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GRIFFITH, TUENEE & CO.'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



TOMATO.— (continued.) 



Mikado.— Color purplish red like that of the Acroe. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 20 cts.. 34 lb. 65 cts.. lb. $2.00. 

 Dwarf Champion.— Entirely distinct from any other variety; plant grows stiff and upright; can be 



planted three feet apart; "extra early. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 25 cts., 34 lb.^75 cts. 

 Early Jer.sey.— Good early variety. Pkt.. 5 cts.. oz. 35 cts. 



Peach Tomato.— Second early: resembling peach in appearance. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 

 Perfection — A superb Tomato. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 20 cts.. 34 lb. 60 cts.. lb. §2.00. 



Golden Queen.— A bright yellow laree. solid : ripening well up to the stem ; a good keeper, and, all 



things considered, the best Yellow Tomato ever introduced. Of enormous productiveness. Pkt. 5 



cts.. oz. 25 cts.. 34 lb. 65 cts.. lb. 82.25. 

 Pear Shaped Yellow — Sometimes known as the Yellow-Egg or Plum : used for preserves and pickles, 



of extraordinary productiveness. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 25 cts., 34 lb. 70 cts. 

 Grape, Cherry, or Currant.— Fruit borne in cluster, size of fruit half-inch in diametei'. desirable for 



pickles or preserves. Ornamental. Pkt. 5 and 10 cts., oz, 25 cts. 



T^n 1*11 11^ For early use. sow the small sorts as soon as the ground can be worked in the 



X Li i spring, in drills fourteen inches apart— the Rutabagas thirty inches. As the seed is 



A-ery fine, it should be covered but slightly, excepting in very dry weather. Select light and. if possi- 

 ble, new soil, and manure with plaster and ashes or phosphates, should the young plant be troubled 

 with insects, a sprinkling: of the same will be found beneficial. For fall and winter "use. the early kinds 

 should be sown from the middle of July to the middle of August, and the Rutabagas from middle of 

 June to first of July, using from one to one and a half pounds of seed to the acre. 



Early Red Top.— (Flat.) Fine, sweet, mild, rapid arrower ; vervearlv and popular. Pkt. .5 cts., oz. 10 

 cts.. 34 lb. 15 cts.. }4 lb. 20 cts.. lb. 35 cts. 



Early White Top.— Differs from Red Top only iu color. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 ets.. 34 lb. 15 cts.. lb. 35 cts., . 



Large Early Red-Top Globe. — A variety of recent introduction, of lafge size, rapid growth, unusu- 

 ally attractive and approved and admired by all who have seen it. A very much heavier producer 

 than either of the preceding, and quite as early as the Flat Red-Top. We confidently recommend it 

 as an acquisitiou. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts.. 341b. 15 cts.. lb. 40 cts. 



Early White Eg-g;.— A new variety of }'apid growth ; egg shaped and white, as its name indicates. A 

 sort destined to be in great deuiand. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts.. 34 lb. 15 cts.. lb. 40 cts. 



Y'ellow Aberdeen, or Scotch Yellow.— This is a highly approved CATTLE TURNIP, attaining a 

 laree size. It is solid, nutritious, a good keeper and in everv respect reliable. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 

 cts^ 14 lb. 15 cts., lb. 40 cts. 



Amber Globe — Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts.. 34 lb. 15 cts.. lb. 40 cts. 



Rutabaga, or Swede Turnip. 



Improved Purple Top Rutabaga A standard field varietv for stock, and fine for family use. Yellow 



fleshed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 34 lb. 15 cts., 3^ lb. 25 cts." lb. 40 cts. 



^-.jTT/ik^i-f- ri-firl FTtkT»l"fca little collection of Sweet Herbs is a treasure to 



k:5 C^C!/! XT fjl I I tyl Kjn» the cook and nurse. A small place in the garden 



will give all the herbs needed in any family. Cut when in flower ; dry in the shade. 



Sage — American. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 20 cts. Thyme.— Broad Leaved English. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Summer Savory.— Pkt. 5 cts. Sweet Basil.— Pkt. 5 cts. Caraway.— Pkt. 5 cts. 



Sweet 3Iarjoram — Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 20 cts. Coriander.— Pkt. 5 cts. Chervil.- Pkt. 5 cts. 



l^l'dCC OTi/l I'^l/^x^^ki* ^izkiik/l Red Clover. White Clover. Perennial Rye 



€tLl%A \jL\J\%Dl lOtyt^il. Grass. Hunsarian Grass. Timothy and Red 



Top. Common Millet. German Millet. Lucerne Clover, Orchard Grass. Lawn Grass. Prices quoted 

 on application. 



Special Prices to Canners. Ti'uckers, Gardeners and Farmers buying iu large quantities. 



