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Mary Washington Asparagus 



12 This is a selection from the Washington showing a marked improvement 

 in every respect. It is much larger than the ordinary strain and is 

 slightly earlier. The tips are very compact and are a rich purplish- 

 green and the whole stalk, from base to tip, is remarkably tender. Aspara- 

 gus roots of other varieties are offered on page 212. Pkt., 10 cts.; § oz., 

 20 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; J lb., 85 cts.; lb., $3.00. 



Dwarf Golden Carmine Wax Beans 



70 A bush bean of the Horticultural type, which can be used either as a 

 snap or shell bean. When matured and dried the large beans are excellent 

 for baking. Ready for the table as a snap bean in about 60 days, and 

 as a shell bean about 10 days later. At all stages the pod is stringless 

 and tender. Pods are large, broad, long and golden-yeUow, splashed 

 with carmine, and seed is large kidney-shaped, buff colored, and mottled. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; I lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., $2.00, prepaid. 



Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima 



111 Very desirable on account of earliness, productiveness and its fixed 

 habit of growing in the dwarf or bush form. The plants are of strong, 

 upright growth, and are completely covered with large pods, many of 

 which contain four beans fully as large as those of the pole limas. The 

 beans are flat and broad and pronounced by many as being superior in 

 flavor to the round, thick-seeded varieties. On account of its unusual 

 earliness. Wonder Bush Lima can be planted well on in the season with- 

 out much risk of failure. Pkt., 15 cts.; i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs.,~ 

 85 cts.; 5 lbs., §2.00, prepaid. 



Early Wonder Beet 



164 An early variety, similar in type to Crosby's Egyptian. Globe shaped 

 and very uniform in size, skin smooth, and flesh a deep blood red and 

 extremely tender. It is admirably suited to the home garden and also 

 on account of its earliness and super-fine quality, valuable to the Market 

 Gardener. Good for spring or late summer sowing. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 

 25 cts.; i lb., 75 cts.; lb., §2.00. 



Chin"ese or Celery Cabb.\ge 

 A well grown Pe-Tsai 



E.iRLY Wonder Beet 



Chinese Cabbage, Pe-Tsai 



221 Pe-Tsai. This fine vegetable resembles Cos Lettute. The 

 head is large and compact, and all but the outer leaves blanch 

 a creamy white. Very crisp and tender, and in every way 

 adapted for the home garden. We have recently secured a 

 much improved strain and recommend a trial. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 i oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; i lb., §1.25. 



Dreer's Matchless Brussels Sprouts 



183 A selected Danish strain of this highly esteemed, hardy 

 vegetable, grown for the sprouts which are produced along 

 the stem, and are in the form of miniature savoys. The small 

 spoon-shaped leaves wrap around one another and form solid 

 I roxmd heads in large quantities, and which are tender and of 



fine flavor. The heads begin to form at bottom of stem, and 

 when cut away additional heads will form in succession up to 

 the top of stem. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 20 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; 

 i lb., §1.00. 



Golden Acre Cabbage 



204 This excellent variety is the earliest round headed Cabbage. 

 It win mature at least 7 days ahead of the earliest strains of 

 Jersey Wakefield, considered the standard Early of the 

 country. The heads of Golden Acre cabbage are perfectly 

 round, firm, and of exceptionally fine texture, heavy mid-ribs 

 being entirely absent. They average in weight about 4 pounds 

 and produce very few outer leaves, permitting close planting 

 in the row. Pkt., 20 cts.; i oz., 50 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; i lb., §2.00. 



Improved Rubicon Carrot 



242 This beautiful half-long stump-root Carrot is about the same 

 length as the well-known Danvers, but is cylindrical, and is 

 rich dark orange in color, very sweet and mild. Remarkably 

 clean-skinned, grows evenly and is easily pulled. Grows best 

 in a soft, deep and mellow soU, which has been well manured. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 50 cts.; lb., S1.50. 



ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS in quantities offered in this Catalog are DELIVERED TRANSPORTATION PAID, anywhere 

 m the United States, we reserving the privilege of shipping either by PARCEL POST, EXPRESS or FREIGHT. 



