. Buist's almanac and garden manual for the year 1888 :b designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers, farmers and planters, on the cultivation of vegetables, with other useful information on gardening. Vegetables. |!llllllllllllllllllllilllllllll!!llilllllMinillllllllllllllllllllllllll(lillllll1l(lllllllll|l|ll|l|lllllllllllllllllltllllllllllll!| i 86 BUIST'S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL. I. EARLY CABBAGE LETTUCE. EARLY DUTCH LETTUCE. Early Cabbage, or White Butter.âThis is a very i popular sort for either forcing or sowing in the open ground early in S the season ; it forms a beautiful, solid
. Buist's almanac and garden manual for the year 1888 :b designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers, farmers and planters, on the cultivation of vegetables, with other useful information on gardening. Vegetables. |!llllllllllllllllllllilllllllll!!llilllllMinillllllllllllllllllllllllll(lillllll1l(lllllllll|l|ll|l|lllllllllllllllllltllllllllllll!| i 86 BUIST'S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL. I. EARLY CABBAGE LETTUCE. EARLY DUTCH LETTUCE. Early Cabbage, or White Butter.âThis is a very i popular sort for either forcing or sowing in the open ground early in S the season ; it forms a beautiful, solid head, is very crisp and tender ; | but as soon as the season becomes warm it shoots to seed; it should, | therefore, only be planted for first crop in the open ground, but can = be sown broadcast in Septerr>ber, and transplanted into cold frames E for heading during }Vinter It is really the standard variety, and will | always give great satisfaction, | Early Dutch But- | tor.âA celebrated and en- | tirely distinct variety; very i popular in the Philadelphia i market, producing crisp, § white, solid heads, almost = equal to a cabbage ; the outer = leaves are speckled with a § brownish tinge. It is an = elegant forcing variety, or for = growing in cold frames, and = stands the heat and cold to a = remaikable degree ; regard it = as one of the very best and = most profitable varieties to = grow. = Early Curled Simp- I son.âAn improved variety = of the Curled Silesia, is quite = early, but* does not produce a = solid head ; leaves beautifully = curled, and forces well. = Early Hanson. âA | â curled variety, forming fine, = large, solid heads, which are 5 both crisp and tender. They = frequently attain two or three E pounds each. We regard it S as a very valuable variety. E niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'''<'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'<iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;. Please note that these images are extracted from scann
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