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P. MANN & CO., WASHINGTON, D. C. 



PUMPKIN— GrosseKurbis 



One pound will plant 200 to 300 hills. 



CULTURE. — The common practice is to drop 2 or 3 

 seeds into every third or fourth hill in the cornfield; mav 

 be sown in hills, 8 feet apart each way, 4 plants to each 

 hill. 



CAS HAW, or CROOKNECK.— Large, light cream 

 color, solid and sweet, very fine-grained; splendid for 

 table or feeding stock. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. Y\ pound, 

 35c Pound, $1.25. 



LARGE CHEESE.— A good cooking variety, cheese 

 shape, creamy yellow color, flesh fine-grained, and one 

 of the best for pies. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. 54 pound, 

 35c. Pound, $1.00. 



JAPANESE PIE. — Crooked - neck variety; ex- 

 tremely small seed cavity; nearly all solid meat; 

 quality extra fine. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. ^ 

 pound, 35c. Pound, $1.25. 



LARGE CONNECTICUT FIELD.— Hardiest of 

 all pumpkins, good for pies and stock feeding. % 

 pound, 35c. Pound, $1.00. 



Large Cheese Pumpkin 



SMALL SUGAR.— Early, prolific and very sweet, 

 orange color ; fine keeper. Ounce, 15c. % pound, 

 35c. Pound, $1.00. 



KING OF MAMMOTH S.— The giant variety, 

 grows to enormous size ; deep yellow, glossy color. 

 Splendid to grow for stock and exhibition purposes. 

 Y^ pound, 35c. Pound, $1.25. 



PLANT MANN'S SEEDS FOR BETTER RESULTS 



GARDEN PEAS £&»?£; 



Three quarts of seed to 100 yards of row. One and a half to two bushels to the acre. 



CULTURE. — Sow as early as the ground can be worked, and again every ten days or two weeks for 



succession. They can be sown as late as the 20th of August for the last sowing, using Extra Earlies. 



Sow in rows about 4 feet apart and 1 inch apart in the row and 3 to 4 inches deep. 

 EXTRA-EARLY ALASKA.— The earliest blue it a most desirable pea for market gardeners. Height 



pea. The dark green color of the pods makes it 2 feet. Pint, 25c. Quart, 45c. Peck, $2.75. Bushel, 



extremely desirable, as it can be carried long dis- $10.00. 



tances without losing color, which quality, combined LITTLE MARVEL.— As regards Little Marvel 



with its earliness and uniformity of ripening, makes \ peas, this variety we can recommend as being one 



of the very best short-vine peas introduced. The 

 vines are about a foot high, very stocky, and the 

 pods are large and well filled with large peas of 

 excellent quality. We consider this variety far 

 superior to American Wonder or Nott's Excelsior, 

 and when they are better known they will be in 

 great demand. Pint, 45c. Quart, 80c. Peck, $5.00. 

 NOTT'S EXCELSIOR.— One of the best early 

 dwarf peas. It combines the good qualities of the 

 American Wonder and Premium Gem Peas. Pint. 

 35c. Quart, 60c. Peck, $3.75. 



LONG-PODDED ALASKA PEAS.— New, vig- 

 orous, handsome, long-podded, delicious flavored 

 Alaska Pea. Bound to become extremely popular, 

 for it has all the good qualities of famous Extra- 

 Early Alaska Pea, and, in addition, it has a well- 

 filled pod almost twice as long, which will fill 

 the basket in one-half the time, and while it is 

 not a distinctly sugar pea, yet it has a much 

 sweeter flavor than the Alaska. It is an abun- 

 dant yielder. Pint 35c. Quart, 60c. Peck, $3.75. 

 Bushel, $13.00. 



GRADUS, or PROSPERITY.— Probably the 

 best extra-early pea yet introduced. Only 2 or 3 

 days later than Alaska, and a wrinkled pea of ex- 

 cellent quality. Pint, 40c. Quart, 70c. Peck, 

 $4.50. Bushel, $17.00. 



IMPROVED STRATAGEM.— A favorite with 

 market gardeners for a general crop pea, strong 

 vines, immense pods, large peas, heavy cropper, 

 true stock. Pint, 40c. Quart, 80c. Peck, $5.00. 



CARTER'S DAISY, or DWARF TELE- 

 PHONE. — A most desirable sort on account of 

 its size, beautiful shape and fine quality. Pods 

 broad and of a pale green color. Height, 20 ins. 

 Pint, 40c. Quart, 70c. Peck, $5.00. Bushel, $18.00. 



Extra Early Alaska. 



