. Bliss & Sons' abridged catalogue and gardeners' almanac for 1874 : containing a list of the best known and most polular varieties of garden, field and flower seeds, selected from out large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties, with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. [Allium sativum, Lix. Ail, Fe. Knoblauch, Gek. AJo, Sr.] Extensively grown for fiavoring soups, stews and other dishes, also for medicinal uses. Culture.—They succeed best when planted in lig
. Bliss & Sons' abridged catalogue and gardeners' almanac for 1874 : containing a list of the best known and most polular varieties of garden, field and flower seeds, selected from out large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties, with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. [Allium sativum, Lix. Ail, Fe. Knoblauch, Gek. AJo, Sr.] Extensively grown for fiavoring soups, stews and other dishes, also for medicinal uses. Culture.—They succeed best when planted in light, rich soil. Plant in April or May one inch deep in drills fourteen inches apart, live or six inches apart in the rows. Keep the soil loose and the plants clear of weeds, and when the plants wither, the balls will have at- tained their growth and be ready for harvesting. Sets.—Per lb., 40 cents, [Brassica caulo-rapa, Lix. Cliou-rave, KoJilrali, Ger.] Culture.—The seeds of this plant may be sown at the same period as the Swedish or Eutabaga Turnip, and may be cultivated in the same way, remembering to leave the thief part of the stems uncovered by the earth. The bulbs may be kept sound and nutritious until late in the Spring—even later than those of the Swedes. One ounce of seed will produce about two thousand plants. Early White Vienna.—Above ground; fine early sort, excellent table variety. Perplct., 10 cents; oz., 40; lb., §; lb., Early Purple Vienna.—Above ground; similar to preceding, except in color, equally good for the table. Ferpkt., 10 ceiUs; oz., 40; X §; lb., $ L,arge White, or Green.—Above ground; excellent variety for farm culture. Per j^/c/., 5 cents; oz., 20; V^. lb., GO; lb., § Large Purple.—Under ground; grown principally for stock feeding. Per pht., ^ cents ; oz., 20; ^ lb., 60; lb., § {Alliumpormm, "Li's. PGireav.,TTi. Lauch, G'ETI.'] Culture.—The seeds are sown as early in the S
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