The Field and Garden Vegetables of America by Fearing Burr, Jr

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Burr, Fearing, 1815-1897

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The field and garden vegetables of America : containing full descriptions of nearly eleven hundred species and varieties; with directions for propagation, culture, and use.

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SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

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Vegetables -- Varieties

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21682

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June 5, 2007

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE FIELD AND GARDEN VEGETABLES — OF
2. 2.BY FEARING BURR, JR. — ILLUSTRATED. — TO
3. 3.HON. ALBERT FEARING, — President of the Hingham Agricultural and Horticultural Society, — This Volume is gratefully and respectfully Dedicated — BY THE AUTHOR.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
6. 6.ABBREVIATIONS AND AUTHORITIES.
7. 7.CONTENTS. — FIELD AND GARDEN VEGETABLES.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. — ESCULENT ROOTS. — The Beet. Carrot. Chervil, Turnip-rooted. Chinese Potato, or Japanese Yam. Chufa, or Earth Almond. German Rampion. Jerusalem Artichoke. Kohl Rabi. Oxalis, Tuberous. Oxalis, Deppes. Parsnip. Potato. Radish. Rampion. Swede, or Ruta-baga Turnip. Salsify, or Oyster Plant. Scolymus. Scorzonera. Skirret. Sweet Potato. Tuberous-rooted Chickling Vetch. Tuberous-rooted Tropæolum. Turnip. — THE BEET. — Beta vulgaris. — THE CARROT. — Daucus carota. — TURNIP-ROOTED CHERVIL. — Parsnip Chervil . — Chærophyllum bulbosum. — CHINESE POTATO, OR JAPANESE YAM. — Dioscorea batatas. — CHUFA, OR EARTH ALMOND. — Edible Cyperus . Nut Rush . — Cyperus esculentus. — GERMAN RAMPION. — Tree Primrose. Evening Primrose . — Œnothera biennis. — JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. — Helianthus tuberosus. — KOHL RABI. — Turnip Cabbage . — Brassica caulo-rapa. — OXALIS, TUBEROUS-ROOTED.— Law. — Tuberous-rooted Wood-sorrel. Oca. Oxalis crenata. — THE PARSNIP. — Pastinaca sativa. — THE POTATO. — Solanum tuberosum. — THE RADISH. — Raphanus sativus. — RAMPION. — Campanula rapunculus. — RUTA-BAGA, OR SWEDE TURNIP. — Russian Turnip. French Turnip. Brassica campestris Ruta-baga. De Cand. — SALSIFY, OR OYSTER-PLANT. — Leek-leaved Salsify. Vegetable Oyster. Purple Goat's Beard. Tragopogon porrifolius. — SCOLYMUS. — Spanish Scolymus. Spanish Oyster-plant. Scolymus Hispanicus. — SCORZONERA. — Black Oyster-plant. Black Salsify. Scorzonera Hispanica. — SKIRRET. — Crummock, of the Scotch. Sium sisarum. — SWEET POTATO. — Spanish Potato. Carolina Potato. Convolvulus batatus. Ipomœa batatas. — TUBEROUS-ROOTED CHICKLING VETCH. — Tuberous-rooted Pea. Eatable-rooted Pea. Lathyrus tuberosus. — TUBEROUS-ROOTED TROPÆOLUM. Thomp. — Ysano. Tropæolum tuberosum. — THE TURNIP. — English Turnip. Brassica rapa.
9. 9.CHAPTER II. — ALLIACEOUS PLANTS. — The Cive. Garlic. Leek. Onion. Rocambole. Shallot. Welsh Onion. — THE CIVE. — Chive. Allium schœnoprasum. — COMMON GARLIC. — Allium sativum. — THE LEEK. — Allium porrum. — THE ONION. — Allium cepa. — ROCAMBOLE. — Allium scorodoprasum. — SHALLOT. — Allium Ascalonicum. — WELSH ONION. — Ciboule, of the French. Allium fistulosum.
10. 10.CHAPTER III. — ASPARAGINOUS PLANTS. — The Artichoke. Asparagus. Cardoon. Hop. Oosung. Phytolacca. — THE ARTICHOKE. — Cynarus scolymus. — ASPARAGUS. — Asparagus officinalis. — CARDOON. — Chardon. Chardoon. Cynara cardunculus. — THE HOP. — Humulus lupulus. — HOOSUNG, OR OOSUNG. Hov. Mag . — PERENNIAL PHYTOLACCA. — Garget. Poke. Pigeon Berry. Phytolacca decandra.
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — CUCURBITACEOUS PLANTS. — The Cucumber. Egyptian Cucumber. Globe Cucumber. Gourd, or Calabash. The Melon. Musk-melon. Persian Melons. Water-melon. Papanjay, or Sponge Cucumber. Prickly-fruited Gherkin. Pumpkin. Snake Cucumber. Squash. — THE CUCUMBER. — Cucumis sativus. — EGYPTIAN CUCUMBER. — Hairy Cucumber. Round-leaved Egyptian. Concombre chaté. Vil. Cucumis chate. — GLOBE CUCUMBER. — Concombre des prophètes. Vil. Cucumis prophetarum. — CALABASH, OR COMMON GOURD. — Bottle Gourd. Cucurbita lagenaria. — THE MELON. — THE MUSK-MELON. — Cucumis melo. — PERSIAN MELONS. Trans. — THE WATER-MELON. — Cucurbita citrullus. — PAPANJAY, OR SPONGE CUCUMBER. — Papangaye. Vil. Cucumis acutangulus. — PRICKLY-FRUITED GHERKIN. — Gherkin. West-Indian Cucumber. Jamaica Cucumber. Cucumis anguria. — THE PUMPKIN. — Cucurbita pepo. — SNAKE OR SERPENT CUCUMBER. — Cucumis flexuosus. — THE SQUASH.
12. 12.CHAPTER V. — BRASSICACEOUS PLANTS. — Borecole, or Kale. Broccoli. Brussels Sprouts. Cabbage. Cauliflower. Colewort. Couve Tronchuda, or Portugal Cabbage. Pak-Chöi. Pe-Tsai, or Chinese Cabbage. Savoy. Sea-kale. — BORECOLE, OR KALE. — Brassica oleracea sabellica. — BROCCOLI. — Brassica oleracea var. — BRUSSELS SPROUTS. — Thousand-headed Cabbage. Brassica oleracea var. — THE CABBAGE. — Brassica oleracea capitata. — THE CAULIFLOWER. — Brassica oleracea var. — COLEWORT, OR COLLARDS. Loud. — Collet. — COUVE TRONCHUDA, OR PORTUGAL CABBAGE. Trans. — Portugal Borecole. Large-ribbed Borecole. Trauxuda Kale. — PAK-CHÖI. Vil. — Chinese Cabbage. Brassica sp. — PE-TSAI. — Chinese Cabbage. Brassica chinensis. — SAVOY. — Savoy Cabbage. Brassica oleracea, var. bullata. Dec. — SEA-KALE. — Crambe maritima.
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — SPINACEOUS PLANTS. — Amaranthus. Black Nightshade. Leaf-beet, or Swiss Chard. Malabar Nightshade. Nettle. New-Zealand Spinach. Orach. Patience Dock. Quinoa. Sea-beet. Shepherd's Purse. Sorrel. Spinach. Wild or Perennial Spinach. — AMARANTHUS. — Chinese Amaranthus. Chinese Spinach. — BLACK NIGHTSHADE. — Morelle, of the French. Solanum nigrum. — LEAF-BEET, OR SWISS CHARD. — Sicilian Beet. White Beet. Beta cicla. — MALABAR NIGHTSHADE (WHITE). — Climbing Nightshade. White Malabar Spinach. Baselle blanche. Vil. Basella alba. — COMMON NETTLE. — Large Stinging Nettle. Urtica dioica. — NEW-ZEALAND SPINACH. Loud. — Tetragonia expansa. — ORACH. — Arrach. French Spinach. Mountain Spinach. Atriplex hortensis. — PATIENCE. — Herb Patience. Patience Dock. Garden Patience. Rumex patientia. — QUINOA (WHITE). Law. — White-seeded Quinoa. Goose-foot. Chenopodium quinoa. — SEA-BEET. Trans. — Beta maritima. — SHEPHERD'S PURSE. — Thlaspi Bursa pastoris. — SORREL. — Rumex. sp. et var. — SPINACH. — Spinacia oleracea. — WILD OR PERENNIAL SPINACH. — Good King Henry. Tota Bona. Goose-foot. Blitum Bonus Henricus.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. — SALAD PLANTS. — Alexanders. Brook-lime. Buckshorn Plantain. Burnet. Caterpillar. Celery. Celeriac, or Turnip-rooted Celery. Chervil. Chiccory, or Succory. Corchorus. Corn Salad. Cress, or Peppergrass. Cuckoo Flower. Dandelion. Endive. Horse-radish. Lettuce. Madras Radish. Mallow, Curled-leaf. Mustard. Nasturtium. Garden Picridium. Purslain. Rape. Roquette, or Rocket. Samphire. Scurvy-grass. Snails. Sweet-scented Chervil, or Sweet Cicely. Tarragon. Valeriana. Water-cress. Winter-cress, or Yellow Rocket. Wood-sorrel. Worms. — ALEXANDERS. — Alisanders. Smyrnium olusatrum. — BROOK-LIME. — American Brook-lime. Marsh Speedwell. Veronica beccabunga. — BUCKSHORN PLANTAIN. — Star of the Earth. Plantago coronopus. — BURNET. Mill. — Poterium sanguisorba. — CATERPILLAR. — Chenille, of the French. Vil. Scorpiurus. — CELERY. — Smallage. Apium graveolens. — CELERIAC, OR TURNIP-ROOTED CELERY. — CHICCORY, OR SUCCORY. — Wild Endive. Cichorium intybus. — CORCHORUS. — Corette potagère, of the French. Corchorus olitorius. — CORN SALAD. — Fetticus. Lamb's Lettuce. Mâche, of the French. Valeriana locusta. — CRESS, OR PEPPERGRASS. — Lepidium sativum. — CUCKOO FLOWER. — Small Water-cress. Cardamine pratensis. — THE DANDELION. — Leontodon taraxacum. — ENDIVE. — Chicorium endivia. — HORSE-RADISH. — Cochlearia armoracia. Nasturtium armoracia. — LETTUCE. — Lactuca sativa. — COS LETTUCES. — MADRAS RADISH. — Raphanus sp. — MALLOW, CURLED-LEAVED. — Malva crispa. — MUSTARD. — Black Mustard. — Brown Mustard. Red Mustard. Sinapis nigra. — NASTURTIUM. — Indian Cress. Capucine, of the French. Tropæolum, sp. et var. — PICRIDIUM. — Garden Picridium. Picridium vulgare. — PURSLAIN. — Portulaca. — RAPE. — ROCKET. Vil. — Garden Rocket. Roquette, of the French. Brassica eruca. — SAMPHIRE. Thomp. Mill. — Sea-fennel. Parsley-pert. St. Peter's Herb. Crithmum maritimum. — SCURVY-GRASS. — Cochlearia officinalis. — SNAILS. — Snail Trefoil. Medicago orbicularis. — SWEET CICELY. — Sweet-scented Chervil. Osmorrhiza odorata. Scandix odorata. — TARRAGON. — Artemesia dracunculus. — VALERIANA. Vil. — Fedia cornucopiæ. Valeriana cornucopiæ. — WATER-CRESS. — Sisymbrium nasturtium. Nasturtium officinale. — WINTER-CRESS. — Barbarea. American Winter-cress. Belle-Isle Cress. Scurvy-grass, of some localities. Barbarea præcox. — WOOD-SORREL. — Oxalis acetocella. — WORMS. — Astragalus hamosus.
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. — OLERACEOUS PLANTS. — Angelica. Anise. Balm. Basil. Borage. Caraway. Clary. Coriander. Costmary. Cumin. Dill. Fennel. Lavender. Lovage. Marigold. Marjoram. Nigella. Parsley. Peppermint. Rosemary. Sage. Savory. Spearmint. Tansy. Thyme. — ANGELICA. — Angelica archangelica. — ANISE. — Pimpinella anisum. — BALM. — Melissa officinalis. — BASIL. — Ocymum. — BORAGE. — Borago officinalis. — CARAWAY. — Carum carui. — CLARY. Loud. — Clary Sage. Salvia sclarea. — CORIANDER. Law. — Coriandrum sativum. — COSTMARY, OR ALECOST. — Balsamita vulgaris. — CUMIN. — Cuminum cyminum. — DILL. Loud. — Anethum graveolens. — FENNEL. — Fœniculum. — LOVAGE. — Ligusticum levisticum. — MARIGOLD. — Pot Marigold. Calendula officinalis. — MARJORAM. — Origanum. — Common Marjoram. — Origanum vulgare. — AROMATIC NIGELLA. — Four Spices. Allspice. Black Cumin. Quatre Epices, of the French. Nigella saliva. — PARSLEY. — Apium petroselinum. — PEPPERMINT. — Mentha piperita. — ROSEMARY. — Rosmarinus officinalis. — SAGE. — Salvia. — SAVORY. — Saturjea. — SPEARMINT. — Green Mint. Mentha viridis. — TANSY. — Tanacetum vulgare. — THYME. — Thymus.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. — LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. — American Garden-bean. Asparagus-bean. Lima Bean. Scarlet-runner. Sieva. Chick-pea. Chickling Vetch. English Bean. Lentil. Lupine. Pea. Pea-nut. Vetch, or Tare. Winged Pea. — AMERICAN GARDEN-BEAN. — French Bean. Kidney-bean. Haricot, of the French. Phaseolus vulgaris. — POLE OR RUNNING BEANS. — ASPARAGUS-BEAN. — Long-podded Dolichos. Dolichos sesquipedalis. — LIMA BEAN. — Phaseolus lunatus. — SCARLET-RUNNER. — Phaseolus multiflorus. — SIEVA. — Carolina. Saba. West-Indian. Small Lima. Carolina Sewee. Phaseolus lunatus, var. — CHICK-PEA. — Egyptian Pea. Cicer arietinum. — CHICKLING VETCH. Law. — Lentil, of Spain. Cultivated Lathyrus. Lathyrus sativus. — ENGLISH BEAN. — Horse-bean. Garden-bean, of the English. Vicia faba. — LUPINE. — Lupinus. — THE PEA. — Pisum sativum. — EATABLE-PODDED OR SUGAR PEASE. — String-pease. Skinless Pease. Pisum macrocarpum. Dec. — PEA-NUT. — Ground Bean. Earth Nut. Vil. Pindar Nut. Ground Nut. Arachys hypogea. — VETCH, OR TARE. — Vicia sativa. — WINGED PEA. — Red Birdsfoot Trefoil. Mill. Lotus tetragonolobus.
17. 17.CHAPTER X. — MEDICINAL PLANTS. — Bene-plant. Camomile. Coltsfoot. Elecampane. Hoarhound. Hyssop. Licorice. Pennyroyal. Poppy. Palmate-leaved or Turkey Rhubarb. Rue. Saffron. Southernwood. Wormwood. — BENE-PLANT. — Oily Grain. Sesamum, sp. — CAMOMILE. — Anthemis nobilis. — COMMON COLTSFOOT. — Tussilago farfara. — ELECAMPANE. — Inula helenium. — HOARHOUND. — Marrubium vulgare. — HYSSOP. — Hyssopus officinalis. — LICORICE. — Glycyrrhiza glabra. — PENNYROYAL. — Hedeoma pulegioides. — POPPY, OR MAW. — Papaver somniferum, var. nigrum. — PALMATE-LEAVED RHUBARB. Law. — Turkey Rhubarb. Rheum palmatum. — RUE. — Ruta graveolens. — SAFFRON. Law. — Safflower. Carthamus tinctorius. — SOUTHERNWOOD. — Artemesia abrotanum. — WORMWOOD. — Artemesia.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. — MUSHROOMS, OR ESCULENT FUNGI. — Agaricus. Boletus. Clavaria. Morchella, or Morel. Tuber, or Truffle. — COMMON MUSHROOM. M'Int. Rog. — Champignon. Agaricus campestris. — BOLETUS. Fries. — CLAVARIA. — THE MOREL. M'Int . — Morchella esculenta. — COMMON TRUFFLE. — Tuber cibarium.
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. — MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES. — Alkekengi, or Ground Cherry. Corn. Egg-plant. Martynia. Oil Radish. Okra, or Gumbo. Pepper. Rhubarb, or Pie-plant. Sunflower. Tobacco. Tomato. — ALKEKENGI. — Strawberry Tomato. Winter Cherry. Ground Cherry. Barbadoes Gooseberry. Physalis edulis. — CORN. — Zea mays. — EGG-PLANT. — Solanum melongena. — MARTYNIA. — Unicorn Plant. Gray. Martynia proboscidea. — OIL RADISH. Law. — Raphanus sativus. — OKRA, OR GUMBO. — Ocra. Hibiscus esculentus. — PEPPER. — Capsicum. Capsicum annuum. — RHUBARB. — Pie-plant. Rheum sp. et var. — SUNFLOWER. — Tall Sunflower. Annual Sunflower. Helianthus annuus. — TOBACCO. — Nicotiana, sp. — TOMATO. — Love-apple. Solanum lycopersicum.
20. 20.INDEX.

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