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The Budlong Turnip. 
This new strain of White Ruta-Baga is the result of 
years of careful selection made by Mr. Budlong, one of the 
most extensive market gardeners of New England. It well 
deserves to beclassed with the best table turnips, owing to 
its fine texture and extra high quality. It is of half long 
shape, as shown in our illustration, with a beautiful purple 
crown, pure white skin and flesh. Medium in size and of 
very quick growth. This new turnip has had a great local 
reputation for several years in a few towns of New England, 
where gardeners would pay almost any price to obtain seed 
in seasons when scarce. From our own experience with it 
we pronounce it the very best table turnip for spring and 
winter use that we have ever seen grown. Pkt., Ioc.; oz., 
15c.; 4 lb., goc.; lb., $1.50. 
NEW EARLY ARLINGTON CELERY. 
This new celery comes from the same source as the 
Arlington Tennis Ball Lettuce described on another page. 
It is an improved selection of the well-known Boston 
Market Celery, made by an Arlington market gardener. 
It has received first prize in both the regular and 
special premiums as offered by the Massachusetts Horticul- 
tural Society. Itis very early, coming in quite three weeks 
in advance of the Boston market; and its superiority over 
this variety is in the fact that it is earlier, of larger size, and 
: more vigorous growth; does not blight or run to seed as 
Secieiet hroete eRe oC badly, and bleaches easily and more quickly. Numerous 
specimens were exhibited last fall in Boston weighing six and seven pounds each. It has been 
heartily endorsed by those who have grown it in both large and small quantities, and we 
invite every market gardener, farmer, and kitchen gardener to give it a trial and become con- 
vinced of its superiority and sterling merits. Pkt., loc.; 0z., 35¢.; 4 lb., $1.00; 1b., $3.75. 
DILKS’ MANY-HEARTED CELERY RGSS 
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This fine new celery was originated by Mr. 
Geo. Dilks, a noted Philadelphia market gar- 
dener, from one stalk found growing in a field of 
Golden Dwarf, in 1884. It is very distinct in 
appearance, being much stouter, thicker and heavier 
near the root than any other variety. We haveseen 
four stalks in a bunch weigh thirteen and a quarter 
pounds, and entirely cover the top of an ordinary } 
flour barrel. This celery has never shown a burnt 
or dry leaf ora soft or spongy stalk in the most 
trying seasons. It surpasses all other celeries in 
keeping qualities, having for afew years past been 
sold in our markets as late at the last of May, after 
Golden Dwarf and all other varieties were done. 
Mr. Dilks has always realized fully 4o per cent. 
more for his whole crop of this variety than any 
other celery grown. The seed grown by the 
originator can only be obtained from us. Pkt., 
15c.; 0z., 50c.; 14 lb., $1.25; lb., $5.00. 
NEW WATERMELON, 
RED SEEDED FRENCH VAUCLUSE. 
This is not only the best foreign watermelon we 
have ever grown, but is one of the most promising of 
all the many sorts lately introduced. Itis of French 
origin, very early, of large size, elongated egg-shape, 
with stem end slightly inclined to a point. The } 
flesh is a bright crimson, very sweet, not in the Q 
least stringy, and coming to within one-eighth 
of an inch of the skin; the seeds are also bright 
red. Therind, though so thin, is very tough and 
the shell glossy, so that this melon is an excellent 
shipper. It is of a dark green color, beautifully 
threaded with a still darker green. Pkt., Ioc.; 
0z., -20¢:5/ % Ibe soc! Ib: S175. 
JOSEPH FRAENGEL, Otterbein, Ind., Aug. 28, 1890, writes: 
“Tam greatly pleased with your new Celery, and also Let- 
tuce No. 90, (Champion Spring and Summer). They are 
both excellent, the best I have ever raised.” 
