& Coseedsmen / & Co. . One ounce will sow sixteensquare feet. Water Cress. CRESS, OR PEPPERGRASS CULTURE. — Extensively used as a small salad. Sow early in spring, very thickly inshallow drills. The sowing should be repeated at short intervals, as it soon runs to seed. Upland Cress. — A most valuable and important acquisition. It is a hardy perennial,thriving on any soil, wet or dry. In early spring it is the first to make its appearance,and grows rapidly, so that in a few days it is ready to use. It is weeks ahead of anyother plant. The young and tender leaves can be eaten
& Coseedsmen / & Co. . One ounce will sow sixteensquare feet. Water Cress. CRESS, OR PEPPERGRASS CULTURE. — Extensively used as a small salad. Sow early in spring, very thickly inshallow drills. The sowing should be repeated at short intervals, as it soon runs to seed. Upland Cress. — A most valuable and important acquisition. It is a hardy perennial,thriving on any soil, wet or dry. In early spring it is the first to make its appearance,and grows rapidly, so that in a few days it is ready to use. It is weeks ahead of anyother plant. The young and tender leaves can be eaten raw or as a salad. cts.; X oz. 35 cts.; Y oz. 60 cts.; oz. $ Extra Curled. — Fine flavor. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; % lb. 20 cts.; lb. 65 cts. Water Cress (see cut). —The plant is cultivated by sowing the seeds by the side of run-ning water, near springs which are not severely frozen in winter. Pkt. 10 cts.;oz. 35 cts.; % lb. $ All seeds listed on this page are delivered free, at prices One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. Three to tour pounds required for one acre. CULTURE. — Carrots require a very finely pulverized soil to grow them to perfection. Agood light,and well-enriched sandy loam is the best for this crop. For field culture, sow in drills, three to threeand one-half feet apart, so as to cultivate by horse. Market gardeners sow in drills, about eighteeninches apart, and cultivate by hand. For early crops cover one-half an inch deep, and thin to sixinches apart in the rows. For late, cover three-fourths of an inch deep, and thin to four inches. IMPROVED DANVERS HALF-LONG. The Best for General Crop. Will Yield themost Per Acre. The most Profitable for MARKET GARDENERS (stump root) (see cut).— This variety originated in Danvers, Mass., where the raising of carrots is made a specialbusiness, twenty to thirty tons per acre being no unusual crop. It is now grown largelyeverywhere on account of its great productiveness and adaptability
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