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W. F. Allen's Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 



YELLOW ABERDEEN.— A turnip of high 

 merit; the tlesh is yellow, tender, sugary and very 

 solid ; in color the turnip is purple above and deep yel- 

 low below the ground. It is productive, hardy and a 

 good keeper; a valuable table variety and also excel- 

 lent for feeding stock. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; quarter 

 lb., 15c. ; pound, 40c. ; 10 lbs. by express, $2.50. 



LONG ISLAND IMPROVED RUTA BAGA. 



— This late standard variety yields very heavily and 

 is a valuable cropper. It is of fine quality and widely 

 grown ; it keeps perfectly all winter and even until the 



following summer; it is hardy, productive and sweet. 

 It should be sown in June or July, as it requires a 

 longer season to mature than other strains of the tur- 

 nip. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; quarter lb., 15c. ; lb., 40c. ; 

 10 lbs. by express, $2.50. 



IMP. PURPLE TOP RUTA BAGA.— A su- 

 perb variety ; will make immense yield of large, 

 smooth bulbs that will easily keep until spring. One 

 of the very best. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; quarter lb., 

 15c. ; lb., 40c. ; 10 lbs. by express, $2.50. 



PUMPKINS 



MAMMOTH POT IRON.— This is a prize- 

 winner, growing to immense proportions ; flesh bright 

 yellow, fine grained and goou. quality. Notwithstand- 

 ing the large size of this variety, it is excellent for 

 making pies. It is claimed that specimens have been 

 grown to weigh over 240 pounds. This is also one of 

 the cheapest of stock foods. I know of farmers who 

 do not feed their cattle anything but coarse hay and 

 pumpkins until long after mid-winter. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 

 10c. ; quarter lb., 30c. ; lb., $1.00; 10 lbs. by express, 

 $7.50. 



CONN. FIELD. — This variety is enormously pro- 

 ductive, large, orange-colored, and excellent for feed- 

 ing stock ; usually grown for that purpose, but also 

 makes good pies. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; quarter lb., 

 15c. ; lb., 50c. ; 10 lbs. by express, $4.00. 



TENNESSEE SWEET POTATO. — Medium 

 size, pear-shaped, slightly ribbed ; color creamy white, 

 sometimes lightly striped with green ; flesh light-col- 

 ored, fine-grained, dry and of superior flavor ; when 

 cooked resembles sweet potato in appearance and 

 taste Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; quarter lb., 25c. ; lb., 80c. 



MUSTARD 



Make repeated sowings in shallow drills a foot 

 apart. Of easy cultivation. 



NEW CHINESE. — Large crimped leaves, tender 

 and delicious when cooked like spinach. Pkt., 5c. ; 

 oz., 10c. ; quarter lb., 25c. ; lb., 75c. ; 5 lbs. by ex- 

 press, $2.50. 



OSTRICH PLUME. — This new variety origin- 

 ated in the South, and is one of the most desirable in 

 cultivation. The leaves are exquisitely crimped, ruf- 

 fled and frilled, and make an excellent table garnish- 

 ing. It is of superior flavor and very popular wher- 

 ever grown. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; quarter lb., 25c. ; 

 lb., 75c. 



TOMATOES. 



I have a large stock of tomato seed, and especially 

 of those varieties mostly used by canners, such as 

 Allen's Best, Stone, Paragon, Britton's Best, Favorite, 

 Atlantic Prize, etc., and I invite correspondence with 

 managers of canning establishments. I will put up 

 your seed in pounds, half-pounds, quarter-pounds, or 

 any way you want them, and give you lowest jobbing 

 prices and give you best stock. I have furnished 

 large quantities of seed to canners and have yet to 

 hear from my first dissatisfied customer. 



JUNE PINK. — June Pink is a deep pink or pur- 

 plish-colored tomato, having the same character of 

 growth and fruiting as Sparks' Earliana, while it is 

 fully as carl)/ and possesses greater sweetness and 

 freedom from acidity. It originated as a chance sport 

 in a field of Earliana on the farm of a market gar- 

 dener near Freehold, N. J. The plants are quite hardy 

 and adapted to the practice of market gardeners who 

 start their plants very early and have large plants 

 well hardened ready to set out as early in the spring 

 as the weather will permit. The young plants make 

 what are known as "crown sets" — that is, the young 

 plant develops a large cluster of blossoms when about 

 eight inches high, either in the plant bed or very soon 

 after it is planted in the field. The plants are of 

 quick, hardy growth, open or spreading in habit. The 

 larger fruits, borne in clusters of three to five, measure 

 three- to four inches in diameter by two to two and 

 one-half inches deep from stem to blossom end. Both 

 skin and flesh are of a deep pink or purplish tint, 

 pleasing to the eye, while the crystalline flesh is of 

 sweet, mild flavor. Pkt, 10c. ; oz., 40c. ; quarter lb., 

 $1.25 ; lb., $4.50. 



ALLEN'S BEST. — This is undoubtedly the very 

 best early tomato in cultivation. The season is me- 

 dium early, the color is a beautuul red, reminding one 

 of red velvet. The fruit is firmer than any other 

 tomato I have ever grown, and it will bear shipping 

 further than any other variety. I say this without 

 hesitation, and to any person who buys seed to grow 

 tqtnatoes for market and can successfully contradict 

 tBis statement, I will return him the money paid me 

 for the seed. I have shipped it to Boston by express 

 (which is about the hardest test that could be given 

 any tomato) and had it sell for $1.50 per crate, when 

 other varieties would not pay transportation charges. 

 As a second early variety for shipping, general crop, 

 canning, or any other purpose, I have never seen its 

 equal, although I have grown hundreds of acres of 

 tomatoes. It is very productive, and anyone who 

 grows tomatoes for market should not fail to include 



Allen's Best. It is large, always smooth and firm, a 

 heavy cropper, and less liable to crack than any other 

 variety. This season I have put the price within the 

 reach of all. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 20c. ; quarter lb., 60c. ; 

 lb., $2.00 ; 5 lbs. by express, $7.50. 



SPARK'S EARLIANA.— At this time probably 

 the most largely grown of all the extra early varieties. 

 Market gardeners, who find it advantageous to be 

 first in market, have been singing the praises of Earli- 

 ana for several years, until it has become the standard 

 for comparison of first early varieties. The plants are 

 quite hardy, with rather slender, open branches and 

 moderate growth, well set with fruits, nearly all of 

 which will ripen extremely early in the season. The 

 tomatoes are deep scarlet and grow closely together in 

 clusters of four or five medium size, averaging about 

 two to two and one-half inches In diameter. There is 

 a good proportion of smooth tomatoes and a corres- 

 pondingly small number of creased and imperfect ones. 

 Mr. Burpee claims that "a specimen plant at Ford- 

 khook Farms had, by actual count, forty-five ripe to- 

 matoes at one time, and that at time of first picking, 

 and thirty-five green ones of good size, and the whole 

 plant could have been hidden by a bushel basket." As 

 this variety is so well known, it is not necessary to 

 give it further description. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 20c. ; quar- 

 ter lb., 60c. ; lb., $2.00. Special price on larger orders. 



CHALK'S EARLY JEWEL— I have been 

 growing this variety for four years, and for early 

 market I have not yet found anything to equal it. It 

 is not quite so early as some of the other varieties, but 

 this is all made up for in extra fine quality, and large 

 yield of the beautiful thick, red tomatoes ; they are 

 never seamed or misshapen like many other early 

 sorts, and always bring top prices. Fruits are uni- 

 formly large, thick through, more solid, and finer 

 quality than the very early varieties. Average well- 

 grown fruits are from two to two and a half inches 

 thick, two and a-half to three inches in diameter, 

 which is large enough for market varieties. The plant 

 is enormously productive and one of the most profit- 

 able to erow for main crop as well as for early mar- 

 ket. Pkt., 5c. : oz., 20c. ; quarter lb., 60c. ; lb., $2.00. 

 Write for special prices on large lots. 



LIVINGSTON NEW GLOBE.— This is a new 



large tomato of very fine quality. It is thicker from 

 stem to blossom end than any other variety grown. 

 The plants are robust and hardy, making large 

 growth, which is well loaded with handsome tomatoes. 

 It is excellent for slicing ; ripens early, although of 



