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POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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A lieavy-Wel^ht 





THE CHIRK CASTLE MAN- 

 GEL-WURZEL. 



Our attention was first called to this prodigi- 

 ous variety while visiting Scotland, a few years 

 since. We saw hundreds of specimens taken 

 from the field, weighing over sixty lbs. each, 

 while whole crops averaged thirty-eight to forty 

 lbs. per root, producing a yield of over sixty 

 tons to the acre. The length is about the same 

 as Carter's Mammoth Long Red, but it is re- 

 markable for its haiidsinne shape and broad 

 shoulders, its diameter being greater and its 

 weight very much heavier. The flesh is red, of 

 very fine texture and quality, containing less 

 water and more sugar than any other mangel, 

 making it more nutritious and milk-producing. 

 Sheep also thrive better when fed on it, picking 

 out pieces of it in preference to other kinds. We 

 consider this and Taber s Gate Post by far the 

 most valuable and profitable of all the stock- 

 feeding beets. It is such a shy seeder that the 

 seed cannot be grown as cheaply as other man- 

 gels. Pkt., loc; oz., 15c.; K lb-. 25c.; lb., 650.; 

 5 lbs. (enougli for one acre), $3.00. 



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_, Jl^h® I-argest, Heaviest and most Profitable Mangel, 

 rirt., lOc; oz., 15c.; 14 lb., 35c.; lb., 65c.; 6 lbs., $3.00. 



Cabbage. 



One ounce of seed will sow a bed of about forty square 

 feet and produce about two thousand plants. 



Early and Summer Varieties. 



THE CHARLESTON OR NEW LARGE WAKEFIKLD. 



THE CHAKLESTON or NEW LAKOK WAKE- 

 FIELD. We were one of the first .seedsmen to introduce 

 this now popular market cabbago. It is live to si.\ days later 

 than Early Jersey Wakefield. Tlie heads are (uily one-half 

 larger and quite solid. It is very compact in growtli and can 

 be easily planted in rows two feet apart and twenty inclies in 

 the rows. One great advantage is, it does not burst open 

 when ripe, like many other early sorts, and consequently 

 can be left standing on the ground a long while without 

 injury, until a favorable opportunity for cutting. No market 

 or private gardener desiring a cabbage of this kind should 

 fail to plant this valuable sort. Pkt., lOc; oz., '25c.; J4 ">.• 

 75c.; lb., $2.75. 



JOHNSON & STOKES' W^ONDEBFUI.. Wliere ex- 

 treme earhness is tlie most important point, we recommend 

 tliis variety. It is ready for market or table in seventy-five to 

 eighty days from sowing the seed, coming in a few days 

 ahead of our Johnson & Stokes' Earliest, but does not, of 

 course, form quite so large or solid a liead. It has few loose 

 outer leaves, and will produce a larger crop than anj' other 

 variety, from the fact that it can readily be planted as close 

 as fifteen to sixteen inches apart each wav, or about 15,000 

 to the acre. Pkt., lOc; oz, 30c.; 14 lb., 90c.; lb., $3.25. 



EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. (Extra SelecUd 

 Stock ) While this sort is not so early as Johnson & Stokes' 

 Earliest and New Wonderfnl, it will be found to be the 

 very best conical headed sort to come in immediately after 

 them. Unfortunately, the great demand for this sort has 

 brought upon the market large quantities of coarse and in- 

 ferior stock, which has tended to diminish the popularity of 

 the .sort; but when pure home-grown .stock, such as we offer, 

 is used, it cannot fail to give perfect satisfaction Leading 

 market gardeners around Philadelphia, New York, Boston and 

 elsewhere pronounce our strain the very best they can get." 

 Pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c.; i^ lb., 75c.; lb., $2.50. 



EXTRA EARLY EXPRESS. A new French cabbage, 

 resembling the well-known Etampes cabbage, but a few days 

 earlier and a little lighter in color. It comes off almost as 

 early as our Johnson & Stokes' Earliest Cabbage, but 

 does not form so large or solid a head. Do not be deceived 

 into buying these French Cabbages as the earliest and best, 

 as after several years' comparative trials, each variety planted 

 alongside, we find them some days behind our Wonderful 

 and Earliest, which are thoroughbred American varieties, 

 and form both larger and harder heads. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; 

 141b., 45c.; lb., 81.50. 



