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TILTON'S WHITE STAH LETTUCE. 



TILTON'S ■WHITE STAR. A new and very distinct 

 sort of the Black Seeded Simpson type, but giows larger and 

 more rapidly; has a broader, thicker and rather darker-colored 

 leaf; forms a larger, more distinct and more solid central 

 clustfer of leaves, making almost a head; blanches perfectly 

 and is of excellent quality. The plants remain long in con- 

 dition for use before running to seed, and, owing to the thick 

 leaf, keeplong alter culling without wilting. Repeated trials, 

 both for forcing and early planting out-doors, convince us 

 that this is adecided acquisition and improvement over other 

 varieties of this class of lettuces for either purpose. Pkt., 10c. ; 

 oz., 20c.; ]4, lb., 4oc.; lb., $].(iO. 



NKW ICEBEKG. A handsome new cabbage lettuce. 

 The large, curly leaves which cover the outside of the solid 

 heads are of a bright light green, with a very slight reddish 

 tinge at the edges; they have small indents, which hold the 

 dewdrops, and they are thus kept fresh and show a remark- 

 ablv orvstalline appearance, which well warrants the name 

 of Iceberg. Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; ^^^Ih., 40c.; lb., $1.,'50. 



PHILADELPHIA DUTCH BUTTER SPECKLED. 

 Producing large heads of excellent quality; one of the best 

 for the market gardener ; stands heat well and slow to run to 

 seed. Pkt., 5e.; oz., loc; li lb., 45c.; lb., $1.60. 



HORNBERGEKS DUTCH BUTTER. This fine 

 variety is a greatly improved strain of the Dutch Speckled 

 Butter, made by a well-known Philadelphia market gar- 

 dener, highly prized for early spring and autumn sowing, 

 producing crisp, white, solid heads, almost equal to a cab- 

 bage; the outer leaves are speckled with a brownish tinge. 

 It is an elegant forcing variety, or for growing in cold frames, 

 and stands heat and cold to a remarkable degree. Pkt., 5c.; 

 oz., 2r)c.; i^ lb., 65c.; lb., 82.25. 



SALAMANDER. An excellent summer variety with- 

 standing drought and heat to a remarkable extent; forms 

 good-sized compact heads; light green outside ; white within. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz., loc; H lb., 40c.; lb., SI.40. 



NEW TORK. A very large green lettuce, with solid 

 heads, often weighing three to four pounds each. Not suited 

 for forcing, but excellent for summer use, being slow to 

 shoot to seed. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; }4 lb., 40c.; lb., $1.40. 



AMERICAN VARIETIES MIXED. Fifteen kinds 

 mixed in one packet. Early, medium and late sorts, giving 

 lettuce for tabl 5 use the entire season. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c. 

 THE TRIANON COS, or CELERY LETTUCE. 



This new variety 

 from France is 

 by far the best 

 Cos Lettuce we 

 have evergrown, 

 and we can rec- 

 ommend it as 

 the very finest of 

 its class. The 

 leaves when 

 bleached are stitf 

 like celery stalks 

 and can be eaten 

 in the same man- 

 ner. In many 

 countries of Eu- 

 rope where 

 known, this let^ 

 tuce is preferred 

 to celery. You 

 will be amply re- 

 paid by giving 

 this new sort a 



NEW TRIANON COS LETTUCE. 



trial. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.; }i lb., 60c.; lb., $1.75. 



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17 WEa.L-KNOWN LETTUCES. 



Large Packets, 5c. Each. 



Per oz. 



Tennis Ball, or Boston Market SO 10 



Black Seed Tennis Ball, 15 



Philadelphia Early White Cabbage, .... 10 



Improved Hanson, ]0 



California All-Heart, 20 



Denver Market 15 



Blonde Blockhead, or Sunset, 15 



California Cream Butter, 15 



Perpetual, or Improved Simpson 15 



Torahannook, 10 



Victor Dutch Butter 20 



Curled Silesian, - 10 



Chartier Pink, 15 



Yellow Seed Butter, 15 



Large Passion, 15 



Oak Leaved 15 



Deacon, 15 



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We grow our Melon Seed almost exclusivelj' on our own 

 farms and those of our private growers in New Jersey, a State 

 famous for producing the finest melons in the world. We are 

 to-day the largest growers ofmelon seeds in the United States, 

 our annual production amounting to many tons. During past 

 years we have annually supplied them, notonlyin the LTnited 

 States, but to customers in nearly every country in Europe, 

 Africa, South America, IMexico and West Indies. "We also 

 supply, every season, over our counter, hundreds of New 

 Jersey truck gardeners with our superior strains. We at- 

 tribute the popularity of our melon, as well as of other seeds, 

 to our careful selection of the very finest specimens of our 

 seed stocks, thus improving and breeding up our stocks to 

 the highest state of perfection. As will be noted in the fol- 

 lowing descriptions, several of the best and most popular 

 melons now known were first introduced by us. 



Muskmelons 



or Cantaloupes. 



One ounce will plant about seventy hills; three pounds 

 will plant one acre. 



PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEW EARLY HACKENSACK. 



NEW EARLY HACKENSACK. (See Photograph.) 

 This valuable variety is ready for market fully ten days 

 ahead of the well-known Hackensack, its progenitor, which 

 it much resembles. The melons are almost equal in size to 

 the old Hackensack, weighing from five to ten pounds each. 

 It is very productive, averaging five to six melons on the 

 vine, all very deeply netted. Its carrying and shipping 

 qualities are equal to those of any known variety, and itis fast 

 becoming popular in the South, where it is grown for ship- 

 ment to Northern markets. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; J4 lb., 20c.; 

 lb., 55c.; 5 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb. 



