. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : for the vegetable garden, for the flower garden, for the lawn, for the farm, for the nursery. Commercial catalogs New York (State) New York; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. thokburn's catalogue of seeds. 35 SALSIFY, or Yegetable Oyster—SALsiFis—6'i^2(7;z Fegetal—^a^zxtonx^id,. \ 1548 Long White ^ oz. 1549 Mammoth Sandwich " 10 cents; ^ lb. $ 40 " " Culture.—Sow as early as the ground can be worked in Spring, in drills twelve inches ap
. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : for the vegetable garden, for the flower garden, for the lawn, for the farm, for the nursery. Commercial catalogs New York (State) New York; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. thokburn's catalogue of seeds. 35 SALSIFY, or Yegetable Oyster—SALsiFis—6'i^2(7;z Fegetal—^a^zxtonx^id,. \ 1548 Long White ^ oz. 1549 Mammoth Sandwich " 10 cents; ^ lb. $ 40 " " Culture.—Sow as early as the ground can be worked in Spring, in drills twelve inches apart, one inch deep, and thin out to six inches in the row. Keep them clear from weeds. Cul- tivate the same as for Carrots and Parsnips. A part of the crop may be left in the ground till Spring, when it wiU be found fresh and plump. The roots are cut into pieces half an inch long, boiled until tender, and then served with drawn butter, in which way it is a delicious vegetable. They are also mashed and baked like Parsnips, and have a sweet and agreeable flavor. Mashed and fried, the flavor is much like that of the Oyster, and hence the common name of the plant. 1552 1554 1556 Salsify. SATOY—ChOU FRISE DE MiLAN. Dalmeny Sprouts, Hybrid of Savoy and Brussels Sprouts ^ oz. 40 cents. Feather Stenn, a delicious vegetable " 40 " New Tonn Thunnb Savoy, very fine " 40 " Culture.—Same as for Brussels Sprouts. SCOLYMUS. 1560 25 cents ^ oz., $2 50 ^ lb. A vegetable from Spam. The root resembles a small Parsnip, and will keep through the Winter like a Turnip. It is cultivated precisely like the Carrot, except that it should be grown in rows three feet apart and eighteen inches in the rows, and boiled like Salsify. SCORZONEE-A—Scorzonere—Escorconera—'^zvf^^wXQVCC\t\, 1561 20 cents ^ oz.; $2 00 ? lb. Culture.—Cultivate the same as Salsify. It is cooked in the same manner, but o^ account of being somewhat more difficult to ra^e, is seldom seen in cultiva
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