NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 



IN 



Vegetable Seeds foe, 1883. 



Packets of any of the following Novelties and Specialties (pages 34 to 41) sent post-paid ou 

 receipt of price, or a packet each Of tlie entire collection here named mailed for .*">. 00. (In 

 the case of New Potatoes, single tubers will be sent.) At the prices here given, if purchased 

 separately, the list would amount to s6.75. 



If by mail, in quantities of L 4 ll>. and upwards, pontage must be added io Catalogue prices at 

 rate of 1G cents per lb. 



CABBAGE— VERY EARLY ETAMPES. 



This is B sort that attracted a great deal of at- 

 tention in onr trial grounds last year, not only on account 

 of ita great earliness— maturing sumo time as the earliest 

 — hut also from its peculiar shaped beads, ■which are well 

 defined in our engraving above. The illustration, however, 

 is not entirely correct, as the outer leaves are not usually 

 as large as they are here shown. Without a more thorough 

 and extended trial it would of course bo rather premature 

 to assume that from its great earliness the Etampes would 

 take a leading place as an early variety for market pur- 

 poses, but from what we have seen of it, we believe the 

 variety will prove most valuable and desirable. 



15 cts. perpkt.; 75 cts. per o/..; $2.50 pernio. 



CABBAGE— EARLY JERSEY WAKE- 

 FIELD. 



This variety (shown ahove) was originated over 35 years 

 ago by one of our New Jersey Market Gardeners, who held 

 almost a monopoly of it until our work, " (Hardening for 

 Profit," was published in 1866; from that time on it has 



been diffused over every part of the Union and in almost 

 every section is justly considered the best early variety in 

 cultivation. The stock we offer was grown by one of the 

 original cultivators of it, and it is unquestionably one of 

 the very best strains in existence. The seed this year is so 

 scarce that the limited quantity we have tooffer i'sentirely 



of the crop of 1881. This, however, to the purchaser, is a 



decided advantage, as it places beyond question the fact 

 that the seed has been thoroughly tested. (See "Special 

 Prizes for Best Vegetables," in Introduction.) 

 16 ■ its. perpkt; 75 cts. per oz.; $2.75 per >4 lb; $10.00 per lb. 



CABBAGE— HENDERSON'S EARLY 



SUMMER. 



It is now eight years since we first disseminated this 

 variety, and with the many really good new things with 

 which we have become identified wo consider this perhaps 

 the best. The Early Summer is about ten days later than 

 the Wakefield, but being of over double the size it may 

 be classed as t he best large early cabbage. In weight it is 

 equal to most of the late varieties, and its short outer 

 leaves enable it to be planted nearly as close as the 

 Jersey Wakefield, about 12,000 to the acre, while Early Flat 

 Dutch, Whihingstudt, etc., producing no larger heads, can 

 only be grown at the rate of 8,000 to the acre. Another 

 excellent quality of the Early Summer. Cabbage is that it 

 keeps longer without bursting open after heading than 

 any variety we know of. We would, however, caution those 

 of our customers who intend to grow it in cold frames (to 

 winter over) to sow it at least ten days later than the 

 Wakefield or other early varieties, as it has some tendency 

 to run to seed if Sown at the dates suitable for other early 

 sorts, in this latitude we sow Early Summer on the 25th 

 of September. To those who do not intend to keep it in 

 cold frames we would suggest to sow it in the hot-bed or 

 greenhouse about February 1st, in the usual manner, and 

 W lien of suitable size "prick off" or replant at about two 

 inches apart in the hot-bed, or in shallow boxes if in the 

 greenhouse. Treated in this manner quite as good plants 

 can be obtained of this or any other cabbage as if wintered 

 over in cold frames, and in this way there is no risk of 

 their running to seed. In our experience we have discov- 

 ered that, grown as a late sort, this variety is most valu- 

 able, maturing whole crops the heads in size equal to best 

 specimens of Late Flat Dutch. (See "Special Prizes for 

 Best Vegetables " in Introduction). (See Cut). 

 iscts. perpkt.; 60 cts. per oz. ; 82.25 per 14 lb,; $8.50 per lb. 



