DREER'S MARKET GARDENERS' WHOLESALE PRICE LIST 



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SQUASH 



Ger. Speise Kurbis, 



Dreer's Extra £arly Jersey White Bush. {Seecut) 

 This is an improved strain of the old White Bush Squash, th6 

 result of selections made for a number of years by a promi- 

 nent market gardener. It grows in the bush form, and 

 is enormously productive. The Squashes mature fully ten 

 days earlier than the old sort, and are of good size, show 

 less ridge or scallop, being better filled out, and contain a 

 larger amount of flesh than the parent variety. The Squashes 

 cook well and the flavor is delicious. Oz. , lo cts. ; ^ lb., 

 35 cts.; lb., $1.25 



Oolden Custard Bush. Same as White Bush, but 

 golden yellow color. It keeps well and cooks remarkably 

 tender. Oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 35 cts.; lb., $1.25. 



Giant Summer Crook-neck. [Seecut.) Early, pro- 

 ductive and good quality; skin orange yellow. Larger than 

 yellow Summer Crook-neck, grows in bush form and is very 

 productive. Oz., 10 cts.; ^ lb., 35 cts.; lb., $1.25. 



Boston Marrow. A good keeper, of excellent flavor, flesh 

 orange-colored and fine-grained ; oval form and a popular sort. 

 Oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 30 cts.; lb., ^l.oo. 



Delicious. Finer grained and more delicious than the well-> 

 known Hubbard. The color of skin is green, with an oc- 

 casional blue specimen, size about same as Hubbard. Oz., 

 10 cts.; % lb., 35 cts.; lb., 51-25. 



Hubbard. Of large size ; flesh fine grained, dry, excellent 

 flavor, and keeps very well during the winter. Oz. , 10 

 cts.; }l lb., 35 cts.; lb., ^1.25. 



Ooiden Hubbard. Same shape as old-fashioned Hub- 

 bard, but skin golden yellow. It is ready for use earlier than 

 Hubbard, and keeps so well that they can be held over until 

 spring' Oz. , 10 cts.; }^ lb., 35 cts.; lb., $l.2t,. 



Warted Hubbard. A variety of the Hubbard Squash, 

 with warted skin. The vines grow strong and produce a 

 large number of Squashes, which are of good size and keep 

 well. Oz., 10 cts.; }^ lb., 35 cts.; lb., ^1.25. 



Mammoth Chili. Very large size, rich orange-yellow; 

 flesh thick and of good quality for making pies and feeding 

 stock. Oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 35 cts.; lb., ^1.25. 



VEGETABLE MARROWS. 



liOng Cream. A vine variety. Oblong shape, with smooth 



creamy-white skin. Oz., 25 cts.; ]^ lb.; 70 cts.; lb., $2.25. 

 £in§^lish Marrow. A bush variety; fruits shorter than 



Long Cream. Oz., 20 cts., % lb.; 60 cts.; lb., ;g2.oo. 

 l^ong Green. Long and rather slim, with striped green 



skin; a vine variety. Oz., 25 cts.; % lb., 70 cts.; lb., ;j52.25. 

 Cocozelle Bush. Oblong, skin green-striped; excellent 



quality. Oz., 15 cts.; ^ lb., 45 cts.; lb., jSi.So. 



SPINA CH—^ Ger, Spinat. 



NOTE. — Seed of Spinach is very scarce and some varieties 

 are unobtainable. Our stock of the kinds offered below is quite 

 small and we advise customers to order early before we are sold 

 out. 



Dreer's Special American Strain of Round 

 Seeded Savoy. Our strain of Savoy-leaved Spinach is 

 very fine and extremely hardy. The plant makes a healthy 

 upright growth and produces a large number of dark-green 

 leaves, which are very thick, fleshy and beautifully curled and 

 crimped, also of excellent quality. Ihe best variety for fall 

 sowing for use in early spring. Lb., ^2.00. By express or 

 freight at purchaser's expense, 5 lbs., 59-75; 10 lbs., 5 1 9- 00. 



Longr-Standing- Kound Seeded. A large crimped, 

 thick and fleshy, Savoy-leaved variety, which is very productive 

 and of good quality. Lb., %2 00. By express or freight at 

 purchaser's expense, 5 lbs., 59-75; 10 lbs., 519-OO. 



Prickly Seeded. A small thick-leaved hardy variety, 

 which matures, later than the Savoy type but yields a good crop 

 of dark green leaves. Lb., $1.90. By express or freight at 

 purchaser's expense, 5 lbs., 59 25; 10 lbs., 5i8.oo. 



New Zealand. This variety endures the heat and 

 drought of the summer season and produces shoots 

 which are tender, of good quality and may be cut during the 

 entire summer. Oz., 25 cts.; ^ lb., 70 cts.; lb., 52.25. 



SWISS CHARD, OR 



SPINACH BEET 



A class of beet which does not produce roots, but makes 

 a mass of leaves which are used like spinach, and because of the 

 present shortage of spinach seed it should be mor^ largely grown 

 this year than ever before. See page 4. 



