D. M. FERRY & COS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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CHIL.I.— Used in the manufacture of pepper sauce. Pods 

 sharply conical, and exceedingly pungent when ripe. Re- 

 quires 'a long, warm season, and plants should be started 

 quite early in hot-bed. We offer both the red and yellow, 

 which differ only in color. 



Chili. 



LONG RED CAYENNE.— A long, slim, pointed pod, and 

 when ripe, of a bright red color. Extremely strong and pun- 

 gent. 



LARGE SQUASH.— Fruit large, flat, tomato shaped, 

 more or less ribbed; skin smooth and glossy; flesh mild, 

 thick meated and pleasant to the taste, although possessing 

 more pimgency than the other large sorts; very productive 

 and the best variety for pickling. 



RUBY KING.— An improved American sort reaching the 

 largest size and yet retaining the symmetrical shape of the 

 smaller sorts. It is very bright colored and beautiful, sweet 

 and mild flavored, and one of the best for stuffed pickles. 



LARGE BELL, OR BULL NOSE.— A very large sort, 

 of inverted bell shape, suitable for filling or for a mixed 

 pickle. Flesh thick, hard and less pungent than most other 

 sorts, and one of the earliest varieties. 



Golden Dawn. 



GOLDEN DAWN.— Plants quite dwarf but very prolific. 

 Fruit medium sized and of inverted bell shape, rich golden 

 yellow color, with very thick, sweet, mild flavored flesh. 



SWEET 3IOUNTAIN. — Plants very vigorous and pro- 

 ductive, growing upright, with moderately large leaves. 

 Fnut very large, long, often eight inches or more in length, 

 by two or three in diameter, verj' smooth and handsome, 

 being when green of a bright deep green color, entirely free 

 from any purple tinge, and when mature, of a rich red. 

 Flesh very thick, sweet and mild flavored. Well suited to 

 use as a stuffed pickle. 



CARDINAL.— A new pepper with long, curved, tapering 

 pod, about two inches thick at the stem end; very sweet and 

 tender, and exceedingly handsome. It would be worthv of 

 cultivation for its beauty alone, there being no flower which 

 can be grown in the North that equals it in depth, purity and 

 bnlhancy of color. 



PUMPKIN. 



French, Potiron. German, Kuerbis. 



The pumpkin more properly belongs to the farm than the 

 garden, especially as it readily mixes with and injures the 

 quality of the finer squash. 



Culture.— P*umpkins are not so particular in regard to soil 

 as melons or cucumbers, but in other respects are cultivated 

 in a similar manner, though on a larger scale. They are 

 generally raised on cultivated farms between hills of corn, 

 but may be planted with success in fields by themselves. 



LARGE YELLOTY.— Grows to a large size and is adapted 

 for cooking purposes and feeding stock. It is irregular in 

 shape and size; some being depressed and flattened at the 

 ends, others round or elongated; of deep, rich yellow color; 

 of fine grain and excellent flavor. 



SWEET CHEESE, OR KENTUCKY FIELD By 



far the best variety for planting in the'^outh. Large, oblong, 

 mottled, light green and j-ellow, with veiy thick, sweet, 

 tender, yellow flesh 



EESE, OR Kentucky 



CUSH AW.— A great favorite in some sections because ot 

 its large size, frequently grooving to weigh as much as seventy 

 pounds. In form mucTi resembling the Winter Crookneck 

 Squash; color light cream, sometimes shghtly striped with 

 green; flesh salmon colored. Very productive. 



RA.DISH. 



French, Radis. German, Reftig. 



Cultivated chiefly for its roots, though the young seed 

 leaves may be used as salad and the green seed pods for 

 pickles. 



Culture.- For the home garden sow as early in the spring 

 as the ground is fit to work, on sandy soil, if it can be had, 

 which is well manured with thoroughly rotted manure. Sow- 

 in drills twelve inches apart and thin to such a distance in 

 the row as to prevent crowding. A good dressing of nitrate 

 of soda will greatly stimulate growth and insure tender, brittle 

 roots. Successional sowings from one weok to ten days 

 apart will keep up a supply^. Aft^r the hot weather of sum- 

 mer begins it is better to sow the siimmer and winter varie- 

 ties, as they do not become tough and stringy nor pithy so 

 quickly as the earh* sorts. Radishes are much subject to 

 root maggots, which make them useless for culinary pur- 

 poses. We know of no effectual remedy for this pest. The 

 best preventative measures with which we are familiar, are 

 to avoid the use of rank manure and sowing on ground where 

 radishes, turnips or cabbages were grown the year previous. 



NON PLUS ULTRA. OR EARLY DEEP SCARLET 

 TURNIP, FORCING. -This has as small a top and is as 

 early as any variety in cultivation, making it one of the best 



