DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Early White Spine, 

 fruit uniformly straight and handsome, h'ght green, 

 with a few white prickles ; flesh tender and of excellent 

 flavor. 



D. M. Ferry &. Go's Perfection Pickling. 

 D. M. Ferry & Go's Perfection Pickling.— This 

 variety is not only the best for pickles, but is one of the 

 best for the table. Vines vigorous, producing their 

 fruit early and very abundantly ; fruit about twelve 

 inches long, of very distinct form, having three distinct 

 ribs ; color dark green which they retain as pickles ; 

 flesh very crisp and tender. 



B:smari<. 



Bismark. — The result of careful selection of the best 

 plants for many years ; fruit very constant in color and 

 uniformly well formed and handsome, 



London Long Green. — Vine vigorous, and a good 

 bearer ; fruit about one foot long, pointed at both ends; 

 flesh firm and crisp, and the young fruit makes a very 

 hard and brittle pickle. 



Long Green. ^Fruit shorter than the above, and 

 makes a good pickle, but is less crisp and tender. 



Innproved Long Green. 



Improved Long Green.— Produced by selection 

 from the London Long Green. Vines vigorous and pro- 

 ductive, forming fruit fit for the table nearly as early as 

 the shorter sorts ; fruit about twelve inches long, firm 

 and crisp, with very few seeds. The young fruit makes 

 one of the best of pickles, while the ripe are the best of 

 any for sweet pickles. 



Boston Pickling. — A distinct variety which has ob- 

 tained a great degree of popularity in Boston markets 

 as a pickle. It is medium long, and a great producer. 



Gherkin, f«r Ficklss. — A very small, oval shaped, 

 prickly variety, having somewhat the appearance »f a 

 burr. It is gro^vn exclusively for pickling ; is the small- 



est of all the varieties, and should always be pickled 

 when young and tender. The seed is slow to germi- 

 nate. 



EGG PLANT. 



Fr. Aubergine. — Ger. Cierpflanze. 



The Egg Plant, when well grown and properly cooked, 

 is one of the most delicious garden vegetables, and 

 although the plant is so very tender, it should find a 

 place in every garden. 



Clltlrb.— In this, as in all sub-tropical plants, it is 

 of importance to secure a rapid and continuous growth 

 from the first, the plants never recovering from a check 

 received when young. Sow the seed quite thickly in a 

 good hot-bed, and when they have formed two rough 

 leaves, transplant to three or four inches apart. Keep 

 the bed closed and ver>- warm, shading from the direct 

 rays of the sun, and firing abundance of water until all 

 danger from Bot onlv froet, but from cold nights is past, 

 and the gronnd is warm. Then harden off the pknts 

 by .gradual ejtposure to the sun and air, and ilecrease 

 the supply of water, and care/uily transplant into very 

 warm, rich soil, setting the plants two and a half feet 

 apart. If needed, shade the young plants, and protect 

 tkem from the potato bug which Ls very fond of them, and 

 if not prevented, will soon destroy the yotmg plants. 



Early Long Purple. — This is one ©f the eariiest va- 

 rieties ; v*ry hardy and productive ; fruit long and of 

 saperior quality ; good for general culture. 



Black Pekin. 



Black Pekin. — Nearly as early as the Early Long 

 Purple, and as large as the later varieties. Nearly- 

 round ; skin black, glossy and smooth ; more prolific 

 and delicate than the old varieties. Weighs eight to 

 ten pounJs ; flesh fine 

 grained and white . 

 Very desirable for mar- 

 ket gardener's use. 



Large New York 

 Purple .—Large, 

 round, of excellent 

 quality; later than the 

 precedmg, and highly 

 esteemed in the New 

 "S'nrk market. 



D . M . Ferry & 

 Go's Improved 

 Large Purple.— The 

 best variety in cultiva- 

 tion ; fruit remarkably 

 large, often measuring 



D.M.FciTy^.. Cos hr,pro»ed 

 Large Purple. 



