PARSNIPS 
1 ounce to 150 feet of drill. 
, Parsnips are well known as a delicious table vegetable but their value for the purpose of feeding cattle and stock is but 
little appreciated. The parsnip is rich in saccharine food which adds greatly to the richness of the milk when fed to cows, 
while the fresh, succulent roots - 
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the ground all winter and improve in ae ; 3 : 
quality by the continued freezing. 
Special 
Hollow Crown 
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roots of excellent 
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Hollew Crown Parsnip 
PUMPKINS 
1 ounce to 15 hills; 4 pounds per acre, in hills 10 by 10 feet apart. 
CULTURE.—Sow in good soil in May, when the ground has become 
warm, in hills 8 to 10 feet apart each way, or in fields of corn about 
erey fourth hill; always avoid planting near other vines, as they Squash Pumpkin—Boston Marrow 
will hybridize. 
See Squash, Page 33. 
, “7 This is the best of all Pumpkins for 
Sugar Pie Pumpkins pies. The fruit is small to medium 
in size, flesh solid and fine grained, the seed cavity small, and it is a 
splendid keeper. PRICES 
PARSNIPS Pkt. Oz. 14 Lb. 
One of the most popular varieties Special Hollow Crown $ .10 $ .15 $ .40 
Cushaw, or Crookneck Pee Manns New Market 
Garden Strain .. ae eet O v 250) 2150 
to grow for pies as well as for stock 
feeding. Fruits 2 feet in length, with long, solid neck, most frequently 
curved in form; seeds are located in the lower bulb-like end. Skin 
striped with mottled bands of creamy white. Flesh rich, creamy yellow, PUMPKINS 
tender and of exceptionally fine flavor. Connenticde Bisld 
Excellent for pies, pear-shaped, medium sized, Cushaw, or Crookneck. 
Sweet Potato flesh and skin creamy white, fine grained, sweet King of Mammoths. .. 
and delicious; first-class keeper. Sugar Pie Pumpkins 
=e ‘ Sweet Potato (Tenn.) 
, is giant variety grows to enormous 
King of Mammoths size. Deep yellow, glossy color. Splen- 
did to grow for stock and exhibition purposes. 
Sugar Pie Pumpkin 
Superior Seeds ————————— J, MANNS & CO., Baltimore, Md. 29 
