GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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MARTYNIA. (Gemsenhorn.) 



Produces curious shaped seed pods which are highly 

 prized for pickling. They should be gathered when about 

 half grown, as they become very tough and woody when 

 matured. Plant in May, in rows two and a half feet apart 

 and two feet in the hills. Pkt. 10 cts. ; oz. 25 cts. 



NASTURTIUM. (Kapuziner.) 



The flowers and young leaves are used as a salad ; the 

 seed pods have a strong but rather pleasant taste. They are 

 gathered when tender and used for pickling. Plant in hills 

 two feet apart each way. 



Tall and Dwarf. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 15 cts. ; lb. 50 cts. ; 

 lb. $1.50. 



ONIONS. (Zwiebel.) 



For sets, sow the seed as early as possible in the spring, 

 very thickly in drills. As soon as the tops die off in sum- 

 mer, remove them, to a dry, airy place; and early in the 

 following spring replant by placing the sets in shallow 

 drills twelve inches apart and about four inches apart in the 

 drills; the onions by this process, are obtained of a large 

 size early in the season. They may also be grown to full 

 size during the first season by sowing thinly in drills one 

 foot apart, and about a quarter-inch deep, in March or 

 April, in strong land, well manured, and thinning them out 

 to stand three or four inches apart in the drills, keeping 

 them well hoed and free from weeds; for this purpose the 

 Red Wethersfield and Yellow Danvers are usually pre- 

 ferred. They delight in a strong, rich, deep, loamy soil, 

 and succeed ^Vell if grown successive years on the same 

 ground. 



One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. For large 

 onions, five pounds per acre; for sets, thirty pounds. 



Write for special prices for five pounds and upwards. 



Flat Yellow Danvers. An early variety, a good keepei 

 and an excellent market sort; it is of good size, and has 



thin, yellow skin. 

 $1.75. 



Pkt. Sets.; oz. 20cts.; lb. 50 cts.; lb. 



Yellow Globe Dai 



Yellow Globe Danvers. Our superior stock of this 

 ■celebrated variety is of fine shape; grows to good size, with 

 thin yellow skin, white flesh, fine grained, mild flavor, and 

 excellent quality. It ripens early, frequently producing 

 from six hundred to eight hundred bushels to the acre ; 

 keeps well and is a splendid sort. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 20 cts. ; 

 1^ lb. 50 cts. ; lb. $1.75. 



White Portugal or Silver Skin. A mild, pleasant 

 flavored variety; admirable for family use; not so good a 

 keeper as the dark skinned varieties, but better flavored and 

 always desirable. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; 3^ lb. 90 cts.; lb. 

 $3.25. 



New Bar- 

 letta Onion. 



This is a very 

 e a rly, sm a 1 1, 

 pure M- h i t e 

 variety; the 

 onions have a 

 very delicate 

 silver skin, and 

 the flesh is as 

 firm and as mild 

 in flavor as any 

 sort known t o 

 us; but its great 

 merit over a 1 1 

 others is its 

 extreme earli- 

 ness. Pkt. Sets.; 

 oz.30 cts. ;i£lb. 

 90 cts.; lb. .$3.25. 



Extra Early 

 Red. Unusual- 

 ly early; medi- 

 um in size; deep 

 red and an ex- 

 cellent keeper; 

 one of the best 

 for growing large onions the first season. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 

 20 cts.; % lb. 50 cts.; lb. $1.75. 



Red Wethersfield. A large, flat, deep variety ; very 

 productive and an excellent keeper; quality very good. 

 Pkt. 5 cts, ; oz. 20 cts.; 3^ lb. 45 cts.; lb. $1.60. 



Large Yellow Strasburg. An old standard sort; relia- 

 ble and widely cultivated; flattened in shape and of a light 

 straw color; flesh fine and grained, mild and well flavored; 

 one of the best keepers. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 34 lb. 50 

 cts.; lb. $1.75. 



Southport White Globe. A showy and large, white, 

 globular variety, very productive, mild flavored and a good 

 keeper; they are of a' very rapid growth, and if sown thinly 

 in rich soil they soon attain a good size and are very suitable 

 for pulling and marketing in the green state. Pkt. 5 cts.; 

 oz. 30 cts.; yi lb. 90 cts. ; lb. .$3.25. 



Spanish King or Prizetaker. This is the fancy im- 

 ported onion sold by fruiterers of our large cities; it is 

 claimed that this onion can be grown here to quite rival 

 the imported stock ; outside skin of a rich yellow color; 

 flesh pure white, sweet, mild and tender, worthy of a trial. 

 Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; % lb. SO cts.; lb. $3. 



Trebons. A valuable variety, somewhat of the shape of 

 " Southport Yellow Globe," but is more elongated. Color 

 a distinct delicate amber, excellent quality. Solid, a good 

 keeper and desirable in every way. We can recommend it. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. ; oz. 35 cts. ; lb. $1.25 ; lb. $4. 



Mammoth White Garganus or Silver King. This is 

 the largest of the White Italian onions ; attains an enormous 

 size in one season from seed ; it is of mild flavor, attractive 

 appearance and form, and a good keeper. This sort is 

 deserving of an extensive cultivation, and will be found 

 especially serviceable in the family garden. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 

 25 cts. ; 34 lb. 75 cts.; lb. $2.50. 



Mammoth Pompeii or Copper King. A variety of recent 

 introduction, growing to an enormous size; skin of dark red 

 color; flesh white and of an unusually mild flavor; a fine 

 exhibition and market variety. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 34 

 lb. 75 cts.; lb. $2.75. 



Southport Yellow Globe. The same in every respect 

 as the above, only being a light straw color. Pkt. 5 cts.; 

 oz. 25 cts.; J4 lb. 75 cts.; lb. $2.50. 



