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of Last Year's Specialties. 



MARKET-GARDENER'S BEET This new variety was discovered 



twelve years ago in a field of Pineapple Beets. Ever since, by constant selection, 

 and keeping in mind at all times its ideal shape, color and size, it has been 

 perfected, until now I consider it the best general purpose Beet in 

 cultivation. As will be noticed from illustration on colored plate, which is 

 an exact representation of this desirable variety reduced in size, it is very 

 symmetrical, has but few fibrous roots and has unusually small top. At 

 age ot Egyptian it is larger, and continues to grow until late in fall, attaining 

 large size, and making a good selling and eating Beet for winter. By 1st of Oct. 

 they measure 8 in. in diameter, and average 6 lbs. in weight. One sowing only 

 is necessarv to produce early beets for market and main crop for winter use, 

 which is not the case with any other variety. Color outside is deep blood red ; 

 inside layers blood red and light red alternately. When cooked they are a beau- 

 tiful dark red throughout, fine grained and unsurpassed quality. Summing all 

 up we find it the Best Beet for early market as well as the Best Beet for 

 summer and winter use. Owing to small top, which permits them to be grown 

 close together and peculiar shape of bulb , it is also the most profitable beet for 

 market as well as family garden 

 of any I know of. Packet, 

 10 cents ; 3 packets, 25 

 -cents. 



NEW GIANT PASCAL CELERY.— This new Celery, which I took 

 pleasure in introducing to my customers in 1890 for the first time, promises to 

 be as great an addition to our list of varieties of this delicious vegetable as the JB 

 Golden Self Blanching. As it is an offspring of the latter, it partakes of its nutty £ 

 flavor, and has no bitter taste at all ; while being a wonderful keeper it can be « 

 sold and shipped after Golden Self Blanching is sold out. The height is about m 

 two feet ; stalks are very large, thick, solid and not stringy. In fact, it is the P> 

 largest celery ever known as to width of stalks. It is the celery for January | 

 and February use, as well as most excellent for shipping purposes, as it keeps ► 

 crisp very long without flagging. The stalks are unusually tender and crisp, B 

 snapping like glass, and when desired can be sliced lengthwise. When fully g 

 grown the outer stalks will average two inches in width, and are fully as thick 5 

 as a man's finger, and is well shown in the illustration on page 34 of a stalk & 

 of Giant Pascal reduced in size. It blanches very easily, and after a very few ft 

 days' earthing up, the outer stalks present a beautiful white appearance, i 

 Even without blanching, while the outer stalks are green, the heart will be t> 

 a rich, bright yellow. Unlike most other Celeries, it never becomes watery, [j 

 and can be eaten when quite small. In 1891, on account of the scarcity of n 

 the seed, I was not able to give Pascal as large a notice in my catalogue as I P 

 desired, but, nevertheless, the demand was simply remarkable, and every lover • 

 of good Celery was delighted last fall with Giant Pascal. This year I am <? 

 glad to say I have secured a large supply of seed direct from the originator, * 

 which I am able to offer my customers at the following reasonable figures, con- JJ 

 sidering this is only the third year of its introduction. Pkt., 15c; oz., 35c. * 

 IGNOTCM TOMATO.— In 1890 I catalogued this magnificent variety » 

 for the first time, from the fact that I was very well pleased with the specimens 9 

 I saw grown in 1889 ; but last season, growing it in a much larger way, my £ 

 previous good opinion was not only confirmed but strengthened so much that I 3 

 determined it was worthy of one of the most prominent places in my cata- 2 

 logue, as it is certainly one of the very finest tomatoes ever introduced. & 

 It was discovered by Prof. L. H. Bailey of the Michigan Agricultural \ 

 College in 1887, as a sport of Eiformige Dauer. There have been many " 

 varieties introduced of late years, but no sort, in my opinion, ripens j 

 so regularly and produces so much fruit identical in shape and 5 

 color. In fact, if I may be allowed the expression, on a single * 

 plant will be found dozens of specimens as nearly alike as peas in L 

 a pod. Ignotum grows to a good size ; always a rich color, nearly a 

 round and very solid. It keeps its good flavor later in the season j* 

 than most other varieties, and will be found not so liable to crack » 

 as the average. It is very productive ; Prof. Taft, of the Michi- - 

 gan College, stating that in dry seasons it produced double the 2 

 crop and very much more solid fruit than the Turner Hybrid or § 

 Mikado. This is saying a great deal, for, as my customers t 

 well know, Turner Hybrid is hard to beat, both in regard to Q 

 prolificness and solidity. While I have a large supply of seed d 

 and expect to be able to fill all orders, still I would advise all ► 

 my customers who desire to plant this magnificent variety in JS 

 1893, and who wish larger quantities than packets, to favor (► 



Pkt, 10 Cts.; oz.. 30cts.; %_lb., $1.00. 



THE NEW BUSH LIMA In 1888, in connection with Messrs* Peter 



Henderson & Co., of New York, I took pleasure in offering my customers for the 

 first time this, a most valuable vegetable novelty. Thousands have 

 been deterred from cultivating the most delicious of vegetables— the Lima Bean— 

 from the great trouble and expense of procuring the unsightly poles on which to 

 grow them This is now a thing of the past, as the New Bush Lima grows with- 

 out the aid of stakes or poles, in compact bush form, from 15 to 18 inches 

 high and produces enormous crops of delicious Lima Beans, which can be as easily 

 gathered as the common garden bush bean. In competition for the $150 in 

 prizes offered on this bean in my 1888 catalogue, the first prize bush of 

 Bush Lima, a plant less than 34 inches high, contained the enor- 

 mous quantity of 333 well-developed pods, and was raised by 

 J. Polk Heivner, of Augusta, Iowa. This will give some idea of the 

 enormous productiveness of this remarkable bean. The new Bush Lima is at 

 least two weeks earlier than any of the climbing sorts. This fact alone would 



stamp it as the most valued novelty of recent years ; but when in addition to 

 this we realize that it is a true bush bean, requiring no supperts, some idea of its 

 great value can be realized. The New Bush Lima produces a continuous crop 

 from the time it comes into bearing (it is fit for the table in the latitude ol 

 New York by the middle of July) until frost, and being enormously productive, 

 a very small patch will keep a family supplied with this splendid vegetable 

 throughout the season. A pint of seed will plant five rows, each fifty feet 

 long, which is ample for an ordinary family. The beans are of the size of the 

 Sieva or Southern Lima, and, as before stated, of delicious quality. The size of 

 the dry bean will hinder the Bush Lima from becoming popular with market 

 gardeners ; but for private gardeners I know of nothing that will prove 

 more satisfactory. Its habit of growth, delicious flavor, and wonderful 

 productiveness recommending it to all. Pkt., 10 cts. ; 3 pkts., 25 cts. ; pint 

 40 cts. ; quart, 75 cts. ; two quarts, $1.25 ; postpaid. 



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