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A\ &> J. FAKQUHAR &* CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



ONION-SETS. 



Prices Variable. 



These are small onions grown fhe previous year, ripened off and taken up when mere bublets. 

 grow in any good soil. Set them four inches apart in rows one foot apart. 



Price per bushel given on application. 



Qt. Pk. 



White Sets 30 $1.50 



Yellow Sets 25 1.25 



Potato Onion Sets 25 1.50 



They produce a very early crop, aDd 



Qt 



White Multiplier Sets . 30 $1.50 



Shallots . . .25 1 25 



Garlic Bunch. .2^ 



OKRA, Or GUMBO. (Essbarren Hibiscus.) 



The young pods are used to thicken soups and stews. Sow in spring in rows three feet apart and two inches deep ; thin, so that the 

 plants stand about one foot apart. One ounce to forty feet of drill. Pkt. Oz. Lb. 



White Velvet. Pods used to thicken soups, etc., large and smooth 05 .10 $0.75 



Dwarf Green. Produces large, tender pods ; very productive 05 .10 .75 



Tall Green. 



.ater than the Dwarf; hardy and productive 



PARSLEY. (Petersilic.) 



.0; ; oz.. 



Sow as early as possible in spring, first soaking the seed three hours in water; cover lightly, raking the soil fine and level 

 drills should be about fifteen inches apart. The plants appear in two to four weeks. Thin to three inches apart. One ounce 

 hundred and fifty feet of drill. 



Triple Curled. Dwarf; finely curled; excellent for table and edgings. Pkt 



.10; lb.. $1.00. 

 ChappelPs Matchless. Elegantly curled; unsurpassed for garnishing. Pkt., 05 ; oz., 



.15 ; lb.. Si. 25. 

 Champion floss. An English variety; fine habit; mossy and beautiful. Pkt., .05; 



oz.. .10 ; lb., Si.oo. 

 Carter's Perpetual. Hardy sort; finely curled; not liable to run to seed. Pkt., .05; 



oz.. .10 ; lb.. Si.oo. 

 Beauty Of the Parterre. Most beautiful for edgings ; very finely curled ; extra. Pkt., 



.10 ; oz.. .20 ; lb., Si. 50. 

 Fern=Leaved. Very ornamental for table decoration ; mossv-curled. Pkt.. .05 ; oz.. 10; 



lb.. Si. 25. 

 Plain Leaved. The strongest in flavor; used in soups. Pkt., .05 ; oz., .10; lb., .So. 

 Turnip=Rooted, or Hamburg, Edible roots, much like Parsnips. Pkt.. .05 ; oz., 10; 



lb., .So. 



•0 



on top. The 

 of seed to one 



PARSNIP. (Pastinake.) 



Sow in rich soil, in drills about eighteen inches apart as early in the spring as the ground can be worked. 

 The ground should be well and deeply dug; thin to six or eight inches in the row; harrow and cultivate often to 

 keep down weeds. One ounce will sow o?ie hundred and twenty feet of drill ; five pou7ids an acre. 



Farquhars' fiarket Plode!, The finest in cultivation; very heavy cropper ; average 

 length of root eighteen to twenty-four inches; remarkably smooth, handsome and 

 clean in appearance ; of most superior flavor. Pkt., .05 ; oz., .15; lb., $1.00. 



Dobbie's Selected. American Grown Seed of our own growing, A handsome Parsnip. 

 Xo other can compare with this Parsnip for appearance, being of a beautiful pearly 

 white color, and it is capable of being grown for exhibition purposes to over three feet 

 in length by fifteen inches in circumference at the top. Has been awarded First 

 Prize at the principal Scotch Shows for many years, and was also awarded a Certificate 

 at the Vegetable Conference. Pkt., .05; oz., .15; lb., $1.25. 



best ; of medium length and fine texture. Pkt., .05 



Haltese. One of th 



lb.. .60. 

 Arlington Long White. Standard variety round Boston ; long 



Pkt., .05 ; oz.. 10; lb., Si.oo 

 Student. A favorite English variety ; smooth ; tender quality. 



lb.. 75- 

 Hollow Crcwn. A favorite sort ; fair, smooth skin: fine quality 



11).. .60. 

 Long Smooth White. Straight, smooth and handsome; an old favorite 



o/.. .10 ; 11).. .60. 

 Early Round, drown in shallow soils. Pkt., .05; o/.., .10; lb.. .60 



.10 



mooth and handsome. 



Pkt.. .05: oz.. .10; 



Pkt.. .05 ; oz.., .10 ; 



Pkt.. .0;; 



lRS market 



PARSNIP. 



Farquhar's Victory Ball Bearing; Lawn Mower 



Is the EASIEST RUNNING Mower ever built and almost SILENT. 



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