. Beckert's garden field and flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Salsify — Summer and Winter Squashes WM. C. ALLEGHENY. PA. SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT . (33ocM>ari) When cooked the roots have something of the flavor and odor of oysters. They may be boiled, used in soups, or grated and fried as fritters. Culture the same as for parsnips and carrots. Roots are perfectly hardy, and may be left' in the ground all winter, but should be dug early in the spring
. Beckert's garden field and flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Salsify — Summer and Winter Squashes WM. C. ALLEGHENY. PA. SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT . (33ocM>ari) When cooked the roots have something of the flavor and odor of oysters. They may be boiled, used in soups, or grated and fried as fritters. Culture the same as for parsnips and carrots. Roots are perfectly hardy, and may be left' in the ground all winter, but should be dug early in the spring, as the quality deteriorates rapidly with the second growth. A quantity of roots for winter use may be stored in a pit or in sand or damp earth in a cellar. An ounce of seed will sow 75 feet of drill. MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND. A great improvement on the French sort generally cultivated. The roots are twice as large, long, smooth, tender and well-flavored, resembling fair-sized parsnips. This sort needs only to be tried to become exceedingly popular. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 341b. 60 SQUASHES, Summer and Winter Sandwich Island Sal Squash seed should be planted melons. The hills should be 9 feet may be planted closer together. U seed will plant from 20 to 30 hills. MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH. Fruits large and pure white; flesh excellent. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts. GOLDEN CUSTARD BUSH. Very large scalloped Squash of rich golden yellow. Quality excel- lent. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 30 cts. Skin and flesh 10 cts., 341b. (<3pieje=$urtHj3) about the same time and in much the same manner as cucumbers and apart each way, slightly elevated and highly manured. Bush varieties 3e plenty of seed, as the bugs will destroy some plants. An ounce of BUTMAN. Distinct in flavor from all other sorts. The skin is dark green, marked with white; flesh fine-grained, dry, rich. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., %lb. 25 cts. BOSTON MARROW. YVell-known and popul bright orange; of excellent
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