D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Turnip-Rooted. 



LARGE SMOOTH PRAGUE.— An improved form of tur- 

 nip-rooted celerj', producing large and smooth roots, which 

 axe almost round, and with very few side roots. Plants vig- 

 orous, with large, deep green foliage. 



CHERVIL. 



French. Cerfev.il. German, Gartenkerbel. 



A hardy annual, much used for flavoring and in salads. 

 The curled variety is quite as useful for garnishing as 

 Parsley. 



Culture.— Sow in early spring, in rich, well prepared soil, 

 and when plants are well established, transplant to about one 

 foot apart. 



Chervil, Curled. 



CURLED. — Greatly superior to the old plain variety, which 

 it has almost wholly superseded, having fully as fine perfume 

 and flavor, being earlier and more handsome. 



CHICORY. 



French, Chicoree. German. Ci'gorien. 

 LARGE ROOTED, OR COFFEE.-The dried and prepared 

 roots of this are used quite extensively as a substitute for and 

 adulterant of coffee. Sow the seed as early in the spring as 

 the ground can be prepared, in a rather light, moderately 

 rich soU, in drills fifteen inches apart for garden and two to 

 two and one-half feet for field culture. AVhen the plants are 

 sufficiently large tliin to four to six inches apart in the row. 

 Keep clear of wee<ls. and in the fall dig the roots, slice them 

 and dry in an apple evaporator, or kiln constructed for the 

 purpose. Where the roots are grown in quantity for the 

 manufacturers of the '"prepared" chicory, they are usually 

 brought to the factory in the ''green"' state and there dried 

 in kilns constructed for the purpose. 



COLLARDS. 



French, Chou. German, Blotter-Kohl. 



A variety of cabbage known in different sections as "Cole" 

 and "Colewort." It is extensively used in the South for 

 "greens,'" where it continues in luxuriant growth all winter. 



GEORGIA, SOUTHERN, OR CREOLE.- This is the vari 

 ety so extensively used in the South, where it fumi.shes an 

 abundance of food for both man and bea.st. Forms a large, 

 loose, open head, or a mass of leaves on a tall stem. Freez- 

 ing improves their quality. Sow thick in drills, in rich 

 ground, transplanting when four inches high, or sow in drills 

 where the plants are to remain, and thin to two or three feet 

 apart in the row, when the proper size. In the South sow 

 from Januarj- to May and August to October. 



CORN. 



French, Mais. German, Mais. 

 Culture.— A rich, warm, alluvial soil is best, and immedi- 

 ately before planting this should be deeplj- and thoroughly 

 worked. Give frequent and thorough but sAaZZow cultivation 

 until the tassels appear. 



SWEET, OR SUGAR. 



WHITE COB CORY.— We offer this as a great improve- 

 ment, being uniformly white cobbed. The ears are fully as 

 large and well filled, and are just as early as ordinary Cory 

 and have the great advantage of a white cob, which removes 

 the one remaining objection to this variety as the best extra 

 early market corn. We hope all our friends will plant largeh' 

 of this for early crop, as we feel sure that it the best extra 

 early sweet corn in existence and cannot fail to give entire 

 satisfaction. 



CORY.— The largest of the extra early sorts. The plant is 

 stout and vigorous but short and it will mature a /iiZ/ crop 

 earliest of any sort in cultivation. Ears eight-rowed, with 

 red cob and very large light pink grains. All the red cobbed 

 com should be cooked quickly bj " 



jy dropping the ears into 

 ilt has bee " 



boiling water to which a little salt has been added, for if 

 simmered over a slow fire, or allowed to stand in the water 

 after cooking, the red cob, will discolor the kernels. 



We have dropped Early Marblehead and Northern Pedigree 

 from our lists because they have no excellence which our 

 improved strains of Corj- do not possess in a greater degree. 

 For the same reason we do not list a number of the newer 

 sorts; repeated and careful tests proving them to be inferior 

 in point of earliness to our Cory. 



EXTRA EARLY ADAMS.- Very early but more of the 

 quality of field than of sweet corn. It is, however, the stand- 

 ard extra early variety in the South, and can be depended on 

 to give a crop there when most other sorts fail. Stalks 

 short, with no suckers, very few tassels, bearing a single, 

 verj- full, short, many rowed ear. often nearly as thick as it 

 is long, and well covered with coarse husks; kernels white, 

 smooth. An extremely hardy variety. 



EARLY MINNESOTA.— This old and deservedly popular 

 market sort is the best earlj- sort not only for market but for 

 the private garden. Stalks short and not suckering. bearing 

 one or two ears well covered with husks; ears long, eight 

 rowed; kernels verv' broad, sweet and tender, not shrinking 

 much in drying. By careful selection we have develoi.>ed a 

 stock of this standard variety which is remarkably uniform, 

 and in which all the good quahties which have made it so 

 popular are intensified. 



CROSBY'S EARLY — A most excellent variety, remark- 

 ably early and of the best flavor. Ears of medium size, 

 twelve or more rowed, grain veiy thick and sweet. This is 

 the sort so largely grown in Maine for canning, and it is the 

 use of this variety rather than any jieculiarity of soil that has 

 given Elaine sweet com its reputation for quality. 



LEET'S EARLY.— Aknost as early as Minnesota, but the 

 ears are larger. Stalk a little taller, often red. few or no 

 suckers, and having two large, white grained eai^s, which are 

 very attractive when put on tlie marKet. One of the most 

 desirable market varieties we offer. 



PEE AND KAY.— This has proved a very popular vari- 

 ety, particularlv in the East. Stalks of medium height, 

 bearing two straight, handsome, ten or twelve rowetl ears, 

 which are verj- large for so early a variety. They mature 

 about with ^Minnesota and are of *gootl quaUty, cooking very 

 white and tender. 



PERRY'S HYBRID.— Another ea.stera and very popular 

 variety. Stalks of medium height, bearing two large, twelve 

 or fourteen rowed ears, which often have a red or pink cob: 

 grain medimn size, cooking very white and tender. Matures 

 a little later than the :\Iinnesota. 



EARLY SWEET, OR SUGAR.— Ears long, slender, eight 

 rowed. Grain very white, tender and sugary: plant produc- 

 tive, hardy and quite early. An old but excellent table sort. 

 Our stock'is distinct and true and not such a mixture of all 

 sorts of early sweet or sugar corn as is often offeree.! under 

 this name. 



