NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 



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Photograph ot'the Rhode Island Cracker Onions. The earliest of all red and yellow onions. 



phode Island Ct^aekep Onions. 



The Cracker Onions have had a great local reputation in Rhode Island for several years ; the few 

 gardeners there who have been growing them, having realized large profits owing to their extreme earli- 

 ness and very handsome appearance on the market. There is no other American onion that can approach 

 them in earliness, being fully a week earlier than the well-known Extra Early Red, making them an 

 excellent sort to grow where the seasons are short. Their handsome shape is well shown in the above 

 photograph; flesh is white, of most excellent quality. They are enormous croppers and possess superior 

 bottoming qualities, whole crops being annually grown by Rhode Island gardeners, without a single 

 scullion. Onion growers try this valuable variety, as it is sure to prove a success. 



( Rhode Island Yellow Cracker Onion. Pkt., loc; oz., 30c.; X It)., 90c.; lb., $3.25. 

 \ Rhode Island Red Cracker Onion. Pkt., loc.; oz., 30c.; ){ lb., 90c.; lb., $3.25. 



Prices 



g ensation Ltettuee. 



This remarkable new lettuce has 

 rapidly grown in popularity among 

 our best gardeners, who all agree 

 in pronouncing it not only the best 

 head lettuce for forcing in hotbed 

 and greenhouse, but equally valu- 

 able for growing in cold frames 

 and in open ground during the hot- 

 test summer months. It is a beau- 

 tiful light yellowish-green color, 

 leaves much blistered on the sur- 

 face as shown in photograph along- 

 side. It has the peculiarity of 

 forming a solid head, even before 

 half grown. It is the shyest seeder 

 of any lettuce we have ever grown , 

 and is necessarily high in price. 

 Pkt., 15c.; oz., 45c.; )i lb., fi.50; 

 lb., «5.oo. 



Our Liberal Premiums on 



seeds in packets, as offered on page 

 26, apply to Novelties and Special- 

 ties as well as to our general list. 



