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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



PUMPKIN. 



K'urbis, Gee. Potiron, Fe. Calabaza, Sp. 



Mammoth. 



Sow in good soil in May, when the ground has become 

 warm, in hills, 8 or 10 feet apart each way, or in fields of 

 Corn about every fourth hill ; plant at the same time with 

 the Corn ; always avoid planting near other vines, as they 

 will hybridize. The Cashaw is generally preferred for 

 cooking aud making pies. 



Cashaw. Long, yellow crook-neck, similar to the Crook- 

 neck Winter Squash; the best for table use or feeding 

 stock ; flesh yellow, solid, fine-grained, and sweet. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. $1.00. 



Large Cheese. One of the best for table use, produc- 

 tive, skin orange, flesh yellow and sweet. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 10 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



Large Tours, or Mammoth. A productive variety, 

 which grows to an immense size, often weighing over 

 a hundred pounds. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., lb. $-.00. 



Connecticut, or Large Common Yellow Field. A 

 very productive, large yellow variety, aud grown 

 principally for feeding stock. Oz. 5 cts., qt. 25 cts., 

 bush. $5.00. 



Rettig, oder Radieschen, Gee. Rudis, Rave, 

 Golden Globe. petite et lonque, Fe. Rabano, Sp. Scarlet China. 



Radishes thrive best in a light, rich, mellow soil, and to bring out their mild qualities they must make a quick and 

 tender growth ; heavy or clayey soils not only delay their growth, but produce a much inferior crop in appearance and 

 flavor. Sow for very early use in hot beds during the winter and early spring, or later on in sheltered borders, in 

 well-manured, deeply dug, and finely raked soil ; if not well stimulated into a rapid growth, they become fibrous and 

 tough; sow in drills" 10 inches apart, and thin to 2 inches in the rows, and at intervals of two or three weeks until 

 September for a succession. As soon as the first leaves appear, sprinkle with soot, wood ashes, or air-slacked lime, to 

 save them from the little black, Cabbage and Turnip fly. Slug Shot is a positive remedy for the black, Cabbage and 

 Turnip fly, and can be confidently recommended for that purpose. The winter varieties should be sown in July and 

 August ; like the Turnip they make the best growth in the autumn, and must be taken up before severe frost, and 

 stored away in a cool cellar in sand, or a pit, where they will keep tender and crisp all winter; before using put in 

 cold water, which adds to their freshness. 



FORCING AND EXTRA EARLY SORTS. 



Fireball. A new extra early Turnip Radish, of a bril- 

 liant scarlet color and very mild flavor. It is a rapid 

 grower, bearing a small top, and for a forcing variety 

 cannot be excelled. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., i lb. 30 

 cts. 



Extra Early Round Red. One of the earliest and best 

 of the Turnip varieties for forcing ; very short-leaved, 

 small top; color of skin dark red, white-fleshed, with 

 very small tap-root. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 1 lb. 30 ets. 



Extra Early Round White. Similar to the above in 

 every respect, except its white skin. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., I lb. 30 cts.- 



Demopohs, Ala. — " We always have good vegetables from your seeds." — B. F. Whitfield. 



