. Descriptive catalogue of field, garden and flower seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture), New York (State), Rochester, Catalogs; Seeds, Catalogs and collections; Horticulture, Catalogs; Gardening, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs and collections. 10 JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETOIf FARM, ROCHESTER, i?". Y. Wax, or Butter, the best and most popular variety; pods solid, stringless, tender and almost transparent; it cannot be too highly recommended. Per pint, 35 cents; per paper, 12 White Kidney or Royal Dwarf, one of the best beans for succotash or for shelling green or dry; also unsurpassed for baking. Hardy
. Descriptive catalogue of field, garden and flower seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture), New York (State), Rochester, Catalogs; Seeds, Catalogs and collections; Horticulture, Catalogs; Gardening, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs and collections. 10 JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETOIf FARM, ROCHESTER, i?". Y. Wax, or Butter, the best and most popular variety; pods solid, stringless, tender and almost transparent; it cannot be too highly recommended. Per pint, 35 cents; per paper, 12 White Kidney or Royal Dwarf, one of the best beans for succotash or for shelling green or dry; also unsurpassed for baking. Hardy, medium early and very productive. Pint, 30 cents ; per paper, 10 POLE OR RUNNING BEANS. Speckled Cranberry, or London Hor- ticultural, a very useful and popular va- riet}^; excellent for snaps in the green state and also for shelling. Per pint, 40 cts.; per paper, 12 Large Lima, the most delicious bean in the world. Per pint, 40 cents; per paper, 15 Scarlet Runner, useful and orna- mental ; very popular in England; grows from eight to ten feet high and produces a constant succession of scarlet flowers and delicious string- beans; often used to form a quick growing and ornamental screen. Per pint, 35 cents; per paper, 12 BEETS. In the garden, drill in beets in rows fif- teen inches apart. In the field, or where the horse hoe is used, drill in rows two and a half feet apart. The soil can hardly be made too rich or too mellow for beets. Sow as early as the soil can be got into good condition. Sow the seed thick in the rows, say one seed to each inch, and thin out the plants as soon as the leaves are two inches high and use them for '' ; In a week or ten days later, begin to thin out the beets that are large enough for the table. If this is done judiciously, a small plot of beets will fur- nish a great supply. The beets, how- ever, will be larger and of better quality if thinned at the start to six or eight inches apart, and the land frequently hoed and kept free from
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