. Buist's garden guide and almanac. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. CORN SALAD, ACKER SALAT (Ger.). CANOXIGOS (Sp.). This vegetable is also sometimes called yetticost or lambs lettuce, and is used as a salad during the Fall "Winter and Spring months and is grown very extensive- ly for the Philadelphia and New York markets; the leaves shonld alway be picked, not cut; if sown early in Spring in rows nine to twelve inches apart it is fit for use in six to eight weeks; hut the proper time for sow- ing is
. Buist's garden guide and almanac. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. CORN SALAD, ACKER SALAT (Ger.). CANOXIGOS (Sp.). This vegetable is also sometimes called yetticost or lambs lettuce, and is used as a salad during the Fall "Winter and Spring months and is grown very extensive- ly for the Philadelphia and New York markets; the leaves shonld alway be picked, not cut; if sown early in Spring in rows nine to twelve inches apart it is fit for use in six to eight weeks; hut the proper time for sow- ing is September, and cover thinly with straw or hay when cold weather sets in, as it is protected the same as Spinach; it is also largely grown in cold frames and covered with straw mats or shutters, it will then con- tinue growing all Winter and will be more convenient to use. There are two varieties the large and small |lb.,25cts.;lb., 60 cts. Large Leaved Corn Salad, seeded, the former is the best as it produces larger leaves. Per oz. ,10 cts Southern Collards or Cole-wort.—Collards is scarcely known in any other section of ehis country but the South, where it originated, aud where it is cultivated more extensively than any other vegetable, because it is well ad- apted to that country and is always a sure crop; it is almost a daily dish for rich or poor and for both man and beast; a dish of Collards and Bacon or as it is invariably called ' 'Bacon and Greens.'' always produces a smile from the most crusty countenance, in fact I believe they would prefer it to a Dei- monico's dinner, it is the only dish that causes the dusky gentlemen of that country to show up their ivories. It is a species of Cabbage, which is not only very hardy but a vig- orous and continuous grower, producing a mass of leaves and very good heads; the former are stripped off and used as they form, and continues growing and finally heads; the crop is much improved by a touch of frost. Per oz., 20 cts.; J lb.,
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