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LETTUCE, PERPIGNAN...froiu Germany, grown for several seasons 

 by our Market Gardeners ; large solid, heads stands the heat well 

 A good summer salad 50cts. per oz. 



MUSK MELON, PINE APPLE... exquisite flavor, medium size. A 

 desirable variety 20 cts. per oz. 



MUSK MELON, WHITE JAP AN. ..Skin, cream white and very thin, 

 flesh thick, remarkably sweet and fine flavored, ripens early and 

 is quite productive ,per packet, 10 cts. 



MANGO MELON... a variety of the musk melon used when green for 

 pickling ; stuffed and prepared similar to the large Bell Pepper. 

 per packet, 10 cts. per oz. 20 cts. 



MELON, IMPERIAL WATER, of medium size, flesh pale red, crisp, 

 sweet and excellent flavor, very productive. ...per packet, 10 cts. 



PEAS, QUEEN OF DWARFS. ..a wrinkled variety of fine flavor, pro- 

 ductive and early, and well adapted from its dwarf growth for 

 small gardens, 1 foot high .. .price 80 cts, per qt. 



PEAS, COMPETITOR. ..also a wrinkled variety; superior in flavor 

 to the round or common marrowfat. A late variety, five feet 

 high 80 cts. per qt. 



TOMATO, THE COOK'S FAVORITE... introduced by us, one of the 

 best ; of medium size, smooth and solid, color brilliant scarlet. 

 Price per packet 10 cts. per oz. 50 cts. 



TURNIP, TELTOW, OR MARROW... a small yellow variety of delicate 

 flavor , 20 cts. per oz. 



PEAS— New Varieties — The following very choice varieties were 

 ^received from London, and are described, as follows : 



Advancer (McLean's) — -a new dwarf, blue wrinkled marrow, of fine 

 flavor, the earliest and best of its class, height, 2 ft. 80 cts. per qt. 



Prince of Wales— The most prolific white wrinkled pea in cultivation 

 producing pods from near the roots to the top, height four, 

 foet 80 cts. per qt. 



Princess Royal, (McLean's) — A distinct, new, large, white variety, 

 second early, producing an abundance of very large, well-filled 

 pods, height, 4 ft 80 cts. per qt. 



Royal Blue, (Harrison's) — A new and perfectly distinct variety, 

 bright glossy foliage, with an abundance of cimeter shaped podg, 

 well filled, second early, height, 3 ft 80 cts. per qt. 



Of older varieties especially to be recommended Dreer's Extra Early 

 Pea, still takes the lead among our Gardeners as the earliest, most pro- 

 ductive, and even cropper. Our sales are also yearly increasing of Large 

 Early York Cabbage, and Dreer's White Solid Celery Seed, also our very 

 superior varieties of Cauliflower, imported from the growers in Europe. 

 Especial attention has also been paid to the improvement of our stock 

 of Late Drumhead and Flat Dutch Cabbage Seed, a very important crop 

 with the Farmer and Gardener, we confidently recommend it as being 

 perfectly pure and reliable, heading up evenly and solid. 



