THE FIELD AND GARDEN VEGETABLES OF AMERICA TEXT

is employed principally for pickling and preserving; its small size rendering it of little value for stewing or for catchup. Mixed with the Yellow, they make a fine garnish, and are excellent for salad. ROUND RED. A small, round, red variety, measuring about an inch in diameter. It is one of the earliest of all the cultivated sorts, but of little value except for pickling or preserving. ROUND YELLOW. Of the size and form of the foregoing, differing only in color. SEEDLESS. Very similar to, if not identical with, the Perfected. Fruit almost rose-red, solid, and with comparatively few seeds. TREE-TOMATO. _Vil._ _Hov. Mag._ New Upright. Tomate de Laye. A new variety, raised from seed by Grenier, gardener to M. de Fleurieux, at a place in France called Chateau de Laye (whence the name), and introduced by M. Vilmorin of Paris. It is distinct from all others; rising quite erect to the height of two feet or upwards, with a stem of remarkable size and strength. The branches are not numerous, and comparatively short, usually eight or ten inches in length,--thus requiring no heading-in; leaves not abundant, rather curled, much wrinkled, very firm, closely placed on the sturdy branches, and of a remarkably deep, shining-green color; fruit bright-red, of large size, comparatively smooth, and well filled to the centre,--in many respects, resembling the Perfected, though more regular in form. From the peculiar, tree-like character of the plants, the variety is remarkably well adapted for cultivation in pots; but its late maturity greatly impairs its value as a variety for forcing. It is a slow grower, tardy in forming and perfecting its fruit, and, for ordinary garden culture, cannot be recommended as being preferable to the Perfected and other earlier and much more prolific varieties. It has been described as strictly self-supporting: but, though the fruit is produced in a remarkably close and almost clasping manner about the sturdy stem and branches, its weight often brings the plants to the ground; and consequently, in exposed situations, it will be necessary to provide stakes, or some similar means of support; though the plants never exhibit the rambling, recumbent character of the Common Tomato. WHITE TOMATO. Plant similar in habit to the Large Red; fruit large, generally ribbed, often irregular, but sometimes comparatively smooth. Its distinguishing characteristic is its color, which, if the fruit be screened by foliage or if grown in the shade, is almost clear white; if much exposed to the sun, it assumes a yellowish tinge, much paler, however, than the Large Yellow. Flesh yellowish, more watery than that of the Large Red, and of a somewhat peculiar flavor, much esteemed by some, and unpalatable to others. The variety is hardy, remarkably productive, as early as the Large Red, and equally large and solid: but its color, before and after being cooked, is unattractive; and it is rarely seen in the markets, and seldom cultivated for family use. WHITE'S EXTRA EARLY. Early Red. Extra Early. A medium-sized Red variety, generally round, but frequently of an oval form, flattened, sometimes ribbed, but comparatively smooth, and, when fully matured, of a deeper color than the later Red sorts. Average specimens measure about two inches and a half in diameter, and an inch and a half in depth. The plants are moderately vigorous, and readily distinguished by their peculiar curled and apparently withering foliage. Flesh pale-red, quite firm, mild, not very seedy, and well filling the fruit, which is considerably heavier than the Apple-shaped. When cooked, it yields a much greater product, in proportion to its size, than the last-named and similar hollow-hearted varieties. Productive, and of good quality. Planted at the same time with the Common Red varieties, it will ripen about two weeks earlier. An excellent sort for the garden, and recommended for general cultivation. In order to retain this or any other early variety in its purity, seed for planting should be saved from the smoothest, best formed, and earliest ripened fruit. Few of the numerous kinds now cultivated possess much permanency of character; and rapidly degenerate, if raised from seed taken from the scattered, irregular, and comparatively immature tomatoes remaining upon the plants at the close of the season. YELLOW CHERRY-TOMATO. A yellow variety of the Red Cherry-tomato,--differing only in color. Quite showy, but of little value for culinary purposes. YELLOW PEAR-SHAPED TOMATO. Yellow Fig-tomato. A sub-variety of the Red Pear-shaped, with a clear, semi-transparent, yellow skin and yellow flesh. Like the preceding, it is little used except for preserving and pickling. YELLOW PLUM-TOMATO. A variety of the Red Plum, of the same size and form, and equally symmetrical; distinguished only by the color of its skin, which is a fine, clear, transparent yellow. It is used principally for preserving; its small size rendering it comparatively valueless for use in any other form. When the two varieties are intermixed, the colors present a fine contrast; and a basket of the fruit is quite a beautiful object. INDEX. Agaricus campestris, 580. " comatus, 585. " deliciosus, 585. " exquisitus, 585. " Georgii, 585. " oreades, 587. " personatus, 586. " prunulus, 586. Alecost, 416. Alexanders, 315. Perfoliate, 316. Alisanders, 315. Alkekengi, 592. Purple, 593. Tall, 593. Alliaceous Plants, 122. Allium ampeloprasum, 124. " Ascalonicum, 143. " cepa, 129. " fistulosum, 147. " porrum, 125. " sativum, 123. " schoenoprasum, 122. " scorodoprasum, 143. Allspice, 429. Amaranthus, 287. Chinese, 287. Early, 288. Hantsi Shanghai, 288. Mirza, 288. American Brooklime, 316. American Garden-bean, 450. American Winter-cress, 403. Anethum graveolens, 418. Angelica, 406. " archangelica, 406. Anise, 407. Annual Phytolacca, 169. Anthemis nobilis, 563. " nobilis flore pleno, 563. Apium graveolens, 321. " petroselinum, 430. Arrach, 296. Arachys hypogea, 556. Aromatic Nigella, 429. Artemesia abrotanum, 576. " absynthium, 576. " dracunculus, 400. " maritimum, 577. " pontica, 577. Artichoke, 149. Camus de Bretagne, 153. Common, 152. Dark Red-spined, 152. Early Purple, 152. French, 162. Globe, 152. Green, 152. Green Globe, 152. Green Provence, 153. Gros Vert de Laon, 153. Laon, 153. Large Flat Brittany, 153. Large Round-headed, 152. Purple, 152. Purple Globe, 152. Purplish-red, 153. Violet, 152. Asparaginous Plants, 149. Asparagus, 153. Asperge d'Allemagne, 161. Battersea, 160. Deptford, 161. Dutch, 161. German, 161. Giant Purple-top, 161. Grayson's Giant, 161. Gravesend, 161. Green-top, 161. Mortlake, 161. Reading, 161. Red-top, 161. Asparagus officinalis, 153. Astragalus hamosus, 405. Atriplex hortensis, 296. Avilès Cabbage, 275. Balm, 409. Balsamita vulgaris, 416. Barbadoes Gooseberry, 592. Barbarea præcox, 403. " vulgaris, 403. Basella alba, 292. " cordifolia, 292. " rubra, 293. Basil, 410. Bush, 411. Common, 410. Fin Vert, 411. Fin Violet, 411. Grand Violet, 410. Green Bush, 411. Large Sweet, 410. Lettuce-leaved, 411. Purple, 410. Purple Bush, 411. Bean, American Garden, 450. Dwarf varieties, 450. Bagnolet, 451. Black-eyed China, 452. Blue Pod, 453. Canada Yellow, 454. Canadian, 463. Chilian, 455. China, 460. Crescent-eyed, 455. Dun-colored, 456. Dwarf Case-knife, 459. Dwarf Cimeter, 459. Dwarf Cranberry, 457. Dwarf Horticultural, 458. Dwarf Sabre, 459. Dwarf Soissons, 460. Dwarf White Cranberry, 479. Dwarf Yellow, 472. Early China, 460. Early Mohawk, 464. Early Rachel, 461. Early Valentine, 462. Golden Cranberry, 463. Kidney, 478. Large White Kidney, 478. Long Yellow Six-weeks, 464. Mohawk, 464. Newington Wonder, 465. Pea, 467. Pottawottomie, 468. Red-eyed China, 460. Red Flageolet, 469. Red-speckled, 469. Refugee, 470. Rice, 471. Rob-Roy, 472. Round American Kidney, 454, 463. Round Yellow, 472. Round Yellow Six-weeks, 472. Royal Dwarf, 478. Scarlet Flageolet, 469. Scarlet Swiss, 474. Six-weeks, 464. Solitaire, 473. Swiss Crimson, 474. Tampico, 475. Thousand to One, 470. Turtle-soup, 475. Valentine, 462. Variegated Dwarf Prague, 458. Victoria, 476. White's Early, 476. White Egg, 479. White Flageolet, 477. White Kidney, 478. White Marrow, 479. White Marrowfat, 479. Yellow-eyed China, 480. Yellow Flageolet, 464. Yellow Six-weeks, 464. Beans, Running or Pole, 481. Algerian, 484. Asparagus, 494. Butter, 484. Carolina, 499. Carolina Sewee, 499. Case-knife, 481. Cimeter, 490. Corn, 482. D' Alger, 484. Green Lima, 496. Horticultural, 483. Indian Chief, 484. Lima, 495. London Horticultural, 483. Long-podded Dolichos, 494. Marbled Prague, 483. Mottled Cranberry, 485. Mottled Lima, 497. Mottled Prolific, 485. Mottled Sieva, 500. Painted Lady-runner, 499. Prédhomme, 486. Princess, 487. Red Cranberry, 487. Red Orleans, 488. Rhode-Island Butter, 489. Saba, 499. Sabre, 490. Scarlet Orleans, 488. Scarlet-runner, 497. Sieva, 499. Small Lima, 499. Soissons, 491. Wax, 484. West-Indian, 499. White Cranberry, 491. White-runner, 499. Wild-goose, 492. Yellow Cranberry, 493. Bean, English, 503. Bog, 505. Cluster, 505. Dark-red, 509. Dutch Long Pod, 505. Dwarf Fan, 505. Early Dwarf, 505. Early Dwarf Crimson-seeded, 505. Early Long Pod, 508. Early Malta, 506. Early Mazagan, 506. Evergreen Long Pod, 506. Green China, 507. Green Genoa, 506. Green Julienne, 507. Green Long Pod, 506. Green Nonpareil, 506. Green Windsor, 507. Hang-down Long Pod, 508. Horse-bean, 503, 507. Johnson's Wonderful, 508. Kentish Windsor, 511. Large Toker, 510. Lisbon, 508. Long-podded, 508. Marshall's Early Dwarf Prolific, 508. Mumford, 511. Purple, 510. Red-blossomed, 509. Red Windsor, 509. Royal Dwarf Cluster, 509. Sandwich, 508. Scarlet-blossomed, 509. Scarlet Windsor, 509. Scotch, 507. Sword Long Pod, 508. Taylor's Large Windsor, 511. Toker, 507, 510. Turkey Long Pod, 508. Vilmorin's Dwarf Red-seeded, 505. Violet, 510. Violette, 510. White-blossomed Long Pod, 510. White Broad Windsor, 511. Windsor, 511. Wrench's Improved Windsor, 511. Bean, French, 450. Bean, Kidney, 450. Beet, 1. Bark-skinned, 6. Barrott's New Crimson, 7. Bassano, 7. Betterave Blanche, 17. Betterave Globe Rouge, 16. Betterave Jaune Globe, 19. Cattell's Dwarf Blood, 8. Common Long Blood, 13. Cow-horn Mangel Wurzel, 8. Cow-horn Scarcity, 8. Disette Blanche à Collet Verte, 14. Disette d'Allemagne, 10. Disette Hative, 8. Dwarf Blood, 11. Early Blood Turnip-rooted, 9. Early Flat Bassano, 7. Early Half Long Blood, 11. Early Mangel Wurzel, 8. Early Scarcity, 8. Early Turnip Beet, 9. Fine Dwarf Red, 11. German Red Mangel Wurzel, 10. German Yellow Mangel Wurzel, 11. Green Mangel Wurzel, 11. Green-top White Sugar, 14. Half Long Blood, 11. Improved Long Blood, 12. Jaune d'Allemagne, 11. Jaune Grosse, 15. Long Blood, 13. Long Red Mangel Wurzel, 13. Long Smooth Blood, 12. Long White Green-top Mangel Wurzel, 14. Long White Mangel Wurzel, 14. Long Yellow Mangel Wurzel, 15. Marbled Field, 13. Oak Bark-skinned, 6. Pine-apple Short-top, 15. Red Castelnaudary, 16. Red Globe Mangel Wurzel, 16. Red Mangel Wurzel, 13. Rouge de Whyte, 18. Rouge Nain, 11. Rouge Plate de Bassano, 7. Serpent-like, 8. Turnip-rooted Bassano, 7. White Globe Mangel Wurzel, 17. White Silesian, 17. White Sugar, 17. White Turnip-rooted, 18. Whyte's Dark Crimson, 18. Wyatt's Dark Crimson, 18. Yellow Castelnaudary, 19. Yellow Globe Mangel Wurzel, 19. Yellow Turnip-rooted, 20. Beet, Leaf, 289. Beet, Sea, 302. Belle-Isle Cress, 403. Bene-plant, 561. Biformed-leaved, 562. Oval-leaved, 562. Trifid-leaved, 562. Beta cicla, 289. " maritima, 302. " vulgaris, 1. Black Cumin, 429. Black Nightshade, 288. Black Oyster-plant, 95. Black Salsify, 95. Blitum Bonus Henricus, 313. Boletus edulis, 587. " scaber, 587. Borage, 412. Blue-flowering, 412. Red-flowering, 412. Variegated, 412. White-flowering, 412. Borago officinalis, 412. Borecole, or Kale, 229. Asparagus, 231. Branchu du Poitou, 236. Buda, 231. Cabbaging, 231. Canada Dwarf Curled, 233. Caulet de Flanders, 233. Cesarean, 232. Cesarean Cabbage, 232. Chou à Faucher, 233. Chou à Mille Têtes, 236. Chou Cavalier, 232. Chou de Lannilis, 234. Chou Frisé de Naples, 234. Chou Frisé Prolifère, 232. Chou Moellier, 234. Chou Palmier, 235. Chou vivace de Daubenton, 232. Coxcomb, 232. Cow-cabbage, 232. Curled Brown 235. Curled Proliferous, 232. Daubenton's Creeping, 232. Dwarf Feather, 231. Dwarf Curled, 233. Dwarf Curlies, 233. Dwarf Green Curled, 233. Field Cabbage, 233. Field Kale, 233. Flanders, 233. Frisé à Pied Court, 233. Frisé Grand du Nord, 236. Frisé Panaché, 237. Frisé Rouge Grand, 235. Green Marrow-stem, 234. Green Scotch, 233. Imperial Hearting, 231. Lannilis, 234. Lannilis Tree-cabbage, 234. Manchester, 231. Neapolitan, 234. Neapolitan Curled, 234. Oak-leaved, 231. Palm, 235. Purple, 235. Red, 235. Red Marrow-stem, 236. Red-stalked, 236. Russian, 231. Tall Green, 236. Tall Green Curled, 236. Tall German Greens, 236. Tall Purple, 235. Tall Scotch, 236. Thousand-headed, 236. Tree-cabbage, 232. Variegated, 237. Variegated Canadian, 237. Variegated Coxcomb, 237. Woburn Perennial, 237. Bottle Gourd, 179, 180. Brassica campestris, 394. " campestris Ruta-baga, 86. " caulo rapa, 38. " chinensis, 276. " eruca, 395. " napa, 393. " oleracea, 238, 249, 251. " oleracea bullata, 277. " oleracea sabellica, 229. " præcox, 394. " rapa, 104, 393. Brassicaceous Plants, 229. Broccoli, 238. Adam's Early White, 247. Ambler's Early White, 241. Asparagus, 242. Autumn White, 243. Autumnal Cape, 244. Bath White, 244. Blue Cape, 246. Brimstone, 247. Cauliflower, 247. Chappell's Large Cream, 241. Chappell's New Cream, 241. Covent-Garden Market, 247. Cream-colored, 246. Danish, 241. Devonshire White, 243. Dilliston's Late White, 245. Dwarf Brown Close-headed, 242. Dwarf Danish, 245. Dwarf Roman, 244. Dwarf Swedish, 245. Early Branching, 242. Early Gem, 245. Early Purple, 242. Early Purple Cape, 246. Early Purple Sprouting, 242. Early White, 243, 247. Early White Cornish, 246. Edinburgh Sulphur, 247. Ellertson's Gigantic Late White, 243. Ellertson's Mammoth, 243. Fine Early White, 243. Fine Late Sulphur, 247. Frogmore Protecting, 243. Gem, 245. Gillespie's, 243. Gill's Yarmouth White, 247. Grange's Cauliflower, 247. Grange's Early Cape, 246. Grange's Early Cauliflower, 244. Grange's Early White, 244. Green Cape, 244. Green Close-headed Winter, 244. Hammond's White Cape, 244. Hampton Court, 245. Hopwood's Early White, 244. Howden's Superb Purple, 246. Imperial Early White, 247. Invisible, 244. Invisible Late White, 245. Italian Purple, 245. Italian Sprouting, 242. Kent's Late White, 245. Kidderminster, 245. Knight's Protecting, 245. Lake's Gem, 245. Late Brimstone, 247. Late Danish, 241. Late Dwarf Purple, 245. Late Green, 241, 244. Late Willcove, 248. Maher's Hardy Cape, 244. Maher's New Dwarf, 246. Marshall's Early White, 244. Miller's Dwarf, 246. Miller's Late White, 246. Mitchell's Ne Plus Ultra, 246. Mitchinson's Early White, 246. Mitchinson's Penzance, 246. Naples White, 247. Neapolitan White, 247. North's Early Purple, 242. Portsmouth, 246. Purple Cape, 246. Purple Silesian, 246. Siberian, 241, 244. Snow's Spring White, 247. Snow's Superb White Winter, 247. Southampton, 246. Sulphur, 247. Walcheren, 248. Ward's Superb, 248. Waterloo Late White, 245. White Cape, 248. Willcove, 248. Brook-lime, 316. American, 316. Brussels Sprouts, 249. Dwarf, 250. Giant, 250. Tall, 250. Buckshorn Plantain, 317. Burnet, 318. Hairy-leaved, 319. Large-seeded, 319. Smooth-leaved, 319. Cabbage, 251. American Drumhead, 258. American Green Glazed, 258. Atkins's Matchless, 252. Barnes's Early, 253. Barnes's Early Dwarf, 253. Bergen Drumhead, 253. Champion of America, 253. Chou de Vaugirard, 265. Coeur de Boeuf Petit, 262. Dwarf Battersea, 254. Early Battersea, 254. Early Cornish, 254. Early Drumhead, 255. Early Dutch Drumhead, 256. Early Dutch Twist, 255. Early Dwarf Battersea, 254. Early Hope, 255. Early Low Dutch, 256. Early Nonpareil, 256. Early Sugar-loaf, 256. Early Wakefield, 257. Early York, 257. East Ham, 258. Great American, 253. Green Glazed, 258. Large Bergen, 253. Large Flat Dutch, 261. Large French Ox-heart, 260. Large German Drumhead, 253. Large Late Drumhead, 258. Large Ox-heart, 260. Large York, 259. Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead, 260. Mason, 260. Paignton, 254. Penton, 254. Pentonville, 254. Pointed-head, 265. Pomeranian, 261. Premium Flat Dutch, 261. Quintal, 253. Shilling's Queen, 262. Small Ox-heart, 262. St. Denis, 262. Stone-mason, 263. Suttons's Dwarf Comb, 264. Vannack, 264. Vaugirard, 265. Waite's New Dwarf, 265. Winnigstadt, 265. Cabbage: Red Varieties, 266. Chou Noirâtre d'Utrecht, 267. Early Blood-red, 266. Early Dwarf-red, 266. Large Red Dutch, 266. Small Red, 266. Superfine Black, 267. Utrecht Red, 267. Calabash, or Common Gourd, 179. Bottle Gourd, 179, 180. Courge Massue d'Hercule, 180. Courge Poire à Poudre, 181. Courge Siphon, 181. Hercules Club, 180. Powder-horn, 181. Siphon, 181. Calendula officinalis, 425. Camomile, 563. Common, 563. Double-flowering, 563. Campanula rapunculus, 84. Capsicum, 616. Capucine, 388. Dwarf, 390. Caraway, 413. Cardamine pratensis, 344. Cardoon, 162. Artichoke-leaved, 166. Blood-ribbed, 166. Cardon de Tours, 166. Common, 165. D'Espagne, 165. Lance-leaved, 166. Large Purple, 166. Large Smooth, 165. Large Spanish, 165. Large Tours Solid, 166. Plein Inerme, 165. Puvis, 166. Puvis de Bourg, 166. Red, 166. Red-stemmed, 166. Smooth Large Solid, 165. Tours, 166. Carolina Potato, 99. Carrot, 20. Altrincham, 23. Altringham, 23. Blanche des Vosges, 29. Blood Red, 29. Common White, 28. Dutch Horn, 25. Earliest Short Forcing Horn, 24.