. 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. English Frame or Forcing Varieties. Berkshire Champion; Carter's Cham- pion, selected; Cuthill's Highland Mary: Carter's White Spine; Man- chester Prize; Lvnch's Star of the "West: Lynch's Conqueror of the West; Star of the West; Sion House Improved; Sir Colin Campbell; Stihvell's Matchless; Weedon's Surprise; Kenyou's Favorite; W^alker's Kambler; Napoleon HI. Pe
. 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. English Frame or Forcing Varieties. Berkshire Champion; Carter's Cham- pion, selected; Cuthill's Highland Mary: Carter's White Spine; Man- chester Prize; Lvnch's Star of the "West: Lynch's Conqueror of the West; Star of the West; Sion House Improved; Sir Colin Campbell; Stihvell's Matchless; Weedon's Surprise; Kenyou's Favorite; W^alker's Kambler; Napoleon HI. Per pkt., .25. These two varieties will, we have no doubt, soon supersede everi-where the ola one, v\ hich has become in the last ten years one of our best and most-asked-for winter and spring sal- ads. Culture same as Spinach. per JLarge-leaved {improved). Improvement of the common Dandelion: its leaves are larger, erect, almost entire, or at least much less denticulated. Per pkt., 10 Thick-leaved (improved). This is also an improved variety; its leaves are smaller and more denticulated, but more numerous than in the preceding variety; more thickly set Per pkt., .10 . JonimoD variety Per pkt. .10 . ,*0. PUBPI-E EGGUPLA>T (SoL-A^-UM MELO^-GE^'A). German, Cierpfianze. â French, Aubergine. â Spanish, Berengena. The Egg-Plant was introduced from Africa, and is sometimes called the Guinea Squash. It is not generally cultivated, bi;t is coming more into use every year. They are cut into thin slices, and fried, when they have a taste similar to oysters; they are also used in stews and soups. Culture. â Sow in hotbed very early in spring; transplant, when two inches high, into a second hotbed; if that is not done, thin to four inches apart. Do not plant out till the wea- ther becomes settled and warm. Keep plants watered for a few days if hot when put out. Where hotbeds are not convenient, a few plants can be started in flower-pots or boxes, and when pla
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