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POP GOHll FOH THE BOYS. 



■n-HlTE RICE. 



QUEEN S GOLDEN. MAPLEDALK PEOI>IFIC. 



QUEEN'S GOLDEN POP CORN. This new sort is 

 one of the best of all for popping, owing to its large size, 

 extreme tenderness and pure white color when popped. It 

 grows about six feet in height, and bears three to four good 

 ears to a stalk. Ear, lOe.; Sears, 25c.; shelled, per pkt., lOc; 

 pint, 25c.; qt., 4.5c., post-paid; lb., 15c.; 2 lbs., 25c.; 10 lbs. ,81.00; 

 25 lbs., 82.00 ; 50 lbs. and over, 6c. per lb., by freight or express. 



MAPLEDAI.E PROLIFIC POP CORN. The most 

 productive pop corn, averaging eight to twelve good ears to 

 the stalk; as many as nineteen ears have been taken from 

 a single stalk. It grows five and a half to six feet high, 

 with ears of uniformly large size; grain pearly white, pops 

 to a large size, and very tender. Ear, 15c.; large pkt., shelled, 

 lOc; pint, 25c.; qt., 45c., post-paid; lb., loc; 10 lbs,, $1.00; 25 

 lbs., $2.00; 50 lbs. and over, 6c. per lb., by freight or express. 



WHITE RICE POP CORN. A splendid variety for 

 popping purposes ; grains sharply pointed, as shown in illus- 

 tration above. Ear, lOc; pkt., lOc; pint., 2.5e.; qt., 45c., post- 

 paid; lb., 1.5c.; 101bs.,$1.00; 25 lbs., S2.00; .50 lbs. and over, 

 6c. per lb., by freight or express. 



SILVER LACE POP CORN. Pearl Pop Corn. 

 (Small Grain.) Eight Rowed Pop Corn. {Large Grain.) 

 Each, pkt., 10c. ; pint, 20o.; qt.,40c., post-paid ; by freight or 

 express, lb., lOc; 3 lbs., 25c.; 25 lbs., S1.75; 100 lbs. and over, 

 5c. per lb. Special prices for larger lots. 



CORN SALAD— FETTICUS, or LAMBS' 

 LETTUCE. 



One ounce will sow about eighteen square feet, and six 

 pounds will sow one acre. 



BROAD LEAVED (LARGE SEEDED). The best 

 variety for family use and market purposes and deserving of 

 more wide-spread cultivation. It makes a delicious small 

 salad used during the winter and spring months as a substi- 

 tute for lettuce, and is also cooked and used likespinach. 

 Sow in spring in drills one' foot apart. It will mature in six 

 weeks. For early spring use sow in September, thickly, in 

 drills % inch deep. Tread the ground if dry weather. Pro- 

 tect with litter when cold weather comes and winter over 

 like spinach. Pkt, 5e.; oz., lOc; J4 lb., 20c; lb., 65c., post- 

 paid ; 5 lbs. and over, 50c. per lb., by express. 



Northern Grown from Carefully 

 Selected Seed Stocks. 



One ounce will plant about fifty hills ; two pounds will 

 plant one acre. 



THOREtJRN'S NEW EVERBEABINS CUCUMBEB. 



THORBURN'S EVERBEARING. This variety is 

 entirely new and unique, and will prove valuable both for 

 the taV)le and for pickling. It is of small size, very early, 

 enormoiislt/ productive, and extremely valuable as a green 

 pickler. The peculiar merit of this new cucumber is, that 

 the vincG continue to flower and produce fruit until killed by 

 frost, whether the ripe cucumbera are picked off or noi—m 

 which respect it differs from all other sorts in cultivation. 

 Cucumbers in every stage of growth will be found on the 

 same vine. Pkt., 5e.; oz., lOc; % lb., 25c.; lb., 85c. 





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JERSEY EXTRA EARLY PROLIFIC PICKLE. 



JERSEY EXTRA 

 EARLY PROLIFIC 

 FICKLE. This splendid 

 new variety was originated 

 by a prominent New Jer- 

 sey grower in the cele- 

 brated pickle district on 

 the Delaware River, about 

 twenty-five miles above 

 Philadelphia, where more 

 pickles are grown than in 

 any other section of the 

 United States, over one 

 hundred and fifty thousand 

 bushels being picked and 

 annually put up for com- 

 mercial pickles in this 

 section. It is ten days 

 earlier than the old Long 

 Green or Jersey Pickle and 



, more productive. Growers 



::rr of thirty years' experience 

 say it is " a perfect pickler 

 in all respects." Pkt., 5e.; 

 oz., lOc; 14 lb., SOc; lb., 

 $1.00 ; 5 lbs. and over, 80c. 

 per lb. 



