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



HUBBARD.— This is a superior variety; and the best winter 

 squash known; flesh bright orange yellow, fine grained, very 

 dry, sweet and rich flavored; keeps perfectly good through- 

 out the winter; boils or bakes exceedingly dry and is esteemed 

 by many to be as good baked as the sweet potato. We have 

 taken the utmost pains with this sort and can recommend our 

 stock as in all probability tlie best in the country, and think 

 our customers can plant it in perfect confidence that every 

 fruit will be a pure Hubbard. 



Hubbard. 



riARBLEHEAD.— This is unquestionably an excellent 

 keeper, and is finer grained and drier than any sort we have 

 seen. About the size of the Hubbard, with shell of bluish- 

 green, and bright orange flesh. Requires the whole season to 

 mature. 



LIVINGSTON'S PlE^SQUASH.-(See Pie Pumpkin). 



M ARBLEKEAD. 



WINTER CROOKNECK.— The most certain of any to pro- 

 duce a crop, its strong growing vines suffering less from in- 

 sects than those of the other sorts. Color varjang from dark 

 green to clear yellow, frequently changing to the latter after 

 being gathered. Flesh variable, affected by soil and weather, 

 sometimes close grained and fine flavored, and in other cases 

 coarse and stringy. If preserved from cold and damp, they 

 will keep the entire year. 



SUQAlTcANE. 



EARLY AMBER.— This vai'iety is successfully grown in 

 our extreme northern latitudes. It may be planted as late as 

 the 15th of June, and will be ripe enough to manufacture in 

 September. We know of no earlier variety. The beautiful, 

 amber colored syrup it produces is thought to be superior in 

 flavor to any other, and for sugar is unsurpassed. There are 

 many varieties that can be profitably grown where the sea- 

 sons are long, but this can be grown wherever Indian corn 

 will mature. It is useless to plant cane seed before the wea- 

 ther is warm in spring. Three or four pounds are required 

 per acre. 



EARLY ORANGE.— An exceedingly valuable variety. 

 Very large, of strong and vigorous habit, and does not fall 

 down. Its yield is twenty -five per cent, in excess of the 

 Early Amber. It has a very pleasant flavor. It is early, 

 maturing only ten days later than the Early Amber. We 

 recommend it highly to all desiring a superior cane, for all 

 localities, excepting the extreme North. 



SUNFLOWER. 



The different species of Heliantlius are largely grown for 

 the seed, which is very valuable for feed and for ou. Every- 

 one who keeps poultry should use Sunflower seed liberally for 



feeding, as there is nothing more wholesome and nutritious, 

 and which keeps hens in better condition for laying. Some 

 species are much planted in the flower garden for ornament. 



LARGE RUSSIAN.— This variety has large heads having, 

 much more and larger seed than the common sort. Grows 

 almost invariably to a single unbranched stalk. Sow the 

 seed (5 to G lbs. per acre), as soon as the ground is fit for corn 

 in the North, later will do just as well South, in rows three 

 and one-half feet apart and ten inches in the row. Cultivate 

 same as for corn. In the autumn, after the first hard frosts, 

 cut the heads off the stems with a corn knife and pile loosely 

 in a rail pen with a solid fioor, or in a corn crib. After curing 

 sufficiently so that they will thresh easily, flail out or run 

 through a threshing machine. Let the seed remain in the 

 chaff until danger from heating is past, then clean with an 

 ordinary fanning mill. This variety will yield 900 to 1,200 

 pounds of seed per acre ordinarily. 



For ornamental varieties see Flower Seeds. 



Early Amber Sugar Cane. 



TOBACCO. 



Tobacco is an annual plant, and although it grows to greater 

 size in the South, an equally good quality can be produced in 

 the hot, dry summers of the North. We have taken a great 

 deal of pains to ascertain which are the best varieties for the 

 general planter, and believe the list we offer contains all that 

 are of special merit. 



Culture.— The seed should be sown as early as possible 

 after danger of frost is over. A good plan is to burn a quan- 

 tity of brush and rubbish in the spring, on the ground in- 

 tended for the seed bed, then dig and thoroughly pulverize 

 the earth and mix with the ashes, after which the seed may 

 be sown and covered very lightly. When the plants are 

 about six inches high, transplant into rows four or five feet 

 apart each way, and cultivate thoroughly with plow and hoe. 



STERLING.— The newest and brightest of the yellow type; 

 and being the earliest to ripen, is surest in localities liable to 

 early frosts. 



