NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



Lettuce "Wonderful." 



ASPARAGUS LETTUCE 



A new variety of French origin offered 

 our Catalogue of 1896, as a novelty, 

 given it a test in our experimental 

 grounds during last summer, and 



rind it does best 



when sown very early 



in spring, and again 



August 15th to Sep- 

 tember 15th. By this 



method the extreme 



heat of midsummer is 



avoided and the stems 



are much sweeter — is a 



cos type. The midrib 



pared and served the 



asparagus. Pkt. 15 cts 



25 cts. 



CINCINNATI MARKET 

 RADISH. 



A new extra early variety 

 of the long scarlet type, a 

 clear bright red, smooth and 

 transparent, very earl v. Pkt. 

 30 cts. 



Asparagus Lettuce. 



5 cts; oz. 10 cts.; £ lb. 



LETTUCE "WONDERFUL." 



The largest Cabbage Lettuce we have seen, having 

 been grown to six pounds in weight ; the average size, how- 

 ever, with ordinary cultivation is from two to three pounds. 



The heart is very solid, of pale green color, very 

 tender, very crisp, and without the slightest trace of the 

 bitterness found in the majority of lettuces. As an ex- 

 ample of its "standing" properties, perfect lettuces were 

 cut from the same bed, for upwards of seven weeks during 

 the past hot and dry season, while for exhibition purposes 

 this variety stands unrivalled. Pkt. 15 cts. ; 2 for 25 cts. 



EXTRA EARLY WHITE TIPPED SCARLET 

 FORCING RADISH. 



An extra early short top variety, clear bright-red, with 

 white tip. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts:; \ lb. 40 cts. 



WHITE DELICACY RADISH. 



A very early, half-long, snow-white variety of the Stras- 

 burg type; quite smooth, crisp and tender. Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 oz. 15 cts.: i lb. 40 cts. 



THE "CASSABAH" MUSK MELON. 



We take pleasure in offering again to the public this remarkable melon, which is the largest and finest on the 

 market. This variety was introduced bv us in 1872. The seed was brought from Smyrna (Asiatic Turkey), about the 

 time of the introduction of the melon known as the "Ispahan," brought over bv the Hon. Bavard Tavlor. Dr. Thurber, 

 of the American Agriculturist, wrote, at that time, as follows about the Cassabah : "Mr. Henry A. Dreer, Seedsman, 

 of Philadelphia, has sent us specimens of a melon, the seeds of which he received under the above name. It is 

 evidently one of the Persian melons. One of the specimens weighed twelve pounds, and if there is a more sugary, tender 

 fleshed, and altogether good melon than this, we should like to see it. ' ' This variety at the time of its introduction fell into 

 the hands of the veteran gardener family " Feltons," where it has since been carefully selected year by year and grown 

 with much care, until it has developed a green fleshed melon of unequaled quality, the purity of the stock is so thoroughly 

 fixed, that even in a large field it will not deviate from its character and quality. The melons shown in plate were ex- 

 hibited by us during the summer of '96, and weighed thirtv-seven pounds. Pkt.' 20 cts. 



