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For years, as my friends well know, I have boomed the Cory Corn to the exclusion of all other sorts as the earliest variety in cultivation. I 
mow take pleasure, heweN er in offering them a variety that is even earlier than the Cory. This is a bold statement, but it is made with due 

deliberation, after careful ttst by several hundreds of my customers last season. First of All has proven itself, in this test, two days, and in 
some Cases, a week earlier than the Cory, and at the same time produces not only larger ears, but more of them to the stalk. It will be 
found an especial boon to all market gardeners. I cannot say more. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 45 cents. 
New Tip Top Melon. 
Messrs. Livingston’s Sons recommended Tip 
Top so highly last year that I determined to give 
it a thorough trial, and must say I am delighted 
with the result, and I can endorse every word of 
the following description of the introducers: “We 
first observed this new yellow-fleshed melon some 
years ago on our Columbus market, and while its 
outside appearance did not attract so much atten- 
tion as some of the heavily netted sorts, at the 
same time, it would be noticed at first sightas a 
distinct melon by any one familiar with the 
various kinds. We are introducing it wholly on 
its merits, and claim, after years of trial and 
thorough test, that nothing equals it for uniform 
good quality. We make noexception, not even 
such general favorites as Osage, Miller Cream or 
Emerald Gem. Very good specimens are occa- 
i} sionally found among these well-known kinds, 
but the universal] testimony of every one using the 
Tip Top is that every fruit produced, whether big 
or little, early or late in the season, is a good one 
i—_ sweet, juicy, finest flavor, firm, but not hard 
- 7 fleshed, eatable to the very outside coating. A little 
history of this melon might be of interest. Several years agoa gentleman living in Lan- 
caster County, Pa., discovered a peculiar melon growing in a neighbor’s field, where various 
kinds were planted for market, among them Surprise, Hackensack, Jenny Lind and others. 
Out of curiosity it was cut and tested for quality, with the result that all present were 
astonished at its excellence. When the above mentioned gentleman removed to Ohio, he 
brought, along with other good things from that model county of Pennsylvania, the seed of 
this variety. For three or four years it has been grown exclusively for one fancy vegetable 
stand in this city, and the prices obtained, even up to the past season, were always double 
that of other varieties of Muskmelons. When Melonsof ordinary kinds were bringing 10 to 
20 cents each, the Tip Top sold easily for 20 to 40 cents, and best specimens sold readily for 
50 cents to those who knew the melon.’”’ Packet, 10 cts; ounce, 25 cts.; 14 1b., 50 cts.; 1b., $1.50. 
Originated by Mr. Paynter Frame of Del. Largely ad- 
Melrose Muskmelon wertised last year by a prominent Phila. seedsman. 
While I can hardly agree with all his enthusiastic claims in regard to it, still itis a very 6 
good melon, and with a year or two more of careful selection bids fair to become one of our 
standard sorts. It is a cross of a number of varieties, discovered in 1885, among which Mr. 
Frame informs us, Maule’s Perfection entered quite largely. They average about 3 or 4 
pounds in weight, are finely netted, flesh thick, solid, and of superior quality and sweetness. 
I offer true seed. Packet, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents; ounce, 40 cents. 
The introducer says: ‘ Vines are strong and vigorous and 
Ponderosa Tomato. easily carry their enormous weight of fruit. Its massive 
or ponderous fruits are almost perfect in form, and so free from ridges or corrugations as to 
seem nearly as smooth as glass; and when we come to weight, size and solidity, no other 
tomato begins to approach it. It is as early as most of the older sorts, whose only merit 
; mM is that they areearly.’”’ Pretty high praise, but Ponderosa has certainly made a name for 
SSS itself among lovers of this delicious vegetable. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; 14 lb., $1.00; 1b., $3.00. 
4 Last fall, an Italian gentleman, traveling in this country, visiting the World’s Fair, 
A Brand New Onion No. 1700. informed me that he knew of a Red Onion, grown in a limited section of Southern Italy, 
that was the superior of anything in cultivation. He made the statement that a few growers had kept it to themselves for years ; but he thought 
he could procure, if I desired it, some of the seed on his return home. He kept his promise and succeeded in obtaining a very limited quantity, 
only 77 lbs, He describes it as the brightest Blood Red Onion he has ever seen, of the usual Tripoli shape, but not to be confused with the 
Mammoth Red Tripoli so generally offered. I have never tried this onion on my grounds at Briar Crest; but it comes to me so highly 
recommended that I have papered a few pounds of the seed, which as long as the supply holds out, I will furnish my customers at 15 cents per 
packet. It is certainly worthy of a trial, and if it does half as well as I expect, it will certainly be worthy of a prominent place in my 9% catalogue. 
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Radishes four or five days to a week earlier than any of your neighbors, Maule’s Earliest is what 
youshouldsow. Its crisp, brittle flavor, as well as its remarkably quick growth, alike recommend 
it. Color of skin, a rich scarlet, while the flesh is pure white; of mild flavor, always crisp and 
==tender. Has avery small short top, and is equally valuable for forcing or open ground; in favorable 
weather maturing in from 20 to 25 days from the sowing of the seed. The illustration given is aN 
correct representation. Not one of my customers should fail to sow the earliest of all Radishes in 
1894, Packet, 10 cents; ce, 15 cents; pound, 40 cents; d, $1.25. 
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