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Stokes* New Sparkler White-Tip Radish 



This is an improved strain of the Scarlet Turnip White-Tip 

 Radish. Many of the strains of the White-Tip Radish show but 

 little white, all being red, but in this Stokes' New Sparkler nearly 

 one-half of the lower part of the Radish is a beautiful waxy white. 

 The upper part of the Radish being a bright scarlet, and with very 

 small tops, will make them exceedingly desirable for forcing. The 

 growth is rapid ; the tap-root is very small, and the quality of the 

 Radish is crisp and mild. As a market-garden strain this will ex- 

 cel all others of the White-Tip sort. Price, pkt. lo cts., oz. 15 cts., 

 }-4. lb. 40 cts., lb. I1.25. 



New Mammoth Radish from Japan (Sakurajima) 



This Mammoth Japanese Radish is thoroughly practical and 

 an extremely pleasing and interesting addition to our list of vegeta- 



bles. Planted in 



the spring it 

 runs to seed too 

 soon ; it is bet- 

 ter to treat it as 

 a summer, fail 

 or winter Rad- 

 ish. It is mild 

 and delicate, 

 and makes an 

 excellent food 

 either raw or 

 cut-up into dice 



Stokes' Sparkler White-Tip Radish 



Japanese Eudzu Vine 



this country it should also be tested on lands too poor to be cultivated 

 with profit. Kudzu, being a legume, will add nitrogen to the soil in 

 addition to the forage it produces, and if at any future time it 

 should be desirable to clear the land, the starch crop of the roots 

 will probably yield more than the cost. Kudzu may be used either 

 for pasturage or as green feed, though hay can he made of it. It 

 will probably be best used as pasture and it is desirable to have 

 two such pastures to be browsed alternately." Plants or roots will 

 give a quicker result than seed. Price : seed, pkt. 10 cts., ^oz. 6cc., 

 oz. $1 ; roots, 15c. each, 25c. for 2, $1 per doz. ; by express, $5 per 100. 



and ci poked as turnips. Its leaves make a very pleasing new green, 

 cooked the same as kale or dandelion ; it is well worth trying. It 

 sometimes grows to an immense size, one Radish making several 

 meals for quite a family. Price, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts., X'b. 85 cts., 

 lb. I3. 



The Japanese Kudzu Vine Pueraria Thunbergiana 



The United States Department of Agriculture is investigating and 

 is much interested in this new tuberous-rooted vine from Japan. In 

 addition to this being one of the most rapid-growing vines known, 

 growing at least 40 feet in size, when it once becomes established, it 

 has very derided economic value for profitable field culture, and the 

 following description is given me by the Department of Agriculture : 



" Kudzu is a large-leaved, very rapid-growing, woody, leguminous 

 vine, native to Japan. It succeeds well in every part of the United States 

 where it has been tried, and where the summers are warm it grows with 

 great luxuriance. It is a most excellent vine for arbors or to produce a 

 tropical effect by growing over low trees. In Japan a valuable fiber is 

 made out of the stems, and from the large roots a fine quality of starch 

 is extracted. 

 Kudzu also 

 furnishes 

 abundant and 

 nutritiousfor- 

 a g e , and 

 should be 

 largely ex- 

 per i ni e n t e d 

 with for this 

 purpose. In 

 Japan it is 

 grown on 

 rough, rocky 

 land or steep 

 hillsides that 

 cannot be cul- 

 tivated. In 



Kotice the siza of the Mammoth Japanese Radish as com- 

 pared with the little lady's head 



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