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White Valentine Beans.— Another 

 splendid variety with green pods, round, 

 stringless, succulent and curved in form. 

 Pods reach maturity 35 days after germina- 

 tion. Seeds are white. Price, 40c. quart; 

 $2.50 per peck; $8.00 bushel. 



White Wax Bean.— A desirable snap 

 bean. Pods are broad, flat, yellow and 

 semi transparent when boiled, and is of a 

 delicate flavor. Price, 40c. quart; $2.50 per 

 peck; $8.50 per bushel. 



Steckler's Original Stock Best of 

 all Beans-— [Bush.] — We have been for- 

 tunate enough in securing a limited supply 

 of the Original Stock of this well-known 

 green snap bean from Germany. American 

 soil and culture will not reproduce the 

 same variety that is grown in the Father- 

 land. In order to make a distinction be- 

 tween the two varieties, we have decided to 

 adopt the above name, which will be a 

 guarantee that our customers will secure 

 the genuine article. Price, $3.00 per peck; 

 $1.50 per gallon; 50c. per quart. 



Adams* Everbearing Cluster Butter 

 Beans.— (Pole.)— One of the best flavored, 

 earliest and most productive climbing But- 

 ter Beans yet introduced. Its beautiful and 

 dense green foliage is admired by every 

 one. The vines contain numerous clusters 

 of pods borne close to the stems, each stem 

 holding from four to eight pods. Pods meas- 

 ure from three to four inches in length, 

 with an average of three to four well formed 

 small Beans in each. Continues to bloom 

 and bears more abundantly than any small 

 climbing butter bean we have known. 

 Withstands both heat and light frosts. We 

 recommend same highly. Sold only in 

 packages. Price, 15c. per package, postpaid. 



Steckler's Extra Early Beet— The 

 earliest variety in cultivation. Unequalled 

 in quality. It originated with a leading 

 market gardener, and was brought to per- 

 fection after years of careful cultivation. 



It is a rich, blood red beet of fine grain 

 and flavor, is earlier than either the Egyp- 

 tian or Eclipse, of smooth and rapid growth; 

 top and tap roots being very small. 



Market gardeners should not fail to give 

 it a trial. 20c. per package; 50c. per % lb. 



New Ne Plus Ultra or Shoe Peg 

 Sugar Corn. — Is some three to five days 

 earlier than Country Gentleman Corn, 

 which is as late as Stowell's Evergreen. It 

 has very small cob, long grain, shape of 

 shoe pegs. It is very sweet and tender and 

 largely used by market men in the large 

 cities of the North. 30c. per pint, 50c. per 

 quart, |r.oo per gallon. 



Jerusalem Corn.— This belongs to the 

 non-saccharine sorghums. Grows about three 

 feet high. Makes one large head on main 

 stalk and several smaller heads on side 

 shoots, often as many as eight heads on one 

 stalk. The grain is pure white and nearly 



flat. Three pounds will plant an acre. 

 Price 2oc. per pound. 



Yellow Creole Corn. — One of the hard- 

 est of the flint family and strictly weavil 

 proof. Ears are well covered with shucks 

 and stands heat and drought better than 

 any other variety. Shelled, $2.50 bushel; 

 75c. peck; 50c. gallon; 20c quart; in ears 

 at 5c. per ear; $2.50 per hundred. 



Tuscarora Corn. —This Coru, like 

 Adams Early and Extra Early Adams, is a 

 substitute for Sugar Corn. Tuscarora Corn 

 has more sugar and sweetness in it than 

 either sort of Adams. The Tuscarora Corn 

 comes in use about the same time as the 

 Adams Early, with long ears 8 to 10 inches 

 long, 8 and 10 rowed, with broad creamy 

 white grains. It is a very pretty corn when 

 in the green state, being white as chalk. 

 It is a fine yielder, never blights, and does 

 not smut. It's a strong favorite wherever 

 used by market gardeners or private plan- 

 ters. 5c. per ear; 25c. per quart. 



Corn on Ears. — We call the attention 

 of our many customers to the fact that we 

 have the following especially selected Seed 

 Corn on ears: Stowell's Evergreen Sugar 

 Corn, 5c. per ear; $4 per 100 ears. First of 

 All Sugar Corn, 5c. per ear; $4 per 100 ears. 

 New England Sugar Corn, 5c. per ear; 

 $4 per 100 ears. Crosby's Early Sugar 

 Corn, 5c. per ear; $4 per 100 ears. 

 Extra Early Dwarf Sugar Corn, 5c. 

 per ear; $4 per 100 ears. Early Sugar 

 or Sweet Corn, 5c. per ear; $4 per 

 100 ears. Frotscher's Adams Early Corn, 

 5c. per ear; 6 ears for 25c; $3 per 100 ears. 

 Adams Extra Early Corn, 5c. per ear; 6 

 ears for 25c; #3 per 100 ears. Large White 

 Flint Corn, 5c. per ear; 6 ears for 25c; $3 

 per 100 ears. Yellow Canada Corn, 5c. per 

 ear; 6 ears for 25c; $3 per 100 ears. 



Louisiana Sugar Cane.— For planting. 

 Having received so many inquiries the past 

 season regarding this renowned Southern 

 product, that we concluded to catalogue it 

 this season. We have three varities which 

 we offer as strictly true and genuine. Rib- 

 bon Cane; White Cane, and Red Cane, 10c. 

 each; $1.00 per dozen. 



Louisiana Garlic— This is a staple ar- 

 ticle in the South, from which considerable 

 revenue is derived. The tops are left; to 

 dry and then a number of them are gath- 

 ered and plaited together in a long string. 

 The bulbs are divided and planted the same 

 as shallots. Price, 40c per quart. 



Nott's Excelsior Peas— This pea re- 

 sembles in habit Carter's Premium Gem, 

 but is more dwarf and uniform in growth; 

 of medium height, between American Won- 

 der and Gem, being more uniform and pro- 

 ductive and earlier than either. Seeds are 

 green, wrinkled and square at the end like 

 American Wonder. Height 12 inches. Price, 

 pint 25c; quart 40c; peck, $2.50; bushel, $8, 



Pruning Saws, Knives, etc., an extensive and varied collection. 



