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Pkt., 15c.; oz., 50c.; % lb., S1.50; lb., S5.50. 



New Jersey Improved Large Purple Smooth Stem Egg-Plant. 



This superior strain of Egg-plant was brought to perfection by one of the most successful Egg-plant 

 growers of New Jersey, which State supplies the North with the largest and finest Egg-Plants grown. 

 It is a decided improvement on the New York Large purple in quality, size and great beauty The 

 plants are large and vigorous, leaves of alight green shade, fruit early, very large, oval and of a fine 

 deep purple — never red or yellow ; flesh white, tender and of a superior quality. A sure cropper. Our 

 customers will find this variety the very best in cultivation and our extra selected seed grown by the 

 originator of superb quality. Pkt., 15c ; oz , 50c.; }( lb., $1.50; lb., I5.50. 



EGG-PLANT. 



One ounce will produce about one thousand plants. 



Extra Early Dwarf Rounil Purple. A distinct variety; 

 ripens a month earlier than the New York Large Purple ; is 

 of the same round shape, but smaller in size. It is extremely 

 har<ly, well adapted (o the North, where it has heretofore 

 been impossible to grow this vegetable to perfection. Pkt., 

 10c.; oz.,30c.; }4 lb., SI. 00; lb., S3.0O. 



New York Large Purple. A leading and popular 

 7nar-fcf< tariXi/ grown extensively in sections where the New 

 Jersey Improved lias not been introduced; large, roun<l, 

 dark fruits; excellent and productive. Pkt., lOc; oz., 45c.; 

 J< lb., $1.25; lb.,S4.50. 



Black Pekin. A very handsome variety with large, 

 round, black fruits; very smooth and glossy, of fine delicate 

 flavor, but not .a sure bearer, especially in the North. Pkt., 

 lOc; 3 pkts.. 25c.; oz., 4oe.; \i lb., ^1.25. 



TOMATO EGG-PLANT. This curious plant was first 

 discovered a few years ago by Mr. William C. Loder, a New 

 Jersey trucker, growing in a field of egg-plants. The vine 

 has every appearance of the egg-plant, even to the prickly 

 stem and leaf, but fruits from forty to sixty bright red, solid 

 tomatoes. It is unquestionably the greatest curiosity iu 

 the vegetable kingdom that has ever come to our notice; 

 exceedingly ornamental and worthy of .i place in either the 

 flower or vegetable garden. Pkt., 15c.; 2 pkts., 25c.; 5 pkts., 

 50c. 



FLOEENCE FENNEL. 



soil ,a short time before conipletin 

 3pkts., 2.3e.; oz., 75c. 



DANDELION. 



Improved Large 

 Leaved. A very early and 

 healthful spring salad. Sow 

 early in the spring in drills 

 eighteen Inches apart, and 

 thin out to six inches in the 

 drills. Pkt., lOc; oz., 50c.; 

 14 lb., $1.75. 



FENNEL. 



Florence Celery- 

 rooted. A novelty from 

 Italy, where, owing to its 

 delightful sweetfl Ivor, it is 

 much preferred to celery. 

 It thrives remarkably well 

 in our climate and is of 

 . thee isiest culture. Seed 

 ■ can be sown early in 

 spring and cull ivated same 

 as parsley, except that the 

 thickened part of the root 

 should be covered with 

 its growth. Pkt.,10c.; 



"I am an old market gardener and from experience 

 I place more confidence in your seeds than any others I have 

 ever planted." — W. M. Crcss, Omio, "Wis. 



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