. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For the Farm and Garden. BROCCOLI. \^Bra!i!iica oleracea hotnjtis, LiN. Choii hroculi, Fu. lirocoli.


. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1883 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, with directions for their culture : also, a large assortment of plants, gladiolus, lilies, horticultural requisites, &c. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For the Farm and Garden. BROCCOLI. \^Bra!i!iica oleracea hotnjtis, LiN. Choii hroculi, Fu. lirocoli. Spargel-Kohl, ' iKR. Broculi, Sp.] One ounce will how a bed of forty stiuare feet, aud produce about ^,000 plants. C'l'I-TUKE.—Till' seed shoulil bii sown ill liotbcils, for early crops, iu April; for iiiaiu crops, iii May. When the plants are sulHciently strong, anil before they are drawn by growing too closely together, traus- I>laut them into nursery beds or Hues, allowing about four inches between the plants. Plant out as soon as the plants are sufBciently established, in rows from two feel to two feet ; inches apai t, leaving about the same distance between the plants. Keep them well supplied with water until they get fairly established. // by mail in quantities of 1 ounces and upwards, postage must be added at the rate of 16<;. jyer pound. Early I'urple Cape.—This is the most valuable kind fertile Xorth, producing large, close heads, nf a bi'owiiisli pui'ple, and has an excellent flavor. Per pkt., 10 cents ; oz., 50 ; )4 lb., $ Walchercn.—One of the liariUest and best, with very large, firm lieails. Per pkt., 10 cents; nz., Go ; ,'4 lb., Brussels Sprouts. >Vhlte Cape.—A later sort, and should be sown at the North very early iu the Spring. The heads, when perfected, are large, white, and compact, so nearly resembling the Cauliflower that it is some- times called the " Cauliflower ; Perpkt., 10 cents; 75 ; '4 lb., $2


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