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24. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] IMPROVED YELLOW GROUND CHERRY

GROUND CHERRY.
IMPROVED YELLOW.--Another year adds only to the popularity of this already popular little fruit, which we introduced, and it is now listed in the catalogues of the leading seedsmen of the country to whom we supply seed. It is a great improvement on the wild Ground Cherry. They grow well on almost any dry soil; are easier raised than the tomato, and are prolific bearers, and oh! such luscious fruit! For sauce they are excellent, and for pies nothing can equal them for flavor and taste. They are delicious as preserves, and when dried in sugar are much better than raisins for cakes and puddings, and they will keep in the shuck, if put in a cool place, nearly all winter. No one after raising them once will ever make a garden again without devoting a small portion at least to the Ground Cherry. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 oz. 25c, oz. 40c.

HUSK TOMATO.
PURPLE.--This fruit is quite popular in some places. The plants produce handsome purple fruit in great abundance, which are from one to two inches in diameter and enveloped in a husk similar to the Ground Cherry. Per pkt. 10c, 1/2 oz. 25c, oz. 40c.

CHERVIL.--Ger. Gartenkeebel.
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill.
CURLED.--Leaves used in soups and salads. Cultivated like parsley. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20c.

CHICORY.--Ger. Cichorie.
One ounce will sow about 15 square feet.
LARGE ROOTED.--Used as a substitute for coffee. Cultivate as carrots. Take up the roots in the fall, cut into small pieces and put away to dry. When wanted for use, it is roasted and ground like coffee. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c.

CORN SALAD, or FETTICUS
Ger. Lammersalat.
One ounce will sow about 20 square feet.
A delicious winter salad. Sow early in September in drills, quarter of an inch deep and six inches apart. Just before cold weather cover with straw or leaves. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c.

CRESS, or PEPPER GRASS.
Ger. Kresse.
One ounce will sow about 16 square feet.
EARLY CURLED.--A well known salad. Sow early and at intervals during the season; cover seeds lightly. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c.
TRUE WATER.--One of the most delicious of small salads. Will only grow where its roots are covered with water. Sow the seeds along the border of running water and cover lightly. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

ENDIVE.--Ger. Endivien.
One ounce will sow 60 square feet.
One of the best and most wholesome salads for fall and winter use. Sow early and thin, cover slightly. Soon as large enough thin to nine inches apart. When leaves are eight inches long tie them together with string near the top to blanch. This must be done when quite dry. Before cold weather, take up for winter, being careful to leave a small amount of dirt around the roots.
EXTRA CURLED.--Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 75c.

OKRA, or GUMBO.
Ger. Essberra Hibiscus.
One ounce will sow about 80 feet of drill.
Why not try Okra this year? It is extra nice for soups, stews, etc., and also much liked when pickled. Sow at the usual time of tender vegetables, in drills two inches deep, leaving the plants from two to three feet apart.

[image] WHITE VELVET OKRA.

DWARF WHITE VELVET.--This new variety is well shown by our cut. Pods are round, smooth and of an attractive white velvety appearance, very tender and of a superior flavor. Plants are dwarf and produce the pods in abundance. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 35c, lb. $1.

[image] VINE PEACH

VINE PEACH.
A splendid novelty which was introduced by us. The vine on which they are borne is somewhat similar to the musk melon vine, and requires the same cultivation. The fruit is about the size of a large peach, oval shaped, and of a bright orange-yellow color, somewhat russeted. For sweet pickles, pies or preserving they are superb. Recipes for preparing them for the table will be sent with each order. In the west and northwest, where fruit is scarce, they are becoming popular, as they are easily cultivated, wonderfully prolific, and can be used in every way in which you would use a peach, except that they are not usually liked raw, although some consider them excellent simply sliced with a little sugar on. Try them, and we know you will be pleased. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50[c].

MUSTARD.
Ger. Senf.
One ounce will sow about 75 feet of drill.
A pungent salad, used sometimes with Cress, also for greens. Sow thickly in rows, and cut when about two inches high.
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED.--Highly esteemed in the South, where the seed is sown in the fall, and the plants used very early in the spring as salad. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.
WHITE ENGLISH, or LONDON.--Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.
NEW CHINESE GOLDEN.--Forms a compact, bushy plant. Leaves very thick, finely curled, and of a bright golden yellow color; very slow to go to seed; has no rank, strong flavor like other kinds, and pronounced by all who have tried it the best of greens. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 45c.

LEEK.--Ger. Lauch.
One ounce will sow one hundred feet of drill.
Sow early in spring, and when plants are three or four inches high, thin to eight inches apart. Hoe the earth well up to the stalk to blanch it.
LARGE ROUEN.--Largest and most uniform of all. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 20[c], 1/4 lb. 60c.

COLLARDS.--Ger. Blatter-Kohl.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
GEORGIA.--Sow seed in May; transplant and treat as cabbage. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c.

[image] POMEGRANATE.

GARDEN LEMON.
Introduced by us and it has been highly praised wherever tried. It resembles the Vine Peach in manner of growth, but is distinct in that the unripe fruit is striped with very dark green, nearly black, while the Vine Peach is plain green, and when ripe it is not russeted like the Vine Peach. Fruit is of shape shown in our engraving, and is somewhat smaller than Vine Peach, has thinner flesh, and is most decidedly more acid, thus dispensing with the sliced lemons which are so important in putting up the Vine Peach. Cultivate like musk melon, in hills three feet apart each way. Full directions for cooking in various manners with each packet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50[c].

ORNAMENTAL POMEGRANATE.
A very interesting and ornamental little fruit, which a century ago was commonly grown in the gardens but is now rarely seen. Grows on a pretty vine; fruit is round, of a bright yellow, irregularly striped with orange, red or mahogany; very fragrant; a single specimen will sweetly perfume a room for many days. Prolific and easily grown. Often called Queen Anne's Pocket Melon. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

[image] GARDEN LEMON