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per bush. 



The Calico is a kidney-shaped white variety, with splushes of red near the stem, white 

 fleshed, very handsome and prolific, entirely hardy, and is a very fine sort for 

 early winter use. It is a seedling of the Garnet Chili Cooks white and dry 

 for a new seedling, and promises well ; very productive, yielding at the rate of 

 400 bushels to the acre. Per pk., Ji.oo ........ 3.00 



Potatoes BY Mail. — To Parties residing at a distance from Railroads and Express Offices, 



we will send a package containing four pounds of either the above varieties by mail, postpaid, for 



one dollar ; six packages for five dollars. No less than one dollar's worth, or more than one kind 



in a package, will be sent by mail. 



*' Ila<plianus Caudatus,'* 



per pkt. 

 Or Edible Podded Raddish. This valuable new vegetable belongs to the Radish tribe; 

 but, unlike that esculent, the seed-pods (not the root) are eaten : these are very 

 curious, attaining an immense size in a wonderfully short time, sometimes grow- 

 ing as much as three inches in a night. It is a native of Java, where it is 

 known under the name of Moygri, and is much used in some parts of India, for 

 salading, Sjc. It can be sown in the open air, or in pots, and then transferred 

 to the ground ; and will grow in almost any soil, care being taken that the plants 

 stand two to three feet apart, to allow room for the growth of the pods. This 

 vegetable can be used in various ways ; indeed, it may be regarded as one of the 

 most useful that have been introduced for many years. The seed, when sown, 

 easily vegetates, and in about eight weeks the plants flower profusely, and then 

 produce extraordinary siliquas (pods), which are very remarkable from their 

 attaining the enormous length of about two feet. These pods have a most agree- 

 able flavor, and when about half grown can be eaten in the same way as roots 

 of the common Radish, which they greatly resemble in taste, but are far 

 superior in delicacy of flavor. In salads they will be highly estimated ; for, 

 added to their other merits, they possess the excellent advantage of being easily 

 digested ; they also make a good pickle, for which purpose they are well adapted. 

 It is, however, when the pods are boiled that they are most delicious, eating like 

 marrow, and having a most delicate flavor; they should be served on toast, and 

 will form a most agreeable addition and novelty for the table .... 25 



Hadlsli. 



White-Tipped Scarlet Turnip. This is a new variety, which will prove more acceptable 

 than our white-tipped Scarlet Olive-shaped Radish, on account of its round 

 root ; and we have no doubt it will soon be a great favorite with all market 

 and vegetable gardeners . 15 



New French Breakfast. A new, quick-growing variety. Oval form ; color scarlet, tipped 

 with white ; fine flavored. Very ornamental in appearance ; much esteemed by 

 the French. Excellent for forcing 15 



l^quasli. 



Mammoth Prize. This is a far superior variety to any hitherto introduced, surpassing 

 all competitors at the Massachusetts Horticultural Exhibition, and to which the 

 Prize Silver Medal was awarded for 1866-67. Weight, 165 lbs. ; described by 

 Mr. Meehan in " Gardener's Monthly," p. 378, as a perfect monster in size. 

 (See illustration.) 25 



Danna's Selected. This is an improved variety of the Canada Crookneck, the very best 



of its class 10 



Sunflower. 



New Mammoth Russian. This is a new variety; and, under ordinary cultivation, the 

 heads grow to the enormous size of twenty inches in diameter. The seeds are 

 large, exhibited at the Massachusetts Horticultural Exhibition, and highly 

 commended by the Committee for ornamental purposes. For planting in shrub- 

 beries, it is a desirable acquisition. Salad oil of superior quality is extracted 

 from it. To poultry-keepers it is invaluable for its extraordinary productiveness. 

 Price, to the trade, on application 10 



Tomato. 



Keyes's Early Prolific. Leaves large, long, and quite entire, not lobedas in other kinds; 

 * and the growth is dwarf, compact, vigorous, and strong. The Tomatoes are of 

 medium size, round, of brilliant color, quite smooth, and free from wrinkles of 

 any kind, perfectly solid, and of excellent flavor. They are borne in large com- 

 pact clusters from ten to twenty each, and from seven to twenty clusters on each 

 vine. The introducers claim that it possesses the peculiar and valuable quality 

 of ripening thirty days earlier than any other variety. (See illustration.) . . 15 



Maupay's Superior. The fruit is of a beautiful deep-red color. In form it is round, 

 sli'zlitly flattened, and without a crease or wrinkle. Smoothness of the surface 

 is not only one of its most remarkable, biU one of its most desirable character- 

 istics. This freedom from creases or wrinkles prevents the great waste usual 

 with almost every other variety. It is of a medium size, and the flesh almost 



