. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 . W ^ yV lip" ' â 5J/ po>ed manure, surrounded by a frame covered with glass or shutters. The frame should b« ] 7!^ surrounded with straw or litrer of some kind; also the glass or shutters should be coveied y. with mats or dry straw in severe weather, observing to give plenty of air on mild and pleas- V ^* ant days to prevent the plants from drawing or damping otif at the neck: should be kept i well watered: soap-suds is beneficial. For a late autumn crop they require w -articular care or skill
. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880 . W ^ yV lip" ' â 5J/ po>ed manure, surrounded by a frame covered with glass or shutters. The frame should b« ] 7!^ surrounded with straw or litrer of some kind; also the glass or shutters should be coveied y. with mats or dry straw in severe weather, observing to give plenty of air on mild and pleas- V ^* ant days to prevent the plants from drawing or damping otif at the neck: should be kept i well watered: soap-suds is beneficial. For a late autumn crop they require w -articular care or skill. per oz. Early Paris, tieads rather large, white, and compact; leaves large, stalk short; a fj very early sort: should be planted in spring. Per pkt., .15 . . jl ] Carter's Dwarf Mammoth. A very early hardy variety, of dwarf and compact ^| ^ habit, with a firm white head; one of the finest. Per pkt., .15 . - 1 Erfurt Earliest D^rarf. One of the best for early forcing and open ground; very . dwarf, leaves small, heads large and very firm; pure white. Per pkt., .50. ^ ! I Erfurt Large Eairly "WTiite. An excellent variety, compact heads. Per pkt., .25 . V| ^ Walcheren. A verv early variety, with close, compact head; a general favorite. Per pLt.,'.10 75 Le i\^ormand. A French variety; heads large, compact, and fine flavor; a superior variety in all respects'. Per pkt., ,15 3' Lemaitre. A fine variety; producing a large, firm head, very white, and of superior / quality; much esteemed by the Paris gardeners. ' Per pkt., .25, â ?i, Boston Market. This is one of the finest varieties of this delicious vegetable grown, and is very popular with the market-gardeners about Boston, who li *^ find it particularly suited to this climate. It has been brought to its present state of perfection by a careful system of cultivation, and selec- tion of specimens from which to grow seed. It is very early; produces uniformly large and fine solid fiowers, or heads, of
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