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Nutmeg, — Old and well known, and has scarcely a 

 superior. 



White Japan. — This has been highly praised. We 

 have cultivated it for the j^ast four years, but do not con- 

 sider it sufficiently high flavored to rank with the Nutmeg 

 or "Ward's Nectar. 



WATER MELONS. 



Having tested nearly every variety that has been in- 

 troduced in the past twenty years, we still hold on to the 

 Old Mountain Sweet. If there is any better or more re- 

 liable sort, we have not been able to obtain it. To pre- 

 serve the excellent qualities of this or any other variety, 

 the seeds should be saved from the very best sj)ecimens 

 every season. 



PEAS. 



A pea of poor quality is but little better than none. 

 This must be considered as only an individual opinion ; 

 others will think difierently. The very early varieties 

 have never been among our favorites ; for tho Dan 

 O'Rourkes and Tom Thumbs, and similar sorts, were never 

 sweet enough for our taste, and we preferred to wait even 

 a week or ten days for a iirst-rate dish than to partake of 

 a second or third rate one, even if sooner obtained. 



But in these progressive days we all stand a chance of 

 being suited. Drew's New Dwarf is really a fine sort ; 

 although not quite so early as some, still it is so much 

 better than the very earliest, that one can afford tp wait 

 three or four days longer for the sake of obtaining one so 

 good. 



