Appendix A: Seed & Root
varieties
April 24, 1800[1]Marrofat
Pease Early
Pease Dwarf
Prussian Pease Early
Beans Cress Red
Beet Short
Top Radish Turnip
Radish Salmon
Radish Orange
Carrot Deptford
Onion Spinage Scotch
Leek Broad
Leav’d Endive Curled
Leav’d Green Savoy Brussels Sprouts
Curled
Parsley Coss
Lettuce Cabbage
Lettuce Brown
Dutch Lettuce Long
Cucumber Solid
Celery Yellow
Turnip Scotch
Turnip Large
Scotch Turnip Mustard Rock Melon March 30, 1805[2]Canary
Seed Early
Turnip Seed Late
Turnip Seed Coriender Anniseed Carraway White
& Brown Mustard Seed Red
Clover Orchard
Grass Lucern
Trifoile Rye
Grass Burnett Timothy
Seed Hemp Flax
Seed Spring
Barley Flower Seeds, variety March 3, 1806[3]Early
Early
Dwarf Cabbage Early
Screw Cabbage Early
Sugarloaf Cabbage Early
Patterson Cabbage Large
Imperial Cabbage Large
Sugarloaf Cabbage Large
Flat Dutch Cabbage Red
Cabbage Green
and Yellow Brussel
Sprouts Green
and Red Borecole Colliflower Brocoli Rye
Grass Lucern Burnett Orchard
Grass Red
Clover Early
Dutch Turnip Early
Store Turnip Yellow
Turnip White Norfolk
Turnip Rape Maw Coriander Carraway Dill Anniseed Canary Seed Double
Yellow Hyacinths Roots Fine
Flower
of Mustard Split
Peas February 10, 1809[4]Red Clover Seed Burney Hemp Timothy Orchard Grass Rye
Grass Burden
Grass Peruvian
Grass Lucern April 25, 1820[5]Ruta Baga Mangle
Wurtzel White Norfolk Turnip Red
Round Turnip Luzern Garden
and Flower Seeds, complete assortment White
Clover Burnett
Grass Rye
Grass Flower
Roots
[1] “Garden Seeds,”
Columbian Mirror and [2] N. Hingston, “Fresh Garden Seeds”, Alexandria Daily Gazette, March 30, 1805, p.4. [3] Nicholas
Hingston, [4] “Fresh
Clover-Seed,” [5] “Nicholas
Hingston,”, |
