NOVEI.TIES AND SPECIALTIES 



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NEW ESKIMOSO. 



THE EARLIEST CUCUMBER 

 IN CULTIVATION 



We introduced this wonderful new cucumber last spring, and all who have thus far grown it are 

 enthusiastic in its praise. It originated with Chauncey P. Coy, of Nebraska, who is probably the 

 largest and most experienced producer of cucumber and other vines in the United States. Mr. Coy writes 

 its histor}' as follows : " We first found a single specimen in a crop of Siberian while gathering pickles ; 



it was dead ripe, dark and rusty, indicating such great earliness that 

 we saved the seed, and have bred it up by years of careful selection, 

 until we now consider it ready for introduction. In comparing it 

 with Early Russian, we find it ready for use a good week ahead of 

 that heretofore earliest known sort. The vines are dwarfish ; it sets 

 close to the hill and needs but little space to grow. Its excellent 

 quality and extreme earliness are its great merits. " Pkt., loc; oz., 

 15c.; X lb., 45c.; lb., I1.50. 



New Celery— Winter Queen 



NOW OFFERED FOR THE FIRST TIME 



Our attention was first called to this remarkable new celery three 

 years ago in the New York market, where it was selling at high 

 prices in the month of May, after all other celeries were done. After 

 great persuasion and at high cost we procured from the grower a small 

 quantity of seed, from which our present supply is grown. It is 

 without doubt the most valuable variety of celery for winter and 

 spring use ever introduced, even excelling our Perle Le Grand and 

 Perfection Heartwell as a late winter keeper. It is also much stouter, 

 thicker and heavier, with double the amount of heart of any known 

 celery. The plant is beautiful in appearance, of close habit and com- 

 pact growth, and blanches to a beautiful cream white. Ribs per- 

 fectly solid, crisp and of delicious nutty ilavor. We distributed last 

 season among some of our largest celery growers trial packets of 

 this, labelled New Celery, No. 219, and even at this writing have 

 already received many inquiries and orders for the seed from truckers 

 who intend making it their main crop, and in no instance has an 

 objectionable feature been found in it. No celery grower should fail 

 to plant at least a portion of his crop in New Winter Queen. Pkt., 

 15c.; oz.,45c.; X lb., $1.25; lb., I4.50. 



NEW WINTEB QUEEN . 



