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JOHNSON <fc STOKES PERFECTED JEESEY PIOKLE. 



CUMBERLAND — A NEW SLICING AND PICKLING CUCUMBER. 



CUCUMBERS— (Continued.) 



One ounce will plant about fifty hills, two pounds will plant one acre. 

 Large packets, 5c. each. Deduct 10c. per lb. if ordered by Express or Freight. 



Coy's Early Cyclone. The Earliest White Spine by 3 weeks. Wonderfully prolific, 

 Peerless, or Improved White Spine. A fine strain ; very early and handsome 

 Evergreen White Spine. Retains its deep green color in all stages of growth . 

 Arlington White Spine. The old standard favorite for market and shipping . 

 Improved Arlington White Spine. A marked improvement on the above . . 

 New Eskimoso. Earliest Russian Cucumber; a week ahead of old Russian . . 

 Early Frame or Short Green. For slicing or pickling ; productive and early . 

 Westerfield's Chicago Pickle. One of the best pickles ; very popular West . 

 Nichol's Medium Green. Thick through ; full ends ; for slicing or pickling . . 



Green Prolific, or Boston Pickling. Dark green ; uniform small size 



Improved Long Green. (Jersey Pickle. ) Dark green, crisp and productive . . 

 Johnson & Stokes' Perfected Jersey Pickle. New and fine. The best pickle 

 New Cumberland. Very prolific, fine for pickling or slicing. See illustr tion 

 Fordhook Pickling. Excellent new sort, but not equal to J. & S. Perfected . 

 Giant of Pera. Grows 1 to IVi feet long; one of the best for table use ... 



New White Pearl. Small ; smooth fruits ; the best white cucumber 



West India Gherkin, or Burr. Small ; prickly fruits ; best for small pickles . 



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Egg = Plant 



One ounce will pro- 

 duce about one thous- 

 and plants. 



NEW EARLY 

 BLACK BEAUTY. 

 See Novelties, page 7. 

 Pkt., 10c; oz., 55c; % 

 lb., 81.50. 



NEW 

 I M P R 

 LARGE 

 SMOOTH 



JERSEY 

 O V E D 

 PURPLE 



STEM. 



In the great markets 

 of New York and the 

 North the finest egg- 

 plants seen are those 

 produced in New 

 Jersey, whose grow- 

 ers have, by long ex- 

 New jersey improved egg-plant, perience, attained re- 

 markable skill in 

 bringing this plant to the greatest perfection. The New 

 Jersey Improved ii a decided improvement on the 

 New York Large Purple in quality, size and great beauty. 

 The plants are large and vigorous ; leaves of a light green 

 shade; fruit early, very large, oval and of a fine deep purple 

 — never red or vellow ; flesh white, tender and superior. 

 Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; % lb., $1.25; lb., $4.00. 



NEW YORK IMPROVED LARGE PURPLE 

 SPINELESS. A standard leading market variety, grown 

 extensively in sections where the New Jersey Improved has 

 not been introduced; large, round, dark fruits; very pro- 

 ductive. Pkt., 10c; oz.,30c; %\h., $1.00; lb., $3.75. 



Dandelion 



IMPROVED LARGE, OR THICK LEAVED. A 



very e;irly and healthful spring salad. Sow early in drills 

 eighteen inches apart. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; % lb., $1.50. 



Endive 



One ounce will sow fifteen feet of drill and will produce 

 about three thousand plants. 



MAMMOTH GREEN CURLED. Superior to the 

 old Green Curled. Leaves are very crisp, tufty and full 

 Mid-rib is pure white, with large, white heart, fleshy and 

 tender. Equally suitable for spring, summer or autumn 

 planting. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % lb., 60c; lb., $2.00. 



GIANT FRINGED OR "OYSTER" ENDIVE. A 

 very handsome variety, largely used in Philadelphia and 

 other Eastern cities to decorate the display of oysters during 

 winter in restaurants and oyster houses, hence its distinc- 

 tive name. By tying up the centre, can be easily blanched. 

 Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; % lb., 40c; lb., $1.50. 



EVER WHITE CURLED. A beautiful variety ; mid- 

 rib yellow. Leaves almost white, large size, crisp and ten- 

 der. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; % lb., 40c; lb., $1 50. 



BROAD-LEAVED (Escarolle). Large and sweet, 

 blanched as salad. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; %\h., 40c; lb., $1.50. 



NEW BE RLIN 

 GIANT ENDIVE. 

 With market garden- 

 ers who tested it the 

 past seasons this new 

 German Endive has 

 proven to be by far 

 the largest in cultiva- 

 tion, even excelling 

 our Mammoth Green 

 Curled, which it re- 

 sembles in form and 

 leaves, but of greater 

 size. No other en- 

 dive compares with 

 the New Berlin 

 Giant in large size 

 and handsome ap- 

 pearance. Pkt., 10c; 

 oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; 



lb., $2 50. BERLIN GIANT ENDIVE. 



