THE FIELD AND GARDEN VEGETABLES OF AMERICA
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uch time, labor, and expense have been devoted to secure accuracy of names and synonymes; the seeds of nearly all of the prominent varieties having been imported both from England and
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f-stems and nerves pale red or rose color. It derives its different names from its various contorted forms; sometimes resembling a horn, and often assuming a shape not unlike that of
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, to a greater or less extent, intermixed. LONG SURREY. Long Red. James's Scarlet. This variety much resembles the Long Orange: the roots, however, are more slender, the heart is s
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should either be taken up or protected. If protected from frost by frames or otherwise, the roots will continue to increase in size till near November. When taken up, the roots should
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e frosts. As descriptive of its earliness, it has received the above names; being suited for very late sowing, after the removal of early crops; or for making up blanks in turnip-field
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erable extent, in certain localities in New England, for shipping. JAMES'S KEEPING. James's Long Keeping. De James. _Vil._ This is an English hybrid, said to have been originated b
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nerally, they procure sand, or sandy mud, from certain parts of the Thames, for Asparagus plantations, where the soil is too heavy. "The ground should be thoroughly trenched to the de
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tantly being dropped from the catalogues, and others, with different names, substituted. Amongst the most prominent of these sub-varieties are the following:-- _Carter's Superior._--R
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however, much more easily produced than retained: consequently, old names are almost annually discarded from the catalogues of seedsmen and gardeners; and new names, with superior rec
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seem to be several varieties, known to cultivators by many different names, some of them merely local in their application) belong to a peculiar group of the genus _Cucurbita_, the dis
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isappeared, or lost their original character; whilst the distinctive names of Early White and Late White seem now to be possessed of no value, as, in some cases, the one is used for th
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bage, introduced by different cultivators and seedsmen under various names, differing slightly, in some unimportant particulars, from the foregoing description, and also differing some
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and treated like the Common Cabbage. The seeds may be sown early in frames, and the plants afterwards set in the open ground; or the sowing may be made in the open ground in May. The p
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nded for winter use, it should have the protection of hand-glasses, frames, or branches of trees placed thickly around or amongst it. In very unfavorable situations, it is well to pot
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, providing for a due inclination towards the south. Over these put frames of glass, as usually provided for hot-beds; adding extra protection by covering with straw or other material
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ttle, well-flavored lettuce, hardy, and well adapted for growing in frames during winter. When grown in the summer months, the head is seldom well formed, and the plants soon run to se
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e principal if not the only kinds of much commercial importance; the names of other varieties being rarely, if ever, mentioned in the regular reports of the current prices of the marke
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from north to south, or from east to west. In the latter case, such frames may have glass in the south side only. _Subsequent Cultivation._--"When the crop has attained the height of
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me of them differ essentially in their habit of growth. The various names by which it has been known are Reading Hotspur, Master's or Flander's Hotspur, Golden Hotspur, Brompton Hotsp
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ur feet high, with a habit of growth and vigor similar to the Early Frames. The pods are full and plump, but do not become thick-backed and fleshy as they ripen, like those of the Fram
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rally rots, and breeds insects, which are very destructive, both in frames and on mushroom-beds. "Where a mushroom-bed is to remain permanently, a covered shed will be found convenien
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have been originally recognized as the "Hill;" and, of the numerous names by which it has since been called, this is unquestionably the only true and legitimate one. ILLINOIS YELLOW
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's Pale-red, 26. Green-top White, 30. Half-long Red, 25. James's Scarlet, 28. Long Lemon, 27. Long Orange, 26. Long Red, 28. Long Red Altringham, 23. Lo
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Fusiform, 134. Intermediate Red Wethersfield, 134. James's Keeping, 134. James's Long-keeping, 134. Jaune des Vertus, 136. Large Globe Tripoli, 135. L
Variegated, 447.
Tare, 558.
Summer, 559.
White, 558.
Winter, 559.
Tarragon, 400.
Tetragonia expansa, 295.
Thlaspi Bursa Pastoris, 303.
Thousand-headed Cabbage, 249.
Thyme, 447.
Broad-leaved, 447.
Common, 447.
Evergreen, 447.
Lemon, 449.
Narrow-leaved, 448.
Variegated, 448.
Thymus citriodorus, 449.
" vulgaris, 447.
Tobacco, 633.
Broad-leaved, 635.
Connecticut Seed-leaf, 634.
Green, 637.
Guatemala, 635.
Negro-head, 638.
Oronoco, 638.
Peach-leaf, 634.
Turkish, 637.
Virginian, 634.
Tomato, 639.
Apple, 643.
Apple-shaped, 643.
Bermuda, 643.
Cluster, 646.
Early Red, 651.
Extra Early, 651.
Fejee, 644.
Fig, 644.
Giant, 645.
Grape, 646.
Large Red, 646.
Large Red Oval, 647.
Large Yellow, 647.
Lester's Perfected, 648.
Mammoth, 645.
Mexican, 648.
New Upright, 650.
Perfected, 648.
Pomo d'Oro Lesteriano, 648.
Red Cherry, 649.
Red Pear-shaped, 644.
Red Plum, 649.
Round Red, 649.
Round Yellow, 649.
Seedless, 650.
Tomate de Laye, 650.
Tree, 650.
White, 651.
White's Extra Early, 651.
Yellow Cherry, 652.
Yellow Fig, 652.
Yellow Pear-shaped, 652.
Yellow Plum, 652.
Tota Bona, 313.
Tragopogon porrifolius, 92.
Trauxuda Kale, 273.
Tree Primrose, 35.
Tropæolum, 388.
" majus, 389.
" minus, 390.
" tuberosum, 103.
Truffle, 589.
Common, 589.
Piedmontese, 590.
Tuber cibarium, 589.
" magnatum, 590.
" melanosporum, 590.
Tuberous-rooted Chickling Vetch, 103.
Pea, 103.
Tropæolum, 103.
Wood-sorrel, 41.
Turkey Rhubarb, 573.
Turnip-rooted Celery, 331.
Turnip, 104.
Altrincham, 106.
Altringham, 106.
Autumn Stubble, 115.
Border Imperial, 106.
Border Imperial Purple-top Yellow, 106.
Chiva's Orange Jelly, 106.
Common Field Globe, 118.
Cow-horn, 107.
Dale's Hybrid, 107.
Decanter, 110.
Early Dwarf, 115.
Early Flat Dutch, 107.
Early Stone, 119.
Early White Dutch, 107.
Early Yellow Dutch, 108.
Finland, 108.
Freneuse, 108.
Golden Ball, 109.
Golden Maltese, 120.
Green Globe, 109.
Green Norfolk, 110.
Green Round, 110.
Green Tankard, 110.
Green-top Flat, 110.
Green-top Norfolk, 110.
Green-top White Globe, 109.
Green-top Yellow Aberdeen, 111.
Green-top Yellow Bullock, 111.
Hungarian Green-top Globe, 109.
Lincolnshire Red Globe, 111.
Liverpool Yellow, 112.
Long Black, 111.
Long Early White Vertus, 107.
Long White Clairfontaine, 111.
Long White Maltese, 111.
Maltese, 120.
Mouse-tail, 119.
Navet Boule de Neige, 116.
Navet Gros d'Alsace, 119.
Petrosowoodsks, 112.
Pomeranian Globe, 112.
Preston, 112.
Purple-top Aberdeen, 114.
Purple-top Flat, 112.
Purple-top Strap-leaved, 113.
Purple-top Yellow Aberdeen, 114.
Purple-top Yellow Bullock, 114.
Red Globe, 114.
Red Norfolk, 114.
Red Round, 114.
Red Tankard, 115.
Red-top Flat, 112.
Red Mouse-tail, 119.
Red-top Norfolk, 114.
Robertson's Golden Stone, 115.
Round Black, 115.
Six-weeks, 115.
Small Berlin, 117.
Small Long Yellow, 116.
Snow-ball, 116.
Stone Globe, 116.
Tankard, 110.
Teltau, 117.
Teltow, 117.
Waite's Hybrid Eclipse, 117.
White Dutch, 107.
White Garden Stone, 119.
White Globe, 118.
White Norfolk, 118.
White Round, 118.
White Stone, 119.
White Tankard, 119.
White-top Flat, 120.
White-top Strap-leaved, 120.
Yellow Altrincham, 106.
Yellow Dutch, 108.
Yellow Finland, 108.
Yellow Globe, 109.
Yellow Malta, 120.
Yellow Scarisbrick, 121.
Yellow Stone, 121.
Yellow Tankard, 121.
Turnip Cabbage, 38.
Turnip-rooted Chervil, 31.
Tussilago farfara, 564.
Unicorn Plant, 612.
Urtica dioica, 293.
Valeriana, 401.
" cornucopiæ, 401.
" locusta, 339.
Valerianella eriocarpa, 340.
Vegetable Oyster, 92.
Veronica beccabunga, 316.
Vetch, or Tare, 558.
Napoléon Pea, 558.
Summer, 559.
White, 558.
Winter, 559.
Vicia faba, 503.
" sativa, 558.
Water-cress, 401.
Water-melon, 192.
Welsh Onion, 147.
Ciboule Blanche Hative, 147.
Common, 147.
Early White, 147.
Red, 147.
White, 147.
West-Indian Bean, 499.
West-Indian Cress, 387.
West-Indian Cucumber, 199.
White Beet, 289.
Wild Endive, 334.
Wild Navew, 394.
Wild Spinach, 313.
Winged Pea, 559.
Winter Cherry, 592.
Purple, 593.
Winter Cress, 403.
Common, 403.
Wood-sorrel, 404.
Worms, 405.
Wormwood, 576.
Common, 576.
Roman, 577.
Sea, 577.
Yellow Rocket, 403.
Ysano, 103.
Zea mays, 594.
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