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Wovelties and Specialties, ISO 2. 



FARQUHAR'S NEW 



Long-Standing Lettuce. 



THE FINEST HEAD LETTUCE IN CULTIVA- 

 TION FOK SUMMER CROPS. 



After years of careful selection of this 

 strain, we offer to our customers a Lettuce 

 that has never been excelled in fine quality 

 and long-standing properties. Every plant 

 produces a fine, large, firm head. Even in 

 the heated, dry August days, this Lettuce 

 Avill be found to stand iu head long after 

 other sorts have run up to seed. It is earlier 

 than any head Lettuce Ave know of. The 

 heads are of beautiful form, and the flavor 

 is peculiarly nice, refreshing and quite free 

 from bitterness. We recommend this Let- 

 tuce in the highest terms. Per Ounce, 

 $1.00; Packet, 10 cents. 



Arlington Tennisball Lettuce. 



MOORE'S PRIZE STOCK. 



This Lettuce is the result of several years' careful selection by one of the best growers for 

 Boston market, who has made the perfecting of the Lettuce his specialty and study. This 

 strain has taken first premiums for two years at the exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society, over all competitors. It is one of the earliest groM-n. The heads are of beauti- 

 ful form, large, solid, and of remarkably crisp and tender quality. It remains in fine condi- 

 tion for use during hot weather, long after other varieties have run up to seed. No variety 

 grown will give better satisfaction to the private grower or market gardener ; and as most 

 dealers now sell only Calif ornia-groAvn Lettuce Seed, so unsuited for this climate, it may be 

 well to take account of the value of a strain of pure seed which bears such a recommendation 

 as the following : — 



Arlington, Mass. I send herewith the stock of choice Lettuce Seed, as engaged. This is all the seed I 

 have to sell, and no other seedsman shall have any. It is the finest strain I know in the country, and the same 

 as has taken first prize over all others at the exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Yours respectfully, Signed, Gbo. D. Moore. 



This fine Lettuce has given great satisfaction to hundreds of customers who had it from 

 us last season. Per Packet, 10 cents ; Ounce, 50 cents ; ^ Pound, §1.50. Postpaid. 



FARQUHAR'S HONEY-DROP MELON. 



As regards fine flavor, Ave claim first place for this INIelon. Flavor, and not size alone, 

 is the desideratum in the Melon family ; and in the Honey Dhoi' we have fair average size, 

 extra fine melting flavor, great earliness, and great productiveness. 



The flesh is very thick and of a rich yellow color. For the table it is by far the 

 sweetest and best Melon to grow. Per Ounce, 50 cents ; Packet, 15 cents. 



FARQUHAR'S MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



As supplied to almost every large grower in Massachusetts. 

 Made expressly for R. & J. F. & Co. by the most successful Mushroom Specialist 



in England. 



When in Europe recently, we ascertained tliat tlie leading Eng- 

 lish Mushroom growers purchased their Spawn of a noted jnanufact- 

 urer whose spawn never failed under proper conditions. We imported 

 a trial lot of forty bushels, and all our customers wlio used it were 

 much pleased, tlie Muslirooms coming early, very plentifully and of 

 fine form. We have arranged for a regular supply of tlie same fine 

 quality. Our friends may rely on its freshness, as we im])ort three 

 times a year. In Bricks, per Pound, 15 cents; Large lots at special 

 price. 



SEE ALSO GENERAL LIST FOR NUMEROUS OTHER VEGETABLES. 



