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AMERICA!) WONDER PEA. 



PEA, American Wonder. 



One of the earliest "wrinkled Peas in cultivation, exceed- 

 ingly productive, and of very dwarf and compact growth, 

 growing only from 10 to 18 inches high. Its quality is of 

 the very best, and we are sure it will prove a real acqui- 

 sition. 



75c. per quart, (by express). 

 (If by mail add 30c. per qt. for postage.) 



PEA, Laxton's Marvel. 



A very prolific bearer, attaining a height of three feet, 

 producing white, wrinkled peas in handsome curved pods. 

 It is a main crop variety, and of unequaled flavor, and is 

 said to be the best Pea (as it is the most recent) ever in- 

 troduced by Mr. Laxton. 



40c. per pint, 75c. per quart. 

 (If by mail add 30c. per qt. for postage.) 



NEW POTATO, North River Beauty. 



A new seedling, of which the entire stock has been sent 

 us by E. L. Coy, of Washington Co., N. Y., with whom also 

 originated the Beauty of Hebron, one of the most valuable 

 Potatoes of recent introduction. Mr. Coy describes North 

 River Beauty as being " a seedling of Comptou's Surprise ; 

 it is very white and almost as smooth as if turned out in a 

 lathe ; they cook quickly, are dry and of excellent flavor > 

 they are of medium earliness ripening with the Snowflake. 

 They grow compact in the hill, and are thus easily dug. 

 In yield they are fully up to the average ; on one piece of 

 ordinary soil, with ordinary culture I grew 130 bushels 

 from 2 barrels." 



30c. per lb., by mail ; 75c. per peek, $2.00 per bushel, 

 $6.00 per barrel, 



SPINACH, Savoy-Leaved. 



A most valuable variety of Spinach, and one that is com- 

 paratively new, and which produces nearly twice the 

 weight of crop as the ordinary sorts, and which has 

 another most important value in the fact, that it is the 

 hardiest of all varieties of Spinach, as we have proved, to 

 our entire satisfaction, by a comparative test in our 

 grounds for the past two winters. In appearance the leaf 

 is wrinkled in the same way peculiar to the Savoy Cabbage; 

 hence the name. There is little doubt but what it will 

 eventually be grown to the exclusion of all other sorts, 

 except perhaps the New Thick-Leaved. 



10c. per oz., 15c. per x lb-, 50c. per lb. 



SPINACH, New Thick-Leaved. 



One of the very best Market varieties. It produces a 

 large, thick dark green leaf, somewhat crumpled, and 

 possesses the valuable quality of standing a long time 

 before running to seed. 



10c. per oz., 15e. per y± lb., 50c. per lb. 



RADISH, Early Round Dark Red. 



Another season's experience with this variety fully sus- 

 tains our statement that it is the earliest and best Turnip 

 Radish in cultivation ; and although we do not claim that 

 it is an entirely new variety, yet it is such a decided im- 

 provement over our best stocks of Scarlet Turnip Radish, 

 as to almost merit a distinctive name. Grown side by 

 side with other stocks, its characteristics were so marked, 

 that it was easily picked out from the others. Its shape 

 is of the best type of the round sorts, color of skin a very 

 dark red, white flesh, with very small tap root. It makes 

 very small tops and it will, on this account, be particularly 

 valuable for forcing in frames or greenhouses, for which 

 we specially recommend it. It is as well adapted, how- 

 ever, for summer use in the open ground, as any of the 

 other strictly summer sorts. Growers for the New York 

 Market, to whom we sold seed last year, received for it a 

 price fully one third higher than the ordinary Scarlet Tur- 

 nip Radish was bringing at the same time ; so distinct and 

 handsome was its appearance. 



5c. per pkt., 10c. per oz., 25c. per J4 lh., 80 cts. per lb. 



SQUASH— Cocoanut. 



This is said to be an unsurpassed variety for table use, 

 being very prolific, producing from six to twelve on a vine, 

 while the quality is very fine, the flesh being fine-grained 

 and solid. Not only is it a valuable addition to our list of 

 Squashes, on account of its edible qualities, but it is such 

 a handsome little variety as to be equally as desirable as 

 any of the Gourd family as mantel ornaments. The outer 

 color is a light creamy yellow, the bottom for a diameter 

 of about three inches being of a rich green hue. 

 10c. per packet, 30c. per oz. 



NEW TOMATO, Perfection. 



Mr. Livingstone, the originator of those well-known 

 Tomatoes, the Acme and Paragon, has this season sent us 

 a new variety to offer, which he calls Perfection, and 

 which he claims is far ahead in every respect, of the two 

 famous sorts which have done him so much credit. 

 Mr. Livingstone in describing it says, " that in color it is 

 blood red, that it is as early as the Canada Victor (which 

 is one of the very first to ripen) almost round in shape, 

 perfectly smooth, and very solid. It is larger in size than 

 the Acme, and a little smaller than the Paragon ; its qual- 

 ity is of the very best, and it is enormously productive, 

 bearing all through the season until frost. As it is very 

 solid it will be found very valuable for shipping purposes, 

 and it has the peculiarity of ripening all over and through 

 at the same time." 



25c. per pkt. 



TURNIP, New White Egg. 



An entirely distinct and new variety, that we first saw 

 in the fall of 1877. It belongs to the class of quick-grow- 

 ing Fall Turnips, and for this purpose should be sown in 

 this latitude, between August 10th and 25th. Its shape is 

 nearly oval or egg, as its name would indicate, flesh very 

 firm and Cne-grained, thin and perfectly smooth skin, and 

 both flesh and skin are of snowy whiteness. Its flavor is 

 of the very best, mild and sweet, making it particularly 

 desirable for table use, while its attractive appearance is 

 certain to make it one of the most salable Turnips tbat 

 can be grown for market. 



10c. per pkt., 20c. per oz., 60c. per J4 lb., $2.00 per lb. 



