. McCullough's seed catalogue and amateur's guide 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Cincinnati Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. White Strashurg Radish. H OR ARB. (Rhabarber, Ger.) One ounce will produce 1,000 plants. Sow in April in drills eighteen inches apart, and cover the seed with fine soil, pressing it down firmly. When the plants are strong enough, thin out to six inches. In the fall or following spring, transplant the roots into deep, rich soil, three feet apart each way. Linnaeus. Best sort for genera
. McCullough's seed catalogue and amateur's guide 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Cincinnati Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. White Strashurg Radish. H OR ARB. (Rhabarber, Ger.) One ounce will produce 1,000 plants. Sow in April in drills eighteen inches apart, and cover the seed with fine soil, pressing it down firmly. When the plants are strong enough, thin out to six inches. In the fall or following spring, transplant the roots into deep, rich soil, three feet apart each way. Linnaeus. Best sort for general purposes, early, large, and tender 5c pkt., 15c oz., 50c 34 lh. Victoria. Very large, later than Linnaeus 5c pkt., 15c oz., 50c 34 lb. (Hafer—Wurzel, Ger.) One Ounce will Sow 50 Feet of Drill. Salsify is rapidly coming into favor, and is considered a most delicious vegetable. It is used stewed, boiled, or fried, and sometimes as a salad, sMced raw in vinegar, with salt and pepper. When cooked, it has an oyster flavor. It is commonly called vegetable oyster. The cultivation is precisely the same as directed for parsnips; and it will keep over winter, in the ground where grown, in the same way as parsnips. Long White French. Roots of medium size, white and smooth 5c pkt., 10c oz., 30c 34 lb. Mammoth Sandwich Island. This variety will average nearly double the size of the White French, and is of excellent quality. This is the best variety for market gardeners' use 5c pkt., 15c oz., 40c 34 lb. SPINACH. (Spinat, Ger.) One ounce for 100 feet of drill. 10 to lfc pounds for an Acre. For spring and summer use, sow either broad- cast or in drills, as early as the ground can be worked. The fall sowing is the main one with our market gardeners, which is done during the month of September, and by careful attention they have it in marketable condition through- out the entire winter and spring. If the land is dry. the seed should always be rolled or tramped in, for if the soil is loose, t
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