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Title: Dreer's garden calendar : 1884
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs Nursery stock Catalogs Gardening Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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pring use, and are improvedby the touch of frost. Sow the seed from May to June, covering it thinly and evenly ; when of sufficient size andfavorable weather transplant in July, in good, rich, well-manured ground, and cultivate the same as Cabbage,For early spring use, sow the Dwarf German and Green Curled Scotch, in September, and protect over winter,with a covering of straw or Utter, and treat like Spinach. Sea Kale is much esteemed in England, in some parts of which it grows spontaneously. Sow the seed early inthe spring, in well-manured and deeply-dug ground, 1 inch deep, and the rows 2 feet apart; thin out to stand 6inches in the rows ; before winter cover with litter or leaves, and the next spring transplant in hills 3 feet apart eachway. A supply may be had all winter by planting the roots closely together in a warm cellar before frost. Remit for plage, 16 c!s. per pound, or 25 cts. per quart or fraction thereof, when ordered to be sent by mail. 20 DREERS GARDEN CALENDAR. 1 ^3^
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1. Green Curled Scotch Kale. 2. Early Cabbage, or White Butter Lettuce. 3. Tennisball, or Boston Market Lettuce. 4. Boston Curled Lettuce. 5. Ever White Curled Endive. 6. New York Improved Large Purple Egg-Plant. 7. Early White Vienna Kohl-Rabi. 8 Thick-Leaved, or Cabbaging Dandelion- 9. Hanson Lettuce. 10. KiNGSHOLM Cos Lettuce. 11. Large London, or Flag Leek. 12. Early Long Purple Egg-Plant. DREERS GARDEN CALENDAR. 21 KALE—Borecole—Continued. Dwarf Green Curled, or German Greens. Leaves yellowish green, finely fringed ; sown in Pkt. Oz. ft September for Winter and early spring use - ^ 5 lo x oo Dwarf Yellow Butter. A new variety, with yellowish green leaves, the finest curled of all 5 20 2 00 Green Curled Scotch. A favorite among our market gardentrs; tall, but spreading undergood cultivation to 3 feet in diameter; leaves bright green and beautifully curled; mostly grown for winter and early spring use •• 5 1° ^ Tall Red, or Purple. Hardy like the Scotch, of a purplish colo

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