. Annual catalogue [of] high-class seeds. Nursery stock New York State Catalogs; Nurseries Horticulture New York State Catalogs; Tree Seedlings Prices; Seeds Prices; Vegetables Seeds Prices; Bulbs Plants Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Prices New York State New York; Nursery stock; Nurseries (Horticulture); Flowers; Bulbs (Plants); Vegetables; Trees. SALSIFY, or VEGETABLE OYSTER. Salsifis. Ostion Vegetal. §afertDurjef. Culture.—Sow as early as the ground can be worked in the spring, in drills twelve inches apart, one inch deep, and thin out to six inches in the row. Keep them f
. Annual catalogue [of] high-class seeds. Nursery stock New York State Catalogs; Nurseries Horticulture New York State Catalogs; Tree Seedlings Prices; Seeds Prices; Vegetables Seeds Prices; Bulbs Plants Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Prices New York State New York; Nursery stock; Nurseries (Horticulture); Flowers; Bulbs (Plants); Vegetables; Trees. SALSIFY, or VEGETABLE OYSTER. Salsifis. Ostion Vegetal. §afertDurjef. Culture.—Sow as early as the ground can be worked in the spring, in drills twelve inches apart, one inch deep, and thin out to six inches in the row. Keep them free from weeds. Cultivate the same as for Carrots and Parsnips. A part of the crop may be left in the ground till spring, when it will be found fresh and plump. The roots are cut into pieces half an inch long, boiled until tender, and then served with drawn butter, in which way it is a delicious vegetable. They are also mashed and baked like Parsnips, and have a sweet, agreeable flavor. Mashed and fried, the flavor is much like that of the oyster. Sow eight to ten lbs. to the acre. Per or. '^lb. Per lb. 1528 Long "White French $0 10 $0 30 $1 o» 1530 Mammoth Sandwich Island. Large and superior . 15 50 1 50 salsify. SCOLYMUS. A vegetable from Spain. The roots resemble a small Parsnip, and will keep through the winter like a Turnip. It is cultivated exactly like the Carrot, except that it should be grown in rows three feet apart and eighteen inches in the rows. It is eaten boiled, like Salsify. Peroz. tflb. Per lb. 1535 Scolymus So 20 So 60 $2 00 SWISS CHARD, or SILVER BEET. This is a Beet producing only leaves of a superior quality to the ordinary Beet's, and excellent as Cultivate about the same as Spinach, by sowing the seed in early spring, in drills about a foot apart. As it grows, thin out for use, and keep clear of weeds if success is desired. Good cultivation will greatly in- crease the delicacy and tenderness of the leaves. \U>. iVr \. '^N^AA >
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