. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1898. Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs. Large Leaved Corn Salad. This vegetable is also sometimes called vetticost 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 should alway be picked, not cut; if sown early in Spring in rows nine to twelve inches a
. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1898. Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Grasses, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, Catalogs. Large Leaved Corn Salad. This vegetable is also sometimes called vetticost 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 should 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; but 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 a? 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 seeded, the former is the best as it produces larger leaves. Per oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 20 cts.; lb., 50 cte. Southern Collards or Colewort.—Collards is scarcely known in any other section of this country but the South, where it originated, and 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 Del- 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 cro
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