. Beckert's guide to better gardens : spring 1920. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Nursery stock Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Gardening Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Beckert's Seed Store, 101 and 103 Federal St., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. VEGETABLE SEEDS An Exceptionally Useful Vegetable: Chinese Cabbage, Pe-Tsai, or Celery Cabbage Although cultivated in the Orient for centuries, it has only been during the last few years that this remarkable
. Beckert's guide to better gardens : spring 1920. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Nursery stock Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Gardening Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Beckert's Seed Store, 101 and 103 Federal St., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. VEGETABLE SEEDS An Exceptionally Useful Vegetable: Chinese Cabbage, Pe-Tsai, or Celery Cabbage Although cultivated in the Orient for centuries, it has only been during the last few years that this remarkable vegetable has found recognition here as being worthy of cultivation in every home garden. Pe-Tsai really belongs to the mustard rather than the Cabbage family, although both are first cousins. This is the reason for its far superior flavor when compared with our regular Cab- bage. Pe-Tsai is equally palatable cooked or raw as a salad. Its tenderness and mild flavor make it particularly appetizing. It may also be made to form two distinct dishes by serving the leaves like lettuce and the stalks like celery. In upright habit of growth, it resembles the Cos Lettuces more than the Cabbages. The leaves are of a very appetizing bright yellowish green color, more like celery than Cabbage. The seeds are generally sown from July to September, in rows 2 feet apart and covered about 34inch, deeper in light and less in heavy soils. When the plants are 5 or 6 inches tall, thin them out to stand from 8 to 10 inches apart. Pe-Tsai—The Original Chinese Cabbage. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts., V^h. $, postpaid. W o* T3n\. A distinct variety of the above, forming plants of more compact growth, with larger Ong OOK. heac}s ancj broader stalks. Some claim also that it will stand longer before producing seed-stalks. Its quality is the very best—crisp, tender and brittle, with a fine piquant flavor of its own. This is one of the best sorts we know for both home and market garden, since it seems to
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