. George Tait and Sons' price list and descriptive catalogue of field and garden seeds. Nursery stock Virginia Norfolk Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 51 Culture.—An ounce of white mustard is sufficient for 80 feet of drill; of the other sorts an ounce will sow 160 feet of drill. Sow the White and Brown in early spring for greens, broadcast or in drills eighteen inches apart. The others may be sown in fall or early spring in rows about -two feet apart, and thinned out afterwards to two feet in the row. OKRA. [Hibiscus Escule
. George Tait and Sons' price list and descriptive catalogue of field and garden seeds. Nursery stock Virginia Norfolk Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 51 Culture.—An ounce of white mustard is sufficient for 80 feet of drill; of the other sorts an ounce will sow 160 feet of drill. Sow the White and Brown in early spring for greens, broadcast or in drills eighteen inches apart. The others may be sown in fall or early spring in rows about -two feet apart, and thinned out afterwards to two feet in the row. OKRA. [Hibiscus Esculentus.) giaP'-For price per pound, see Market Gardeners' List in last pages. WHITE VELVET.—Extremely productive; the pods round, light colored and smooth. It is the finest variety in cultivation, but is not sufficiently known in Virginia and North Carolina to be safe for a market crop, for which a green okra is required at present. In the far Southern States this is now the favorable variety, and we are making every effort to promote its popularity here. Per pkt. 5 cts.; per oz. 10 cts.; per \ lb. 20 cts. IMPROVED DWARF.—This variety begins to bear when very small, and, if cultivated, will continue to bear until frost. This vegetable is by no means as well-known as it deserves, being exceedingly wholesome and nutritious; it seems a rather peculiar and unattractive dish to those who taste it for the first time, but a fondness for it is easily acquired. Per pkt. 5 cts. ; per oz. 10 cts. ; per } lb. 20 cts. LONG GREEN.—Has long, pale green pods borne on a tall and vigorous stalk. Per pkt. 5 cts. ; per oz. !0 cts. ; per J lb. 20 cts. Culture.—An ounce is sufficient for 75 hills. The seed of okra will not germinate when the ground is cold and wet, and it should not, therefore, be planted too early in the season. Sow in hills two feet apart, and thin out to one plant in the hill. Hoe often and earth up well to the stem. The pods are much esteemed for the agreeable richness t
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