COLE'S NOVELTIES 



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NEW CRinSON GLOBE BEET 



CRIMSON GLOBE BEET 



COLUMBIA BEET 



The handsome 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 Eg3'ptian 

 while it does not become coarse and stringJ^ Com- 

 pared with such famous sorts as Edmand's and Eclipse 

 the Columbia has proved as eai'ly and even better in 

 quality than these two really first-class varieties. In 

 habit of growth it is remarkably thoroughbred, the 

 foliage being small, neat, and of a rich bronze color. 

 We are sure that market gardeners will find it a 

 splendid variety, while its fine flavor as a table beet 

 will delight all private planters. 



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

 65 cts. 



A splendid new (^limbing Rose 



DOROTHY PERKINS 



This is a most valuable introduction. 

 It is a very early variety, skin is 

 smooth and it is as handsome a beet 

 as you can find. The root is not 

 large, averaging about 3 inches in dia- 

 meter. The leaves are quite small 

 with slender stems. There is no var- 

 iety where richness of color in both 

 top and roots is so beautifully combin- 

 ed as in this sort. Color of flesh rich 

 deep red shading to purple, is fine 

 grained and flavor cannot be surpassed. 

 Judges appear to be unanimous as to 

 its excellent quality and as a superior 

 market beet. Price per pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 10 cts., ^ lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



Columbia Beet 



The most valuable Rose Novelty 

 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 a beautiful shell pink color. This valuable variety svas 

 grown from seed of Rosa Wichuriana crossed with pollen from that fine old 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 ha\dng 

 failed to injure even young plants, .ilthough 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, usuallj' two in- 

 ches across; are borne in loose clusters of from thirty 

 to forty and we have often counted even fifty and 

 sixty in a truss. The petals are very prettily rolled 

 back and crinkled; the buds are remarkably handsome, 

 being pointed in shape and of just right size for the 

 button-hole. The color is a most beautiful clear 

 shell-pink and holds a long time without fading The 

 flowers are very sweetly scented, a characteristic 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 floxists who have seen the "Dorothy Perkins" be- 

 lieve it will be a great acquisition for forcing and 

 decorative purposes. A bed of "Dorothy Perkins" 

 roses which we exhibited at the Pan-American at- 

 tracted an immense amount of attention, although the 

 plants were young stock which had been propagated 

 only some eighteen months previous. Price each 20 

 A few buds and blossoms. (About one-thtrd size) cts., 3 for 50 cts., by mail. 



