10 AMERICAN VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES. 



In squashes the word '"golden" as used in Golden Summer Crook- 

 neck, Mammoth Golden Summer Crookneck, Giant Golden Summer 

 Crookneck, and Early Golden Summer Crookneck, has been changed 

 to the more generally adopted word "yellow." In tomatoes One 

 Hundred Day and Advancer have been changed to the more generally 

 adopted names Hundred Day and Advance. 



RULES VOR ENTERING. 



The present list of varieties includes, it is believed, all the garden 

 varieties of vegetables catalogued by seedsmen in the United States 

 and Canada. The utmost endeavor has been made to secure every 

 catalogue. After each variety name are given abbreviations of the 

 names of the seedsmen who catalogue the variety. When in italics 

 they indicate that the variety was catalogued by that seedsman in 1902 

 only. When all the names are in italics the variety is indicated as 

 being a new introduction of 1902. Whenever similar names exist or 

 synonyms are cited these also are given. By similar names are meant 

 names resembling each other given by different seedsmen, whether 

 to like or unlike varieties. In some cases such varieties are all dis- 

 similar in type or essential characters. Most of them, however, are 

 similar or identical in this regard and sometimes they are so in purity 

 of stock also. The synonyms cited include only those given by seeds- 

 men in their own catalogues, though some of them are undoubtedly 

 incorrect; this is due usually to a local misunderstanding of the gen- 

 erally recognized type or to a misapplication of names rather than a 

 lack of knowledge of the varieties themselves. 



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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS OF NAMES OF SEEDSMEN. 



The following are the abbreviations, alphabetically arranged, which 

 have been adopted to designate the seedsmen referred to in this bulle- 

 tin. The list includes, so far as is known, all the seedsmen of the 

 United States and Canada who issued catalogues or price lists for the 

 years 1901 and 1902. 



Agn H. C. & J. B. Agnew, Agnew, Cal. 



AGT A. G. Tillinghast, Laconner, Wash. 



All John II. Allan Seed Co., Three Mile Bay, N. Y. 



Air Alneer Bros., Rockford, 111. 



Alx Alexander Seed Co., Augusta, Ga. 



Anb E. Annabil, McPherson, Kans. 



Ans A. H. Ansley & Sons, Milo Center, N. Y. 



Ar L. E. Archias Seed Co., Carthage, Mo. 



Bai Bailey & Sons, Salt Lake City, Utah. 



Bak Baker Bros., Fort Worth, Tex. 



Bdg Alfred Bridgeman, New York, N. Y. 



Bel J. J. Bell, Deposit, N. Y. 



