. E. Annabil & Co.'s seed annual . ^'^ATER-CRESS. Tliis universally esteemed and ex ceedinjjly wholesome salad may be ^rown in any moist situation, but more successfully by the side of a running brook. The seed may be sown in May on the ground where it is intended to be grown, and the thinnings transplanted. The plants should be set not less than a foot apart, the cress will be tit for gather- ing the second vear. Pkt. 5c, oz. lOc, I4 lb 1 ounce for 1,000 plants. The E^g Plant will thrive well in any good garden soil, but will repay good treatment. The seed should be sown in hot-beds
. E. Annabil & Co.'s seed annual . ^'^ATER-CRESS. Tliis universally esteemed and ex ceedinjjly wholesome salad may be ^rown in any moist situation, but more successfully by the side of a running brook. The seed may be sown in May on the ground where it is intended to be grown, and the thinnings transplanted. The plants should be set not less than a foot apart, the cress will be tit for gather- ing the second vear. Pkt. 5c, oz. lOc, I4 lb 1 ounce for 1,000 plants. The E^g Plant will thrive well in any good garden soil, but will repay good treatment. The seed should be sown in hot-beds the first week in April, care be- ing taken to protect the young plants from the coid at night. Plant out about June 1st, about tw'o and a half feet apart, if no hot-bed is at hand, sufficient plants may be raised for a small garden by sowing a few seeds in common flower-pots or boxes in the house. Early Round Purple—The best vari- in cultivation. Early and very product- tive. Pkt. 5c. oz. 50c; 3^1b. $ V Long Early Purple—This is one of the earliest and most productive varieties; fruit long, dark brick purple, and of fine quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; i^lb. $ New York Improved Oval Purple—The "^"^'^st variety in cultivation, being early, a sure cropper and of a fine quality. Plants large, vigorous, with light green leaves; fruit very large, oval, deep purple, fieyh white, tender, and of superior quality. Pkt. 10c; oz 4:0c; ^Ib. ^ Black Pekin—Fruit grobular, almost black; skin smooth, flesh vyhite, fine grained and highly flavored. Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; i^lb- $
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