SALSIFY. 
.-.ilsiiy, or Vegetable Oyster, is considered by many 
a delicious vegetable, in fact, a great luxury. Culture 
same as for Carrots and Parsnips. It is used for soup, 
boiled, fried, &c., and has the flavor of Oysters. 
Salsify, per lb., $ 2.50; per oz., 25 cents,. 10 
Black, or Scorzonera, a black variety, with a 
somewhat bitter root, not much used at present; 
per oz., 30 ccnLs, . 10 
SEA KALE. 
Sea Kale is a favorite in many 
parts of Europe, and the flavor 
is somewhat like Asparagus, but 
thought to be better. The part 
eaten is the young shoots that 
appear in the spring, and they 
arc not good until blanched. Sow 
in the spring, and plant out like 
Cabbage. During the summer ; 
the plant will look like the en¬ 
graving. The plant being per¬ 
ennial young shoots appear the 
second spring, and these are cov¬ 
ered with earth to blanch, or 
with a flower-pot ; and if it is 
desired to force them, cover the pot, and earth around 
with fresh manure. In the extreme North the plant 
needs a little covering of leaves or straw for the winter. 
Sea Kale, per oz. 30 cents,. *•. . 10 
TOMATOES. 
To obtain fruit 
very early, sow in 
the hot-bed in 
March. In abogt 
five weeks plants 
should be trans¬ 
planted to another 
hot-bed, setting 
them about four or 
five inches apart. 
Here they should 
remain, having all 
the air possible, until about the middle of May, when 
they may be put out in the ground. If not too early or 
too cold, a cold-frame will answer for the first trans¬ 
planting. 
Tomato, Hubbard’s Curled Leaf, the earliest 
of all the Tomatoes; small to medium in size, 
some specimens irregular; plant dwarf in 
habit ; set half the usual distance apart ; the 
leaves curl as though the plants were drying up ; 
per oz. 25 cents,. 5 
Conqueror, is an early Tomato, ripening after 
the Curled Leaf, and a few days before the Gen. 
Grant. It has no merit except its earliness; too 
soft for shipping ; per oz. 25 cents, . 5 
Gen. Grant, a very superior, good sized Tomato, 
smooth, rather flat in form : of good quality, 
and ripens* rapidly and thoroughly ; oz., 30 cts., 
Hathaway’s Excelsior, early, medium to large, 
smooth as an apple; very solid, and of excel¬ 
lent quality every way ; the best Tomato I have 
ever grown ; peroz., 40(5ls. : per half oz., 25CIS. 
Early Smooth Red, early, smooth, round, me¬ 
dium size, of fair quality, and productive; per 
oz., 30 cents,. 
Tomato, Trophy, very large, pretty smooth, 
very solid, and of fair quality; too late or it 
would be popular; per oz., 50 cents; half oz., 
30 cents,.. • 
Green Gage, a new, smooth, orange-colored To¬ 
mato; less than medium size; of very good 
flavor,. 
Persian, a very large, solid variety, of delicate 
flavor, and beautiful creamy yellow in color ; 
per oz., 50 cents,. 10 
Large Yellow, bright yellow, large, smooth ; 
per oz., 30 cents, . 5 
Pear-Shaped, fine for preserving and pickling, . 5 
Plum-Shaped, Yellow, for preserving and 
pickling,. 5 
Cherry, Yellow and Red, for preserving or 
pickling, each,. 5 
Strawberry, or Winter Cherry, a distinct spe¬ 
cies ; prized for preserving,. 10 
TURNIPS. 
The soil for 1 ..mips should be rich and mellow. Sow 
in drills, from twelve to eighteen inches apart, and half 
an inch deep. When the plants are a few inches in 
height, and strong enough to resist the attack of insects, 
thin them out to some five or six inches apart in the 
drills. Swede pr Ruta Baga Turnips should be sown by 
the first of June, the rows being about eighteen inches 
apart, and the plants in the rows not less than ten inches. 
The common, or English Turnip , comes to perfection 
in a short time, and if the weather is showery in the Au¬ 
tumn will mature if sown very late. In this climate we 
sow from middle of August until middle of September. 
ENGLISH TURNIPS. 
Turnip, Early White Flat Dutch, size me¬ 
dium; grows quick; lb. 75 < 5 ls. ; oz., 10 cents, 5 
Early Yellow Dutch, one of the best for the 
garden ; per lb., 75 < 5 ts v ; per oz., 10 cents, . . 5 
White Norfolk, a popular variety for feeding; 
per lb., 75 <fts. ; per oz., 10cents,. 5 
Strap-Leaved White-Top, roundish, of medi¬ 
um size; one of the best, either for market or 
family use ; per lb., 75 < 51 s. ; per oz. , 10 cents, . 5 
Strap-Leaved Red-Top, similar to above, pur¬ 
ple above ground ; per lb., 75 < 5 ls. ; per oz., 10c. 5 
Early White Stone, a good, globe-shaped Tur¬ 
nip; per lb., 75 < 5 ts. ; per oz., 10 cents, .... 5 
Early Yellow S tone, similar to above, except 
in color; per lb., 75 < 5 ts. ; per oz., 10 cents, . . 5 
Early White Six Weeks, or Snow Ball, very- 
early and fine ; per lb., 75 els. ; per oz., 10 < 51 s., 5 
White Globe, large, white ; fine for field cul¬ 
ture ; per lb., 75 cents ; per oz., 10 cents, ... 5 
Yellow Globe, an excellent smooth, yellow, 
round Turnip, of large size; known in some 
places as Golden Ball; lb. 75 cents; oz. 10 < 51 s., 5 
Orange Jelly, a very beautiful yellow Turnip, 
one wf the very best yellows for the table ; per 
5 I tb., 7s cents ; per oz., 10 cents,. 5. 
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