. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. ADDITIONAL VARIETIES OF SPECIAL MERIT. Asparafriis, Smalley's Early Defiance.—Tliis variety is described by tlio ra
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. ADDITIONAL VARIETIES OF SPECIAL MERIT. Asparafriis, Smalley's Early Defiance.—Tliis variety is described by tlio raiser as follows: " Sprouts of a pale ^reeii, of fjood size, ttmder, an<l of delicious flavor, aud can be cut two weeks earlier than any other variety, making it very desiral)le, either for private growers or market ; Packets, 25 cts.; oz., ; J, lb., $; 1 lb., $ Roots, 1 year, 50 cts. per doz.; § per 100; 2 years, 75 cts. per doz.; f per 100. Cabbage, New Rustsian Hardy.—The great value of this variety as a winter vegetable has been thoroughly tested, it having frequentlj' remained uninjured by the effects of very severe winters, all the other varieties being utterly destroyed. It is perfectly distinct, the leaves having the appearance of a deer's antlers, and singularly thick and of a peculiar sea-green color. I'er packet, 25 cents. Cabbage or Kale* Thousand-headed.—The crop that this excellent variety of cabbage i)ro- ducesisamost abundant one, and much liked by cattle or sheep. It grows well on any land, and reaches a height of from three to four feet, the st<-m being covered with leaves, which fonn small heads. It is not affected by slight frost, and by sowing and tiansplanting at proper times it can be made to come in all the 5'ear round in the Southern States or on the Pacific coast. It is invaluable for Sheep-Feed. One oz. packets, 20 cents; 4 oz., 60 cents; lb., ^, by mail. Celeiiac, Apple-shaped.—Of a verj'
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