. Buist's almanac and garden manual for the year 1888 :b designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers, farmers and planters, on the cultivation of vegetables, with other useful information on gardening. Vegetables. EARLY CABBAGE LETTUCE. EARLY DUTCH LETTUCE. Early Cabbage, or White Butter.âThis is a very i popular sort for either forcing or sowing in the open ground early in S the season ; it forms a beautiful, solid head, is very crisp and tender ; | but as soon as the season becomes warm it shoots to seed; it should, | therefore, only be planted for first crop in the open ground, but can =
. Buist's almanac and garden manual for the year 1888 :b designed to furnish concise hints to cottagers, farmers and planters, on the cultivation of vegetables, with other useful information on gardening. Vegetables. EARLY CABBAGE LETTUCE. EARLY DUTCH LETTUCE. Early Cabbage, or White Butter.âThis is a very i popular sort for either forcing or sowing in the open ground early in S the season ; it forms a beautiful, solid head, is very crisp and tender ; | but as soon as the season becomes warm it shoots to seed; it should, | therefore, only be planted for first crop in the open ground, but can = be sown broadcast in Septerr>ber, and transplanted into cold frames E for heading during }Vinter It is really the standard variety, and will | always give great satisfaction, | Early Dutch But- | tor.âA celebrated and en- | tirely distinct variety; very i popular in the Philadelphia i market, producing crisp, § white, solid heads, almost = equal to a cabbage ; the outer = leaves are speckled with a § brownish tinge. It is an = elegant forcing variety, or for = growing in cold frames, and = stands the heat and cold to a = remaikable degree ; regard it = as one of the very best and = most profitable varieties to = grow. = Early Curled Simp- I son.âAn improved variety = of the Curled Silesia, is quite = early, but* does not produce a = solid head ; leaves beautifully = curled, and forces well. = Early Hanson. âA | â curled variety, forming fine, = large, solid heads, which are 5 both crisp and tender. They = frequently attain two or three E pounds each. We regard it S as a very valuable variety. E niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'''<'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'<iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;. EARLY CURLED SLMPSON Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble
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