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CORN SALAD-FETTICUS.or LAMBS^ 

 LETTUCE. 



One ounce will sow about eighteen square feet, and six 

 pounds will sow cue acre. 



BKOAD TREATED riLABGE SEEDED). The best 

 variety for family use and market purposes and deserving of 

 more wide-spread cultivation. 



It makes a delicious small salad used during the winter 

 and spring months as a substitute for lettuce, and is also 

 cooked and nsedlike spinach. Sow in spring in drills one 

 foot apart. Keep clean from weeds. It will mature in six 

 weeks wliensown in the spring. For early spring use sow 

 in September, thickly in drills ^^ inch deep. Tread the 

 grocuid if dry weather. Protect with litter when cold weather 

 Comes .nnl winter over like spinach. Pkt., 5e.: oz., lOc; 

 J41b.,20c.; lb.,6oc. 



Northern Grown from Carefully 

 Selected Seed Stocks. 



One ounce will plant about fifty hills; two pounds will 

 plant one acre. 



Early Russian. V e r y 

 early, hardy and productive: 

 produced in pairs. Pkt., 5c.; 

 oz., lOc; 14 lb., 25c.; lb., 7.5c. 



Early Frame, or Early 

 Short Green. Of niediuiii 

 size, straight and excellent for 

 table use or pickling. Pkt., 

 Sc; oz., lOc; }4,lb., 25c.; lb., 75c. 



JEKSEY EXTRA EAR- 

 LY PROLIFIC FICKLE. 

 This splendid new variety was 

 originated and selected by a 

 prominent New .Jersey pickle 

 growerin thecelebrated pickle 

 section on theDelaware River, 

 about twenty-five miles above 

 Philadelphia, where more pic- 

 kles are grown than in any 

 other section of the United 

 States. It is ten days earlier 

 than the old Long Green or 

 Jersey Pickle and more pro- 

 ductive. It is pronounced b\ 

 growersof thirty years' e.xperi- 

 sence "a perfect pickle in all 

 ^respects." Trv it. Pkt.. 5c.; 

 .,15c.; i<^ lb., .3.5c.; lb., ?1.25. 



thorbcrn's new everbearing cucumber. 



THORBURN'S EVERBEARING. This variety is 

 entirely newand unicpie, and will prove valuable both for 

 the table and for pickling. It is of small size, very early, 

 enormousli/ productiie, and extremely valuable as a green, 

 piekler. The peculiar merit of this new cucumber is, that 

 the vines continue to flower and produce fruit until killed by 

 frost, irhetlier the ripe cucumbers are picked off or not — in 

 which respect it differs from all other .sorts in cultivation. 

 Cucumbers in every stage of growth will be found on the 

 same vine. Pkt. , 10c. ; oz. , 2Uc. ; % lb. , 45c. ; 1 b. , S1.50. 



NEW PARIS PICKLING CUCUMBER. A very 

 desirable and distinct new French sort, which promises to 

 be a great acquisition. The fruit is very long, slender, cyl- 

 indrical, densely covered with fine prickles and deep, rich 

 green in color. The flesh is very crisp and tender, making 

 it one of the best for slicing as well as for pickles, The vine 

 produces its fruit in clusters and is enormously productive. 

 On our trial grounds the past two seasons it surpassed all 

 others in pickling qualities, which constitute brittleness 

 or crispness and showing no sign of seeds when in a proper 

 stage for pickling. Pkt,, lOc; oz., 20c.; 3^1b., 45c.; lb., SI. 50. 



PEERLESS, OR IMPROVED EARLY AVHITE 

 SPINE. Very early and productive, medium to large size, 

 deepgreen, crisp, fine flavor. Pkt., 5c.; oz,, lOc; J^ lb., 25c.; 

 lb.,75e. 



NEW GIANT OF PEBA. 



This magnificent variety was first 

 brought here from Turkey by Dr. 

 Harris, of Philadelphia. They are 

 j of the most delicious flavor, no 

 other cucumber we have ever 

 , eaten surpassing them. Another 

 i remarkable quality is that they 

 1 are very crisp and tender at all 

 ■^ stages, and can be eaten at any 

 ' time during growth. They grow 

 ) to an enormous size, frequently 

 , . . I to one and a half feet in length 



' '1 I 'I'llllliiM and ten to eleven inches in cir- 



cumference; very smooth and 

 straight, with a beautiful green 

 SIlJI I!!..i.,..llii!lilillllilllli9liiill skin. The vines grow vigorously, 



fruit sets near the hill and grows 

 closely together, makingthem ex- 

 ceedingly prolific. Theseed cavity 

 is very small and the seeds are 

 slow to form and few in number. 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; H lb., 35e.; lb., 

 SI. 25. 



White Japan. Very desir- 

 able for the table or pickles, being^ 

 pure white, productive and of su- 

 perior qualitv. Pkt., 5e.; oz., lOc; 

 l{ lb.,25c.;lb.,90c. 



Tailby's Hybrid. A hybrid 

 of the White Spine, with a large 

 English variety, retaining the pro- 

 lificness of theformer, united with 

 larijesize, hardiness and desirable 

 market qualities. Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; 

 34 lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00. 



Long Green Turkey. A 

 leading variety for pickling ; of 

 excellent quality, dark green, firm, 

 crisp. Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; % lb., 

 .30c.; lb., 85c. 



NICHOLS' MEDIUM GREEN. 

 This new variety was origi- 

 nated near Columbus, O., by an 

 extensive grower for market. In 

 length it is medium between the 

 White Spine and I>ong Green; very 

 thick through and full at both 

 ends, presenting a beautiful type; 

 skin of a light green color and 

 very smooth; the vines are very 

 hardy and productive; they areex- 

 fiiANT OF PERA. cellent forslicing Or pickling. Pkt.,. 



5c.; oz., lOc; % lb., 25c.; lb., 80c. 





AFTER MANY YEARS' EXPERIENCE I FIND YOUR SEEDS THE PUREST AND BEST, RELIABLE AS 

 THE SUN." MARTIN YAKLEY, PITTSFIELD, ILLS. 



