xiv NOVELTIES —R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO’S SEED CATALOGUCE. 
VEGETABLE 
SEEDS, 1897, 
FARQUHAR’S 
ARLINGTON NUTMEG MELON. 
We offer a specially fine strain of this delicious, 
very early melon so popular in Boston market, and so 
desirable on account of its fine quality for family use ; 
form round, finely netted; flesh thick, yellowish-green 
in color and very sweet. Highly recommended. 
Liberal Pkt., .10; 0z., .30. 
SATISFACTION MUSK MELON. 
This splendid, new and distinct Musk Melon is the 
yesult of several years’ selection by a leading gardener 
near Boston. It is a most superior yellow-fleshed va- 
riety with green outside; very early, large and beautiful 
form. It is of very superior flavor and specimens sent 
us had dellcious, melting flesh between two and three 
inches thick, leaving only a small seed space. Its pro- 
ductiveness and other admirable qualities cannot be 
spoken of too highly. Liberal Pkt., .10; 0z., .30. 
CHICAGO 
WARTED HUBBARD SQUASH. 
This new Hubbard Squash has blackish-green shell, 
hard as wood, with warty knobs all over it; flesh thick 
and rich in quality, an excellent keeper and very pro- 
ductive. Its appearance satisfies even the inexperienced 
observer that it is the best strain of Hubbard Squash. 
As a market vegetable it sells at sight. Pkt., .05; 
0z., -10; Ib., 1.00. 
ROYAL PRIZETAKER ONION. 
Color yellow; globular; of immense size ; medium 
early in maturing ; of mild flavor and desirable. Pkt., 
HOROZ., 625. 
COX’S : 
IMPROVED 
PEA. us 
The Strategem Pea is 
well-known as one of the 
best. During the past 
three or four years, how- 
ever, the variety has run 
out tosome extent. The ss Ni h 
grower of this improved ANA 
stock has been carefully A 
working upon the origi- 
nal, and the seed now 
offered is the result of 
his persistant care and 
labor. Not only is the 
yield much greater, but 
the pods, which are full 
and of immense size, al- 
most cover the plants. 
For fine quality this va- 
riet’y is unsurpassed. | 
Pkt., .10; qt., .40. 
NOTT’S | 
EXCELSIOR 
PEA. 
Grows at a uniform 
height of one foot. Re- 
markably hardy and pro- 
ductive, {besides being 
very early. So hardy and 
vigorous that it may safely be planted in early spring 
with any smooth variety, and counted on for table 
use almost as soon, while the quality is far superior. 
Pods large, with from seven to nine peas to a pod. 
Very tender, and fine flavored. An extensive market 
gardener writes: 
“They are certainly the earliest wrinkled pea I have 
ever raised, and I have tried nearly all the different 
kinds.” 
A very distinct variety; early, hardy, productive, and 
of extra fine quality. Pkt., .10; qt., .30. 
CHELSEA PEA. 
An extra early, dwarf, wrinkled pea requiring no 
bushing or staking; pods long, curved and filled with 
from seven to ten good-sized peas of exquisite quality ; 
rich, sugary and marrow-like when cooked; height, 15 
inches, Pkt., .103 qt., .30. 
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