AUTUMN CATALOGUE, 1924. 
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VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR AUTUMN PLANTING. 
Tomato, Stirling Castle. 
BEANS. Masterpiece. Long straight pods, handsome and _ tender. 
Valuable for forcing. Pint, 90 cts.; qt., $1.50. 
Farquhar’s Plentiful. One of the finest early varieties for forcing. 
Very productive. Pint, 75 cts.; qt., $1.50. 
Black Valentine. Very early;longround pods. Pt., 40 cts.; qt., 70 cts. 
BEET. Crosby’s Egyptian. One of the best sorts for forcing; color 
deep crimson; sweet and tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; } lb., 
75 cts.; lb., $2.50. ; 
CARROT. Farquhar’s Forcing. A handsome half-long Carrot of deep 
orange-red color, almost coreless. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 50 cts. 
Earliest Searlet French Forcing. Small roundish roots, very early; 
valuable for forcing. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 40 cts. 
Farquhar’s Parisian Foreing. The earliest Carrot in cultivation and 
one of the most suitable for forcing where small roots are desired. The 
roots are globe-shaped and very mild in flavor. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 
60 cts. 
CAULIFLOWER. Farquhar’s Earliest Dwarf Erfurt. This strain is 
grown especially for us, by a most reliable grower, in Northern Europe, 
where the finest Cauliflower is produced, and we believe there is noth- 
ing finer offered. Pkt., 25 cts. and 50 cts.; 4 oz., $1.75; oz., $6.00. 
CRESS or PEPPERGRASS. Invaluable for salads and garnishing. 
Extra Curled. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } lb., 35 cts. 
CUCUMBER. Farquhar’s Perfection. The finest type of White 
Spine Cucumber in cultivation and one of the most prolific varieties. 
The fruits are large and symmetrical in shape, and of a rich dark green 
color, which is permanent. This is an ideal forcing variety. Pkt., 
25 cts.; 4 oz., 40 cts.; oz., $1.25. 
CUCUMBER. English Forcing, or Frame. Telegraph; Tender 
and True; The Rochford. Each per pkt., 50 cts. 
LETTUCE. Boston Forcing Tennisball; White-Seeded. Forms 
fine, perfect heads very rapidly; crisp and very tender. Our seed is 
of the finest growth and from perfect heads. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 75 cts. 
Hittinger’s Belmont Forcing. Larger than the above and almost as 
early; excellent quality. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 75 cts. 
May King. The leaves are light green, with delicate ribs and lightly 
waved; very tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts. 
Paris White Cos or Romaine. Leaves long and narrow and forms 
close upright heads. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts. 
MELON. Royal Sovereign. The fruit is of a beautiful golden color, 
slightly netted, flesh white, faintly tinged with green, and very deep; 
rind very thin. Pkt., 50 cts. 
Invineible Searlet. Form globular; skin orange-red when perfectly 
ripe, finely and evenly netted; thick bright scarlet flesh, of exquisite 
flavor. Pkt., 50 cts. 
Blenheim Orange. Well-known handsome scarlet-flesh variety; of 
delicious flavor and beautifully netted. Pkt., 50 cts. 
Manchester. The fruit is of a large globular shape, densely netted. 
The flesh is a rich salmon color of exquisite flavor and aroma and ripens 
clear totherind. Pkt., 50 cts. 
Hero of Lockinge. Fruit handsome, with white lacing on a rich yellow 
ground. Pkt., 50 cts. 
Emerald Gem. Small; flesh orange. Pkt., 50 cts. 
MUSTARD. White. Best variety for salads. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts. 
One of 
RADISH. Early Deep Scarlet, Olive-Shaped, Short Leaf. 
the most desirable varieties for forcing. The skin is deep bright red. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; }.1lb., 75 cts. 
SPINACH. Round, Thick-Leaved. 
TOMATO. 
RADISH.—Continued. 
Non Plus Ultra. The earliest of all; short-leaved; brilliant red; good for 
forcing. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; 4 lb., 75 cts. 
Early Searlet Globe. Admirable for forcing; deep scarlet; flesh white and 
tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 ets.; } lb., 60 cts. 
Early French Breakfast. Oval form; color scarlet with white tip. Pkt., 
10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; 4 lb., 75 cts. 
Farquhar’s Nonpareil. An excellent strain of small round, very early 
bright red radish, specially suited for forcing. The flesh is pure white, 
crisp and tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; + lb., $1.00. 
A standard sort for Fall sowing; 
leaves are thick, succulent and tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts. 4 lb., 
30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 
Long-Standing. Of delicious, tender quality, dark green leaves. Pkt., 
5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 4 lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 
Savoy-Leaved, or Bloomsdale. Large, tender, crumpled leaves. Pkt., 
.0 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; 3 lb., 35 cts.; lb., $1.25 
Victoria. The best long-standing Spinach. 
30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 
Prickly Seeded. Very hardy and vigorous; leaves arrow-shaped. Pkt., 
5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 3 lb., 30 ets.; lb., $1.00. 
; Stirling Castle. Excellent for forcing. Fruit is of medium 
size, reddish-scarlet in color and of very delicious flavor. This variety 
sets very freely. Pkt., 25 cts.; } oz., 75 cts. 
Lister’s Excelsior. The clusters of fruit are borne in great profusion and are 
remarkable for the large number of fruits they carry. Fruits are of medium 
size, rich scarlet color. Original Packet, 25 cts. 
Farquhar’s Bountiful. A new forcing Tomato of superior flavor, 
perfect in shape, of good size and sets freely. The fruits are bright 
red in color, very solid and grow in clusters of 10 to 12. Pkt., 25 cts. 
Comet. This is a splendid variety for either indoors or out. It is very 
short-jointed, fruiting close up to the stem. The tomatoes are of 
good medium size, quite smooth, very solid and of a deep scarlet color. 
Pkt., 25 cts. 
Farquhar’s Victory. A handsome free-setting Tomato yielding many 
large clusters. Fruits smooth, of good form and size, very solid and 
containing very few seeds. Pkt., 25 cts. 
ONION SETS 
(Egyptian or Perennial Tree). 
These, if planted in the Autumn, produce the well-known Scullion so 
popular for salads in the early Summer. Pk., $2.00; qt., 50 cts. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN. 
TISSUE CULTURE PURE SPAWN. This spawn is produced by se- 
lecting spores from individual specimen mushrooms and is propagated 
and transferred to the bricks of manure which when planted produce 
Mushrooms, uniform in shape, even in size and of a creamy-white 
color. Price per brick, 40 cts. Per 20 bricks, $6.50; per 100 bricks, 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 ets.; 3 1b., 
30.00. 
_mughROOM SPAWN. English Milltrack. Price per lb., 30 cts.; 
10 lbs., $2.75; 100 lbs., $25.00. 
A Bed of Farquhar’s Mushroom Spawn. 
