. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. BURPEE BUSH LIMA SWISS CHARD, OR SILVER BEET. c&llfyead Early QabDa^e. This is the earliest of all the large Cabbage, and fully % larger than any other early Summer Cabbage. It is won- derfully adaptable—really an all-the-year-round Cabbage —and may be planted for first, early, intermediate, and late. The deep, flat heads are remarkably solid, and the most uniform in color, shape, and size of any variety. The heads grow so compactly and free f
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. BURPEE BUSH LIMA SWISS CHARD, OR SILVER BEET. c&llfyead Early QabDa^e. This is the earliest of all the large Cabbage, and fully % larger than any other early Summer Cabbage. It is won- derfully adaptable—really an all-the-year-round Cabbage —and may be planted for first, early, intermediate, and late. The deep, flat heads are remarkably solid, and the most uniform in color, shape, and size of any variety. The heads grow so compactly and free from spreading leaves that fully 1,000 more heads can be obtained to the acre; and as tenderness is the result of rapid growth, it surpasses all others in this respect. It is also the best Cabbage for aU parts of the country, as it stands cold, heat and drought much better than other sorts, and from the far North and lower South alike come highest praises in its favor. Per pkt. 5c. ALLHEAD EARLY CABBAGE. G^irjese Mustard. In a green state Mustard is a refresiling salad, mixed with Cre&ri Lettuce or other salad plants, lending a pungent flavor. It also makes delicious " greens" cooked the same as Dandelions, Spinach, etc. The Chinese Mustard forms a compact, bushy plant with leaves twice the size of the ordinary white Mustard, very thiok, finely curled and of a nleasantlv sweet, nungent flavor, having none or the rank, strong" flavor of other kinds. It is very slow to goto seed, and is pronounced by all who have tried i* the very best sort for greens. Also known as Chinese Cabbage-Leaved Mustard. Per pkt. 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 the original Jessamine Gardens; Ellsworth, W. J; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Jessamine, Fla. : Jessamine Gardens
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