. Keith's catalogue of seeds. Nursery stock Manitoba Winnipeg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. '^tl ILLUSTRATED KEITH'S 0ATALOGuT^4». White Spine. (CUCUMBER—continued.) I^ong Green, ^^bort Green h^Gberkin. Small green, for pickling ^Gherkin, Small West Indian , Sooly Qua, or Cbinese Snake Cu- ^ cumber Best for general crop Well-known variety reen Proline. One of the best pick- ing sorts Pkt. oz. ilb. lb. 5 10 20 50 5 10 20 5a 10 20 50 6 20 60 2 00 5 30 1 00 3 00 Culture. Cucumbers for early use may be planted in the open as soon as the weather becomes Marm and settl
. Keith's catalogue of seeds. Nursery stock Manitoba Winnipeg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. '^tl ILLUSTRATED KEITH'S 0ATALOGuT^4». White Spine. (CUCUMBER—continued.) I^ong Green, ^^bort Green h^Gberkin. Small green, for pickling ^Gherkin, Small West Indian , Sooly Qua, or Cbinese Snake Cu- ^ cumber Best for general crop Well-known variety reen Proline. One of the best pick- ing sorts Pkt. oz. ilb. lb. 5 10 20 50 5 10 20 5a 10 20 50 6 20 60 2 00 5 30 1 00 3 00 Culture. Cucumbers for early use may be planted in the open as soon as the weather becomes Marm and settled, in hills four feet apart, with a shovel of warm manure or well rotted compost in each hill. Cover the manure with an inch or two of earth ; plant eight or ten seeds in each hill, covering half an inch with fine earth, and put it down with the hoe. Hoe them often, and when out of danger of Insects, thin to four plants in the hill. Plant at intervals for a succession. To obtain early cucumbers with the aid of the hot-bed, take blocks of turf, six inches square, place them early in the spring in the hot-bed, with the grass side down; plant the seeds on tnem^ and when the plants are of suflBcient size remove them to the open ground, and protect them with a hand glass or muslin-covered box when the weather is cold and raw. EGG PLANT Pkt. oz. ng Purple 5 50 ong Wbite 10 75 Culture. Sow in a hot-bed in February or March; when the plants are one or two inches high transplant or thin out to two or three inches apart. When the weather is warm and settled they may be planted out in a warm situation, two feet apart each way. ENDIVE New Round-Leaved Batavian, A distinct variety of great merit, habit very close and compact, form ing a full heart, so that nearly the entire plant is fit for the table. Pkt. 5c., oz. 30c., i lb. 75c. Green Curled. Very heavy leaves, tender and crisp. Pkt. 5c., oz. 25c., J lb. 65c. ^Wbite Curled. A useful variety for the main crop. Pkt. 5c., oz. 30c., J lb
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