. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. s**.*. SALSIFY assail or Vegetable Oyster One ounce for 50 feet of drill. Culture — Succeeds best in light, well-enriched mellow soil. Sow early in the spring in drills 15 inches apart, 1 inch deep and water liberally with a fine spray or sprinkler, thin to 4 inches in rows. Used the same as Carrots, or, after having been boiled, make into cakes and fry like oysters, which they resemble in flavor. Cultivate the same as carrots or parsnips; it is hardy; can remain in the ground all winter for early spring use, but should be taken up be
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. s**.*. SALSIFY assail or Vegetable Oyster One ounce for 50 feet of drill. Culture — Succeeds best in light, well-enriched mellow soil. Sow early in the spring in drills 15 inches apart, 1 inch deep and water liberally with a fine spray or sprinkler, thin to 4 inches in rows. Used the same as Carrots, or, after having been boiled, make into cakes and fry like oysters, which they resemble in flavor. Cultivate the same as carrots or parsnips; it is hardy; can remain in the ground all winter for early spring use, but should be taken up before it starts new growth. 837 Mammoth Sandwich Island. Grows a large tapering root 7 or 8 inches long with almost white smooth skin, resembling a good-sized Parsnip. It is very mild and delicately flavored, hence very popular. The young leaves may be used as salad. Pkt., 10 cts.; i oz., 20 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; \ lb., 85 cts.; lb., $ 834 Long Black, or Scorzonera. (See Specialties, page 4.) Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 20 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; f lb., $; lb., $ Courge, Fr. SQUASH Calabaza, Sp. Kuerbis, Ger. Mammoth Sandwich Island Salsify One ounce of seed for 25 hills. Culture — It has only been recently that scientists have discovered the presence of remarkable quantities of vitamines in summer squash, and doctors now prescribe an abundance of squash for children backward in physical development. Sow at corn planting time, in well-manured hills, the bush varieties 4 feet apart each way, the winter sorts 10 to 12 feet each way, and thin out to 2 to 4 plants to the hill. To repel the squash vine borer, throw a handful of tobacco dust close around the plants. The large, strong-smelling black squash bug can be kept in check by hand-picking. For yellow-striped beetle and blight, spray early and repeatedly with Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead Mixture. The Earliest, Bush Varieties Cocozelle Bush. (See Specialties, page 5.) Pkt, 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 1 lb., 60 cts.; lb., $ Gia
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