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PUMPKIN. {1 oz. for SO to 50 hills.) 



Calhoun, Henderson's. A good-sized, almost round Pumpkin, with creamy- 

 brown skin; flesh deep salmon-yellow, wonderfully thick, fine grained, and of 

 the finest quality for rich-colored pies 



Cheese. The most popular for pies and table use; large, flat-round; creamy 

 yellow skin; thick, orange flesh of fine quaUty; a splendid keeper 



Connecticut Field. A productive, large, orange- colored, field Pumpkin, usu 

 ally grown for stock feeding, but it also makes good pies 



Jumbo, or King of the Mammoths. This strain produces the biggest Pump 

 kins grown, sometimes measuring 6 feet in circumference and weighing 

 200 to 250 lbs.; outside color, deep orange-yellow; flesh very thick, fine 

 grained, tender, of bright yellow color, and of excellent quality for pies and 

 other uses 



Large or Mammoth Tours. An old, well-known variety, productive and grow- 

 ing to a large size, often weighing 100 lbs 



Sugar. A handsome and productive small Pumpkin, 10 to 12 inches in diam- 

 eter; round-flattened, skin orange, flesh deep yellow, fine grained and very 

 sweet 



Winter Luxury. A superior pie Pumpkin, small, but enormously productive 

 and an excellent keeper; shape slightly oval, about 10 inches in diameter; 

 color, golden-russet, finely netted; flesh deep golden, sweet and tender. . . . 



RADISH. (1 oz.for 100 feet of drill; 9 to 10 lbs. in drills for an acre.) 

 EARLY ROUND OR TURNIP-SHAPED VARIETIES. 



Early Scarlet Turnip. The popular standard; of medium size, bright scarlet 

 color, rapid grower and of mild flavor 



Early Giant Crimson Turnip. This variety develops to 5 and often 6 inches 

 in circumference, nearly double the size of other early round Radish and 

 weighs up to 1 ounce per bulb. Notwithstanding its immense size, it does 

 not get hollow or pithy; flesh white, solid and crisp. The shape varies 

 between round and almost oval, skin bright, deep crimson 



Early White Turnip. (See Specialties, page 45.) 



Rose Turnip, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 45.) 



Early White-Tipped Scarlet Turnip. {See Specialties, page 45.) 



Early Round Dark Red. (See Specialties, page 45.) 



Rapid Forcing. Small, round, bright scarlet, with white tip; grows quickly 

 and grand for forcing; tops very small 



Red Forcing. Extra early, maturing in 21 days; round, bright red root, with 

 small tops; very mild 



Scarlet Globe. Very early; a little longer than round; small top; color, bril- 

 liant deep scarlet, holding long after pulUng 



EARLY OLIVE- AND OVAL-SHAPED VARIETIES. 



French Breakfast. A favorite, oval-shaped, bright scarlet Radish, with white 

 tip; fine for either open ground or forcing 



Red Rocket, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 45.) 



White Rocket, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 45.) 



White-Tipped Rocket, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 45.) . 



The Collection of 3 Rocket Radishes, 1 pkt. each for 25c.; 1 oz. each for 40c. 



Scarlet, Olive-Shaped. An old favorite, half-long, oval-shaped variety, matur- 

 ing in 25 days; bright scarlet; flesh white, crisp and mild 



EARLY LONG VARIETIES. 



Long Scarlet Short Top. The standard; bright scarlet, with white mild flesh 

 grows 6 inches in length; matures in about 25 days 



PRICES 

 Delivered free in the U. S. 

 (excepting other-wise 7ioted.) 



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Long White Vienna, or Lady Finger. Of attractive, tapering shape, about 

 inches long, pure white, mild and tender; matures in about 25 days 



SUMMER AND AUTUMN VARIETIES. These attain a larger size than the 

 preceding varieties, usually requiring from 6 to 8 weeks' time to mature. 



Giant White Stuttgart, A large, white, oval-shaped summer Radish. Very 

 tender and mild 



White Summer Turnip. A flat-round, early summer Radish, 2 inches in dia- 

 meter; skin and flesh white and tender; ready to use in 30 to 40 days 



Chartier. A summer Radish, long, large and handsome; top crimson fading 

 to white at tip; flesh white and deUcious, remaining long in good condition. . 



White Strasburg. An early summer Radish, 4 to 5 inches long and tapering; 

 flesh and skin white, solid and fine 



Sandwich, Henderson's. The finest medium early summer Radish; medium 

 long and heavy; skin and flesh snow-white; flavor dehcate and mild. . . . 

 WINTER VARIETIES. These varieties grow so firm and compact that they will 

 keep almost all winter, if stored in a dry cellar; they require 2 to 3 months 

 to mature. 



Celestial, or White Chinese. An extra fine, large, white Radish, often grow- 

 ing a foot in length by 4 to 5 inches in diameter; flesh firm, mild and crisp. . 



Rose China Winter. A distinct cylindrical variety, 4 to 5 inches long by 2 

 inches in diameter; skin rosy-red; flesh white and firm; good keeper 



Long Black Spanish. A leading winter variety, one of the best keepers. Roots 

 cylindrical, 7 to 10 inches long; skin blackish-brown; firm white flesh 



Half-Long Black Spanish. Differs from the above in its shorter, stockier 

 growth; flesh white, compact and the mildest flavored of this type; good 

 keeper 



RHUBARB, or PIE PLANT. (For roots, see page 176.) 



Spring-sown seed produces roots from which a crop may be taken the second 



year after sowing. 

 St. Martin's. A large, red-stalked, compact-growing, immensely productive 



variety and the earliest; quality unusually juicy, rich and spicy 



Linnaeus. A very large, thick, red-stalked late variety of fine quahty 



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Our Leaflet, HOW TO GRONA^ PUMPKINS AND SQUASH, 



including Winter Keeping. 

 Combaiing the Borer, etc.. 



CO pre to Customers 



if asked for. 



