POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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PUMPKIN. 



One pound will plant two hundred to two hundred and 

 fifty Mils; four to six pounds are required to plant one acre. 



NEW JAPANESE PIE PTBTPKIN. This remarkable 

 variety comes from Japan, and will unquestionably prove a 

 valuable addition to our pie and cooking pumpkins. Our 

 illustration, made from a photograph, shows their exact 

 shape. The flesh is very thict, nearly solid, the seed cavity 

 being very small in one end of the pumpkin, unusually fine 

 grained, dry and sweet, having much the same taste and 

 appearance as sweet potatoes. They ripen early, keep well 

 and produce largely. The seeds are peculiarly marked and 

 sculptured in Japanese characters. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.; J^ lb., 

 50c.; lb.,S1.50. 



LARGE CHEESE. One of the best for table use ; very 

 productive; skin orange; flesh yellow and sweet. Pkt., 5c.; 

 oz.,10c.; ^ lb., 20c.; lb., 70c. 



C ASHA"W. Long, yellow erookneck ; splendid for tabl e 

 use or feeding stock; flesh yellow, solid, fine grained and 

 sweet. Pkt., 5o.; oz.lOc; 341b., 25e.; lb.,75c. 



SMAljIi SUGAR. A very handsome little pumpkin, 

 with deep orange-colored skin, and flesh of unusually flne 

 sugary flavor ; fine grained ; very productive, and keeps well. 

 Pkt.,5c.; oz.,10e.: ^ lb., 20c.; lb., 65c. 



NANTUCKET SUGAR. This great pie pumpkin is 

 comparatively unknown outside of a few of the far Eastern 

 States, where it is used exclusively in making the celebrated 

 Yankee Pumpkin Pies. The skin is very dark green, 

 almost black, flesh thick and of a rich orange yellow. They 

 ■weigh from twelve to fifteen pounds, and will keep for a year. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz.,10e.; 341b., 30c.; lb., 81.00. 



NEW BANANA. A splendid little pumpkin of finest 

 quality ifor pies and custards. They grow rather oblong in 

 form, and have ten prominent ridges their entire length ; 

 flesh ricli yellow, sweet and delicious. They producelargely, 

 and are great keepers. Pkt., lOc; oz., 20c.; 34 lt>-. 50c.; lb., 

 $1.50. 



GOLDEN MARROW. A splendid pie pumpkin. They 

 are slightly ribbed, skin is of a deep orange color, flesh fine 

 and of excellent flavor, cook soft and tender, and are excel- 

 lent keepers. The vines are very productive and hardy. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz.,10c.; 341b., 25c.; lb., 75c. 



POSSUM NOSE. A handsome ne^v variety, reaching a 

 weight of thirty to forty pounds, Tvith thick yelloTV flesh of 

 fine quality for pies and custards ; outside skin of alightblue 

 <5olor; ripens earlv; hardy, productive, and an excellent 

 keeper. Pkt., 5c.; oz, 15c.; 34 lb., 40c.; lb.,S1.25. 



Common "Yellow Field. Very productive, and grown 

 for feeding stock, Pkl., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., 40c, 



GKEEN STRIPED OR IMPROVED CASHAW PUMPKIN. 



GREEN STRIPED, or IMPROVED CASHA"W 

 PUMPKIN. This is a great improvement on the well-knowi» 

 Yellow Cashaw Pumpkin in very many respects, and those 

 who have thus far grown them ignore the Yellow Cashaw 

 entirely. They are much more beautiful in appearance, 

 being a distinct mottled green and white striped. The flesh 

 is a rich yellow color, solid, fine grained, very thick, sweet 

 and excellent for pies, and equally good for baking. They 

 are very hardy, bugs seldom bother them, and can be grown 

 among the corn, same as ordinary pumpkins, and yield a 

 much heavier crop than the Yellow Cashaw and equally as 

 good for stock feeding. They are hard to heat. Try 

 them. Pkt., lOc; oz., 20c.; 'hi lb., 50c.; lb., $1.50. 



TENNESSEE SWEET POTATO PUMPKIN. 



TRUE TENNESSEE SWEET POTATO PUMPKIN. 



Although not entirely new, we think so highly of this 

 splendid pie and cooking pumpkin that we have made a 

 specialty of it, and had the above engraving made from a 

 photograph, in which their shape is accurately shown. They 

 grow to medium size, sliglitly ribbed ; skin is a creamy- 

 white, lightly striped with green ; flesh very thick, creamy- 

 white, dry and flne grained ; when cooked resembles sweet 

 potatoes, but much more delicious in taste. The vines are 

 hardy and enormously productive. Pkt., lOc; oz., 20c.; J^ 

 lb.,-60c.; lb., $2.00. 



