. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. J;MATEUK ^^ULTIVATOK'S l^UIDE. I* Per oz. Wlnnlgstadt. This is a German vnrictv, somewhat similar to the Oxheart, but more reguhir; conical; head:* very lull and solid. All thit)gs considered, this is one of the best for general cultivation. Per pkt., 10 80 SAVOY. Drumhead Savoy. Head lar<:e, round, compact, yellowish at the centre, and a littl*. flattened; excellent for winter. Per ptt., 5 .... Green Gl
. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. J;MATEUK ^^ULTIVATOK'S l^UIDE. I* Per oz. Wlnnlgstadt. This is a German vnrictv, somewhat similar to the Oxheart, but more reguhir; conical; head:* very lull and solid. All thit)gs considered, this is one of the best for general cultivation. Per pkt., 10 80 SAVOY. Drumhead Savoy. Head lar<:e, round, compact, yellowish at the centre, and a littl*. flattened; excellent for winter. Per ptt., 5 .... Green Globe, or Curled Savoy. One of the best and most familiar of the Savoys medium size; very tender. Per pkt., 10 Feather-Stem Savoy. A hybrid, possessing tlie growth and habit of Brussels Sprouts, A delicious vegetable. Treat as Brussels Sprouts. Per pkt., 10 . , .40. 1 .30 Id k THE BOSTOJi-MAHKET OR IMPROVED EARLY PARIS CAtH-irLOWEB. (Used, by permiMion, from The American Joamal of Horticulture.) CAULIFLOWER (Brassica Oleracea Botrttis). German, Blumen Kohl. — French, Choufleur. — Spanish, CoUflor. This very delicate vegetable was first introduced into England from the Island of Cypress, and is classed umong the most delicious of vegetables. Cultnre.— The proper seasons for sowing seeds are, for the early spring or summer crop, \ between tlie eighth and twentieth of September; and for the late autumn cron, about the first of April. The plants, as soon as they are two or three inches high, should be planted out in a bed of rich light earth, three inches apart each way, so as to grow Ann and stocky, to remove to their final place of growtli. For the purpose of growing them to perfection, use a bed of the richest light earth, two feet deep, made very rich, with wull-<iecom- ^ _ 03. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly rese
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