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the American Seed Trade. 
Contain the CREAM . 
of all the Varieties Known to 
T will be noticed that I never list as many sorts as other seedsmen ;_ still, nothing worthy of 
mention has been omitted from the following pages. | \ 
I have been told that my trials at Briar Crest are the most complete 
Not only are all the new things offered by American a 
when I make this statement. 
mad2 by any American seedsman. 
I know exactly what 
I am talking about 
nd for- 
eign growers tested each year, but I also make it a point to try all the so-called improved strains 
of ordinary varieties. 
I have spent thousands of dollars on these experiments, with the result 
that 
Everything Good, Old or New, will be found between the Covers of this Book. 
Tt is rank injustice to offer the same variety under half a dozen different names, and it is almost as bad to list an endless 
number of sorts for which there is no demand ; but such is the rule in some catalogues, as many gardeners have found out to 
their disgust. 
Most of the good old stand-byes have been so improved by careful selection as to be very hard to beat. 
ness the fact that I started booming Surehead Cabbage in 1877, am still booming it just as heavily, and it 
is still worthy of all the praise that I am giving it. 
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Now I wish to call the attention of my customers to my 
SPECIAL DISCOUNT ON SEEDS IN PACKETS. 
It takes almost as much time to fill an order for 20 or 25 
cents as it does one amounting to $1.00, consequently, 
with an idea of increasing the size of my packet orders, 
and to offer my customers an inducement to have their 
neighbors send in their orders with them, I allow the fol- 
lowing discount on seeds in packets: Amy one of my 
customers has the privilege of selecting seeds, in 
packets only, to the amount of $1.30, and sending 
$1.00 for same; or I will send seeds, in packets 
only, to the value of $2.75 for $2.00; or, pur- 
chasers remitting $3.00 can select seeds in packets 
to the value of $4.25. Purchasers remitting $4.00 
can select seeds in packets to the value of $5.70. 
Purchasers remitting $5.00 can select seeds in pack- 
ets to the walue of $7.25. PURCHASERS REMITT- 
ING $10.00 CAN SELECT SEEDS, IN PACKETS 
ONLY, TO THE VALUE OF $15.00. When it is con- 
sidered that I offer to my patrons these discounts, in ad- 
dition to the liberal cash prizes which are given else- 
where, I trust that it will be appreciated by all of my 
customers. It must be borne in mind, however, that 
this discount applies to seeds IN PACKETS ONLY, 
and isnot allowed on seeds that are purchased by 
the ounce, pint, 4-pound, pound, etc. 
Every reader of this book will notice that I continue this year my annual offer of $1500.00 in 
cash for the largest club orders of packets and ounces sent me this season. It will be seen from the 
above that any one ordering seeds in packets to to the value of $15.00 need remit only $10.00 
for same. Now, in addition to this lhberal discount during 1896, 
Any one who can make up a Club Order for $50.00. worth of Seeds 
‘ in Packets need send only $25.00 in full for same. 
In other words, if you send me $25.00 for seeds in packets, all 5 cent papers will cost you only 2\4 cents; 
10 cent papers will cost you only 5 cents; 15 cent papers 714 cents each, etc. No other leading American 
seedsman has eyer offered such liberal terms, and when it is considered every $25.00 cash club order sent me is 
sure of securing a cash prize July Ist, 96, I trust more of my friends than ever before will make up a club order. 
SAK AVENE COVER GUARANTEE ARE YOUA © e@@ 
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I. SAFE ARRIVAL.—I guarantee that all goods sold: 
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by me shall reach my customers in good order. 
Il. MONEY INSURED.—I guarantee to hold myself } Aspe heae palsoravek 
responsible for the safe arrival of all remittances sent to have as ara 
me by post-office order, draft, check or registered letter. cial Price oar 
Ill. FREE BY MAIL.—I guarantee to deliver It will be mailed 
all garden and flower seeds, except where quoted by freetoMarketGar- |||] 
peck, bus., bbl., or by the 100 Ibs., free of all charges. deners; but as it _ "lll! 
IV. AS REPRESENTED.—I guarantee my seeds to be is intended only for 
just as represented. If they prove otherwise, I will refill this particular trade 
the order free of charge; but it must be understood I do not I cannot send it to 
guarantee the crop any further than to refill the order, 
Address aii orders to WM. HENRY MAULN, 1711 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa., U. S. A. 
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ARTICHOKE JERUSALEM.—Over one thousand bushels have been produced on an acre. They are 
= * very hardy and resemble Potatoes in appearance; they should be planted in the same 
way and are very easily grown. If desired, they need not be dug, but the hogs can be turned in the field to root 
them up; in this way, one acre will keep 20 head in good condition until Spring, excepting when the ground is fro- 
zen too hard for the hogs to root them up. To destroy them the ground should be plowed when plants are a foot 
high. Pound, 40c.; 3 1bs., $1.00, by mail, postpaid. $3.00 per bushel, by express or freight, purchaser paying charges. 
GREEN GLOBE.—A table variety largely grown abroad, but little Known here. Edible portions are the flow- 
er heads, which should be used before they begin to open. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents. 
ASPARAGUS CONOVER’S COLOSSAL.—Known toall. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; 14 1b., 20 cts.; lb., 50 ets. 
* ROOTS, | year old, 100 by mail, $1.25; by express, 1 year old, $4.00 per 1000; 2 year old, $5.50 
per 1000, purchaser paying transportation charges. 
_ PALMETTO. —It is claimed that this new variety is not only much earlier than Conover’s, but is also a better 
yielder and of more even growth, while of a Southern origin, it is well adapted for all sections, both North and 
South. Pkt., 10 ets.; oz., 20 ects.; 4 Ib., 50 cts.; 1b., $1.50. ROOTS, 1 year old, 100 by 
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private gardeners, even 
if they apply for it. 
mail, $1.50; by express 1 year old, $4.50 per 1000, purchaser paying transportation. 
MAULE’S MAMMOTH.—This variety, I consider, erecta all othess, not onlyin 
tenderness and flavor, but also in productiveness. It throws an unusual number of 
strong, well-developed shoots the entire season, and it has sold in Philadelphia mar- 
kets for four times the price of other sorts. At three years old has yielded crops 
valued at $500 per acre. PkKt., 10c.; 0z., 20c.; 14 Ib., 50c.; lb., $1.80. ROOTS, 1 year old, 
100 by mail, $1.50; by express, 1 year old, $4. per 1000; 2 year old, $6.50 per 1000. 
COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE.—The introducers, one of the most promi- 
nent firms engaged in the seed business in the country, describe this new variety as 
follows: ‘An entirely new and magnificent variety of Asparagus, which is sure to 
be in great demand, because it furnishes white shoots which stay white as long as 
fit for use, without earthing up or any other artificial blanching; and because it can 
be absolutely depended on to give 80 to 90 per cent. of white plants from seed. This 
grand noyelty has been brought to its present state of perfection by one of the largest 
and most experienced growers of Asparagus in this country, by many years of care- 
ful selection from a single plant found in one of his fields of Conover’s Colossal. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 1% Ib., 50 cents; Ib., $1.75. Roots, l-year-old, 100 by ' UAW 
mail, $1.50, postpaid. By express, 1-year-old, $4.50 per 1000; 2-year-old, $6.50 per 1000. 
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