. Annual catalogue of seeds : 1899. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. PKT. $o 05 °5 05 05 °5 oz. $2 50 2 OO 1 SO 1 5° 1 5° LB. Cauliflower. Choufleur. Coliflor. <23lumen-Uiobi. Culture. — Any soil that will grow Cabbage will grow Cauliflower; extra manuring and preparation of the soil will be well repaid. The seeds may be sown in September and the plants wintered over in the same manner as described for early Cabbage. Where this is not practicable it may be had just as well by sowing the seeds in the hot-b
. Annual catalogue of seeds : 1899. Nursery stock Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. PKT. $o 05 °5 05 05 °5 oz. $2 50 2 OO 1 SO 1 5° 1 5° LB. Cauliflower. Choufleur. Coliflor. <23lumen-Uiobi. Culture. — Any soil that will grow Cabbage will grow Cauliflower; extra manuring and preparation of the soil will be well repaid. The seeds may be sown in September and the plants wintered over in the same manner as described for early Cabbage. Where this is not practicable it may be had just as well by sowing the seeds in the hot-bed in January or Feb- ruary, and transplanting the plants at two or three inches apart in boxes or in the soil of another hot-bed until such time as they are safe to be planted in the open ground, which in this latitude is usually from the 15th of March to the 10th of April. If properly hardened off they are seldom injured by planting out too early. For second early and late crop sow at the same date as given in the directions for Cabbage crop. I ounce for 1,000 plants. Earliest Dwarf Erfurt. Dwarf and very early; large, compact heads Snowball {Henderson}. Very largely grown for an early crop. Of dwarf habit; heads white and solid. Pure stock ...... ..... Early Paris. Ten days later than the above named. Finest imported seed Lenormand's Short Stemmed. Late variety, forming splendid large heads of tine quality ............... Veitch's Autumn Giant. One of the finest fall varieties in cultivation . . Cardoon. Large Solid. Grows about four feet high; leaves nearly free from spines . Chervil. Curled Chervil. . Chicory. Large-Rooted Chicory. , Celery. Celeri. Apio. <©cHmc. Culture.— Sow the seed in a light, rich, dry bor- der as early as the ground can be worked, in drills eight or ten inches apart and cover the seeds about a quarter of an inch deep, rolling or treading them in if the ground be dry. The beds should be kept well weeded, and an occasional soaking with wate
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