. Descriptive catalogue of a choice collection of vegetable, agricultural and flower seeds, gladiolus, lilies, and other summer flowering bulbs. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Catalogs. 120. CHICOIIY. [Cichorium inti/bus, Lin.] The roots of this vej^etable arc iniicli used in Europe as a siil)stituto foroolTee, and largo quan- tities of the prci)ared root are annually (exported totliis r<.iintiy for that purpose. The present higli price of colYee, and (hities (..i Chicni y. will warrant its < iiIti\ at ion in iliis eounti v. a
. Descriptive catalogue of a choice collection of vegetable, agricultural and flower seeds, gladiolus, lilies, and other summer flowering bulbs. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Catalogs. 120. CHICOIIY. [Cichorium inti/bus, Lin.] The roots of this vej^etable arc iniicli used in Europe as a siil)stituto foroolTee, and largo quan- tities of the prci)ared root are annually (exported totliis r<.iintiy for that purpose. The present higli price of colYee, and (hities (..i Chicni y. will warrant its < iiIti\ at ion in iliis eounti v. and many farmers have aheady mach' tlicir arrangements for conunencinii its ciiliuic, which is cxtremely simjde. Tlic soil may be pre[)ared and the seed sown in the same niannei- as i econuin'ndi'd fcir Carrots. In the Fall the roots may be taken up and cut into quarters lon^itinlinallv. and aftci wards cut in i)ieces about one ineli in length, which may be struuf^ and dried like apples, (u- s[iread in an airy chamber or loft, when it should be f;e(]ncntly turned to prevent mould. When culiivated on an extensive scale it should l)e le roasted and gi-ouml like coffee. Tlie deleteri- ous effects of coffee, by which many are debarred from its use, are entirely removed by ndxing about oi\e-fourtli part of the ground Chicory with the coll'ee befon; cooking. It also greatly im- proves the flavor. One ounce will sow a bed four and one-half feet by thirtv feet, four pounds to the acre. pkt. Oz. ^Lb. Lb. Chicory, Large Kooted, or Coffee, - - - - - - - $0 05 f 0 10 $0 30 $1 00 CORN, (Indian.)—Garden Varieties. [Zea Mai/s,'Lis. Mais,Fii. Welschkorn, Ger. Afaiz,Sp.] This product, so extensively grown in the Uidted States, for boiling in a green state, when planted at intervals, uuiy be had for table use from early Summer until the occurrence of hard frosts. The following are the varieties most esteemed for tlie purposes named above. ('07-n ordered bji mail is subject to an extra charge of
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