. Green Leaved Cos, 50 days.—Americans familiar with European travel have been delighted with the long, spoon-shaped, nar- row-leaved Lettuce served everywhere and termed Romain at the hotels, but upon their return home they have not found the Romain in the American markets. Yet if they have home gardens they can grow it themselves to as perfect a condition as ob- served abroad. Lb. $ £Lb. 50 Oz. 20 PH. 5 Paris White Cos or Romain, 50 days.—This variety, maturing for table in seven weeks from germination, should be found in every vegetable garden, as it is a thoroughly reliable Lettuce. A
. Green Leaved Cos, 50 days.—Americans familiar with European travel have been delighted with the long, spoon-shaped, nar- row-leaved Lettuce served everywhere and termed Romain at the hotels, but upon their return home they have not found the Romain in the American markets. Yet if they have home gardens they can grow it themselves to as perfect a condition as ob- served abroad. Lb. $ £Lb. 50 Oz. 20 PH. 5 Paris White Cos or Romain, 50 days.—This variety, maturing for table in seven weeks from germination, should be found in every vegetable garden, as it is a thoroughly reliable Lettuce. A strong grower and very produc- tive, with long, shell-shaped leaves of most excellent quality. It is a self-folder, but when the plant is over half grown it is best tied up with a soft string or a wisp of grass, that the inner leaves may be blanched per- fectly white, in which condition they are more crisp and decidedly more palatable than varieties of a Cabbage-heading habit. It is a mystery why it does not displace them, especially as a given amount of ground will produce more than twice the amount of edible leaves that can possibly be obtained from any round-head variety. Landreths' White Cos—Interior of head absolutely white and crisp Lb. \ Lb. 50 Oz. 20 Pkt. 5 Cantaloupe or Musk Melon-Green Fleshed Two Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre. Cantaloupes, or Citron Melons, as they are termed m Jersey, do well upon sod gr^und or upon land prepared for planting by plowing down a crop of Winter Wheat or Winter Rye, the sod or grass aerating or keeping loose the soil. No plant is more influenced by the conditions of its The seed is planted at about Corn-seeding time, or when the Apple is m bloom m hills about 4 |teet in each direction, two shovelfuls of well-rotted stable manure bemg trampled into each hill and covered with earth. The large, long Melons, like the Reedland Giant and Casaba are generally sold by the hundred, Melons of th
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