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NEW VEGETABLES. 



The following varieties of recent introduction can be recommended, 

 having been fairl}^ tested by ourselves as well as by experienced Garden- 

 ers in this vicinity. 



BEET, SIMON'S EAELr...This is quite an improvement on all other 

 early kinds, and is superseding theBassano, being quite as early— 

 of a blood red color, smooth, and perfect turnip-shaped. A valuable 



variety for the Market Gardener 15 cts. per oz. $1 50 per lb. 



CELERY, BASTIAN'S DWARF ROSE. ..very solid and hard}^, keeps 



until late in the spring .......50 cts per oz 



LETTUCE, FELTON'S INDIA-HEAD. ..introduced last season, an 

 improvement on the old variety, very large and solid. 50 cts. per oz. 

 LETTUCE, PERPIGNAN...from Germany, grown for several sea- 

 sons by our Market Gardeners ; large solid heads stands the heat 



well. A good summer salad 50 cts. per oz. 



MUSK MELON, PINE APPLE. ..exquisite flavour, medium size. A 



desirable variety 20 cts. per. oz- 



PEAS, QUEEN OF DWARFS.. .a wrinkled variety of fine flavor, 

 productive and early, and well adapted from its dwarf growth for 



small gardens, 1 foot high. price :?1 00 per qt. 



PEAS, COMPETITOR. ..also a wrinkled variety; so superior in flavor 

 to the round or common marrowfat. A late variety, five feet 



high SI. 00 per qt. 



TOMATO, THE COOK'S FAYORITE... introduced by us last season, 

 undoubtedly one of the best; of medium size, smooth and solid, 

 color brilliant scarlet. This variety is made very profitable by 

 Market Gardeners in this vicinity, by sowing late and setting out 

 the plants in July, picking the fruit before frost, and ripening under 

 glass, exhibited by us as late as December. Price per packet 25 cts. 

 TURNIP, lELTOW, OR MARROW... a small yellow variety of deli- 

 cate flavor 20 cts. per oz. 



PEAS — New Varieties. — The following very choice varieties have 

 just been received from London, and are described, as follows : 

 Advancer (McLean's) — a new dwarf, blue wrinkled marrow, of fine' 

 fiavor, the earliest and best of its class, height, 2 ft.. ..$!.( per qt. 

 Prince of Wales— The most prolific white wrinkled pea in cultivation, 

 producing pods from near the roots to the top, height, 



4 feet, ....$1.00 per qt. 



Princess Royal. (McLean's) — A distinct, new, large, white variety, 

 second early, producing an abundance of very large, well-filled 



pods, height, 4 ft $1.00 per qt. 



Royal Blue, (Harrison's) — A new and perfectly distinct variety, 

 bright glossy foliage, with an abundance of cimeter shaped pods, 



well filled, second early, height, 3ft $1.00 per qt. 



Of older varieties especially to be recommended Dreer's Extra Early 

 Peas, still take the lead among our Gardeners as the earliest, inost pro- 

 ductive, and even cropper. Our sales are also yearly increasing of Large 

 Early York Cabbage, and Dreer's White Solid Celery Seed, also our very 

 superior varieties of Cauliflower^ imported direct from the growers in 

 Europe. Especial attention has also been paid to the improvement of 

 our stock of Late Drumhead, and Flat Dutch Cabbage Seed^ a very impor- 

 tant crop with the Farmer and Gardener, we can confidently recom- 

 mend it as being perfectly pure and reliable, heading up evenly and 

 solid. 



