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without getting pithy like the flat varieties. 



Robertson's Golden Ball. Is the best 

 of the Yellow Turnips for table use. It is 

 very smooth, oval in shape, and of a beauti- 

 ful orange color. Leaves are small. Should 

 be sown in the fall of the year, and always in 

 drills, so that the plants can be thinned out 

 and worked. 



Amber Globe. This is very similar to the 

 above kind. 



Improved Purple Top Ruta Baga. This 

 is grown for feeding stock and also for table 

 use. It is oblong in shape, yellow flesh, very 

 solid. Should be sown in rows or ridges. 



Long Island Purple Top Ruta Baga. 

 This kind is purely of American origin. The 

 root is smoother than the foregoing variety, 



the flesh is of golden yellow, fine grained 

 and solid; it is earlier to mature. 



Extra Early White French, or White 

 Egg. Is very early, tender and crisp. The 

 shape is oblong, resembling an egg. Having 

 tried it we found it as represented, quickly- 

 growing, tender and sweet. 



Extra Early Purple Top Munich. Intro- 

 duced from Germany; flat, with red or purple 

 top; same as the American variety, but fifteen 

 days earlier to mature. It is very hardy, 

 tender and of fine flavor. 



Extra Early White Milan. A splendid 

 extra early turnip, in which the extreme 

 earliness, small top and taproot of the Purple 

 Top Milan are united with clear white skia 

 and flesh. Very desirable for early planting. 



Vegetable Pear. 



THE VEGETABLE PEAR. 



Sycios or Sechium edulis. 



The Vegetable Pear, or "Mirliton," as the Creoles 

 here call it, belongs to the Gourd family, and is 

 known to botanists under the name of "One-Seeded 

 Cucumber," Like most of the Gourds the plant is 

 a vine and may be trained upon a trellis, on a fence 

 or arbor; it is very ornamental and an abundant 

 bearer. The fruit, if prepared right, forms a delight- 

 ful dish, much finer in flavor than either Eggplants, 

 Squashes or Pumpkins, and may be cooked in half a 

 dozen different ways, either stewed, baked or as 

 batter cakes. As the fruit contains but one seed, 

 the whole fruit has to be planted. 



TOBACCO SEEDS. 



far famed "Vuelta Abajo." The only genuine 

 Perique is grown at Grand Point, and as the 

 supply does not meet the increased demand 

 many imitations are put on the market. We 

 have only a limited supply of the genuine 

 seed of this magnificent Tobacco. 



Virginia. "One Sucker;" large leaf; wide, 

 lance-shaped ; rather coarse than fine. 



Imported Havana. We import from one 

 of the principal growers the finest and purest 

 strain of Vuelta Abajo, which is considered 

 the best of the Havana varieties. 



Connecticut Seed Leaf. A well known 

 American variety. * 



Genuine Grand Point Perique. This 

 variety of Tobacco is one of the best in the 

 -world, excelling in flavor and quality, the 



SWEET AND MEDICINAL HERBS. 



CULTURE. — Some of these herbs possess culinary as well as medical properties. 

 Should be found in every garden. Ground where they are to be sown should be well prepared 

 and pulverized. Some of them have very fine seed, and it is only necessary, after the seed 

 is sown to press the ground with the back of the spade; if covered too deeply they cannot 

 come up. Early spring is the best time to sow them — some, such as Sage, Rosemary, Laven- 

 der and Basil, are best sown in a frame and afterwards transplanted into the garden. 



Anise, Pimpinella Anisum. 



Balm, Melisse Officinalis. 



Basil, large and small leaved, Ocymum 



Basilicum. 

 Bene, Stsamum Orientale. 

 Borage, Borago Officinalis. 

 Caraway, Carum Carvi. 

 Catnip, Nepettia Cataria, 

 Coriander, Coriandrum Officinalis. 

 Dandelion, Taraxacum Officinalis. 

 Dill, Anethum Graveolens. 

 Fennel, sweet; Anethum Foeniculum. 

 Horehound, Maruhiam Officinalis. 



Lavender, Lavendula Vera. 

 Marjoram, sweet. Origanum Majorum, 

 Pot Marigold, Calendula Officinalis. 

 Pennyroyal, Mentha Pnlegium. 

 Rosemary, Rosemary Officinalis, 

 Rue, Rata Graveolens. 

 Sage, Salvia Officinalis. 

 Summer Savory, Satureja Ilortensis. 

 Thyme, Thymus Vulgaris. 

 Tansy, Tanacetum VulgaHs. 

 Tarragon, Astragallus Gomtinis. 

 Wormwood, Artemisia Absinthium. 



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