. Buist's almanac and garden manual for the year 1888 :b designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers, farmers and planters, on the cultivation of vegetables, with other useful information on gardening. Vegetables. increasing in this coun- try, and especially so in the Southern States. This variety is far superior to any other, producing immense leaves, which are beau- tifully curled, and of very rapid growth. Black or Brown London.—Used for the same purposes as the above; the difference being in the color of the seed. GIANT southern Creole curled mustard. E Chinese.—A variety, lately introd
. Buist's almanac and garden manual for the year 1888 :b designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers, farmers and planters, on the cultivation of vegetables, with other useful information on gardening. Vegetables. increasing in this coun- try, and especially so in the Southern States. This variety is far superior to any other, producing immense leaves, which are beau- tifully curled, and of very rapid growth. Black or Brown London.—Used for the same purposes as the above; the difference being in the color of the seed. GIANT southern Creole curled mustard. E Chinese.—A variety, lately introduced, producing larger E foliage, and more succulent stems than the Common White, of a E deeper green color, and more desirable for salad. E MUSHROOM SPA^WN. | FREN'CH spawn in boxes. ENGLISH SPAWN IN BRICKS. = Mushrooms may be cultivated much easier than is generally = supposed. They can be grown in a cellar or shed, or in beds prepared E in the open air in the same manner as hot beds. Take fresh horse E manure, shake it well apart, E and lay it into a heap to E ferment; turn and mix it well E every three or four days, by E shaking the outside of the E heap, which is cold, and the E inside, which is hot, together, E so that every part of it may be E equally fermented, and de- E prived of its noxious quality. E When the dung is in a fit state E to be made into a bed, which = will be in two or three weeks = after it has been put together = iiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin. FRENCH MUSHROOM Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buist, Robert, Jr; Robert Buist Company. Philadelphia : J. F. Dickson [printer]
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