... German Giant._--This variety embraces most of the German and French sorts--the Giant Dutch Purple, Ulm Giant, Giant Brunswick, Large Erfurt, Early Darmstadt, and many others. Argenteuil._--Of this three sub-varieties are ...
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... This variety very nearly resembles the Giant Purple-topped. It is, however, considered a little earlier, and the top is deeper colored. GIANT PURPLE-TOP. Dutch. Red-top. Sprout white; the top, as it ...
... Specially worthy of attention are Giant Primrose, a beautiful variety with rich cream or buff flowers; the Giant Spotted, which produces handsome flowers, rich and varied in colour; and the white variety with its ...
... These field types have been crossed with table types to make "giant" table varieties that really suit dry gardening. What to do with a giant kohlrabi (or any bulb getting overblown)? Peel, grate finely ...
... White 3/4 Candytuft, Little Prince 1/2 Nemophila insignis alba 1/2 Alyssum minimum 1/3 Silene, Dwarf White 1/3 YELLOW AND ORANGE SHADES TALL. Sunflower, Giant Yellow 10 Sunflower Primrose Perfection ...
... It blanches readily; and, with little care, will supply the table, from the last of September, through most of the winter. SEYMOUR'S WHITE CHAMPION. A variety represented as being superior to Seymour's ...
... As nearly as can be judged from the notes, the ten varieties rank for earliness about as follows, though all kinds yielded something at the first cutting: {10 Giant Purple Top. { 7 Barr's ...
... Its superiority consists in its greater productiveness, and the little space required for its development; while the fruit is of larger size and superior quality. It is said to produce pods at every joint ...
... At least four grasses, namely, Para, Carib, Rhodes and Bermuda, especially Giant Bermuda, yield wonderfully. The enormous area of muck lands in Florida, especially in the Everglades, can, it would seem, be utilized only ...
... Where no mulch is used the cultivation may be carried a little closer to the plants, but should be very shallow, and at no time should deep cultivation be practiced, as the roots are ...
This variety, when grown under the same conditions as the Giant Purple-top, is generally smaller or more slender. The top of the sprout, and the scales on the sides, are often slightly tinged ...
... Other useful varieties include Giant Carentian (ABL), Alaska (STK), and Winter Giant (PEA). Lettuce
... Of the pole limas, the new Giant-podded is the hardiest--an important point in limas, which are a little delicate in constitution anyway, especially in the seedling stage--and the biggest yielder of ...
... Stocks of this type are sometimes sold, I think improperly, as giant climbing, or Tree tomato. The Buckeye State is a good type of these sorts. (Fig. 31.)
... or green, sold by many American seed companies are less vigorous types that don't produce nearly as many gourmet little leaves. Dwarfs in any species tend to have dwarfed root systems. Kohlrabi (Giant)
... For descriptions, see "Johnson & Stokes' Garden and Farm Manual." SQUASH.--Early varieties--Mammoth White Bush Scalloped, Giant Summer Crookneck. Winter-keeping varieties--Sweet Nut, Faxon, Chicago Warted, Hubbard, Early Prolific Orange Marrow. For descriptions ...
... The Giant Tomato is not early, and, for the garden, perhaps not superior to many other kinds; but for field-culture, for market, for making catchup in quantities, or for the use of pickle ...
... Stem four to five feet high; leaves yellowish-green, and, like those of the Giant Eatable-podded, stained with red at their insertion with the stalk; flowers purple; pods nearly three inches long, five ...
... Where summer is cool and soil organic matter decomposes slowly, poorer grades of compost have little immediate effect, or worse, may temporarily interfere with plant growth. Hotter soils are probably more desperate for organic ...
... That's why I got interested in dry-gardening giant kohlrabi. In 1991 we had about 2 surprising inches of rain late in June, so as a test I sowed rutabagas on July 1 ...
... When cultivated in New England or the Middle States, it has little merit, either for its productiveness or early maturity. FEJEE. Fruit quite large, red, often blushed or tinged with pinkish-crimson, flattened, sometimes ...
Culture in Glasses.—It is of little consequence whether rain, river, or spring water be employed in this mode of culture, but it must be pure, and in the glasses it should nearly but ...
... salads, soups, and a little juicing. Row 5: Dry-Gardened Salads This row holds a few crowns of French sorrel, a few feet of parsley. Over a dozen giant kohlrabi are spring sown, but ...
... old standard, Scarlet Button), and Crimson Globe (or Giant), a big, rapid, healthy grower of good quality, and one that does not get "corky." A little land-plaster, or gypsum, worked into the soil ...
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