Vegetable Seed Novelties—15 
_WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
SO RADISH. 
Mr. Wm. T. Woerner, of New Brunswick, N. J. writes: ‘The Just So 
is the best all around radish ever offered the American public. I have 
tested nearly every variety sent out, and have originated many varie- 
ites myself, but nothing has ever come to my notice that will equal 
Just So. They mature very early. I was able to pull fine radishes in 20 
days from sowing the seed; radishes that would measure over one inch 
in diameter, fine, crisp, white and smooth. I never saw such a sight; 
they were like peas in a pod, all alike; one crowding the other out of 
the ground. Every seed produced a fine radish, and this on poor, 
gravelly soil which has had no manure applied in years. For forcing 
in hot or cold beds they have no equal. I have tested them in every 
way, and am satisfied.” Pkt., 10c.; oz., 15c.; 14 1b., 40c.; lb., $1.25. 
I offer this season a particularly choice strain (Zi 
of Swiss Chard or Silver Beet. It seems the / 
American people are just becoming acquainted Wy; 
with the desirability of having a little Swiss 
Chard or Silver Beet, or as it is sometimes (Jp 
called, Sea Kale Beet, in their garden. This beet 
is grown for its leaves only. The middle of the 
leaf or midrib is cooked and served like aspara- 
gus. The other portions of the leaf may be used 
like spinach. The seed should be sown in spring, 
in drills, a foot apart. This beet does not make a 
large root, but is a delicious summer vegetable 
when cut young and used for “‘greens,’’ or when 
matured and used in the manner described. ie = Z 
Pkt., 10c.; oz., 15¢.; 14 1b., 30c.; lb., $1.00. IMP. SWISS CHARD. 
WHITE WELSH ONION. 
My old friend Mr. Greiner had this to say about 
this bunch onion last summer:—‘‘In the new bunch 
onion culture, I am figuring out the gross returns 
from one-sixth acre to be fully $1,000, nine-tenths of it 
being clear profit. Fig. 1 shows a bunch as given 
in the Cyclopedia of American Horticulture. I 
find this onion hardy as an oak, and the sugges- 
tion of a bulb makes it suitable for a bunch onion. 
A bunch, such as we made them and found ready 
sale for them, is shown in Fig. 2. These bunches 
were quite attractive, and coming in a season 
when green stuff is scarce, extremely serviceable 
for the purposes of a bunch onion. We put about 
ten stalks to the bundle, or twice as many as found 
in the average bunch in-the market.- We could 
have disposed of a good many more than we had, 
even in our local market, and Buffalo and the 
smaller cities nearby would gladly have taken large 
quantities. Where the plants stood fairly thick in 
the row (as thick as we should aim to have them, 
and as we can get them by sowing 10 or 12 pounds of 
seed to the acre, on rich ground) we made four 
dozen bunches from 6 feet of row, the rows being 14 
inches apart. When a spot of ground 14 inches 
wide by 6 feet long brings one dollar, you can easily 
figure out that the acre rate is fully $6,000, less than 
one-tenth of which: goes for labor in preparing 
(cleaning and bunching) the product for market. 
The expenses of growing the crop are comparative- 
ly slight. I like to sow seed in spring or early 
summer, not in the fall.’ Mr. Greiner reports great 
difficulty in securing good seed of the Welsh onion. 
He advised me of the matter and while in Europe 
I managed to secure a Supply, which I take pleasure 
in offering to my customers. 
WHITE WELSH ONION. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; 14 lb., 75 cts.; lb., $2.50, 
Maule’s Extra Early Cucumber. 
First for the Table, Market and Pickling. 
This widely popular cucumber is a cross 
between Harly Russian and Green Prolific. 
It has become a general favorite. It has the 
earliness of one parent and the high quality 
and remarkable prolificness of the other. It 
always grows uniformly, and is seldom too 
large for pickling. The vines are of extra 
vigorous growth, with leaves of a dark green 
eolor, and produce an abundance of fruits. 
Its extreme earliness is, however, its great- 
ert recommendation, making it invaluable. 
On account of its earliness and its very high 
quality I list it among my choicest novelties. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 
quarter pound, 40 cents; pound. $1.25. 
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MAULE’S EXTRA EARLY CUCUMBER. 
THOMAS LAXTON PEA. 
A Favorite With Many Commercial Gardeners. 
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THOMAS LAXTON PEA. 
This new pea was originated by crossing Gradus with a very early | satisfaction. My opinion of Thomas Laxton is that it is not as early 
seedling. It is claimed to he earlier, hardier in constitution, of better | as Gradus by three or four days; at the same time it is, if anything 
color, and more prolific than Gradus or Prosperity. 
It grows like} more productive, peas are fully as large, of aricher green color. Plant- 
Gradus about 3 feet high. The wrinkled green peas are very large.|ed side by side, it is frequently a hard matter to tell which is the 
and uniformally well filled. The pods are large, long, with square ends | better of the two varieties, hence, both are very popular with up-to- 
fine color and of unsurpassed quality. Many market gardeners have | date market gardeners. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts., post- 
planted the Thomas Laxton in preference to Gradus, to their entire| paid. By express or freight, not prepaid, pk., $2.25; bu., $8.00. 
