Keywords: F. W. Bolgiano, seedsmen have won confidence for ten years (16372807032).jpg 23 <br> F AV BOLGIANO <br> /' <br> MARKET GARDENERS' BEST TRIPLE <br> CURLED PARSLEY -y ietiiiie <br> One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill Six pounds to the acre <br> The best points yet obtained in Parsley have certainly been <br> reached in this sort The plant is of a very robust and free growth <br> and is greatly improved by severe cutting The leaves are large and <br> beautifully curled and of a very dark green It sttuids tfieheat drought <br> and cold better and will yield double that of any other sort The <br> whole appeiirance of the plant is very handsome and it certainly is <br> tlie Parsley for either the market or family garden ' <br> Packets 5c and 10c J pound 15c \ pound 25c Pound 50c <br> Culture � Sow thinly in shallow drills at any time Cover the <br> beds with straw in winter and fresh Parsley can be had whenever <br> wanted <br> PARSNIP ' ' <br> Tafiinafc <br> ne ounce will sow 100 feet of drill Eight pounds required to the acre <br> Hollow Crow u Sugar Parsnip � Is the best bred and handsomest <br> Parsnip ; it is half long wedge shaped hollow crowned and very broad at <br> the shoulders easily taken out of the ground and producing more tons to <br> the acre than the longer and slim varieties <br> Packets 5c and 10c Quarter pound 15c Half pound 25c Pound 40c <br> Culture � Deep mellow soil is necessary for the full development of the <br> Hollow Crown Parsnip Sow as early in the Spring as the weather will <br> permit in drills fifteen inches apart covering the seed ; when well up thin <br> out to five or six inches apart in the rows Parsnips are improved by frost <br> and it is a usual custom to take up in the Fall a oertain quantity for Winter <br> use leaving the rest in the ground until Spring to be dug up as required <br> Aside from the value of the Parsnip as a table vegetable it is also one of the <br> best roots for farm purposes furnishing a very nourishing food particularly <br> adapted to and relished J dairy stock <br> lished b <br> /G <br> REEN OKRA <br> Dfra cbcr ©umbo <br> TEN POUNDS TO THE ACRE <br> Dwart Green Prolific Okra or Gumbo � This vegetable is too <br> ittle grown ; as its green pods impart a fine flavor and consistency to soups <br> and stews besides being very palatable when stewed and served as a dish of <br> Asparagus The pods can also be dried for Winter It is universally used <br> throughout the South and is as easily raised as a weed in the North So delic- <br> ious is the flavor that when once used it will be grown every year in North- <br> ern as well as Southern gardens Packet 5c Ounce 10c Quarter pound <br> 15c Half iDOund 25c Pound 40c <br> HITE VELVET OKRA <br> This distinct and beautiful new Okra was <br> originated in Georgia The pods much longer <br> than those'~bf any other sort perfectly smooth <br> never prickly round not ridged or square as in <br> other Okras Packet 5c Ounce 10c Quarter <br> Pound 40c <br> pound 15c Half pound 25c <br> MUSHROOM SPAWN <br> Mushrooms may be grown in any dark room or cellar where the temperature <br> can be kept at from 50 to 60 degrees Procure soil from an old pasture and <br> thoroughly mix it with fresh horse manure Dig a bed a foot in depth and lay in <br> successive layers of soil and spawn until the bed is filled In about ten days <br> cover all with a slight layer of loam and manure pressing it firm Within six <br> weeks the mushrooms will appear and grow rapidly and continually for a month <br> or over Price 15c per brick Ten pounds 1 25 <br> The seed I bovght of you last Spring gave perfect satisfaction <br> November 23 1897 F W BABER Florida <br> Dwarf Green Okra 42158380 132780 65933 Page 22 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42158380 1899 10 5962/bhl title 65933 F W Bolgiano Co ; Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection NameFound Asparagus NameConfirmed Asparagus var pygmaeus Makino EOLID 10487111 Biodiversity Heritage Library F W Bolgiano seedsmen have won confidence for ten years Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Fruit Garden tools Nurseries Horticulture Seeds Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42158380 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42158380 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants nurseries horticulture u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-26 Check categories 2015 August 24 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16372807032 2015-08-24 07 52 27 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 F W Bolgiano seedsmen have won confidence for ten years Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |