Dreer's garden book seventy-sixth Dreer's garden book : seventy-sixth annual edition 1914 dreersgardenbook1914henr Year: 1914 4^^f&^^^m^$^ RHUBARB. Rhabarber, Ger. llhuborbe, Fr. Ruibarbo, Sp. One ounce of seed to 125 feet of drill. Culture.—Good plants are easily grown in any good garden soil. Sow seed thinly in shallow drills a foot apart, thin to 4 or 5 inches. Keep soil loose and free from weeds. The plants are liable to vary considerably. Pick out the strongest and best. In fall or spring following, transplant to the permanent bed, 4 feet apart each way, in deep, warm and very rich
Dreer's garden book seventy-sixth Dreer's garden book : seventy-sixth annual edition 1914 dreersgardenbook1914henr Year: 1914 4^^f&^^^m^$^ RHUBARB. Rhabarber, Ger. llhuborbe, Fr. Ruibarbo, Sp. One ounce of seed to 125 feet of drill. Culture.—Good plants are easily grown in any good garden soil. Sow seed thinly in shallow drills a foot apart, thin to 4 or 5 inches. Keep soil loose and free from weeds. The plants are liable to vary considerably. Pick out the strongest and best. In fall or spring following, transplant to the permanent bed, 4 feet apart each way, in deep, warm and very rich soil. The more manure the better stalks. For winter forcing take up two-year roots in fall, leave out to freeze, then bed together on cel- lar bottom or under greenhouse bench in the dark. Linnaeus. Early, large, tender and very fair. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; J lb., 40 cts. Victoria. Very large, the finest cooking variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; Jib., 40cts. (For Rhubarb Roots see page 41.) Hafer-Wurzel, Q A I CI CV Salsifis. Fr. Ger. ^/\jL*^lr I Ostion Vegetal, Sp. OR OYSTER. One ounce for 50 feet of drill. Culture.—Used the same as carrots; or, after having been boiled, made into cakes and fried like oysters, which they re- semble in flavor. Cultivate the same as carrots or parsnips; it is hardy; can remain in the ground all winter for early spring use. but should be taken up before it starts growing; take up a sup- ply for use during the winter. Succeeds best in a light, well- enriched, mellow soil. Sow early in the spring in drills 15 inches apart, 1 inch deep; thin to 6 inches in rows. Mammoth Sandwich Island. (See cut.) This variety of Salsify grows to a very large size, and resembles a good-sized Parsnip. It is very mild and delicately flavored, and very popular. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; J lb., 40 cts.; lb., $ Long White. A favorite market variety and fine flavored. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; | lb., 35 cts.; lb., $ Long Black,
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