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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Philadelphia Gardeners' Long Scarlet 

 Short-Top Radish. 



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This very excellent new 

 strain is the result of years 

 -of patient and careful selec- 

 tion. There is just as much 

 •difference between thisstrain 

 and the European, which 

 has heretofore been Ameri- 

 ca's only source of supply, 

 as there is between the 

 American and European 

 grown potato. Briefly sta- 

 ted, the iniproTements are 

 these: it is fully six days 

 «arlier, h.as a shorter and 

 more compact top, will 

 remain in the ground longer 

 without becoming pithy or 

 going to seed. In shape it is 

 •somewhat shorter and thick- 

 -er, thus enabling it to \rith- 

 -stand transportation better, 

 •which is a very desirable 

 feature. In color the upper 

 portion is of an unusually 

 deep brilliant red, which 

 gradually shades to a decj) 

 ■waxy pink towards the tip. 

 Owing to its handsome 

 shape, brilliant color and 

 fine eating qualities, it in- 

 variably commands a 

 higher price and more 

 ready sale than the Euro- 

 pean Long Scarlet as gener- 

 ally sold. JIarket gardeners 

 ■everywhere should try this 

 fine strain. No other can 

 •equal it. Pkt., 10c. ; oz,, 

 ^Oc.; K>'>-, *Jc-; lb.,S1.40. 



New White Lady- 

 Finger Radish. 



This is unquestionably 

 ■thefinestlongAvIiiteratlisii 

 in cultivation. Shai)e most 

 attractive and liandsome, as 

 shown in our illustration, 

 while in color il is a beautiful 

 snow white. It is of very 

 rapid growth, and its tine 

 -white flesh is remarkably 

 crisp, brittle and tender, 

 •equally desirable for tlie 

 market or home garden. 

 ^So^vliady-Flnger once and 

 jrou ^vill soav it always. 

 Pkt., lOc: oz., loc; ]4 lb., 

 -40e.; lb., S1.25. 



New White Stras- 



burg Surnme*- 



Radish. 



This valuable variety 

 -was first introduced by us 

 -four years ago, and is now ,,^-^.^ ..,>, 

 "the most popular summer V w^^ ;4i?* 

 Tadish grown. It is of hand- 

 some tapering shape, both 

 skin and flesh ai'e pure 

 -white and almost transpar- 

 ent, very tender and of a de- 

 lightful, pungent taste. It can 

 be pulled five weeks from 

 time of sowing the seed and 

 continues to gro'w "without 

 losing its fine quality, and 

 remains in a tender condition 

 longer than any other sum- 

 mer sort. There is much 

 •cheap and spurious seed being offered. Procure your 

 istoek direct from the introducers, and have it reliable. 

 J»kt., 5c.; oz., lOc; % lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00. 



E.4RI.Y SC.\RI.ET GI.ORE R.^DISH. 



EAUtY SCARLET (JLOBE KADISH. For forcing in 

 the green-house, hot-bedsor cold fnunes, and forsowingon open 

 borders early in the spring, there is no other red variety so de- 

 sirable. It is the earliest; its color is the handsomest; in flavor 

 it is the mildest, most crisp, juicy and tender of any sort we 

 know of. It forms a small top and will stand a great amount of 

 heat without becoming pithy. It is the market gardener's favor- 

 ite a- .1 f iKuig 1 i(l"~h It al« i>s < onimands a much higher 

 1 ^^lll -ell thni to (111 iciinparcd with any round, 



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lb ,S1.00. 



PHLLAPELPHIA ^VHTTE "BOX" KADISH. This 

 variety, which we oft'ered for sale last spring for the first time, 

 is much superior and entirely new and distinct from any 

 early white turnip radish heretofore offered. Its points oi 

 superiority are remarkably short top, rapid gro^vth, 

 perfect tunup shape, extra fine quality, and showing no 

 disposition "ndiatever to l^ecome pithy "with age, but, on the 

 contrary, remains solid and juicy long after fully grown. 

 Its short top and rapid gi-owth esi^ecially fits it for growing 

 under glass, in frames or "boxes," hence its name, as •n'ell 

 as early sowing on squares or borders in the open ground. 

 Owing to its very few short leaves, it can be sown very 

 thickly in the ro^v without causing the leaves to "draw." 

 In fact, it is fit to pull before the leaves are large enough to 

 tie. Fully one half more radishes can be grown in the same 

 space of this sort than any other, which makes it extremely 

 valuable to those engaged in forcing under glass. Pkt., 

 lOc; oz.,15c.: Ji lb., 40c.; lb., 81.25. 



