_ pods are much longer than those of any other sort, perfectly smooth, never 
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MARKET GARDENERS’ BEST TRIPLE CURLED PARSLEY.—Detersilic. 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. Six pounds to the acre. 
The best points yet obtained in parsley have certainly been 
reached in this sort. The plant is of a very robust and free growth, 
and is greatly improved by severe cutting. The leavesare large and 
beautifully curled and of avery dark green. IJ¢ stands the heat, drought 
and cold better and will yield double that of any other sort. The 
whole appearance of the plant is very handsome and it certainly is 
“the Parsley for either the market or family garden”—Packets, 5c. and 
10c. 4 Pound, 15c. 4 Pound, 25c. Pound, 50c 
Culture —Used for garnishing and seascning soups, meats, ete. Succeeds 
best ina melluw, rich soil. Sow thickly early in Aprilin rows 1 foot apart 
and 4% inch deep; thin out the plants to stand 6inchesapart in therows. The 
seed is slow of germination, taking from three to four weeks to make its ap- 
pearance, and often failing to come upin dry weather. To assist its coming 
up quicker soak the seed afew hoursin warm water, or sprout in damp earth, 
and sow when it swells or bursts. For winteruse protect in atrame or light 
cellar. 
PARSNIP.—Pastinake. 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 5 to 6 pounds for an acre. 
Holtiow Crown Sugar Parsnip.—lIs the best bred and hand- 
somest parsnip; it is half long, wedge shaped, hollow crowned and 
very broad at the shoulders, easily taken out of the ground and producing 
more tons to the acre than the longer and thin varieties—Packets, 5c. and 
10c, 4 Pound, lic. 4 Pound, 25c. Pound, 40c. 
Culture.—Sow as earlyinthe spring asthe weather will admit, in 
drills 15 inches apart and 4 inch deep, in a rich, deep soil; thin out to 6 
inches apart in the rows. The quality of the roots isimproved by leaving 
them in the ground over winter for spring use. Secure enough in pits or 
cellars for immediate needs. Valuable for feeding stock, as well as for 
table us 
GREEN OKRA.—ofbta, oder Gumbo. 
TEN POUNDS TO THE ACRE. 
Dwarf Green Prolific Okra or Gumbo.—This vegetable is 
too little grown, asits green pods impart a fine flavor and consistency to 
soups and stews, besides being very palatable when stewed and served as 
a dish of asparagus. The pods can be easily dried for winter. It is 
universally used throughout the South and is as easily raised as a weed in the 
North. So delicious is the flavor, that when once used it will be grown 
every year in Northern as well as Southern gardens—Packet, 5c. Ounce, 
10c. ¢ Pound, 1d5c. 4 Pound, 25c. Pound, 40c. 
WHITE VELVET OKRA. 
is distinct and beautiful new okra was originated in Georgia. The 
prickly round, not ridged or square as in other okras—Packet, 5c. Ounce, 
10c. $ Pound, 15c. 4 Pound, 25c. Pound, 40c. 
I like your seed better than any that Ihave tried; I have always found 
them good. CuHARLEs H. W. Couns, Florida. 
Your B. B. are the best I ever raised. Your Stowell’s Evergreen Corn 
can’t be beat. Mr. C. MULLHAUSEN, Baltimore, Md. 
I am satisfied and well pleased with the seed I have been getting from 
you. S. U. Ricuarps, Florida. 
PUMPKIN.—kurbis. 
Two pounds to the acre. Hills 8 feet apart. 
Potato.—The finest variety for table use—Packet, 5c. and 10c. + Pound, 
15c. .4 Pound, 25e. Pound, 40c. ; 
* Connecticut Field or Large Yellow.—The common field variety 
so largely grown amongstcorn. Excellent for stock feeding—Per Pound, 10e. 
10 Pounds, 90c. 25~Pounds, $2.00. Pint, 15c. Quart, 20c. Gallon, 50c. 
Pgck, 7ic. Bushel, $2.50. 
Small Sugar.—A very handsome little pumpkin, with deep orange-colored 
skingand flesh of unusually fine sugary flavor; fine grained, very productive and 
keeps well—Packet, 5c. Ounce,10c. + Pound, 2Uc. Pound, 50c. ~ 
* Large Sweet Cheese.—A most popular variety. Fruit flattened, skin mot- 
tled light green and yellow, changing to rich cream color as it matures. Flesh 
yellow, thick, tender, very nutritious and of excellent quality; a most produc 
tive variety—Packet,5c Ounce, 10c. + Pound, 20c. Pound, 50c. 
DWARF GREEN OKRA. 
