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R. &» J. FARQUHAR &* CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



CELERY — Continued. 



Early Arlington. Of large, quick growth ; profitable market sort 



Kalamazoo. A favorite sort in the West for early market crops 



Celeriac, Erfurt Giant. (Turnip Rooted.) The round, solid heads are used as a salad when 

 boiled and sliced 



Pkt. 



Ox. J£Lb, 



•°5 

 •05 



.30 $1.00 

 .25 .80 



Celery Seed for Flavoring. Used in flavoring pickles, etc. 

 Celery Plants. See page 26. 



Lb. 40 cents 05 . ro 



CHIVE5. 



Grown for their tops, which are used wherever the flavor of onion is required. Planted in small clumps in any common garden soil, they 

 will grow readily and increase. Perfectly hardy, and should be in every garden. 



Chives ; Roots. Per bunch, .15 ; per dozen bunches, $1.00. By mail, add 5 cents per bunch for postage. 



CH ER VI L. ( GartenkerbeL) 

 Curled Chervil. The young plants are used for flavoring. Sow in May 



CRESS, or PEPPERQRASS. (Kresse.) 



Used as salads and for garnishing. Pkt. 



Extra Curled. Excellent for salads ; sow in shallow drills one foot apart in April and make 



successive sowing every ten days 05 .10 $0.60 



Upland. A perennial variety, similar in taste to the Water Cress ro 1.00 



Water. Sow in damp soil or by the side of a pond or stream of water 10 .40 4.50 



Pkt. Oz. Lb. 

 .05 .20 $2.00 



Lb. 



CORN, SWEET. (Welschkorn.) 



Select a warm soil, if possible, especially for the earlier varieties, which should not be planted before the middle of 



' till 



July. Plant in hills three or four feet apart, in thoroughly manured sod. 



Culture. 



Successive plantings should be made every two weeks 

 quart to two hundred hills ; ten qiiarts to an acre. 



Selected Ears, each, by mail, IO cents. 

 Farquhars' First=Crop Sugar. Superior to all other very early 

 sorts, being larger, earlier and very much sweeter ; of dwarf habit ; 

 kernels white ; ears eight-rowed and of good size. The standard 

 sort for first crop. W. H. Hutchins, Esq., Worcester, writes: "/ 

 have tried your Early Sweet Corn, '■First Crop? and hereafter I 

 shall discard the Cory for it. . Yours is very fine in quality. It is 

 the first Sweet Early I ever had." Pkt., .10 ; qt., 30 ; peck, $1.50. 



Early Crosby. A dwarf, remarkably sweet, early sort with ears set 



low, usually twelve-rowed, of good size with white kernels ; seed 



very carefully selected and of original stock. Pkt, .10,; qt., .25; 



peck, $1.25. 

 Burbank's Early Maine. Very early, sweet and juicy; quite dwarf. 



Pkt., .10; qt., .20; peck, $1.25. 

 Lackey's Early. An early eight-rowed sort of small size. Pkt., .to; 



qt., .25; peck, $1.25. 

 Cory. Very early and dwarf; kernels large and reddish; quality only 



fairly good. Pkt, .ro; qt., .25; peck, $1.25. 

 White Cory. Similar to the above but free from the objectionable 



color. Pkt., .10; qt., .25; peck, $1.25. 

 Early Minnesota. Eight-rowed; of excellent quality and quite early. 



Pkt., .10; qt., .25; peck, $1.25. 

 Early Concord. Larger and somewhat later than Crosby's. Pkt., .10; 



qt., .25; peck, $1.25. 

 Potter's Excelsior, or Squantum Sugar. Twelve-rowed, ears of 



good size ; one of the sweetest and best main-crop varieties ; very 



tender quality. I'kt., .10; qt., .25; peck, $[.25. 

 Perry's Hybrid. Dwarf; twelve-rowed; large ears; very sweet- 



Pkt, .10; qt., .25 ; peck, $1.25. 

 Farquhars' Banana. The sweetest and most delicious table corn in 



cultivation ; the corn for the epicure ; ears of medium size, irregular- 

 rowed ; kernels narrow and very deep; exceedingly tender. Selected 



ears, each, 10 cents. Pkt., .ro; qt., .30. 

 Country Gentleman. A main-crop variety; sweet, tender and deli- 

 cious. Pkt., .10; qt, .25} peck, $1.25. 

 Hickox Improved. An excellent second-early; sweet and productive. 



I'kt., .10; qt., .25; peck, $1.25. 

 StOwell'S Evergreen. The finest late variety; ears twelve to sixteen- 



rowed, very large and remains fit for use longer than any other, thi 



stalks are very tall and valuable for fodder ro "2c 



Mammoth Sweet. The largest-eared variety of all ; tall and .ate : fine flavo ■ .ro .25 



Black Mexican. Medium early ; remarkably sweet and tender ro .25 



Egyptian. Th< sweetest and tallest late com ; flavor delicious ............ .ro .25 



May 

 One 



farquhars' first-crop sugar cork. 

 Pkt. Qt. P 



.1.25 

 1.25 

 1.25 



r-25 



