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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



riCUD GORIN 



EXTRA EARLY ADAMS, very early, but more of the 

 quality of field than of sweet corn. It is, however, the stand- 

 ard extra early variety in the South, and can be depended on 

 to give a crop there when most other sorts fail. Stalks short, 

 with no suckers, very few tassels, bearing a single, very full, 

 short, many rowed ear, often nearlj^ as thick as it is long, and 

 well covered with coarse husks; kernels white, smooth. An 

 extremely hardy variety. Pkt. 10c: Pt. 15c; Qt. 20c; 

 4 Qts. 40c; Bushel $2.25 



EARLY ADAMS, OR BURLINGTON. An excellent early 

 field variety, and often used for table, particularly in the 

 South. Ears about eight inches long, twelve or fourteen 

 rowed; kernels white, rounded, somewhat deeper than broad, 

 and indented at the outer end, which is whiter and less trans- 

 parent than the inner. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 10c; Qt. 16c; 4 Qts. 

 40c; Bushel $2.00 



EARLY RED BLAZED. This flint variety is not only early, 

 but will endure uninjured a degree of cold and wet that 

 would be fatal to other sorts. Stalks medium height, without 

 suckers, dark green with red or bronze markings. Leaves 

 broad, green at base, but bronze at top, particularly while 

 the plant is young. Ears long, eight-rowed, well filled, small 

 at base. Grain flinty and of tine quality, bright yellow at base 

 of ears, but red at the tips. It is also known as Smtit Nose. 

 Pkt. 10c; Pt. 10c; Qt. 15c; 4 Qts. 40c; Bushel $1.75 



EARLY GOLDEN DENT, OR PRIDE OF THE NORTH. 



A very early Dent variety, ripening with the Fhnt sorts, and 

 can be grown as far north as any other variety of Dent corn. 

 Stalks small, with broad leaves. Ears short, twelve to six- 

 teen-rowed, well filled. Grain long, yellow, making an extra 

 quality of meal. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 10c; Qt. 15c; 4 Qts. 40c; 

 Bushel $1.75 



RICE, FOR PARCHING, a very handsome and prolific variety. Ears short; kernels long, pointed, and resemble 

 rice; color white. Probably no variety of pop-corn is superior to this for parching. Pkt. 10c ; Pt. 10c ; Qt. 15c ; 4 Qts. 30c; 

 Bushel of ears $1.50 



If by mail or express prepaid, add lOcts. per pint, IScts per quart, for charges. 



r^nPlV ^AI An fetticus, or lamb's lettuce. 



^^I\l 1 ^J£\L^r\tJ This small salad is used durmg the 

 ^^ winter and spring months as a sub- 



stitute for lettuce and is also cooked and used like spinage. In 

 warm weather the plants will mature in four to six weeks. Sow the 

 seed in shallow drills about one foot apart, during August and Sep- 

 tember. If the soil is dry, it should be firmly pressed over the seed in 

 order to secure prompt germination. On the approach of severe cold 

 weather, cover with straw or coarse litter. The plants will also do 

 well if the seed is sown very early in the spring, and like most salad 

 plants, are greatly improved if sown on very rich soU; indeed, the 

 ground can scarcely be made too rich for them. Pkt. 5c i Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c ; 



CRESS 



CURLED, OR PEPPER 



GRASS. This small salad 

 is much used with lettuce, 



to which its warm, pungent CORN SALAD, 



taste makes a most agree- 

 able addition. The seed should be sown in drills about sixteen inches apart, on 

 very rich ground, and the plants well cultivated. It may be planted very early, 

 but repeated sowings are necessai-y to secui e a sut cetsion. 

 Keep off insects by dustmg 

 with Pyrethrum Pow- 

 der. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 20c; 

 Lb. 50c. 



TRUE WATER. This 



is quite distinct from 

 the last, and only 

 thrives when its roots 

 CURLED CRESS, and stems are submergedin 



water. It is one of the most 

 delicious of small salads and should be planted wherever a suitable place can 

 be foimd. The seed should be sown and hghtly covered, in gravelly, muclfy lands, 

 along the borders of small, rapid streams, and the plants will need no subsequent 

 culture, as under favorable conditions they increase very rapidly by self-sown 

 seed and extension of the roots. Pkt. 5c ; Oz. 30c ; 2 Oz. 55c ; h Lb, $1.00 ; Lb. $2.75 



WATER CRESS. 



This is one of the vegetables which can be grown to perfection by anyone who can control a few square yards of soil 

 which is fully exposed to the sun, and the fruit is so much better when gathered fresh from the vines than it is when obtained 

 in the market, that every family should be supplied from their own yard. 



CULTURE.— In order to obtain the largest yield of cucumbers the soil should be well enriched with well rotted manure, 

 but an abundance of good fruit can be raised on any rich garden soil. Plant the seed in rows six feet apart, and four to six 

 feet apart in the row, dropping fifteen to twenty seeds in a hill. After the plants begin to crowd and the striped beetles are 

 pretty well gone, thin to three plants to the hill. Give frequent but shallow cultivation, until the plants make runners so 

 long that this is impracticable. la field culture, plow ftirrows four feet apart and similar ones, at right angles to the first. 

 At each intersection drop a shovelful or more of well rotted manure, which should be tvell mixed with soil, forming a broad, 

 flat hill 4 to 6 inches above the surface. Many growers omit every fourth row, thus forming paths for the distribution of 

 manure and gathering the fruit. In many sections where earliness is very important, market gardeners start plants in 

 boxes made like the ordinary berry box, but without the raised bottom. The boxes are set in hot beds or cold frames filled 

 with rich friable soil and the seed planted. When danger of frost is over the plants are set in the open groimd, the boxes 

 being cut away, so the roots are not disturbed at all. 



The plants are liable to attack by the striped cucumber beetle, which are so numerous in some cases as to destroy them. 

 These may be kept off by frequent dusting with air-slacked lime, soot, or sifted ashes diluted with fine road earth; care 

 should be taken not to use too much, for any of the above materials, if used too freely, will kill the vines; the best protection 

 against injury, however, is a vigorous and rapid growth of the young plants. 



In gathering, pick all the fruit before it begins to ripen, as the vines will cea,se setting fruit as soon as any seed com- 

 mences to mature. In gathering the pickles, cut the stem, instead of pulling the fruit off, and be careful not to mar the 

 fruit in any way, for if the skin is broken, the pickles will not keep so well. 



F- JSl O B ^\/ D I I ^ <ft I ZS I^ Earhest and hardiest. Vines vigorous and productive. Fruit three to fom- 

 tLtrXw^ L* 1 1^ KJ <y ^O I TX. I i inches long, thick, oval, pointed at each end, covered with fine small spines. 



Good for table, but not of value for pickling. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 56c. 



