. 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. UllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillilllllllllllllllllMIIIH BUIST'S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 107% I Carter's Pride of the Market.—Another English novel- = = ty. In length of pod it is equal to the Stratagem. Grows from eigh- = = teen inches to two feet high, and is of fine flavor. Its robust constitu- = = t
. 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. UllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillilllllllllllllllllMIIIH BUIST'S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 107% I Carter's Pride of the Market.—Another English novel- = = ty. In length of pod it is equal to the Stratagem. Grows from eigh- = = teen inches to two feet high, and is of fine flavor. Its robust constitu- = = tion, enormous productiveness, and superior appearance will ensure = = its acceptance as a favorite with the public. = = Carter's Telephone.—A marvellous variety, producing = E pods of prodigious size, and well filled with mammoth peas of exquis- = E ite flavor. Growth, five feet ; an extraordinary cropper. = E Kentish Invicta is a round, blue variety, producing straight = E and handsome well-filled pods, and is quite early. We regard it as a E E market variety of unsurpassed excellence, and should be planted for a E E general crop, as well as an early one. E = Early Tom Thumb is a favorite with all, on account of its E E very dwarf habit, and is really ~ E more productive than many va- E rieties that grow twice its height; E it produces a fine-sized pod ; the = peas are sweet and tender ; and E is especially adapted for small E gardens. I McLean's Early Blue E Peter is a remarkablj^ dwarf E variety, with dark green foliage. § Splendid bearer with exquisite E flavor. It is called by some the E Blue Tom Thumb. I McLean's Advancer E (Wrinkled).—A very fine green E wrinkled variety, two weeks ear- E lier than the Champion of Eng- E land, and exceedingly luscious in E flavor ; it cannot be too highly E recommended. I Eugenie or Alliance E (Wrinkled).—A white wrinkled E variety equal to the Champion of E England in delicacy of flavor, two E weeks earlier, and more produc- i
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