WILD 



CUCUMBER 



CrCCMBER TINE 



(See Cut.) 

 The quickest climber for ar- 

 bors, trellis, fences, etc., known; 

 makes the most mosaic covering; 

 never suffers from the heat, but 

 retains its fresh and lively green 

 color, and what is of prime im- 

 portance, hardly effected, either 

 by warm or cold, hot or dry, and 

 never infested with insects ; pro- 

 fuse in bloom. It will sow itself 

 and come up every year in the 

 same place. It will please you. 

 Pkt. 5c, oz. 35c. 



DANDELION. 



German, Pardeblume. 

 French, Pi^sc-cn-Ut. 

 Spanish. Amargon. 

 Swedish, Saiorbiumster. 



Improved Large licaf 



— (See Cut.)— An im- 

 proved variety ; very 

 early and largely culti- 

 vated for greens, or, if 

 blanched similar to cel- 

 ery, makes a fine and de- 

 licious salad. The roots 

 when dried and roasted 

 are often employed as a 

 substitute for coffee. 

 Sow in May or June and 

 cultivate during the 

 summer, and the follow- 

 ing spring the leaves will 

 be fit to cut. Pkt. 3c., 

 oz. 40c. 



DANDELION. 



ENDIVE. 



German, Endivien. 



Spanish, Endivia. 



French, Chicorcc. 

 Swedish, Endivia. 

 This is one of the most refreshing of all autumn and winter 

 salads. Sow seed from 15th of June to last of August. When fully 

 grown tie all the outside leaves close over the heart to blanch the 

 inner leaves, which will take about a week. Never tie up when 

 leaves are wet, for they are apt to decay. 

 Green Curled — Is the 

 hardiest variety; very 

 ornamental, dark green 

 leaves, which blanch to 

 a beautiful white; very 

 tender and crisp. Pkt. 

 3c, oz. 8c, }4 It). 25c, 

 }4 lb, 40c, lb. 75c. 

 New Moss Curled — fSee 

 cut) — Forms large heads 

 of the most tender qual- 

 ity. Leaves finely curled. 

 Pkt. 3c, oz. Sc, >^lb. 25c, 

 K lb.40c, 

 1 lb. 75c. 



FENNEL. 



New Florence Celery 

 Rooted — (See cut.) — A 

 desirable variety from 

 Italy, where, owing to 

 i's delightful sweet fla- 

 vor, it is much preferred 

 to celery. Thrives well 

 in our climate and is of 

 easy culture. Seed can 

 be sown in early spring. 

 Cultivated same as Pars- 

 ley. Try it. Pkt. 5c. 



Culture. 



EGG PLANT. 



German, Eicrpjlanzc. French, Aubergine. Spanish, Berenijena. 

 The Egg Plant should be grown in every garden as it is one of 

 the most delicious vegetables grown. Sliced and fried in batter 

 and served with raw tomatoes, it can well take the place of meat 

 in the summer or fall. 



The Egg Plant will thrive well in any good ground, 

 while it will repay good treatment. The seed should 

 be sown in hot-beds, or greenhouses iu March or April, and wbea 

 about an inch in 

 height ti-ans- 

 plant. Set plants 

 outside about 

 June 1, 2X feet 

 apart. 



New York Im- 

 proved Large 

 Purple— (See 

 Cut. J— A lead- 

 ing market 

 variety of very 

 large size ; skin 

 deep purple, 

 flesh white 

 and of excel- 

 lent quality. 

 Very produc- 

 tive. It is 

 without excep- 

 tion the best 

 Egg Plant in 

 cult iva t ion. 

 My seed is an 

 excellent and 



superb strain, new tork improved large purple egg plant. 

 Try this excellent plant. Pkt. 4c, oz. 20c, lb. 75c. 



Extra Early Long Purple— Hardier and earlier than the one 

 preceding, standing well further north. Fruit from 6 to 10 in- 

 ches long ; of superior quality and will give the best of satisfac- 

 tion for all uses. Pkt. 3c, oz. 15c. 



Tomato Egg Plant— (See Cut:)— A great curiosity, discovered 

 only a short t ime ago. The vine has every appearance of aE 



Plant, but bears 

 a bright red, solid 

 Tomato, as ^hown 

 in the engraving. 

 It is unquestionably 

 one of the greatest 

 curiosities in the 

 vegetable line which 

 has yet been discov- 

 ered. They yield 

 as high as 60 beau- 

 tiful Tomatoes on a 

 single plant ; ex- 

 ceedingly ornament- 

 al, and worthy of a 

 place in every flow- 

 er or vegetable gar- 

 den. Do not fail 

 to give this magnifi- 

 cent little wonder a 

 trial. Liberal packet 

 only 5c. 



TOMATO EGG PLANT. 



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GARLIC. 



German, 

 Knoblauch. 

 (Sec Cut.) 

 Pungent in its 

 taste; strongest 

 odor of all the 

 onion family. 

 Used in South- 

 ern Europe for 

 flavoring soups, 

 etc. Roots are 

 composed of 

 many small bulbs 

 called "Cloves'" 

 which are plant- 

 ed in the spring. 

 Fine bulbs, i^lb. 

 15c, lb. 30c. 



FEN.>{EL. 



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garlic. 



