Mann's descriptive catalgoue : 1914 guide for the farm and garden . ound, 35c. 5 pounds, $ COLLARDS.—A tall, loose-leaved cabbage-like or kale-like plant grown throughout the south and known in different sections asCole, Colewort, or simply Greens. It is extensively used for the table and for stock in the south where it continues in growth andis usable throughout the entire winter. Collards usually succeed in locations where cabbage cannot be grown to perfection. Georgia, Southern, or Creole.—This is the white or green-stemmed variety, growing two to three feet high and forming a largeloo
Mann's descriptive catalgoue : 1914 guide for the farm and garden . ound, 35c. 5 pounds, $ COLLARDS.—A tall, loose-leaved cabbage-like or kale-like plant grown throughout the south and known in different sections asCole, Colewort, or simply Greens. It is extensively used for the table and for stock in the south where it continues in growth andis usable throughout the entire winter. Collards usually succeed in locations where cabbage cannot be grown to perfection. Georgia, Southern, or Creole.—This is the white or green-stemmed variety, growing two to three feet high and forming a largeloose, open head or cluster of leaves with a rather long stem. A frost, if not too severe, will improve rather than injure the quality of theleaves. Sow thickly in drills, in rich ground, transplanting when four inches high; or sow in drills where the plants are to remain andwhen well started thin to two or three feet apart in the row. In the south, seed may be sown from January to May and from August toOctober. Packet, .5c. Ounce, 10c. \ Pound, 30c. Pound, SPROUT: Amager Market CELERIAC or Turnip-Rooted Celery One ounce will sow a bed of nine square yards New Large Smooth.—A new and quite dis-tinct sort, the roots being very smooth, large andround. Roots may be cooked and sliced, andeaten with vinegar. Packet, 5c. Ounce, pound, 35c. Pound, $ P. MANN & CO., WASHINGTON, D. C. CELERY Sellerie, Ger 1 ounce to 3,000 plants. 10 to 15 ounces to theacre. Sow the seed in a well prepared soil as soon asthe ground is in a proper condition to work. Sowin drills and tread the seed firmly in; thin out toan inch apart, and keep the ground well workedand free from weeds. Make the soil very richwith well rotted manure, which should be dug indeep; a moist, low, rich bottom land or well-drained muck soil is preferable. Set the plantseight or twelve inches apart. To blanch, drawearth around the plants from time to time, takingcare riot to cover the tops of the center shoots. B
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