. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Seeds; Bulbs (Plants); Gardening; Equipment and supplies; Bedding plants; Weeber & Don. WEEBER & DON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 29. SALSIFY, or Oyster Plant. German, Haferwurzel.—French, Salsifis.— Spanish, Ostion Begetal. One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill. A very delicate and nutritious esculent, es* pecially esteemed for its peculiar oyster flavor. Sow the seed early in spring, in drills twelve inches apart and one inch deep, thinning out the young plants to six inches. The roots will be r
. Descriptive catalogue of vegetable, flower, and farm seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Seeds; Bulbs (Plants); Gardening; Equipment and supplies; Bedding plants; Weeber & Don. WEEBER & DON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 29. SALSIFY, or Oyster Plant. German, Haferwurzel.—French, Salsifis.— Spanish, Ostion Begetal. One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill. A very delicate and nutritious esculent, es* pecially esteemed for its peculiar oyster flavor. Sow the seed early in spring, in drills twelve inches apart and one inch deep, thinning out the young plants to six inches. The roots will be ready for use in October, when a supply should be taken up and stored like carrots. Those remaining will suffer no injury by being left in the ground till spring. MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND. Ten- der and delicious, very superior. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; J4 lb., 40 cts.; lb., $ Long White French. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 30 cts.; lb., $ SEA-KALE. 'German, MeerJcohl.—French, Chou.—Spanish.— Marm. One ounce will produce 300 plants. Cultivated for its blanched shoots, which are cooked as asparagus. A supply may be had all winter by planting the roots closely in a warm cellar before frost. Sow one inch deep, LONG STANDING SPINACH. h drills two feet apart, thin out to six inches, and the next spring plant in hills three feet apart. Sea-Kale Seed. (For Plants, see Vegetable Plants.) Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz.,30cts.; Hlb., $ ; lb., SCORZONERA, or Black Oyster Plant. German, Schwarzwurzel. —French, Scorzonera.— Spanish, Escorzonera. One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill. A very wholesome and agreeable vegetable, culti- vated like salsify, which it closely resembles. The roots should not be scraped, but simply washed, boiled ten- der, then peeled and served like asparagus. Scorzonera. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz.,20cts.; M^., scorzonera. 60 cts.; lb., $ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been di
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