. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. ! Wnnnlgstadt. This is a German variety, somewhat similar to the Oxheart, but move regular; conical; heads very full and solid. All things considered, this is one ot the best for general cultivation. Per pkt., 10 SAVOY. Drnmhead Savoy. Head large, round, compact, yellowish at the centre, and a littk flattened; excellent for winter. Per pkt., 5 Green Globe, or Curled S
. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. ! Wnnnlgstadt. This is a German variety, somewhat similar to the Oxheart, but move regular; conical; heads very full and solid. All things considered, this is one ot the best for general cultivation. Per pkt., 10 SAVOY. Drnmhead Savoy. Head large, round, compact, yellowish at the centre, and a littk flattened; excellent for winter. Per pkt., 5 Green Globe, or Curled Savoy. One of the best and most familiar of the Savoys meduim size; very tender. Per pkt., 5 Feather-Stem Savoy. A hybrid, possessing the growth and habit of Brussels Sprouts A delicious vegetable. Treat as Brussels Sprouts. Per pkt., 10 . .30 r .25 W .20 .40. THE BOSTON-MARKET OR I3IPR0VED EARLT PARIS CAULIFLOWER. (Used, by permission, from The American Journal of Horticulture.) CAULIFLOWER (Brassica Oleracea Botrytis). Gennan, Blumen Kohl. — French, Choujleur. — Spanish, Coliflor^ A This very delicate vegetable was first introduced into England from the Island of Cypress, ^ and is classed urjiong the most delicious of vegetables. Culture.— The proper seasons for sowing seeds are, for the early spring or summer crop, between the eighth and twentieth of September; and for the late autumn crop, about the first of April. The plants, as soon as they are two or three inches high, should be planted out in a bed of rich light earth, three inches apart each way, so as to grow firm and stocky, *.o remove to their final place of growth. For the purpose of growing them to perfection, nse a bed of the richest light earth, two feet deep, made very rich, with well-decom- ^ _ 93 ^^^^ ^. 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 th
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