. Annual catalogue of seeds : 1898. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 11 Corn Salad, or Fetticus. PKT. OZ. LB. Round-Leaved $o 05 #0 15 $1 00 Cress, or Peppergrass. Extra Curled. Fine pungent flavor . .' $o 05 10 Jo 50 Water Cress. Hardy aquatic perennial, growing readily on the banks of streams or ponds, 05 40 4 00 Cucumber. Concombre. Cohombro. <©urfoe. Culture.— Cucumbers succeed best in warm, rich, sandy loam. They should not be planted in the open air until there is a prospect of settled warm weather,
. Annual catalogue of seeds : 1898. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 11 Corn Salad, or Fetticus. PKT. OZ. LB. Round-Leaved $o 05 #0 15 $1 00 Cress, or Peppergrass. Extra Curled. Fine pungent flavor . .' $o 05 10 Jo 50 Water Cress. Hardy aquatic perennial, growing readily on the banks of streams or ponds, 05 40 4 00 Cucumber. Concombre. Cohombro. <©urfoe. Culture.— Cucumbers succeed best in warm, rich, sandy loam. They should not be planted in the open air until there is a prospect of settled warm weather, in the vicinity of Boston about the middle of May. Plant in hills about four feet apart each way The hills should be previously prepared by mixing thoroughly with the soil of each a shovelful of well-rotted manure. When all danger from insects is past, thin out the plants, leaving three or four of the strongest to each hill. The fruit should be gathered when large enough, whether required for use or not, as, if left to ripen on the vines, it destroys their productiveness. 1 ounce for 50 hills; 2 to 3 pounds in hills for an PKT. oz. LB. Early Russian. Very early; short; is a valuable variety for small pickles . #0 05 $0 IO #0 65 05 IO 65 05 10 65 Early Green Cluster. Fruit small and in clusters; very prolific 05 IO 65 05 IO 65 Long Green. Long and crisp; a popular and reliable variety for pickles 05 10 65 05 IO 65 05 10 65 Green Prolific. One of the best for pickling; dark green; very productive, and of uniform 10 6S Nichols Medium Green. Must symmetrical, and a very fine table sort 05 IO 65 05 IO 6S 20 1 5°. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thos. W. Emerson Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Boston, Mass. : Thos. W. Emerson Co.
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