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Title: Annual catalogue of seeds and bulbs
Identifier: annualcatalogueo1896owcl (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: O. W. Clark & Son; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New York (State) Buffalo; Vegetables; Flowers; Fruit; Gardening; Commercial catalogs
Publisher: Buffalo, New York : O. W. Clark & Son
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE, FLOWER ANDJFARM SEEDS. Extra Early Refugee. A selection from and possessing all the first-rate qualities Pkt. Qt. Pk. Bus. of the well-known Refugee, which it is gradually superseding. It is an immense yielder, and sure to produce a crop ; is an excellent shipper, and fast becomiDg one of the most popular green-podded Beans in cultivation $o 10 $o 25 $i 25 $3 50 Burpee's Bush Lima. Grows from 18 to 20 inches high, erect and stout, branching so vigorously that each plant develops into a circular bush 2 or 3 feet in diameter. The bush character is thoroughly estab- lished, not one plant in a thousand showing any disposition to run. It yields immensely, bearing hand- some, large, well-filled pods, the Beans being identical in size and flavor with the well-known large •Pole Limas 10 40 2 50 8 00 Beans, Pole or Running. French, Haricots a Rames. German, <3tcmgen=33ofcnen. Spanish, ~ Frijole Vast ago. Culture.— One quart will plant 60 to 70 hills; half a bushel will plant an acre. The soil should be mellow, rich and warm. Lay the ground out in hills 4 feet apart each way, and set poles 8 or 10 feet long firmly in the hills before putting in the seed. Plant 5 or 6 Beans in a hill, and cover about 2 inches deep ; leave 3 healthy plants at each pole, and when a few inches high draw a little earth around them as support. Use the cultivator freely to keep the soil mellow and clean. Pkt. Qt. Pk. Extra Early Jersey Lima. Fully two weeks earlier than any other Pole Lima ; they are always tender and delicious . $0 Dreer's Lima. Smaller Beans, but earlier and more prolific than Large Lima . . Large White Lima. Always popular, and only surpassed by other sorts in earliness Dutch Qase=Kflife. An old-fashioned Dutch Case-Knife Bean. productive and early variety Produces long, golden yellow, stringless pods, tender and of delicious Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. Popular old favorite ; useful either green or dried .... Scarlet Runner. Ornamental and useful ; produces brilliant scarlet flowers, and the
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Golden Cluster. quality . . 10 $0 40 $2 25 10 40 2 OO 10 40 2 25 10 40 2 OO 10 40 2 25 10 40 2 OO 10 40 2 OO Broccoli. French, Chou Brocoli. German, 3parc}el--$of)f. Spanish, Broculi. v.\„ Culture.—One ounce will produce 3,000 plants. Sow thinly in seed beds. For permanent location select fresh land, deeply tilled. When the plants are strong enough, set out in rows 2 feet apart each way, setting the plants well down to their lower leaves. Cultivate frequently, and give a plentiful surply of water during all stages of their growth. White Cape. Dwarf, compact habit ; firm white heads of fine quality. Oz 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. Improved Purple Cape. A standard sort ; very hardy and productive. Oz. 30 cts

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