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 forthe 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, last 
season, 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. Thesprouts are 
of medium size, very 
hard and thickly set on 
ie = the stem, etc. Itcan 
3S ae = not be compared with 
—— ; the large, coarse-look- 
NEW HALF DWARE PARIS MARKET. ing, new English vari- 
eties. Flayor excellent, with no strong taste. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 
BIG HAVANA NEW PRIMUS TO- 
~ TOBACCO.—A hy- g BACCO.—This entirely 
& brid of Cuban seed- new and extra early To- 
Z leaf. Heavy crop- bacco, which I offered for 
per, fine texture, the first time in ’88, ma- 
be selightfal flavor tures and ripens the 
. and earliest earliest of any variety 
cigar variety, grown. Succeeds in 
after Primus, Canada, where few 
MAULKE, No, 1711 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa,, U. 8, A. 
to mature kinds will ripen. 
6 and ripen. Leaves large, 
* Pkt. 10c.; fibers fine and 
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: TOBACCO, Connecticut Seed Leaf.—Packet, 10fother. 
2 cents; ounce, 25 cents. _Hawana.—Packet, 10 cents; 
my, ounce, 40 cents. Sweet Oronoco.—Pkt., 10c.; 0z., 25cts. 
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< STACHYS AFFIN{S.—A new and yaluable ground} other sort 
fruit. The bulbsare the size and shape as seen in the cut, | oystomers. 
< and taste exactly like the tuber of artichoke, and are 
= cooked ina variety of ways—fried, roasted, baked, ete., but 
S 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. 
Cover lightly. 
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This new Okra produces pods larger than any 
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 
It is certainly worthy of a trial by all my 
Pkt., 5 ets.; oz., 10 cts.; 
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CHUFAS or EARTH ALMOND.—A species 
of “grass nut,’’ much used to fatten hogs. 
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. 
and more elongated, very sweet and nutritious. 
nuts grow under ground, very near the surface, easily 
reached by pigs or poultry, and destroyed by them i 
they have free access. 
abundantin 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 2% to 3 ft. rows. 
If seed is very dry, soak well before 
planting, to secure a good stand. Mature about Sept. 
Ist., and lie in the soil till wanted. Pkt., 10c.; pt., 35c.; 
qt., 60¢.; by express, peck, $2.00. 
CHUFAS, 
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 having 
weak digestion, is said 
toberemarkable. The 
leaves when boiled 
make a very whole- 
some and delicious 
salad. Can be blanch- 
ed and rendered very 
tender by simply coy- 
ering. When fully £ 
known, this vegetable 
will prove to be a yal- (> 
uable acquisition to =" 
our gardens and vegetable 
markets, and no gardener 
should be without it. Pkt., 10c. 
SR Se eee 
H. C. Rogers, Hillsborough, 
N. H. ‘I wish to say I consicer 
your seeds superior to others. I 
cannot get along without them 
sosend along the order for 1890.’ 
WAS N 
NEW GARDEN LEMON.--! was pleased 
to introduce this to my customers last year as a 
novelty of merit well worthy theirattention. It 
resembles the Melon Peach in manner of growth 
and ape of fruit, but is distinct in that the 
unripe fruit is striped with very dark green, 
nearly black, while the Melon Peach is plain 
green, and when ripe is not russeted like the 
AVine Peach. Fruit issomewhat smaller than 
Vine Peach, has thinner flesh and is decidedly 
more acid, thus dispensing with the sliced 
lemons, which are so important in putting up the 
Melon Peach. Cultivate like Musk-melon in 
hills three feet apart each way. Full directions 
for cooking in various manners accompany each 
packet. Don’t fail to try it. Packet, 10 cents. 
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CHINESE YAM-Cinnamon Vine.-One 
of the most valuable esculents in cultivation, 
though but little known; stem 12 to 20 ft. in length, 
rapid growth, creeping or climbing habit, forming 
an excellent covering for a screen ; flowers small, 
white, in clusters ; leaves heart-shaped. A corres- 
pondent writes the Rural New Yorker, ‘The 
Chinese Yam possesses merits that should com- 
mend it to the Agricultural classes of the U. S. 
They have no insect enemy, and drouth affects 
them but very little, as they root so deeply. There 
is no necessity for their being dug, except when 
wanted. You can plant enough at one planting to 
last for years, each year bringing larger Yams. I 
consider them safer to depend on than the Irish 
Potato, which has its enemies, and is so sensitive 
toalittle freeze.’’ Small bulblets which form roots 
¥4 |b., 30 cts. 
It is not to 
The nuts or tubers are larger 
The 
Easily and cheaply grown, 
