. Beckert's garden field and flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Viui-d JlosbacJt. Kith. Best Sorts of Kale and Lettuce. KALE, or BORECOLE (®rcm§Jofit) This species of the cabbage family does not form heads. The leaves are of deli- cate flavor ; quite hardy, and improved rather than injured by frost. Will grow in almost any soil, but both the flavor of the leaves and the yield are greatly improved by a rich one. An ounce of seed -will sow about 200 feet of drill.
. Beckert's garden field and flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Viui-d JlosbacJt. Kith. Best Sorts of Kale and Lettuce. KALE, or BORECOLE (®rcm§Jofit) This species of the cabbage family does not form heads. The leaves are of deli- cate flavor ; quite hardy, and improved rather than injured by frost. Will grow in almost any soil, but both the flavor of the leaves and the yield are greatly improved by a rich one. An ounce of seed -will sow about 200 feet of drill. DWARF GERMAN GREENS (Siberian"Kale). Generally sown broadcast, but can be sown in drills a foot apart in August, and the plants treated like spinach; they will be ready for use in fall or early spring. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts. DWARF CURLED GREEN SCOTCH. Seldom exceeds 18 inches in height, but rounds out to a diameter of 3 feet under good cultivation. The leaves are bright green, tender and elegantly curled. Very hardy, and one of the best grown. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., J£lb. 25 cts. TALL CURLED GREEN SCOTCH. Plants unusually hardy and productive, growing 2 feet or more in height, with recurved, spreading, deep green, curly leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts. MOSBACH. In height between the two preceding. Leaves bent upwards; light yellow-green in color; very curled; white, narrow ribs; very showy. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20cts., J£lb. 60 cts. SEA KALE Grown for its bleached stems, which are prepared like asparagus, in drills 1 inch deep and 2 feet apart; thin out to6 inches in the rows following spring plant in hills 3 feet apart. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts. LETTUCE (©arteti Satof) Seed for the first outdoor erop is usually sown in hotbeds in February, and the seedlings transplanted to the garden in April, 8 to 12 inches apart, in rows 12 inehes apart. For a succession until frost, sow in drills in the § open ground at intervals of every two or thr
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