Hackensack, and on the average at least a 
week earlier. Our seed is true and good. Per lb., $1.75: 
% lb., 50 cents; oz., 15 cents; packet, 5 cents. 
