. Nebraska Seed Co.'s annual catalogue : reliable garden and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture) Nebraska Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Flowers; Vegetables. Chicago Pickling Cucumber. CHICAGO PICKLING—One of the best varieties for pickles* and largely grown for the Chicago market. GREEN PROLIFIC—Enormously productive; crisp and tender. One of the finest for West India Gherkin. SERPENT OR SNAKE-A remarkable and very interesting curiosity. 1 ho Cucumbers grow curled up liko a snako with tho head protruding; aud sometimes are six feet in len
. Nebraska Seed Co.'s annual catalogue : reliable garden and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture) Nebraska Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Flowers; Vegetables. Chicago Pickling Cucumber. CHICAGO PICKLING—One of the best varieties for pickles* and largely grown for the Chicago market. GREEN PROLIFIC—Enormously productive; crisp and tender. One of the finest for West India Gherkin. SERPENT OR SNAKE-A remarkable and very interesting curiosity. 1 ho Cucumbers grow curled up liko a snako with tho head protruding; aud sometimes are six feet in length. Tho illustration represents their shape, and although they attain great size, the to oxhTbrt at fairs'' grOWn more 118 0 curio8ity than anything else, and onlyW?1ST INDIA GHERKIIN-Oyal shaped; prickly, for pickling CRESS. French, Cresson. German, Kresse. The Poppergrass sow early in spring, in shallow drills, and every two or three weoks for a succession, cut often, as it will continue to grow. J he winter (,rets can be sown oarly in spring or in autumn, in dn s opp foot apart thinned out to about three inches in the drill. 1 be Water < ress must bo sown on tho margin of a stream of running water, or in a very moist location. CURLED, OR PEPPER GRASS-Common and well known. TRUE WATER CRESS-Loaves tender and highly flavored. DANDELION. French, Pisse-en-lit. German, Locwenzahn. The Dandelion resembles the Endivo, and is sometimes cnltivated- for spring greens, or by blanching for salad. Tho roots when dried and roasted, are often used as a substitute for coffee. The6eed shonld- bo sown m May or Juno, in drills half an inch deep, and twelve inches apart. Plants arc ready for use tho following spring. H^?? LEAVED— Leaves are fully double thesize of the com- mon Dandelion. It is a great advance over the old variety. FOE PEICE8 SEE PAGES 54 TO Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabil
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