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k. & J. FARQUHAR & CO’S SEED CATALOGUE. 
VEGETABLE ROOTS AND PLANTS. 
All the roots and plants which we offer are grown under our personal supervision at our Greenhouses and Nursery, Roslindale, Mass, 
They are weil grown, true to name and hardened. Packed light, to be shipped by Express, only. 
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ASPARAGUS. 
TARRAGON PLANTS. 
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ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
Moore’s Giant Cross-Bred. One year old, per 
100, $0.75 ; two years, per 100, $1.00. ; 
Conover’s Colossal. One year. old, per 100, 
$0.75; two years, per 100, $1.00. 
The Hub. One year old, per 100, $1.00; two 
years, per 100, $1.25. 
Palmetto. One year old, per 100, $0.75; two 
years, per 100, $1.25. 
LETTUCE PLANTS Doz. $0.20; 100, $1.00- 
ONION-SETS. 
Prices Variable. 
These are small onions grown the previous year, ripened off 
and taken up when mere bulblets. They produce a very early 
French Estragon. 
French Tarragon. 
salads, soups, pickles, etc. 
each; dozen, $2.50. 
RHUBARB ROOTS 20 cents each ; doz., $2.00. 
SWEET POTATOES. Rooted Slips. 
The young plants should be set about the roth of May in hills about four 
Plants of our own growing of the genuine 
The leaves impart a delicious flavor to 
Plants, well established, 25 cents 
By mail, 5 cents extra. 
A light soil and sunny loca- 
feet apart, and five inches above the ground level. 
tion is preferable. Plants not ready till May, 
Yellow Nansemond. 
Early; productive; the best for gen- 
crop, and grow in any good soil. Set them four inches apart im 
\ rows one foot apart. 
Price per bushel given on application. 
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White Multiplier Sets .......25 1.25 
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PEPPER PLANTS, Doz. $0.50; 100, $3.00. 
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CHIVES. 
Grown for their tops, which are used wherever the flavor of onion is ree 
quired. Planted in small clumps in any common garden soil, they will grow 
Perfectly hardy, and should be in every garden. 
Per bunch,’.15; per dozen bunches, $1.00. 
readily and increase. 
Chives ; Roots. 
By mail, add 5 cents per bunch for postage. 
EGG PLANTS. 
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New York Improved... . 
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Grown from small pieces of the roots. 
Doz. Per 100 
. $1.00 $6.00 
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DISH. 
Plant the sets fifteen 
inches apart in rows two-and-a-half feet apart. 
Small Sets. Per dozen, to cents; per 100, 50 cents. 
TARRAGON, 
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CELERY PLANTS. 
Boston Market :.. 5.0000. 3655 ge ons Oe ae 
Golden Self-Blanching’.. .. ..°. . .z0 1.00 
White Plame 0 oe ree eae oes ae ee eae 
Jerusalem Artichoke. 
Cultivated for its tubers. 
( Helianthus 
tuberosus). 
Qt., .20; peck, $1.00 
See also page 2. 
CABBAGE PLANTS. 
Doz. Per 100 
$0.20 $1.00 
Early Jersey Wakefield .... . 
Henderson’s Summer .. Hee: 
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Fottler’s Brunswick . 20 00L! 
Stone Mason .. 20 1.00 J 
TOMATO 
We make a specialty of Pot Grown Tomato Plants. 
the plants usually sold. Each .10; doz. $1.00. 
PLANTS POT GROWN 
These plants when delivered will be ready to 
TOMATO 
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Doz. Per 100 
. $0.30 $2.00 
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