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W. F. ALLEN'S PLANT AND SELL CATALOGUE. 



OXHEART.— This carrot is a splendid sort. In length it comes be- 

 tween Barlv Scarlet Horn and Long- Scarlet; it runs from three to four 

 inches in diameter, and specimens have been measuring- seven inohes 

 in diameter. The quality is extra good and sbtlsfactor.v for both home 

 use and market. Ox heart can be easily pulled which makes the har- 

 vesting of this quality quite inexpensive. For an eariy, handsome, 

 ready selling carrot, do not fail to plant this. Pkt. 5c. . oz. 10c. ; quar- 

 d, ter pound :20c. ; pound $.75. 





EGGRLANT 



BLACK PEKIN —A widely fav- 

 ored Egg Plant. Jt produces 

 handsome, nearly round, solid 

 fruit, weighing from four to 

 eight pounds; of good quality, 

 maturing early; very productive 

 and satisfactory. Pkt. 10c. ; oz. 

 30c. ; quarter pound $1.00; pound 

 $3.00. 



NEW YORK IMPROVED PUR= 



PLE.— 1 can cheerfully recom- 

 mend my carefully selected 

 strain of this Egg Plant to Mar- 

 ket gardeners and amateurs; 

 skin rich purple, flesh white 

 and of fine flavor, fruit large 

 fine, and free from thorns and 



produces continually until frost 

 plant a vigorous grower and a 

 leading sort for home use and 

 market. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; quart- 

 er-pound $1.00; pound $3.00. 



NEW BLACK BEAUTY.— Black 



Br auty originated in South Jer- 

 se with a very prominent 

 trucker. It is an extra early va- 

 riety of very dark and beautiful 

 color that recommends itself to 

 all growers; it combines many 

 characteristics which are very 

 valuable to this vegetable. I 

 the first place it is very early, i 

 fact the earliest good market variety; by this I mean the earliest 

 variety that grows to a good size suitable for, market purposes; the 

 color is especially desirable, being a jet black, much the color of black 

 Pekin; average weight two or three pounds each, it is dwarf growing, 

 and bears its fruit close to the stem. It is an excellent variety that all 

 lovers of this vegetable should not fail to grow. Pkt. 10c ;" oz 30c ; 

 quarter-pound $1.00; pound $3.00. 



CHANTENAY, 

 OFt" MODEL." 



ENDIVE. 



Endive is used as a salad 

 and for window decoration 

 and eating houses and res- 

 taurants. Seed is usually 

 planted in open ground in 

 Juneor July as a second 

 crop, in rows twelve to eigh- 

 teen inches apart, and ihe 

 plants thinned to stand one 

 foot apart from each other ; 

 seed should be drilled in an 

 'inch below the surface and 

 soil pressed firmly to it as 

 with other seeds. In autumn 

 the endive is blanched by 

 tying the leaves together 

 and laying a board or slate 

 upon the plant or covering it 

 with a box for a week. 



WHITE BATAVIA.- This 

 : is the chicoree escarolle of 

 t the French and is cheifly 

 used for salad. 



GREEN CURLED. — The 



hardiest of all, with beauti- 

 ful cnrled, dark green leaves, 



Uw York Improved Spineless Egg «awf. te ^^^ c ^sP- 



WHITE CURLED.— Resem- 

 bles the green, except in color and hardiness. Either of the three va- 

 rieties Pkt. 5c. ; oz. 15c. ; quarter pound 35c. ; pound $1.10. 



Broad Leaved Batavian Endive. 



Country Gentleman 

 Corn. 



