TO THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



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perqt. 



Dwarf Waterloo, Late Branching Marrow. A dwarf variety of tall Royal Victoria or 

 Waterloo Marrow ; of Tom-Thumb habit ; height, fifteen inches ; the most valu- 

 able dwarf pea for general and late cropping ever offered ; very dwarf, good flavor, 

 and very productive. P^r pkt., containing 4 pint, 50 cents . - . . . . 1.50 



Carter's First Crop. This early variety is imported direct from Messrs. Carter & Co., 

 London, who say it is the earliest pea in cultivation, an excellent bearer, and can 

 be recommended for cultivation without sticks . 80 



Dickson's First and Best. A new English variety, remarkably productive, and recom- 

 mended as one of the very earliest peas in England ...... i.oo 



Waite's Caractacus. A very early sort, carefully selected from the well-known Dan 

 O'Rourke. It has a very strong constitution, and is represented to be several 

 days earlier So 



Peppers. 



per pkt. 



Long Red Arabian. Very pretty ; new variety of the Long Red Capsicum ; fruits upright, 

 a little smaller than the ancient varieties, but produced in greater quantity, and 

 of a more pleasing shape. , 15 



Monstruosus or Grossum. A new, remarkably fine variety, growing to very large size ; 



highly recommended for stuffing 10 



Potatoes. 



The following English varieties, some of them never before offered in this country, having be- 

 come very popular in Europe, we have imported a few of the following sorts, which we shall 



offer to our patrons, with their descriptions, as received from England : — 



per peck. 



Confederate. The tubers are of a large oval or oblong form : eyes numerous, but not 

 deeply set ; skin, yellowish-white and very smooth ; flesh, white when cooked ; 

 good quality ; very prolific. Mr. C. N. Bracket, Chairman of the Vegetable 

 Committee Massachusetts Horticultural Society, raised, last season, from eight 

 medium-sized tubers, five and a half pecks of good sound potatoes . . . 1.50 



Ash Top Fluke. Recommended as a second early sort. Very handsome tubers, and, 

 when boiled, is very mealy and of most excellent flavor. Keeps well ; wherever 

 shown in England, always considered the best 2.00 



King of Potatoes. Large, prolific, and hardy ; not liable to disease ; said to be the best 



Kidney Potatoes yet introduced for main crop 1.50 



Pheasant Eye. A very early sort ; highly recommended as being very prolific ; floury and 



fine flavored . 1.50 



Wheeler's Milky White. A very fine seedling, coming in after the early varieties; of 



delicious flavor ; color, as white as milk ; very highly recommended . . . 1.50 



Sutton's Early Race-Horse. Another English variety, but a few days later than the pre- 

 ceding ; productive, and of extra fine quality, excellent for tbrcing. A trial the 

 past season authorizes us to recommend this with the greatest confidence. Our 

 stock of this variety is quite limited. ......... 1.50 



Carter's Champion Early Forcing. Said to be the earliest frame potato in cultiva- 

 tion, of exceeding fine flavor, with scarcely any haum, and therefore very suita- 

 ble for forcing . 1.50 



Prince of Wales, or rted Regent. From the original stock, which took the first prize 

 at the Birmingham show, and also several distinguished prizes in other parts of 

 the country, including the first prize at the Worcestershire Agricultural Show, 

 as the best seed potato for general and field culture. It is one o{ the finest and 

 most productive . ... 1.50 



The following popular American varieties we can supply from the original stocks, prices subject to 



v.iriation : — 



per bush. 



Goodrich's Early. A very early and prolific variety, often yielding a crop of three hun- 

 dred bushels per acre. Skin and flesh, white ; eyes, smooth ; solid and sound to 

 the core, keeping well. Price, $1 .00 per peck $300 



The Harrison. A winter variety, large, smooth, with fiiU eyes, white skin, and flesh 

 sound and healthy ; an admirable keeper ; always solid to the heart, of first 

 quality, and enormously productive. Average yield, on good rich soil, 400 bushels 

 per acre. Per pk , S2 00 6.00 



Gleason. A fine late winter variety, very hardy and productive ; slightly coppery color, 



oval, very smooth and handsome ; flesh, white ; table qualities, superior. Under <• 

 Dr. Gray's cultivation, it is said to yield at the rate of 400 bushels to the acre, 

 being more productive than its parent, the Rusty Coat. Per pk , #1.00 . . 3.00 



HefTron. A long, smooth tuber of flesh color, with full eyes and white flesh, ripening in 

 early autumn ; has proved entirely free from disease, and is equalled in produc- 

 tiveness only by the Harrison. For table-use it has few equals. Per pk., $1.00. 3.00 



Early Sebec, or Bosion iVlarket. A large and superior early variety ; flesh white, nearly 

 smooth : white skin, fine grained, and keeps late ; quality good, as an early or 

 late variety ; lately introduced from Maine, preferred by Boston market-gar- 

 deners to any other variety. Per pk., 75 cents ....... 2.00 



Colebrook Seedling. A large purple or light-red variety; very productive and of fine 



quality; keeping late in tlie season; highly recommended. Per pk., 75 cents. 2.00 



