The Vegetable Department embraces almost every article of value known. We have 
excluded everything our experience has proved unworthy of culture, as also some untried and 
not very promising kinds. As fast as new Vegetables establish their good character we shall add 
them to our list, but shall exercise our usual caution in introducing new candidates for public favor. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Young Asparagus shoots arc fit for use in the spring, 
whena few inches high. Sow the seed in drills, about 
one inch deep, and rows about a foot apart. Keep the 
-soil mellow and free from weeds during the summer, and 
in the fall or succeeding spring the plants maybe set out 
in beds, about a foot apart each way. Set them in nar¬ 
row beds, about a foot apart each way, leaving the 
crown of the root about four inches below the surface. 
Before winter, cover the bed with a dressing of manure. 
Purchasing roots instead of seed will save a year in time. 
Asparagus, Conover’s Colossal, large, and of 
rapid growth ; per lb. 75 cents ; per oz. jo cents 5 
Roots—1 year, by mail, per 100, prepaid, . . . $1.5° 
2 years, by mail, per 100, prepaid, . . 3.50 
2 years, by express, per 100, not paid, . 1.50 
BEANS. 
Beans like a 
dry and rather 
light soil, though 
they will do well 
in any garden 
soil if not set out 
too early in the 
spring. Dwarfs 
are earliest and 
most hardy, as a 
general rule. 
DWARF OR SNAP BEANS. 
Beans, Early Rachel, the earliest, and very hardy ; 
desirable as a String Bean ; per pint 25 cents, . i*> 
Long Yellow Six-Weeks, one of the earliest; 
an excellent and productive String Bean ; per 
pint 25 cents,. 
Early Mohawk, a hardy, productive and excel¬ 
lent String Bean; per pint, 25 cents,. 
Wax or Butter, a popular variety wherever 
known; the pods a waxy yellow, solid, very 
tender and almost transparent, stringless, seeds 
black when ripe; per pint 35 cents,. 
Early Valentine, early and tender for String 
Beans; per pint 25 cents,. 
Early China, early, tender for String Beans, 
good for shelling; per pint 25 cents,. 
White Kidney or Royal Dwarf, one of the 
very best for shelling, either green or dry; per 
pint 25 cents,. 
Beans, White Marrowfat, clear white, almost 
round, fair as a String Bean, and first class for use 
shelled, either green or dry; per pint 25 cents, 10 
Refugee, hardy, abundant bearer, flesh thick and 
tender, one of the very best for pickling, on ac¬ 
count of its thick flesh ; not very early, will pro¬ 
duce pods fit for eating in about eight weeks 
from planting; per pint 25 cents,. 10 
Broad Windsor, the celebrated Broad Bean 
of England, growing on a strong stalk, about 
two feet in height. Beans eaten shelled. Not 
very well adapted to our climate; pint 35 cents, 15 
RUNNING BEANS. 
Large Lima, the most buttery and delicious 
Bean grown. Plant in a warm, sandy soil, if 
possible, not too early; per pint 40 cents, ... J5 
London Horticultural, or Speckled Cran¬ 
berry, a round, speckled Bean, tender for Snap 
Beans, and excellent for shelling; pint35cents, 15 
Giant Wax, thick, fleshy, creamy yellow, waxy 
looking pods, very tender and excellent as a 
Snap Bean; productive, keeping in bearing a 
very long time; seeds red, rather tender; per 
pint 50 cents,. -O 
Scarlet Runner. This is the favorite Snap 
Bean of Europe, and nothing else will sell as 
soon as this appears in market. It is often 
planted in rows and allowed to run on the 
ground ; per pint 35 cents,. 15 
BORECOLE, or KALE. 
The Kales are 
more hardy than 
the Cabbage, and 
will endure consid¬ 
erable frost without 
injury. When cut 
frozen, they are im¬ 
mediately placed 
in cold water. 
They do not form 
heads like Cab¬ 
bage, but furnish 
abundance of pret¬ 
ty, curly leaves. 
Culture same as for Cabbage. 
Borecole or Kale, Dwarf German Greens, 
or Sprouts, bright green, resembling Ruta 
Baga tops, and of fine flavor. The plan is to 
sow in rows, about a foot apart, in September, 
and gather in early spring, like Spinach; per 
lb. $1.23; per oz. 15 cents, . ....... 5 
Green Curled, or Scotch Kale, dwarf, nicely 
curled, and bright green ; hardy, and may be 
cut from the ground all the early part of winter. 
Per lb. $1.25 ; per oz. 15 cents,. 5 
Purple Kale, like the Scotch Kale, except in 
color, and will endure more frost; oz. 20 cents, 5 
Cottagers’ Kale, the favorite English variety, 
dwarf, and curled. Treatment as for Cabbage, 
except that it should remain in the ground until 
needed for use ; per oz. 20 cents,. 5 
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