. Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, and bulbs, 1899. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS. 9. CAULIFLOWER French, Choufleur. German, 93himenfofyl. Spanish, Coliflor. Culture.— One ounce will produce 3,000 plants. The cultural directions given for cabbage will apply to this crop, but the soil should be more heavily manured. Keep them well hoed, and bring the earth gradually up to the stems. Water freel
. Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, and bulbs, 1899. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS. 9. CAULIFLOWER French, Choufleur. German, 93himenfofyl. Spanish, Coliflor. Culture.— One ounce will produce 3,000 plants. The cultural directions given for cabbage will apply to this crop, but the soil should be more heavily manured. Keep them well hoed, and bring the earth gradually up to the stems. Water freely in dry weather, and especially when they begin to head. Never allow the plants to become crowded in the seed-bed ; transplant them with great care, as any check will injure, if not entirely prevent, the formation of the head. Pkt. Oz. Extra-early Dwarf Erfurt. For earliness and delicacy of flavor, this has no equal; without exception the best variety grown |o 50 $5 00 Early Snowball, Choice Select Strain. An extra early dwarf variety, producing magnificent heads of fine quality; market-gardener's favorite l/\b. $^, lb. $30 . 25 2 25 Early Paris. Large, and recommended for early use 10 75 Half-early Paris. Desirable as a second early 10 60 Large Algiers. Extra-fine late variety, and a sure header 10 60 Lenormand. Short-stemmed late sort, with very heavy heads 10 60 Veitch's Autumn Giant. Very large, firm white heads ; choice late sort 10 60 CHICORY. French, Chicoree. German, ©td)orte. Spanish, Endivia. Culture. —One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. Sow in rich soil in rows 1 foot apart, and thin to 9 inches in the row. In the fall lift the roots, pack in boxes, and blanch in dark cellar. The leaf-growth furnishes a delicious salad, or may be cooked in the same manner as sea-kale. The large-rooted variety should be sown in the spring, the roots dug in the fall, and cut in small pieces and dried. Oz. i<lb. Lb. Common (Barbe de Capucine). Much prized as a salad $0 15
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