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Novelties and Specialties. 



Our list of Novelties includes varieties of Veg'etable and Flower Seeds of recent introduc- 

 tion, produced by growers and specialists in this country and abroad, and the descriptions 

 given are mainly as received from the introducers. All are carefully tested in our trial 

 grounds during the summer, and such as show an improvement on existing sorts are added 

 to the general list. 



Columbian flammoth 

 White Asparagus. 



Our seed of this valuable novelty is direct from the in- 

 troducers, who describe it as follows : 



An entirely new and magnificent variety of Asparagus, 

 which is sure to be in great demand because it furnishes 

 white shoots which s/ny white as long as fit for use, without 

 earthing up or any other artificial blanching; and because 

 it can be absolutely depended on to give 80 to 90 per cent, 

 of white plants from seed. This grand novelty has been 

 brought to its present state of perfection by one of the 

 largest and most experienced growers of Asparagus in this 

 country, by many years of careful selection from a single 

 plant found in one of his fields of Conover's Colossal. To- 

 day he has a field of the Columbian Mammoth White from 

 which he sells the product to a canning factory, that allows 

 him over 20 per cent, more for it than for any other kind 

 grown for them. There is no question but this is the great- 

 est advance in Asparagus improvement since the introduc- 

 tion of the Conovei's Colossal. 



Per pkt., 15 cts. ; oz., 60 cts. ; \ lb., $2. 



New Giant White Cucumber. 



This interesting variety is a novelty of exceptional excel- 

 lence. The Cucumbers are of a pure white color, making 

 them very attractive for the table. They grow to a large 

 size, reaching when full grown a length of twenty inches by 

 ten inches in circumference, perfectly straight and of uni- 

 form size from end to end. When about a 

 foot in length the cucumbers aie in fine con- 

 dition for slicing. The flesh is very solid, 

 having hardly any seed cavity, and is of supe- 

 rior quality. 



Per pkt., 10 cts. ; oz., 50 cts. 



EVERBEARING CUCUMBER. 



The peculiar merit of this new and unique variety is that the vines 

 continue to flower and produce fruit until killed by frost, whether the ripe 

 Cucumbers are, picked off or not; in this respect -it differs frorC all other 

 sorts in cultivatio^n. Cucumbers in every stage of growth will be found 

 on the same vine.. It is of small size, very early, enormously productive 

 and valuable as a green pickler. Per pkt., 10 cts. ; oz., 20 cts. ; \ lb., 50 

 cts. ; lb., $1.50. 



