Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide for 1868 . keeps well after ripe ; oz. 50c.,. 15 Orange. The flesh separates easily from the rind; fair quality, 10 Citron, for preserves ; per lb. $3 ; per oz. 30 cts., 10 MUSTARD. Used as a salad early in the spring, sometimes with Lettuce and Cress. Sow at inter-vals, in rows, quite thickly. Cut when about two inches high. For a crop of seed, sowin April, in drills a foot apart, and thin the plants to about five inches apart in the , White, best for salad or culinary purposes; per lb. 50 cts.; per oz. 10 cts.,... 5 OKRA. Finely adapt
Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide for 1868 . keeps well after ripe ; oz. 50c.,. 15 Orange. The flesh separates easily from the rind; fair quality, 10 Citron, for preserves ; per lb. $3 ; per oz. 30 cts., 10 MUSTARD. Used as a salad early in the spring, sometimes with Lettuce and Cress. Sow at inter-vals, in rows, quite thickly. Cut when about two inches high. For a crop of seed, sowin April, in drills a foot apart, and thin the plants to about five inches apart in the , White, best for salad or culinary purposes; per lb. 50 cts.; per oz. 10 cts.,... 5 OKRA. Finely adapted to the South, where it is generally used. The green seed-pods areused in soups, etc., to which they give a thick, jelly-like consistency, and a fine the North the seed should be started in a hot-bed. Set the plants from two to threefeet apart. [See engraving, page 88.] Okra, Long Green, long, pale green, and ribbed ; per oz. 15 cts., Dwarf White, earliest and best for the North ; per oz. 20 cts., HO VICKS ILLUSTRATED SEED CATALOGUE. WETHRRSFIELD RED. LARGE EOU>~D MADEIRA. YEELOW DAXYER9. BrLVER-SKIXXEB. The Onion must have a clean and very rich soil, or it will not do well enough to payfor the trouble. Use well rotted manure freely, and be sure and get the seed in as earlyas possible in the spring, no matter if it is ever so cold and unpleasant ; then thin out,early, and keep the soil mellow and clear of weeds ; and if your seed is good, you willhave a large crop of Onions. On no other conditions can you hope for success. TheOnion is very sensitive, and takes affront easily; it wont do to slight it in the in drills not less than a foot apart. When the young Onions are three or fourinches high, thin so that they will stand about two inches apart. Disturb the rootsof Onions as little as possible, either in thinning or hoeing, and never hoe earth towardthem to cover, or hill, as we do most other things. Four pounds of seed are sufficientfor an acr
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