NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



Novelties and Specialties — continued. 



Siebert's Early Lima Bean. An improvement on the 

 Large Limn Bean, the pods being peculiarly thin and 

 flexible, so that they are more easily opened and shelled 

 than other beans. When in condition foruss they are 

 larger than any other variety, and very handsome in 

 shape and color. It is the earliest of the large Limas. 

 Vines are hardy and very productive. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 pint 30 cts.; quart 50 cts.; peck §2.00. 



Arlington Favorite Blood Beet 



A dark-leaved early blood variety, originated at 



Arlington, Mass., where it is grown extensively for 



the Boston market. It follows the Eclipse 



closely in maturing, but of much darker color 



and superior in quality ; perfectly round. It 



differs from the other blood sorts in 



it has the sweetness of the white 



Bassano, and yet a very deep 



blood color. Excellent for 



market or private use, as 



it is fine for forcing. Pkt. 



10c; oz. 20c; ] lb. 40c. 





Siebert's Early Lima. 



New English Forcing 

 Cucumbers. 



Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Covent Garden Favorite. Of better 

 color and form than the ' ' Tele- 

 graph," and more politic. 



Lockies Perfection. 

 ,f*$>y One of the finest 

 varieties in cultiva- 

 tion ; handsome 

 shape, short neck, 

 crisp, and of fine 

 flavor. 

 Rochford's Market 

 Garden. Prolific, 

 solid and a free 

 cropper, dark green 

 — one of the best. 



Crosby's Egyptian Beet. An improved strain 

 of the Egyptian Beet. It is much thicker than 

 the original strain, quite as early, of better 

 color and quality, besides being smoother. 

 This variety is extensively grown by the 

 market gardeners around Philadelphia and 

 Boston, and stands foremost among Blood Beets. Pkt- 

 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 



Brussels Sprouts. 



Dreer's Select Matchless. 



A small-leaved variety of this notable vegetable, which 

 through careful selection has been brought to perfection ; 

 grows freely during the summer, and is fully developed 

 by the early frosts, at which time the stems are thickly 

 set with sprouts the full length The cultivation, as 

 described for the Brussels Sprouts on page 2;!. should be 

 followed closely. Pkt. 10 cts ; oz. 25 cts.; J- lb. 75 cts. 



CABBAGE LUPTON, 



A new winter- variety of excellent quality and distinct 

 character ; a little earlier than the Flat Dutch, but will 

 maintain shape and solidity for storing ; of compact 

 growth, color dark green and very uniform head. Pkt. 

 10 cts.; oz. 30 ots.; } lb. 75 cts. 



Brussels Sprouts. 



Extra Early Sugar Corn— 



WHITE COB CORY. 



An improved variety of the Cory Corn, with uniformly 

 white cobs. It is as early as the ordinary C ry, and pre- 

 ferred by many who object to the red cob sorts. We par- 

 ticularly noticed its productiveness among our trials, and 

 its character throughout shows card ul selection. Pkt. 10 

 cts.; pint 15 cts.; quart 25 cts.; \ peck 00 cts.; peck $1. 00. 



SPINACH "VICTORIA." 



This variety is an acquisition to the list of spinach ; it 

 matures later than the oilier varieties, but is of remark- 

 able fine texture, of the deepest given, heavily crimped, 

 thick, fleshy leaves, deep red stem ; it is new grown ex- 

 tensively by the truckers of our markets, who would not 

 be without" the "Victoria." Oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 20 cts.; 

 lb. 40 cts. 



