Brussels Sprouts 



NEW HALF DWARF 

 PARIS MARKET.— This de- 

 lightful vegetable is at present 

 only cultivated to a limited ex- 

 tent in this country ; but the 

 demand for the seed is becom- 

 ing greater and greater, par- 

 ticularly as market-gardeners 

 are finding out that the de- 

 mand for this vegetable is 

 greater, and rapidly increas- 

 ing every year, as its merits 

 become better known to the 

 American people. The larg- 

 est French seed house, in 

 1890, for the first time, 

 put this new strain on the 

 market, recommending it 

 as the best variety of Brus- 

 sels Sprouts that has 

 ever been offered on 

 account of its regular- 

 ity of growth (18 to 20 

 inches,) its hardiness 

 and sureness of set- 

 ting. The sprouts are 

 of medium size, very 

 hard and thickly set on 

 the stem, etc. It can 

 not be compared with 

 the large, coarse-look- 

 NEW HALF DWARF PARIS MARKET. i ng , new English vari- 



eties. Flavor excellent, with no strong taste. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 



BIG HAVANA 

 TOBACCO.— A hy- 

 brid of Cuban seed- 

 leaf. Heavy crop- 

 per, fine texture, 

 delightful flavor 

 and earliest 

 cigar variety, 

 after Primus, 

 to mature 

 and ripen. 

 Pkt. 10c: 

 OZ. 75c. 



NEW PRIMUS TO- 

 BACCO.— This entirely 

 new and extra early To- 

 bacco, which I offered for 

 the first time in '88, ma- 

 tures and ripens the 

 earliest of any variety 

 grown. Succeeds in 

 Canada, where few 

 kinds will ripen. 

 Leaves large, 

 ^^ fibers fine and 

 a^ll texture silky, 

 elds big 

 rops of ex- 

 ra f i n e 

 quality. 

 Pkt. 10c; 

 oz. 50.C 



TOBACCO, Connecticut Seed Leaf.— Packet, 

 cents ; ounce, 25 cents. Havana. — Packet, 10 cents ; 

 ounce, 40 cents. Sweet Oronoco. — Pkt., 10c; oz., 25cts. 



STACHYS AFFINIS A new and valuable ground 



fruit. The bulbs are the size and shape as seen in the cut, 

 and taste exactly like the tuber of artichoke, and are 

 cooked in a variety of ways— fried, roasted, baked, etc., but 

 are particularly valuable for stock, owing to their enormous 

 productiveness. They are a most valuable feed to raise for 

 swine. Planted in ordinary soil they yield a bushel of 

 tubers to every 10 ft. of row. The bulbs are very sweet, 

 tender and nutritious. Dozen, 20 cents ; 75 cents per 100. 



ASPARAGUS, 



CHICORY This 



remarkable vegetable 

 is quite new. It is a 

 wonderful curative for 

 all disorders of the 

 stomach. It produces 

 a large quantity of 

 compact short stems, 

 which, when cut, are 

 reproduced time after 

 time. The benefit de- 

 rived from the con- 

 sumption of these 

 stems for only a short 

 time, by those havini 

 weak digestion, is sal 

 to be remarkable. The 

 leaves when boiled 

 make a very whole- 

 some and delicious 

 salad. Can be blanch- 

 ed and rendered very 

 tender by simply cov- 

 ering. When fully 

 known, this vegetable 

 will prove to be a val- 

 uable acquisition to 

 our gardens and vegetable 

 markets, and no gardener 

 should be without it. Pkt, 10c. 



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VELVET 

 OKRi^ 



This new Okra produces pods larger than any 

 other. They are never prickly to the touch, and 

 always round and smooth, while in other varieties 

 they are either ridged or square-edged. At the same 

 time it is very productive and will out-yield every 

 other sort. It is certainly worthy of a trial by all my 

 customers. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 30 cts. 



CHUFAS or EARTH ALMOND.— A species 

 of " grass nut," much used to fatten hogs. It is not to 

 be confounded with Cocoa or Nut Grass, for though it 

 belongs to the same class, the Chufa is eradicated with 

 ease and is never a pest. The nuts or tubers are larger 

 and more elongated, very sweet and nutritious. The 

 nuts grow under ground, very near the surface, easily 

 reached by pigs or poultrv, and destroyed by them if 

 they have free access. Easily and cheaply grown, 

 abundant in yield, greedily eaten by hogs, which take 

 on firm fat rapidly from them. They fill a decided 

 want wherever there are a number to be fattened. 

 Plant in April, 10 to 12 in. apart, in 1 X A to 3 ft. rows. 

 Cover lightly. If seed is very dry, soak well before 

 planting, to secure a good stand. Mature about Sept. 

 1st., and lie in the soil till wanted. Pkt, 10c; pt.,35c; 

 qt, 60c; by express, peck, $2.00. 



STACHYS AFFINIS. 



NEW GARDEN LEMON.— I was pleased 

 to introduce this to my customers in 1890, as & ^ 

 novelty of merit well worthy their attention. It H 1 

 resembles the Melon Peach in manner of growth H 

 and shape of fruit, but is distinct in that the 8 1 

 unripe fruit is striped with very dark green, ^,,1 

 nearly black, while the Melon Peach is plain g 

 green, and when ripe is not russeted like the ui 



Vine Peach. Fruit is somewhat smaller than 



a 



Vine Peach, has thinner flesh and is decidedly 51 

 more acid, thus dispensing with the sliced * 

 lemons, which are so important in putting up the ^, 

 Melon Peach. Cultivate like Musk-melon in p,; 

 hills three feet apart each way. Full directions a. 

 for cooking in various manners accompany each g ;, 

 packet. Don't fail to try it. Packet, 10 cents. jg; 



CHINESE YAM-Clnnamon Vine.-One »[ 



of the most valuable esculents in cultivation, B'j 

 though but little known ; stem 12 to 20 ft. in length, q\ 

 rapid growth, creeping or climbing habit, forming >i I 

 an excellent covering for a screen ; flowers small, g 1 ;, 

 white, in clusters ; leaves heart-shaped. A corres- g I 

 pondent writes the Sural New Yorker, "The ' 

 Chinese Yam possesses merits that should com- o ;i 

 mend it to the Agricultural classes of the U. S. J 

 They have no insect enemy, and drouth affects » 

 them but very little, as they root so deeply. There g-l 

 is no necessity for their being dug, except when • 1 

 wanted. You can plant enough at one planting to Jg; 

 last for years, each year bringing larger Yams. I m 

 consider them safer to depend on than the Irish g, 

 Potato, which has its enemies, and is so sensitive m 

 to a little freeze." Small bulblets which form roots rt 



13 ^ 

 about a foot in length in 1 year, 30 cts. per doz.; "• 

 1-vear-old roots, $1.25 per doz.; 86.00 per 100. g ; 



