. Buist's garden guide and almanac. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. BUIST'S GARDEN GUIDE. 75 The Arlington Tennis Ball.—This is a very celebrated strain of trie Boston Mar- ket, introduced by an extensive market gar- dener of Arlington, Mass.; it is undoubtedly a very valuable forcing variety, or for cold frame culture; producing good sized heads of a creamy-white color, and as solid as a head of cabbage; it cannot be recommended too high- ly. Per o
. Buist's garden guide and almanac. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. BUIST'S GARDEN GUIDE. 75 The Arlington Tennis Ball.—This is a very celebrated strain of trie Boston Mar- ket, introduced by an extensive market gar- dener of Arlington, Mass.; it is undoubtedly a very valuable forcing variety, or for cold frame culture; producing good sized heads of a creamy-white color, and as solid as a head of cabbage; it cannot be recommended too high- ly. Per oz., 30 cts.; £ lb., $; lb., $ Early Boston Market, or White - Seeded Tennis Ball.—A very popular and early variety, forming a fine solid head, which is both crisp and tender; very desira- ble for forcing, and a profitable variety for market gardeners. Per oz., 20 cts.; % lb., 40 cts.: lb., $ Big" Boston.—An improvement of the cele- brated Boston Market in the size of its heads, but identical with it in every other respect; one of the best forcing varieties as well as the earliest for outdoor culture. Per oz., 20 cts.; \ lb., 50 cts.; lb., $ Henderson's New York Cabbage.— A recently introduced variety, and especially recommended for outdoor culture as a general crop; it is remarkable for the size and solid- ity of its heads, which frequently weigh from two to four pounds each; in color it is quite distinct, the outer leaves being of a clear, deep apple green, while the inside ones are yellowish white. It is a self-blancher and both crisp and tender, but not suitabl e for forc- ing. Per oz., 25 cts.; 4 oz., 75 cts.; lb., $ Large Yellow Market Lettuce. Large Yellow Market.—This new Cab- bage Lettuce is of a greenish-yellow color, and forms very large flat heads of a solidity equal to that of a cabbage; they measure from 7 to 8 inches in diameter by about 24 inches in circumference, and, unlike all other varieties, is entirely free from unse
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