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D. M. FERRY & GO'S 



HEW ER VARI ETIES. . 



The following varieties are either of recent introductiDn or have been tested and 

 found worthy special commendation. We can, with confidence, recom- 

 mend them to the most critical market gardeners. 



BEANS, Crystal White Wax.— A distinct, new- 

 bush bean with waxy transparent pods of very rich 

 fiavor. The pods are stringless, succulent, crisp and 

 tender, and though quick to mature they are slow to 

 harden ; so snap beans of this variety can be had of 

 cielicious tenderness and sweetness for a long time. As 

 the pods are very fleshy and the seeds small this sort is 

 scarcely surpassed for pickling purposes and its sightly 

 and attractive appearance makes it a specially valuable 

 kind for the market gardener. 



Per packet lo c ents- J^ pint^ 40 cents: pint ^ 75 cents, 

 tail or express, prepaid, 75" cents 

 ■ qzcart must be added. 



quart, '$,1.2'; I / bv n 

 per pint, 30 cents pei 



BEANS, Ivory Pod Wax— This magnificent va- 

 lety, of very recent introduction cannot be too highly 

 praised as a sort for the 

 home or market gar- 

 den, h IS fully a week 

 earlier than the Ger- 

 man Wax, and the pods 

 are of a beautiful ivory 

 white, even before fully 

 grown. When they at- 

 tain their full size they 

 are large long, brittle, 

 stringless and of a pure 

 transparent waxy white 

 color The beans are 

 medium s i z e . . oval, 

 white and smooth and 

 very easily threshed 

 when ripe. As a snap 

 bean it excels almost 

 every other variety in 

 tenderness and creamj' 

 flavor, and, like ourwell 

 known Golden Wax, is 

 especially valuable also 

 as a shell bean for win • 



Bastian's Early Blood 

 Turnip Beet. 



ter use . without doubt it is the most productive wax 

 bean now grown, the vines, which are strong, compact 

 growers, being a perfect mat of pods the entire season. 



Per packet 10 cents: Yz pint, 40 cents, pint, 75- cents. 

 Quart %i 2^. // by 7nail or express, prepaid. 15 cts. 

 per pint JO cts. per quart must be added. 



BEET, Bastian's Early Blood Turnip.— Another 

 years trial with this variety convinces us that there is no 

 better or more profitable Beet to raise for market now 

 in cultivation It is as early as the Bassano, of a darker 

 better color, and always grows perfect in shape even 

 where the seed is thickly sown It is very tender and 

 sugary when cooked, and only needs to be more widely 

 known to become a general favorite. Market gardeners 

 will find this variety very satisfactory. 



Per packet 5 cents, oz. 10 cents; 2 oz. 15 cents: % lb. 

 2§ cents lb %i.oo. 



CABBAGE, Early Jersey Wakefield, true, best 

 American. — This well known cabbage is deservedly 

 popular with market gardeners in the vicinity of our 

 large cities. It is without doubt, the 7nost profitable 

 early variety as the heads are of fine quality, compact, 

 solid endure shipping to considerable distance, and are 

 produced at ]ust the right season to command a good 

 price Our stock of this variety is grown with special 

 care and can be depended upon as one of the very best 

 strains in cultivation. (See cut on page 23,) 



Per packet 5 cents : oz. 70 cents , 2 oz. %i.25: "%. lb. 

 %2 00 lb. %i 00. 



CABBAGE. Early Bieichfield Giant.— This new 

 cabbage is well worthy of wide and extensive cultiva- 

 tion It is of German origin Snd where it has been 

 grown in this country' has been highly recommended. 

 It is short stemmed a reliable very solid header, and 

 very tender and delicious when cooked. Market gar- 

 deners will no well to give this cabbage a trial as the 

 earliest of the large drumhead varieties. 



Per packet 10 cents oz. 40 cents: 2 oz 75 cents: "% 

 lb %i.25: lb %4.oo. 



CABBAGE, Fottler's Early Drumhead, or 

 Brunswick Short Stem —This has proved .0 be a 

 most excellent second early \ariety It is low on the 

 stump, heads solid and compact weighing ten or fifteen 

 pounds each. From seed sown in March good sized 

 heads can be marketed in June We can recommend it 

 highly for planting in the South as it withstands the 

 heat and forms uniformly large, solid heads. (See cut 

 on page 25 ) 



Per packet 2 cents oz 30 cents; 2 oz. Ss cents: % lb. 

 $/ SO. i^ f^S 00 



CABBAGE D, M. Ferry & Cos Premium Flat 

 Dutch.— As a variety for winter market we consider 

 this sort superior to any other late cabbage, and as it is 

 one of the be.st keepers it is the kind most extensively 

 cultivated for fall and winter use. It is a sure header 

 and with good cultivat - n, on moist, rich ground ninety 

 five in a hundred will head up hard and fine. Our 

 stock of this variety IS extra selected, of our own rais- 

 ing and IS at least equal to any other strain of this 

 standard variety. Per packet S cents; oz. 40 cents: 

 2 OZ. 7S cents; % lb. %Z.^3; lb. %4.oo. 



