Archive image from page 149 of Descriptive catalogue of a choice. Descriptive catalogue of a choice collection of vegetable, agricultural and flower seeds, gladiolus, lilies, and other summer flowering bulbs descriptivecatal1880bkbl Year: 1880 [Scorzonere, Fu. SCOKZONKKA. aicorzonere, Gku. Escorzonera, Sp.] Similar in many respects to Salsify, and is called by some Black Salsify or Black Oyster IMant. Culture the same as recommended for Salsify. It is cuUivjited exclusively lor its roots tlie Hesli of which is white, sugary and well )iavor('(l. ''J'ht-y may be boiled like the Parsnip and serv
Archive image from page 149 of Descriptive catalogue of a choice. Descriptive catalogue of a choice collection of vegetable, agricultural and flower seeds, gladiolus, lilies, and other summer flowering bulbs descriptivecatal1880bkbl Year: 1880 [Scorzonere, Fu. SCOKZONKKA. aicorzonere, Gku. Escorzonera, Sp.] Similar in many respects to Salsify, and is called by some Black Salsify or Black Oyster IMant. Culture the same as recommended for Salsify. It is cuUivjited exclusively lor its roots tlie Hesli of which is white, sugary and well )iavor('(l. ''J'ht-y may be boiled like the Parsnip and served plain al the table, or ihey niay be cooked like the Salsify. Before cocjking the outer coarse rind should be scraped oil, and the roots soaked a few hours in cold water to extract their bitter flavor, - Lb. Lb. SO 10 SO 25 $0 1') $2 00 SKA-KALK. {Crambe maritima, Lin. Crambe maritime, Fr. Selkohl metrkohl, Gek. Breton de vmr, Si'.] Culture.—Sow the seeds early in the Spring, an inch deep, in fourteen inch drills. TMien the plants are one year old transplant them eiglileen inches apart, in straight rows five feet asunder. The ground nuist have been thoi oughly trenched and manured. Late in the Fall, when the leaves have separated themselves from the crown, heap over each plant a shovel full of clean sand or ashes, and earth up a ridge a foot and a half high over the rows, from a trench dug along the space between them, and beat it smooth with the back of the spade. In the Spring, after the cutting is over, the earth should be leveled into trenches, so as to expose the crowns of the plants, and a good coat of strong manure dug in around them. It is adapted to the coldest climates, and deserves to be more extensively cultivated. p/ct, Qz. X Lb. Lb. This hardy perennial is cultivated for its blanched shoots, which are cooked as Asparagus, and is esteemed as a dehcate and wholesome esculent, 0 10 $0 30 §1 00 SS 00 SNAILS. Medicago orbicularis. Culture.—Sow the seeds early in
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