. Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide, 1871 . eeps well after ripe; oz., 50 cents, 15Orange. The flesh separate^ easily from the rind; fair quality; per oz., 25 cents, . 10Citron, for preserves; per lb., $; oz., 25 cents. (Engraving, fig. 2. p. 88.) . 10 MUSTARD. Used as a salad early in spring, sometimes with Lettuce and Cress. Sow at intervals, inrows, quite thickly. Cut when about two inches high. For a crop of seed, sow in April, indrills a foot apart, and thin to about five inches apart in the rows. Mustard, White, best for salad or culinary purposes; per lb., 50 cents; per
. Vick's illustrated catalogue and floral guide, 1871 . eeps well after ripe; oz., 50 cents, 15Orange. The flesh separate^ easily from the rind; fair quality; per oz., 25 cents, . 10Citron, for preserves; per lb., $; oz., 25 cents. (Engraving, fig. 2. p. 88.) . 10 MUSTARD. Used as a salad early in spring, sometimes with Lettuce and Cress. Sow at intervals, inrows, quite thickly. Cut when about two inches high. For a crop of seed, sow in April, indrills a foot apart, and thin to about five inches apart in the rows. Mustard, White, best for salad or culinary purposes; per lb., 50 cents; per oz., 10 cents, 5 OKRA. Finely adapted to the South, where it is generally used. The green seed-pods are usedin soups, etc., to which they give a thick, jelly-like consistency, and a fine flavor. At theNorth the seed should be started in a hot-bed. Set the plants from two to three feet apart. Okra, Long Green, long, pale green, and ribbed; per oz., 10 cents, 5 Dwarf White, earliest and best for the North; per oz., 10 cents. (Eng., fig. 2, p. 8G.) 5 I. ONION. pkt The Onion must have a clean and very rich soil, or it will not do well enough to pay forthe trouble. Use well rotted manure freely, and be sure to get the seed in as early as possiblein the spring, no matter if it is ever so cold and unpleasant; then thin out early, and keep thesoil mellow and clear of weeds; and if your seed is good, you will have a large crop of no other conditions can you hope for success. The Onion is very sensitive, and takesaffront easily; it wont do to slight it in the least. Sow in drills not less than a foot the young Onions are three or four inches high, thin so that they will stand abouttwo inches apart. Disturb the roots of Onions as little as possible, either in thinning orhoeing, and never hoe earth toward them to cover, or hill, as Ave do most other things. Fourpounds of seed are sufficient for an acre. Onion, Wethersfield Red, one of the best varieties for a general c
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