JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Mitchell's Perfected Earliest Dark Red Tarnlp Beet. 



This unparalleled new variety, now offered to the public 

 for the first time, was originated and selected by Geo. Mit- 

 chell, a prominent Philadelphia market gardener. It in 

 entirely distinct from any other sort, and is without excep- 

 tion the earliest beet ever produced, while its table qualities 

 are much superior to any variety with which we are familiar, 

 either of American or foreign introduction. It has the color 

 and small top of the well-known Egj-ptian variety, which 

 admirably fits it for growing under glass, but unlike the lat- 

 ter, it is tender, sweet and juicy, even after it has lost its 

 leaves from age. While the Egyptian has heretofore been 

 about the earliest sort obtainable, it is a ^veil-known fact 

 that Its poor quality often rendered it undesirable and that it 

 is not marketable at all in its middle and later stage of growth , 

 owing to its ta-steless, hard, woody nature and disposition to 

 crack open. These defects, as well as all others, are entirely 

 absent in the Mitchell Be^t, and we give it an unqualified recom- 

 mendation to all those who wish to plant the earliest and best 

 Dark Red Short Top Turnip Beet either under glass or in 

 the open ground for private use or market purposes. Pkt. , 

 lOe.; oz.,20c.; i^ lb., 50c.; lb., $1.75. 



Snowflake Field Bean. 



This valuable new variety was introduced last 

 spring, by our friend Gregory, of Massachusetts. 

 On our trial grounds it proved very much earlier 

 a.nA more prolific th.a.n. either the common stand- 

 ard Pea Bean, or Prolific Tree Bean, which it re- 

 sembles somewhat in appearance. The plant grows 

 upright, holding its pods well up from the ground. 

 They are borne in thick clusters and ripen all at 

 once, as many as eighty well-filled pods appearing 

 on a single vine, we believe it will eventually sup- 

 plant all other varieties of White Pea Beans. Seed 

 being very scarce we can only offer it in sealed 

 packets this season. Pkt., loc. ; 3 pkts., 25c.; 7 

 pkts., 50c. 



Burli9<5to9 )^ybrid 5u/eet Qorp. 



There is nothing in this Catalogue more 

 worthy of the careful consideration of market 

 gardeners than this new com, and we feel highly 

 gratified in being the first seedsmen to offer it to 

 the public. It is not an untried Novelty, having 

 been grown for several years, with great profit, by a 

 few truckers of Burlington County, N. J., who have 

 kept the stock closely guarded among themselves. 

 For three years we have been trying to get enough 

 seed to grow a crop, and did not succeed until last 

 spring. It is a cross between Adam's Extra Early 

 and some large-eared productive variety of sugar 

 com. Its great market value can be readily seen, 

 from the fact that it is quite as early as the Adam's, 

 with an ^sx fully as large as StowelVs Evergreen, 

 and more productive than either, producing equal 

 to the most prolific field com. Although not 

 legitimately a sugar com, yet the husks, blades 

 and ear in a green state exactly resemble the 

 sugar varieties, and it sells readily in market 

 as a sweet or sugar corn. It is, however, of much 

 better eating quality than the Adams. When dry, 

 the grain is smooth and of a creamy-white color. 

 The stalks grow to a height of about five feet and 

 very compact, admitting of closer planting than 

 any other variety ; the ears begin to set low down 

 and are borne three to four to a stalk. Pkt, 

 IOC. ; pint, 35c.; qt., 6oc. ; peck, |2. 75. 



