Johnson & Stokes' Specialties for Market Gardeners. 



Ford's Mammotli Podded Lima Bean. 



This grand new Lima Bean, first introduced by 

 us, is the result of over twenty years' selection, by 

 one of the oldest and most successful market 

 gardeners around Philadelphia, whose name it 

 bears. No novelty we have ever offered cost us so 

 much money to obtain seed stock, and even at the 

 fabulous price offered Mr. Ford for his entire 

 stock, he hesitated before selling, but finally 

 accepted our offer. Its great value can be realized, 

 when we say from our own personal knowledge it 

 far surpasses in mammoth size, great productive- 

 ness and fine quality, such excellent varieties as 

 the King of the Garden, Salem Improved, and 

 other fine sorts. The pods grow to an average 

 length of eight inches, as shown in the accompany- 

 ing engraving made from nature, and are produced 

 in immense clusters, containing from five to seven 

 large beans per pod, of the most excellent quality, 

 for using either in the green or dry state. The 

 vines grow vigorously, setting the beans early at 

 the bottom of the pole, and continue in bearing 

 right up to frost. Ford's Mammoth Podded is 

 pronounced by every market gardener who has 

 grown it absolutely, without exception, the largest, 

 finest flavored and most productive of all Lima 

 Beans. Seed very scarce. Pkt., 15c. ; pint, 60c.; 

 qt., |i.oo; 4qts.,|;3.50. 



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Pronounced by hundreds of mar- 

 ket gardeners who grew it the past 

 season, absolutely the largest, finest 

 flavored, and most productive of all 

 Lima Beans. 



BARR'S PHILADELPHIA MAMMOTH ASPARAGUS. 



Since our introduction of this variety, a few 

 ars since, it has been almost impossible for us to 

 grow sufficient seed and roots to fill orders, so 

 great has been the demand. It origir ated about 

 six years ago with Crawford Barr, of Montgomery 

 Co., Pa., a prominent market gardener. Grown 

 side by side with the Conover's Colossal, and sub- 

 ject to the same treatment, ?7 comes in earlier and 

 grows more than twice as large. It is very pro- 

 ductive, throwing up a great number of strong, 

 well-developed shoots throughout the entire season. 

 It is tender to the stem, and of delicious flavor, 

 which, together with the fact that it requires much 

 less labor in cuttinir and bunching, thiis lessening 

 the expense of marketing, makes it much the 

 most desirable of any kind yet introduced. It has 

 attracted much attention in Philadelphia markets, 

 where \X is much sought after and sells at double 

 the price of any other sort. We have seen a bunch 

 of twenty-five edible shoots weigh thirteen pounds. 

 It is now grown by many of the leading market 

 gardeners of Philadelphia, Chester and Montgom- 

 ery Counties with great profit. Price of seed: Oz., 

 15c.; yi lb., 35c.; lb., $1.25. Price of roots : i year 

 old, Is. 50 per 1,000; 2 years old, $6.50 per 1,000. 

 (500 roots at 1,000 rate.) 



