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Six Vegetables Worthy a Place in Every Garden. 

 DETROIT DARK RED TURNIP BEET. 



This is a new and distinct turnip beet, a development from and great improvement on our Improved Blood Turnip. 

 We began working on this variety in 1886, and so close and rigid has been our selection that we have not had enough 

 seed to justifj^ offering- it before this year. While this variety has tops so small and upright growing as to make it val- 

 uable for forcing, yet its great merit is that it is the best Beet for second early planting outdoors, to follow the Egyp- 

 tian and Eclipse. The roots are of most perfect form, smooth, with no necks and small tops. The color is dark blood 

 red with no tinge of purple, and is exceedingly uniform. The flesh is most tender, crisp and sweet, and is entirely 

 free from stringiness and woodiness, even after the roots become old and overgrown. Planted in the summer, there is 

 no Turnip Beet so good for fall and winter use. We challenge the severest tests of this splendid sort by the most crit- 

 ical gardeners, because we know it to have the SMALLEST and MOST UPRIGHT growing TOPS : the MOST PER- 

 FECTLY SHAPED and SMOOTHEST ROOTS ; and the BEST and EVENEST COLOR of ANY TURNIP BEET in 

 cultivation. 



Per Packet, 10c; Oz., 16c; 2 oz., 25c; % Lb., 4rOc; Lb., $1.50— postpaid. 

 WHITE COB CORY, SWEET CORN. 



Market gardeners everywhere concede the great superiority of the Cory as a first early sweet corn. Its red cob 

 has, however, always been an objectionable feature. We have always noticed in our stock of this variety an occasional 

 ear having a white cob ; accordingly, a few years ago we began selecting this and planting it so as to establish this 

 feature. We are now able to offer it, with the confident claim that it is the best variety of first early sweet corn for 

 market and home use. Another desirable feature is that the kernels will average decidedly lighter than in the old Cory. 

 We urge all our patrons to plant this variety, because it is the EARLIEST corn with a MARKETABLE SIZED EAR. 

 and because it has a WHITE COB and LIGHT COLORED KERNELS, removing the ONE REMAINING OBJEC- 

 TION to the Cory as the BEST OF ITS SEASON. 



Per Packet, 20c; Pt., 30c; ^t., 50c; 4 Qts.. $1.50; Bu., $8. 



If by mail or express prepaid^ loc per pint^ isc per quarts must be added for charges. 



TILTON'S WHITE STAR LETTUCE. 



We secured a limited supply- of this new and superior white seeded Lettuce last season, and after giving it a care- 

 ful trial at our Trial Grounds, we were so thoroughly convinced of its desirability we immediately added it to 

 our list. It is of the type of Black Seeded Simpson, so widely known and used, but the foliage is darker, not quite so 

 much crimped and frilled, with thicker, better flavored leaves, which keep longer without wilting. Also, when planted 

 out doors it will not run to seed nearly so quickly. These features give it a distinct and decided advantage over the 

 ordinary early Lettuces of this class, which will be appreciated by all who grow them, either for market or family use. 



Per Packet, 10c; Oz.. 30c; 2 Oz., 55c; )i Lb., $1; Lb., $3— postpaid. 

 LONG BRIGHTEST SCARLET, WHITE TIPPED RADISH. 



This splendid new variety needs only to be tried to make for itself a place among the leading sorts for forcing or 

 early outdoor plantings. It is of the same tvpe as Wood's Frame, having a better and more evenly developed root, is 

 just as early, has as small or smaller tops, and is much better in color. Indeed, we have never yet seen a more 

 attractive Radish when bunched for market. The color is a rich bright scarlet over the body of the root, with a clear 

 white tip, which is so clearly defined as to form a sharp and striking contrast. We used the name Long Deep Scarlet 

 last vear, under which name a great number of our patrons bought it, and were delighted with the results, but we 

 found on more extensive trial that Deep Scarlet did not describe the color properly, so we have changed it to what it 

 should have been at first. Brightest Scarlet. 



Per Packet, 6c ; Oz., 10c ; 2 Oz., 15c ; )i Lb., 25c ; Lb., $1— postpaid. 

 MAMMOTH SUMMER CROOKNECK SQUASH. 



This Squash, introduced by us last year, is all that its name implies, a MAMMOTH among SUMMER SQUASHES. 

 Mere size, however, is not the only consideration in the selection of a fruit or vegetable. Quality and several other 



Eoints are of equal importance. Our Mammoth Summer Crookneck is not only two or three times as large as the old 

 ummer Crookneck, but it is much earlier, of fully as good quality and far more warty, a condition which adds very much 

 to its attractiveness as a market variety. The plants have the bush habit, scarcely any of them making running vines, 

 enabling them to be planted closely in the row, which insures an enormous yield from a small space. Whether you 

 plant for market or for your own use only, you can make no mistake in using this variety. 



Per Packet, 10c; Oz., 50c; 2 Oz., 85c; % Lb., $1.50; Lb., $5— postpaid. 

 ~ EARLY MICHIGAN, OR EARLY RED APPLE TOMATO. 



This is not a new tomato, for we offered it first in 1889, and have been offering it since as Early Red Apple. We 

 very speedily learned, however, that we had given this splendid sort an unfortunate name, our customers naturally infer- 

 ring that it was the counterpart of the old White Apple except in color, or at best much the same as the Red Apple of 

 long ago, while nothing could be further irom the truth. With all our long experience with tomatoes, having tested at 

 one time or another nearly every variety offered bv seedsmen, we confidently claim that there is no better variety than 

 this for general market or family use. We speak thus emphatically, because we have given a great amount of time and 

 expense to perfecting our stock, and know that for smoothness and regularity of shape, uniformity of size and color 

 and freedom from rot or cracking, this varietv is unsurpassed. It is not only an extremely smo9th and perfectly 

 shaped tomato, but it is also very early, ripening' its first fruits almost as early as any sort in cultivation. Vines large, 

 with large, dark green leaves; vigorous and wonderfully productive, being, we think, under high culture, one of the 

 heaviest croppers of any ; fruit medium size to large and, unlike most varieties, growing larger as the season 

 advances, perfectly smooth, solid, but without any core ; deep, rich red color, and of excellent flavor. 



Per Packet, 5c; Oz., 30c; 2 Oz., 55c; )i Lb., $1; Lb., $3— postpaid. 



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