An Offer FOR EYERYBODY. ife 



-6 STERLING NOVELTIES for only 15 ©ENTS, -. 



NEW eaROINflL BEET. 



Most desirable, botji as to shape and color. Cooks to a beautiful 

 dark red, and always" of luscious flavor. (See page 3.) Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00. 



EVERGREEN ©UeUMBER. 



Color deep green in all stages of growth. It grows to a good size, is 

 very productive and maturi^s very early; desirable either for picKling, 

 or slicing. (See page 29.) Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 els. 



GRRND RAPIDS LETTUeE. 



Desirable for forcing or early spring sowing in the open ground. 

 Of superior quality and beautiful appearance; crisp and tender. (.Seepage 

 33.) Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; ^4 pound, 40 cents; pound, Sl.oO. 



SODTHP0RT YELL©W GL,©BE ©NI©N. 



A wonderfully heavy cropper. Remarkably handsome in appear- 

 ance and large in size. (See page 10.) Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 

 \i lb., 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 



EaRLY WHITE B0X RADISH. 



Most excellent for forcing purposes. Its short top and rapid growth 

 especially fit it for growing under glass, in frames or boxes. (See page 47.) 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; '-^ pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 



IGN©TUM T0MHT©. 

 One of the finest tomatoes ever introduced. It grows to a good size, 

 always a rich color, always round and very solid. It is very produc- 

 tive. (See page 51.) Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; '4 lb., 60 cts.; lb., $2.00. 



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©ne packet of each of these 6 Sterling Novelties, only 15 ©ents, postpaid. 

 MaMMOTH LUSeiOUS SUGHR PEH. ~~ 



Notliiug has ever anywheres near approached Mammoth Luscious in size or deli- 

 cacy of flavor, it being far superior to Melting Sugar or any other variety of Peas, 

 shelled! or sugar. Dr. F. M. Hexamer, editor of the American Agriculturist writes: "^\'e 

 have ^rown nearly every variety of Sugar Peas listed in seedsmen's catalogues, but 

 have never seen anything to compare with the Mammoth Luscious." This is the gen- 

 eral veidict. This new .Sugar Pea bears pods much larger than any other varietj' and 

 are froip tj to 7 inches long, and an inch and a half broad. They are entirely free from 

 membri^neous lining and strings, and combine flavor and brittleness and succulence 

 far ahead of all other kinds. They continue long in bearing, and even when old they 

 boil down as tender and nice as when young. The vines grow 6 feet long and require 

 sticks. The pods are so long and broad that they should be sliced, boiled about ten min- 

 utes, or fifteen if old, and have a little butter or white sauce put over them, when they 

 will be ready to supply the table of the most fastidious epicure; and as they contain so 

 much sugar, starch aud gluten, are very nutritious for family use. They should not be 

 shelled, but the peas and pod eaten together. As can readily be seen from the above de- 

 scription, a very few pods, gathered quickly from a small piece of ground is sufticient 

 for any ordinary family. These pods can be sliced and boiled in fifteen minutes, so that 

 the whole operation from gathering to the table can be done in less than an hour. The 

 ordinary shelled varieties, as is well known, require a much longer time to gather and 

 shell, and a very much larger piece of ground to supply a family. If you have never 

 grown Sugar Peas, do not miss this opportunity. If you have sown them before, you 

 should certainly include Mammoth Luscious in your order, as no lover of Sugar Peas 

 can miss this chance of obtaining the most delicious Sugar Pea ever offered. Crop is 

 very short, consequently, 1 can olTer It in small quantities only. Pkt., 15c.; 2 pkts., 25c. 



HUNDRED-WEIGHT PUMPKIN. 



When I tell my customers that this is an extra selection of my Prize Potiron, and 

 that the seed is saved only from specimens weighing 100 pounds each, or over, it will 

 need no further recommendation. For some time past one of my best growers has been se 

 lecting this pumpkin, until now Hundred-Weight will surpass in size every other vanef\ 

 Speciuiens weighing 200 and 250 pounds are noli unusual. In addition to its enormous «ize 

 which is of itself sufticient recommendation; (for as every one know, for years to have the larg 

 est pumpkin raised in the county has been the ambition of every grower), it is of the finest 

 quality, flesh fine grained and a bright yellow, color of skin a dark salmon. Hundreds of my 

 custoiiiers have- informed me that never before have such large pumpkins been produced in 

 their locality us were those grown from seed of Maule's Hundred-Weight. In some cases the 

 monstrosity was considered so rare as to evoke the interest of farmers for many miles around 

 to come to witness the event. As is well known, there are very few more seeds in these big 

 pumpkins than in the smaller ones, consequently, seed of Hundred- Weight will always be 

 scarce and high in price. I can still ofler it in packets only. Packet, 15 cts.; 2 packets, 25 cts. 



*f*l-y^ <|&|/Sf> ^^ l?V°f7£k Offered for the largest Hundred "Weight Pumpkin In '96 was 

 m. lie «PIWW.V/W IT I lAC awarded to >frs. Sylvanla King, Afarengo, Wash., Tvho raised 

 a pumpkin weighing 1*73 lbs. I'or some re.»son, the competition w.»>* comp.iratlvely light list 

 year, so we had to award the pj lye to .i pumpkin weij-hiiig le«.'* than any prize pumpkin in a 

 number of years. Voir list ot uthei vogctiiftle j-ri^e winners, «>ee page S3. 



HUNORED^WEIGHT PUMPKIN. 



