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GO'S 



Early Cluster 

 Bismark. — Very constant in color, uniformly straight 

 and well formed, tender and crisp and of excellent 

 flavor. 



Bismark. 

 Improved Long Green.— Selected for a number of 

 years from the most perfect specimens, till it has be- 

 come perfectly pure and true Undoubtedly the best 

 variety in cultivation for table or pickling, About one 

 foot in length, firm and crisp ; this variety produces 

 seed sparingly. 



Improved Long Green. 

 London Long Green.— A good bearer, about a foot 

 in length, rather pointed at both ends, dark green firm 

 and crisp. It is a good kind for the table, and makes a 

 beautiful pickle for those who like them hard and brit- 

 tle. 



Long Green. — Is shorter than the London Long 

 Green, equally as productive, and makes a good pickle 

 but is not quite so good a table variety, being less crisp. 

 Gherkin, for Pickles.— A very small, oval-shaped, 

 prickly variety, hav- 

 ing somewhat the ap- 

 pearance of a burr. It 

 is grown exclusively 

 for pickling ; is the 

 smallest of all the va- 

 rieties, and should 

 always be pickled 

 when young and ten- 

 der. The seed is slow 

 to germinate. 



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. 



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

 valuable new variety is produced from seed imported by 

 ourselves from Europe, and supplies a want long expe- 

 rienced for a cucumber that exactly fills all the require- 

 ments of a perfect pickle and table sort combined. If 

 pickled at proper size, it fully equals the celebrated 

 Cr-osse b' Blackivell's Gherkins, which have obtained 

 a ^7orld-wide celebrity for fine form and beautiful color. 

 If permitted to grow to proper size, it is superior to any 

 of the old varieties for table cutting. It is a distinct 

 variety, uniformly marked with three well defined ribs ; 

 straight, well formed, handsome, about twelve inches 

 long ; tender and brittle, and produces a very large crop. 



D. M Ferry a. v..,u b Peneuiion picKiing. 

 Culture.— Culture in the open air is of the simplest 

 character. Merely dig a hole about a foot wide and six 

 inches deep, fill it with rich, sandy soil, and raise it 

 above the surface about six inches. The hills should 

 be six feet apart each way. Any time in May sow a 

 few seeds therein, and the result is certain. If the 

 weather be warm, they will grow in a few days ; if the 

 nights are cold, protect them. There is frequently a 

 little bug which destroys the tender leaves ; soot and 

 ashes sprinkled over them, while wet with dew, will 

 retard the progress of the depredator. As soon as the 

 vines have made three leaves, nip the points off to make 

 them branch out ; they will fruit sooner by so doing. 

 Three vines in a hill are quite enough. 



EGG PLANT. 



Fr. Aubergine.— Ger. Cierpfianze. 

 The Egg Plant is called by some the Guinea Squash. 

 They are cut into thin slices and fried, and have a taste 

 very similar to oysters 



Early Lot^g Purple. 



Early Long Purple.— This is one of the earliest 

 varieties •. very hardy and productive. Fruit long and 

 of superior quality ; good for general culture. 



Black Pekin.— 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 pounds. 

 Flesh fine-grained and white. Very desirable for mar- 

 ket gardener's use. 



Large New York Purple.— Large, round, of excel- 

 lent quality • later than the preceding, and highly 

 esteemed in New York market. 



D. M. Ferry & Co s Improved Large Purple.— 

 The best variety in cultivation. Fruit remarkably 



