HOVEY’S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE 
PER PKT. 
Large Red Drumhead. Larger than Red Dutch. Under good culture, the heads are very 
large and solid. Per oz., 30 cts.. 5 
Improved American Savoy. Very sweet and tender; good-sized, firm heads; very relia¬ 
ble, and much esteemed for family use, or as a market cabbage. Per oz., 40 cts. . . .10 
Green Globe Savoy. One of the best and most familiar of the Savoys; medium size; firm 
beadft: very tender. Per oz”, 20 cts . 5 
Drumhead Savoy. Head large, round, compact, and a little flattened, in the form of the com¬ 
mon Drumhead ; excellent for winter. Per oz., 25 cts.5 
Large Winter Drumhead Savoy. A new Savoy cabbage, from Paris, recommended for its 
very large size and good keeping qualities. Per oz., 40 cts . 10 
Russian Savoy. A new and hardy variety of the Savoy, with fine solid heads. Per oz., 50 cts. .10 
CORN, INDIAN (Zid Mais). 
All Corn l>y mail 15 cts. per qt. extra. 
Adams’s Early. Grown for early nse and the market; very early. Per qt., 25 cts. 
Early Burlington. A very early variety, much grown for the market; the ear good size. 
Per qt., 25 cts. 
Crosby’s Early Twelve-rowed Sweet. The earliest variety of twelve-rowed sweet corn 
brought into Boston maffcet; full-kernelled, sweet, and delicious. Received the pre¬ 
mium of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, in 1868, as the best early corn; grown 
almost exclusively bv Bostou-markct gardeners. Per qt., 30 cts. 
Darling’s Extra Early Sugar. Earlv, very tender; yields well, produces little fodder, 
ears near the ground, and is one of the best sorts for early use. Per qt., 30 cts. 
Red Cob Sweet. Medium early; usually twelve, but sometimes fourteen rowed; kernels 
large, very sweet. Per qt., 30 cts. 
Burr’s Improved Sweet. An improved variety; ears from twelve to sixteen rowed, and, in 
good soils and seasons, measure eight or ten inches in length, and nearly three inches in 
diameter; cob white: hardy, productive, tender, and sweet. Per qt., 30 cts. . 
Mammoth Sweet. A very large, late variety; cob white; fine flavored; one of the best. 
Per qt., 30 cts. 
Stowell’s Evergreen Sweet. This variety is intermediate in its season, and, if planted at 
the same time with the earlier kinds, will keep the table supplied till October. Hardy 
and productive, very tender and sugary, remaining a long time in a tonditiou suitable 
for boiling. Per qt., 30 cts. • . 
Early Nnrragansett Sweet. One of the earliest varieties; fit for boiling a week or ten days 
earlier than the “ Crosby.” Per qt., 30 cte>*. 
Farmer’s-Club Sweet. This variety comes very highly recommended by the raiser, who has 
continued to grow it for his own use fer tile past eight years. Ears of the best table- 
size, with eight rows: kernels large and pearly white; tender, sweet, and of unsur¬ 
passed creamy flavor. Per qt., 40 cts. 
Golden Sweet. Early, tender, sweet, and rich-flavored. Per qt., 40 eta. 
Nonpareil, or Pop-corn. A fine parching variety. Per qt., 30 cts.. 
Rice. Hardy and prolific; good for parching. Per qt., 50 cts. 
Early Canada Yellow. Productive and early. Per qt., 25 cts.. 
King Philip. Very productive, and recommended as one of the best field-sorts now in culti¬ 
vation. Per qt., 25 cts. . 
Tuscarora. A very laigo variety; eight-rowed; cob red; remaining a long time in a boiling 
state. Per qt., 30 cts. . . ». 
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CORN, SALAD, or FETTICUS (Valeriana Locusta). 
German, Lammer salat.— French, Macke. — Spanish, Canonigos. 
An annual plant, cultivated for its tender leaves, which are esteemed as a winter and early 
spring salad. The seed is usually sown In shallow drills, early in September. On ap¬ 
proach of winter, cover the plants lightly with straw. Per oz., 15 cts. .... 6 
CRESS, or PEPPERGRASS (Lepidium Sativum). 
German, Kresse. —French, Cresson .— Spanish, Mastruco. 
The leaves, while young, have a warm, pungent taste, and are eaten as a salad, either sepa¬ 
rately, or mixed with Lettuce or other salad-plants. 
Culture. — Sow rather thick in shallow drills, and at short intervals during the season. 
The Water-cress requires to be grown on the edge of a running stream or brook. 
Fine Curled. A well-known sort. Per oz., 10 cts.6 
Broad-leaved. Per oz. 10 cts.5 
Henderson’s Australian. Fine piquant flavor; for salads. Per oz., 10 cts.5 
Water. This is an aquatic plant. The leaves are universally used aud eaten as an early 
spring salad. Per oz., 50 cts.10 
CELERY (Apium Graveolens). 
German, Seleri. — French, Celeri. — Spanish, Apio. 
Celery Is one of the most popular salads used in this country. Succeeds well throughout 
the Northern and Middle States, and in the vicinity of some of onr large cities is grown in large 
quantities. 
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