Vick's garden and floral guide . -shell winter Squash. Flesh yellow, dry, and sweet; excellentfor pies. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; lb., 25 cents; lb., 80 cents. Large Tours, or Mammoth. Grows to an immense size, often weigh-ing over 100 lbs. Packet, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents; 54 lb., 30 cents;lb., $ Mammoth Red Etampes. Skin brilliant, glossy red; flesh deeporange, very thick. Matures early. Packet, 10 cents; oz., 20 cents;54 lb., 60 cents ; lb., $ King of the Mammoths, or Jumbo. The largest of all Pumpkins. Round in shape, flattened at both ends. It is a splendid keeper, and val
Vick's garden and floral guide . -shell winter Squash. Flesh yellow, dry, and sweet; excellentfor pies. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; lb., 25 cents; lb., 80 cents. Large Tours, or Mammoth. Grows to an immense size, often weigh-ing over 100 lbs. Packet, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents; 54 lb., 30 cents;lb., $ Mammoth Red Etampes. Skin brilliant, glossy red; flesh deeporange, very thick. Matures early. Packet, 10 cents; oz., 20 cents;54 lb., 60 cents ; lb., $ King of the Mammoths, or Jumbo. The largest of all Pumpkins. Round in shape, flattened at both ends. It is a splendid keeper, and valuable for stock feeding ; also desirable for exhibition purposes. Packet, 10 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; 54 lb., 40 cents ; lb., $ Field. The hardiest of all Pumpkins; cultivated mainly for stock - feeding, producing enormous crops. Packet, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents ; % lb., 15 cents ; lb., 40 , or Crookneck. A favorite sort of excellent quality. Packet, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents ; % lb., 30 cents ; lb., $ SALSIFY Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster, is used for soups, also boiled, fried, etc., andpossesses the flavor of the oyster, for which it is sometimes used as a the same as for Carrots and Parsnips; flourishes best, with longest,smoothest roots, in a light, deep, mellow soil, thoroughly enriched with ?well-rotted manure. Coarse and fresh manure will cause the roots to grow ill-shaped. Sow early in the spring, in drills a foot or more apart, covering theseed not more than two inches in depth. Thin out to six inches apart. Aportion of the crop may remain in the ground all winter, like the Parsnip. Oneounce will sow 75 feet of drill. White French. The old favorite variety. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; % lb., 40 cents ; lb., $ Sandwich Island. This is the largest and most profitable Salsify now in cultivation. Packet, 5 cents; oz., 15 cents; % lb., 50 cents ; lb., $ Black, or Scorzonera. A black variety, with a somewha
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