Catalogue of seeds, agricultural & horticultural supplies and guide for the garden, field & farm . ng,however, is always surer than sowing, and is therefore, preferred. The distance between the plants should notgenerally be less than ten or fifteen .inches. Stirring the earth about the roots from time to time is useful, buthaving once taken root, no further care is necessary. Water Cress is an aquatic plant with small, oval leaves, and prostrate habit. The leaves are universally usedand eaten as an early and wholesome salad in spring. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. |4 00. CUCUMBER. Pepino—Gurke—Concom
Catalogue of seeds, agricultural & horticultural supplies and guide for the garden, field & farm . ng,however, is always surer than sowing, and is therefore, preferred. The distance between the plants should notgenerally be less than ten or fifteen .inches. Stirring the earth about the roots from time to time is useful, buthaving once taken root, no further care is necessary. Water Cress is an aquatic plant with small, oval leaves, and prostrate habit. The leaves are universally usedand eaten as an early and wholesome salad in spring. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. |4 00. CUCUMBER. Pepino—Gurke—Concombre. Plant the seed as soon as theweather becomes settled andwarm, in hills four feet apart, us-ing a shovelful of warm, well-rotted manure to each hill. Coveri he manure two inches deep withline earth, and plant eight or tenseeds in each hill. The seedsshould be covered about one-halfinch deep with well pulverizedsoil and firmly pressed down withthe back of the hoe. Hoe often,and when out of danger from in-and Squash seeds, are considered best whenmore abundantly. One ounce will plant one. -Nichols Medium Green,sects thin to four plants in each hill. Cucumber, as well as Melontwo or three years old; they run less to vines, and bear earlier andhundred to one hundred and twenty-five hills. Per oz. Per lb. Boston Pickling, medium size; a very produc-tive kind, of superior quality (see cut) 10c Early Russian, the earliest; grows about fourinches long 10c Early Frame, a very popular variety; short andprolific Per oz. Per Cluster, veryproductive; grows inclusters; short andprickly (see cut) 10c 70c Long Green, an old standard sort; makeshard, brittle 10c 70c
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