Illustrated hand book : Rawson's vegetable & flower seeds / & Co. . 26 RAWSONS CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. CRESS, or PEPPERQRASS. [CressoH, Fr. Kresse, Ger. Mastuerzo, Sp.]One ounce will sow sixteen square feet. If by mail, in quantities of 8 ounces and upwards, postage must beadded at tlie rate of 8 cts. per — Extensively vised as a small salad. Sow early in spring,very thickly in shallow drills. The sowings should be repeated at shortintervals, as it soon runs to Cress (seecut). — A mostvaluable andimportant ac-quisition. It isa hardy peren-nial, thrivi
Illustrated hand book : Rawson's vegetable & flower seeds / & Co. . 26 RAWSONS CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. CRESS, or PEPPERQRASS. [CressoH, Fr. Kresse, Ger. Mastuerzo, Sp.]One ounce will sow sixteen square feet. If by mail, in quantities of 8 ounces and upwards, postage must beadded at tlie rate of 8 cts. per — Extensively vised as a small salad. Sow early in spring,very thickly in shallow drills. The sowings should be repeated at shortintervals, as it soon runs to Cress (seecut). — A mostvaluable andimportant ac-quisition. It isa hardy peren-nial, thrivingon any soil, wetor dry. In ear-ly spring it isthe first tomake its ap-pearance, andgrows rapidly,that in a fewilays it is readyto use. It isweeks ahead ofany o t h erplant. Theyoung and ten-der leaves canbe eaten raw oras a salad. Perpkt., 10 cts.;oz., .$ Curled.—Fine flavor,lb., 65 IJlLAND CRE-SS. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts. 1-4 lb., 20 cts. Australian. — This is a superior variety, with fine, delicate green leaves, ofa piquant flavor. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., cts.; 1-4 35 cts.; lb., § Cress (see cuO. — The plant is cultivated by sowing the seeds by theside of running water, near springs which are not severely frozen in winter. Trans-planting, how-ever, is alwayssurer than sowing,and is thereforepreferred. Thismay be done fromMarch till distance be-t\veen the plantsshould not gener-ally be less thanten or fifteeninches. Stirringthe earth ahout theroots from timeto time is useful;but having oncetaken root, no fur-ther care is neces-sary. The leaves are universally used and eaten as an early and wholesome salad inspring. Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 1-4 lb., §
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