ROSES, SEEDS, AND BULBS FOR 1895. 



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CHOICE VEGETABLE SEEDS— Continued. 



PEPPER. Ruby King. The best large pepper. 

 Bullnose. Large, early, and sweet; mild flavor. 

 Golden Dawn. Medium size; lemon-yellow. 

 Long Red Cayenne. Bright red; very hot. 

 PUMPKIN. Large Cheese. Productive and good. 

 New Golden Marrow. Best yellow pie pumpkin. 

 Tennessee Sweet Potato. Pear-shaped, medium size, 



creamy-white, long keeper; excellent for cooking. 

 Jumbo. Largest variety ever grown ; has been grown 

 to weigh two hundred pounds. 

 PIE PLANT. Myatt's Victoria. The best of all. 

 RADISH. French Breakfast. Extra early; bright 

 red, tipped with white ; very pretty and excellent. 

 Early Round Dark Red. Best extra early scarlet 



Radish grown. 

 Burpee's Surprise, Best all-seasons Radish ; stands 

 heat and drought and always remains crisp and 

 iuicy. By sowing at different times wo can have 

 fine radishes all summer and fall. 

 Chinese Rose. Finest winter scarlet Radish. Sow in 

 summer same as Turnips, and keep in cellar in soil. 

 RUTA BAGA, or Swedes. Improved Purple-top Yel- 

 low ; the best variety for all purposes. 

 SPINACH. Thick -leaved Round. The best for 

 spring or fall sowing. iShould be more generally grown. 

 SUMMER SQUASH. Early Bush Scalloped and 

 Early Bush Crook Neck. Both good kinds. 



WI NTER SQUASH. Hubbard, Boston Marrow, 

 and Warren. The best three winter squashes J'or 

 cooking and pies ; long keepers, but good to use any 

 time. 

 SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT. Sandwich 

 Island Mammoth. An excellent vegetable. Sow and 

 cultivate like Parsnips; leave in ground for spring. 

 TOMATO. Matchless. One of the very best Tom.n- 

 toes ever grown ; bright, rich red, large size, very 

 regular, smooth, firm, very solid, free from seeds, and 

 excellent quality ; vigorous grower, early and very 

 productive; stands at the head. 



Turner's Hybrid. Enormous size, fine quality, im- 

 mense bearer; one of the very best sorts. 

 Extra Early Advance. The best very early Tomato ; 



medium size, round, and plump. 

 Dwarf Champion. Early and productive ; large size, 



very smooth and symmetrical ; one of the best. 

 Golden Queen. The finest large yellow Tomato; 



very regular, firm, smooth, and excellent flavor. 

 Tree Tomato. Stiff, upright growth, bearing large, 

 plump, red fruits well up off the ground; fine for 

 small gardens. 

 TURNIP. Early White Flat Dutch. 

 Purple-Top Strap-leaf. Early and good. 

 Yellow Globe. Excellent, large, yellow. 

 White Egg. One of the best for table use. 



THE FINEST NEW VEGETABLES. 



The following newer varieties of vegetables having been thoronghly tested and proved 

 valuable, are recommended to all who are willing to pay the slight additional cost. The prices 

 are as low as these varieties can be sold for and include postage prepaid by us. 



BEAN, BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA. This is the only 

 Bush form of the true large white Lima Bean; it is a 

 heavy bearer, each bush yielding from fifty to two hun- 

 dred extra large pods, well-filled with large, plump 

 beans, which are identical in size and luscious flavor 

 to the well-known large Pole Lima. By planting this 

 fine new variety every one can have the nicest Lima 

 Beans without poles. 10 cts. per pkt.; three pkts. 25 cts. 



DREER'S BUSH LIMA. This is another excellent 

 form of Bush Lima, and produces the large, luscious, 

 fat Potato Limas for which Dreer's Challenger Pole 

 Lima is noted, and which most people prefer to all 

 others. 10 cts. per pkt.; three pkts. for 25 cts. 



HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA. This variety is 

 the most valuable of the Bush Limas for general plant- 

 ing, as it is fully two weeks earlier than any other 

 Lima Bean, and so hardy and productive that with 

 only ordinary culture it is sure to yield a large crop. 

 It is not a true Lima, however, being much smaller 

 and not so highly Havored, but excellent and good in 

 every way. lO cts. per pkt.; three pkts. for 25 cts. 

 SPECIAL OFFER.— The three varieties of Bush 



Limas, one pkt. each, for 20 cts. 



BEET, NEW COLUMBIA. An improved extra 

 early variety; neat turniji-shape, with smooth skin 

 and deep, blood-red flesh, superior to all other early 

 sorts in quality; matures very quickly; very tender 

 and sweet; esteemed very valuable both for early and 

 main crop planting; easily the best of all. 10 cts. 

 per pkt.; three pkts. for 25 cts. 



SWEET CORN, FIRST OF ALL. After many 

 trials in various parts of the country, this excellent 

 new variety has proved to be from four to six days 

 earlier than the Cory, which has heretofore stood at the 

 head of the list for earliness ; it is very productive, the 

 ears are of good size, very sweet, and fully equal to 

 the Cory— so this variety must go to the head of the 

 list for earliness and quality. 10 cts ; three pkts. 25 cts. 



IMPROVED RUBY SWEET CORN. Both stalks 

 and husks are of a very handsome, dark-red color, giv- 

 ing it a highly ornamental appearance ; grows five to 

 six feet high and bears from two to three good, large 

 ears to the stalk. The corn is pure white and of most 

 delicious flavor, and so extremely tender, juicy, and 

 sweet that it is excellent eaten raw from tlie cob. 

 Valuable for market and garden. 10 cts.; three 25 cts. 



CUCUMBER, BURPEE'S WHITE WONDER. 

 A remarkably strong, vigorous grower, not easily in- 

 jured by drought or wet ; exceedingly handsome ; ex- 

 quisite quality. As one who has tried it writes : " The 

 cucumbers are white from the time they begin to grow, 

 and are the best I have ever seen, either for eating 

 fresh or pickling." 10 cts. per pkt.; three pkts. 25 cts. 



NEW JAPANESE CLIMBING CUCUMBER. 

 This remarkable new variety differs from all others in 

 being a true climber, clinging fast to a low trellis, wire 

 netting, or other suitable support ; begins to bear very 

 early, and continues to produce abundantly all through 

 the season ; flesh pure white ; crisp and delicate flavor ; 

 fine for slicing and pickles ; just the thing for small 

 gardens. Pkt. 10 cts.; three pkts. for 25 cts. 



NEW LETTUCE, ONONDAGA. This variety has 

 become famous on account of its many good qualities ; 

 where known it is more highly valued than any other 

 sort; stands heat and cold and close packing better 

 than any other ; always crisp, beautiful, and tender ; 

 especially valuable for forcing and market, as well as 

 for family use ; color light green to rich nutty-brown ; 

 highly recommended. Pkt. 10 cts.; three pkts. 25 cts. 



NEW PEA, HEROINE. Undoubtedly the best sec- 

 ond early Pea now known ; a first-class, green, wrink- 

 led variety ; grows about two and a half feet tall ; vines 

 literally loaded with large, heavy pods, with seven to 

 nine large peas in each. Has the rich, luscious flavor 

 of Champion of England, and is earlier and more jiro- 

 ductive. 10 cts. per pkt.; three pkts. for 25 cts. 



NEW TOMATO, PONDEROSA, or No. 400. Un- 

 doubtedly the largest tomato ever offered; excellent 

 quality and an enormous bearer ; it is recorded that 

 twelve specimen fruits weighed sixteen and a half 

 pounds, or an average of one pound six ounces each, 

 and one monster weighed one pound fourteen ounces, — 

 certainly a magnificent tomato. Pkt. lOcts.; threepkt.s. 

 for 25 cts. 



NEW WATERMELON, FORDHOOK EARLY, 



Everyone wants EARLY Melons, and this is recom- 

 mended as the very best extra early large-size Water- 

 melon ever grown, as handsome as it is good. Try it. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; three pkts. for 25 cts. 

 NEW MELROSE MELON. The finest new Can- 

 teloupe introduced for years; exquisite, rich, fine flavor, 

 very spicy and delightful, and also very vigorous and 

 productive, bearing abundantly when other sorts fail ; 

 large size, very handsome ; the newest and best. Pkts. 

 10 cts.; three pkts for 25 cts. 



THE FAXON SQUASH. This Squash is something 

 remarkable; it grows in different shapes and colors, 

 but is uniformly so good that people unhesitatingly 

 declare it is the best Squash they ever tasted ; has no 

 shell to speak of, cooks very dry and mealy, and is 

 good for use both summer and winter, whether green 

 or ripe. The best Squash known ; nothing equal to it. 

 Pkts. 10 cts.; three pkts. for 25 cts. 



SPECIAL OFFER.— Set of fourteen New Vege= 

 tables, one pkt. each, for $1.00, postpaid. 



