Illustrated hand book : Rawson's vegetable & flower seeds / & Co. . SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING. WRITTEN BV W. W. RAWSON. An experience of thirty-one years as a practical market gardenerat Arlington (only five miles from Boston) and in daily communica-tion with the Boston market, has given the author an op|iortunit\ tobecome thoroughly acquainted with every department of the business. HAfVSONS CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 45 SEEDS. Japanese (sec cut). — Ripens a week earlierUian tlie Silver Hull, and yields twoor three times as much. This varietytliould be largely grown
Illustrated hand book : Rawson's vegetable & flower seeds / & Co. . SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING. WRITTEN BV W. W. RAWSON. An experience of thirty-one years as a practical market gardenerat Arlington (only five miles from Boston) and in daily communica-tion with the Boston market, has given the author an op|iortunit\ tobecome thoroughly acquainted with every department of the business. HAfVSONS CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 45 SEEDS. Japanese (sec cut). — Ripens a week earlierUian tlie Silver Hull, and yields twoor three times as much. This varietytliould be largely grown by thoseinterested in Bee Culture Per peck,50 cts., per busii., $ Silver Hull. — Lifrht gray color, varyingslightly in shade, and the cornersare much less prominent than in theordinary variety, while the husk isthinner Per peck, 40 cts.; buth.,$ ConiDion Variety.—Too well known torequire description; one bushel ofthe seed required tor an acre. Perbush., $ BARLEY. Coniiiion — Succeeds best on lands moresandy and lighter than those adaptedto wheat. It is sown in the spring,and can be grown farther north thanany other grain. Sow from two totwo and a half bushels per acre (48lbs. to the bushel). Per bush., $ MILLET. Hungarian (Paniciim Gcrmanicum). —An annual forage plant of greatvalue. It flourishes during the heatof summer, remaining green whenalmost !ill other vegetation is drieduj). It is one ot the very best plants f
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