. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. per oz. .25 A large variety; one of the best for general use. Per pkt., 5 . Large, tender, and fine-flavored. Per pkt., 5 2ii SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT (Tragopogon Porkifolius). German, Bocksbart. — French, Salsijis. — Spanish, Ostra vegetal. The Sarsify is a hardy biennial plant, and is principally cultivated for its roots, which ari, long and tapering, and, when grow
. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. per oz. .25 A large variety; one of the best for general use. Per pkt., 5 . Large, tender, and fine-flavored. Per pkt., 5 2ii SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT (Tragopogon Porkifolius). German, Bocksbart. — French, Salsijis. — Spanish, Ostra vegetal. The Sarsify is a hardy biennial plant, and is principally cultivated for its roots, which ari, long and tapering, and, when grown in good soil, measure twelve or fourteen inches ij length. It is considered wholesome and nutritious. When cooked, the flavor resemble' tliat of the oyster, and is a good substitute for it: whence the popular name. Culture and treatment similar to Parsnip. Salsify, or Oyster Plant. Per pkt., 10 ,23 SCORZONERA, or BLACK SALSIFY (Scorzoxera Hispaxica). German, Schwarzwurzel. — French, Scorzonere. — Spanish, Escorzonera. Scorzonera, or Black Salsify. Cultivated like the common Oyster Plant, which it much resembles in its mode of growth. It is also prepared for the table in the same manner. Per pkt., 10 o .2o SPINACH (Spinacia Oleracea). German, Spinat. — French, Epinard. — Spanish, Esjnnaca. Spinach is verv hardy, and consequently a very important vegetable for cold climat6& It is extremely wholesome and palatable. Culture. Spinach is best developed and most tender when grown in rich soil. It should be heavily manured and deeply trenched. Sow early in March for summer crop, in drills, which method renders the cultivation and the gathering of the produce more convenient. Encoi;rage the growth with frequent hoeing, which draws the moisture to the roots. For a succession, a few seeds of the summer varieties may be sown, at intervals of a fortnight, from April to August. Sow from the middle of August to the beginning of September, foi' the winter crop, in a light san
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