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YORK SPINELESS EGG PLANT. 



WHITE CURLED ENDIVE. 



AMERICAN FLAG LEEK. 



GOLDEN" QUEEN" LETTUCE. 



Complete 

 List of 



VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



CUCUMBER, ENGLISH FORCING VARIETIES. These produce remarkably 

 long and very solid fruits, with few and small seeds. Not adapted for open- 

 ground culture. Our seed is from the best English strains. 



Blue Gown. Handsome, black-spined fruits, frequently 2 feet long 



Cuthill'S Black Spine. A prolific variety of medium size 



Duke Of Edinburgh, Daniel's. Large, thick, dull green fruits, often 30 in. long 



Lockie'S Perfection. Very uniform; color, beautiful green 



Lord Kenyon'S Favorite. A favorite; uniform in size and perfect in shape 

 Telegraph. Clear, green, smooth fruits, 14 to 16 inches long; free bearer. . . . 



DANDELION. 



Common. Popular for "greens" and blanched for salad 



Large-Leaved. An early, large, broad-leaved variety 



EGG PLANT. (1 oz. for 1,000 plants.) (for plants, see page 173.) 



Black Beauty. (See Specialties, page 27.) 



New York Spineless — Henderson's Improved. (See Specialties, page 27.) 



Early Long Purple. An earlier, hardier variety with club-shaped, dark pur- 

 ple fruits 6 to 8 inches long, a shape preferred by some for slicing; flesh firm. 



Black Pekin. A strong-growing variety; medium-sized, almost round, black 

 fruits and very solid 



ENDIVE. " Escarolle " and "Chicoree." (1 oz. for 100 feel of drill.) 



One of the best salads, especially when blanched; also much used for garnish- 

 ing; if boiled makes fine "greens." Successional sowings furnish a supply 

 almost the year round. 



Green Curled. (See Specialties, page 27.) 



French Moss Curled. A smaller, compact-growing variety, with densely- 

 curled moss-like leaves 



White Curled. Finely cut leaves, almost white with yellowish midribs; can be 

 used without blanching when young 



Broad-Leaved Batavian. Large, thick, broad leaves; it forms large hearts, 

 which, blanched, form one of the best winter salads; excellent for "greens" 

 and for flavoring soups and stews 



KALE, or BORECOLE. (.1 oz. for 150 feet of drill.) 



Largely grown for supplying " greens" during the fall, winter and spring; 



used small, like Spinach; also useful in garnishing. The plants are hardy 



above zero; frost improves the quality. 



Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. (See Specialties, page 27.) 



Siberian. Green, curly leaves; tender and of delicate flavor 



Brown German Curled, or Purple. Purplish, curly leaves 



KOHL-RABI. A bulbous-formed vegetable; when cooked, before fully grown, 

 is tender and excellent, combining the flavors of Cabbage and Turnip. 



Early White Vienna. Large, quick-growing; greenish-white skin and tender 

 white flesh 



Early Purple Vienna. The outside color is purple; flesh white and delicate. . 



Short-Leaved Early White Vienna. Early and rapid growing, with few and 

 small leaves; the most delicately flavored; indispensable for frames and 

 forcing; can be planted closely 



LEEK. (1 oz. will sow 100 feet of drill.) 



Large American Flag. ( See Specialties, page 27.) 



Musselburgh, or Scotch Champion. (See Specialties, page 27.) 



Large Rouen. Thick, short-stemmed variety, excellent for either winter or 

 autumn use, of slow growth, but slow in running to seed 



LETTUCE. (1 oz. for 3,000 plants.) (for plants, see page 173.) 



HEAD VARIETIES. 



All Seasons. (See Specialties, page SO.) , 



Big Boston, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 28.) 



Boston Market, or White-Seeded Tennis Ball. A popular, early, small 

 compact -heading variety, for early outdoor culture and largely forced in hot- 

 beds and greenhouses; can be planted closely 



Black-Seeded Butter. Forms good-sized, hard heads, extensively used as an 

 early outdoor variety as well as for frame culture 



Mammoth Black-Seeded Butter. Similar to. but larger than the above, enor- 

 mous heads, tender, sweet and crisp, good for all seasons, but particularly 

 fine for late fall use 



Yellow-Seeded Butter. A distinct, large, dense yellow-headed sort, hand- 

 some, crisp, tender and of fine flavor 



Density. A little gem of dense and compact growth, practically all head, and 

 can be grown only 6 inches apart; blanches to an appetizingcreamy-white; 

 brittle and of perfect quality 



Deacon. A large, firm-heading variety, for early summer or late fall use; light 

 green outside, creamy -yellow inside, of fine buttery quality 



Golden Queen, Henderson's. One of the best first early head Lettuces for 

 either open-ground or frame culture and a good forcer; medium-sized, solid, 

 golden-yellow heads, crisp and tender 



Hanson. A handsome, large loose-heading summer variety of fine quality. . 



Immensity, Henderson's. The largest head Lettuce, often 4 feet in cir 

 cumference; not early, but reliable for late summer and fall use; quality fine 



Mignonette. (See Specialties, page 29.) 



New York, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 30.) 



Salamander Perfected, Henderson's. (.See Specialties, page 29.) 



Tenderheart, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page SO.) 



Tennis Ball, Black-Seeded. A hardy, extremely early, small, hard-heading 

 variety. A favorite for growing in frames, hot-beds and greenhouses. 



PRICES 



Delivered free in the U.S. 



(excepting otherwise noted.) 



Pkt. I Oz. I i Lb. Lb. 



Hoc. 

 25c. 

 25c. 

 25c. 

 25c. 

 25c. 



10c. 

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10c. 

 10c. 



5c. 

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10c. 



5c. 



10c. 



10c. 

 10c. 



10c. 



10c. 

 10c. 



5c. 



10c. 

 5c. 



10c. 

 5c. 



10c. 

 5c. 



10c. 

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 10c. 

 10c. 

 15c. 



5c. 



Zoc. 7oc. 

 55c. SI. 50 



70c. 

 65c. 



30c. 

 50c. 



20c. 



10c. 



10c. 

 15c. 



2.00 

 1.75 



90c. 

 1.40 



20c. 



70c. 



2.50 



20c. 



65c. 



2.00 



20c. 



65c. 



2.00 



65c. 



30c. 

 25c. 

 40c. 



25c. 70c. 

 25c. 70c. 



35c. 1.00 3.50 



25c. 

 25c. 



25c. 



25c. 



15c. 

 15c 



20c. 

 15c. 



20c. 

 15c. 



25c. 



2Cc. 



25c. 

 25c. 

 25c. 

 25c. 



40c. 



15c. 



70c. 

 70c. 



65c. 



75c. 

 75c. 



45c. i 1.50 

 45c. j 1.50 



60c. 1.75 

 45c. 



60c. 



45c. 



7oc. 

 6Cc. 



75c. 



65c. 

 65c. 



1.25 



45c. 



We Deliver Free in the U. S. lf r or Po F rlig hTstatL R at R our E op p . r ^ All Vegetable, Flower and Lawn Seeds and Bulbs 



excepting where 

 otherwise noted. 



