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COLE'S NOVELTIES 



NEW CRIMSON GLOBE BEET 



This is a most valuable introduc- 

 tion. It is a verj' early variety, skin 

 is smooth and it is as handsome a 

 beet as \o\\ can -find. The -root is not 

 large, averaging about 3 inches in 

 diameter. The leaves are quite small 

 v.'ith slender stems. There is no var- 

 iety where richness of color in both 

 top and roots is so beautifully com- 

 bined as in this sort. Color of flesh 

 rich deep red shading to purple, is 

 fine grained and flavor cannot be sur- 

 passed. Judges appear to be unani- 

 mous as to its excellent quality and 

 as a superior market beet. Price per 

 pkt. b cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 25 cts.. 



lb. 



lo cts. 



COLUMBIA BEET 



The Iiandsome appearance of this new Beet is well 

 shown in the illustration. The roots are of a neat 

 turnip-shape, with smooth skin and deep blood-red 

 flesh, of rich, tender quality. It is ready to use 

 very early, growing as quickly as does the Egyptian 

 while it does not become coarse and stringy. Com- 

 pared with such famous sorts as Edmand's and 

 Eclipse the Columbia has proved as early and even 

 better in quality than these two really first-class va- 

 rieties. In habit of growth it is remarkably thor- 

 oughbred, the foliage being small, neat, and of a 

 rich bronze color. We are siu-e that market garden- 

 ers will find it a splendid variety, while its fine 

 flavor as a table beet will delight all private plant- 

 ers. Price per pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts., % lb. 20 cts., 

 lb. 65 cts. 



COLUMBIA BEET 



A splendid new nHDnTHY DFDI^IIVQ The most valuable Rose Novelty 

 climbing Rose... UKJJWJ I I I 1 r LIVI\li^»3 since Crimson Rambler 



In its foliage, growth and habit of blooming in immense clusters it is remarkably like Crimson 

 Rambler but the flowers are more double and of abeautiful shell pink color. This valuable varietv was 

 grown from seed of Rosa Wichuriana crossed with pollen from that fine od rose, Mme. Gabriel Luizet. 



It is of quite upright habit of growth but retains 

 the remarkable vigor of the seed parent, making a 

 growth of ten to fifteen feet often in a single season 

 In the important point of hardiness nothing more 

 could be desired, two unusually severe winters having 

 failed to injure even young plants, although during 

 one of them the temperature went as low as twenty 

 degrees below zero and there was not the usual snow- 

 fall to protect them. The flowers are very double, 

 are of large size for this class of Rose, usually two 

 inches across; are borne in loose clusters of from 

 thirty to forty and we have often counted even fift.\' 

 and sixty in a truss. The petals are very prettily 

 rolled back and crinkled; the buds are remarkablv 

 handsom.e, being pointed in shape and of just right 

 size for the button-hole. The color is a most beau- 

 tiful clear shell-pink and holds a long time without 

 fading. The flowers are very sweetly scented, a char- 

 acteristic not possessed by most other roses of the 

 Rambler family. In vigor and habit of growth the 

 "Dorothy Perkins" is identical with the Crimson 

 Rambler. A number of florists who have seen the 

 "Dorothy Perkins" believe it v.'ill be a great ac- 

 quisition for forcing and decorative purposes. A 

 bed of "Dorothy Perkins" roses which we exhibited 

 at the Pan-American attracted an immense amount 

 of attention, although the plants were young stock 

 which had been propagated only some eighteen 

 months previovis. Price each 20 cts., 3 for .50 cts., by 

 mail. 



A few buels and blossoms. (About one-third size) 



