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pounds. Very thick meated with thin 

 rind. Skin green and heavily ribbed. Flesh 

 light gieen in color, melting and uniform, 

 of a very luscious flavor. Very prolific 

 and early in ripening. Price, oz., 20c; 

 i^-lb., 40c; lb. $1.00. 



Texas Cannon Ball Musk Melon.— 

 This melon is as round as ball ol medium 

 size, 6 to S inches in diameter and heavily 

 netted. Flesh light green, meiting and 

 highly flavored. Remarkably solid with 

 extremely small seed cavity. Very pro- 

 lific, continuing bearing for a loug time. 

 Price. 15c pkge; 25c oz.; 50c 3^-lb. 



Lady Peas. — These are small, round 

 and pure white, and are generally planted 

 between corn. A delicate vegetable. Price, 

 20c. per quart; 50c per gallon. 



Black Eyed Field Peas. — A long 

 white pea with a large black eye, from 

 which it derives its name, and belongs 

 properly to the Cow Pea family. Price 

 20c per quart; 50c. per gallon. 



Small Sugar Pumpkin.— Very hand- 

 some and prolific, of small size, averaging 

 10 inches in diameter. Skin deep orange 

 yellow, fine grained, sweet and an excellent 

 keeper. Very desirable for table purposes. 

 Price, 15c pkge.; 20c oz.; 40c. ^4 lb. 



New and Earliest White Radish.— 

 Twenty days from planting to the table, 

 the earliest on record. Pure white, olive- 

 shaped; very little top; quality unexcelled. 

 Very mild and tender. Never gets woody. 

 Adapted as well for forcing or growing out 

 of doors. The finest all the year round 

 radish. Price per package 10c; oz. 15c; 

 Y A lb. 40c; lb. 75c 



New Purple: Cluster Tomato.— This 

 new and very distinct variety has been 

 tried up North where it gave entire satis- 

 faction. The fruit is of a very dark pur- 

 plish red color, grows in clusters and gets 

 very large. It ripens even and perfect to 

 stem, and is entirely free from cluck or 

 rot. The skin is tough, perfectly smooth 

 and the fruit will bear shippiug at any 

 distance. It has very few seeds, in fact it 

 may almost be called seedless. It grows 

 on strong and vigorous vines with dense 

 dark green foliage. We are confident that 

 this will, when once introduced, become 

 one of our leading varieties. Price per 

 package, 10c; oz. 40c; % lb. $1.00; lb. $3.00. 



Ponderosa Tomato. — Nearly all solid 

 meat, very shy seeder and grows to an 

 enormous size. Price, oz. 25c; % lb. 

 |1.00; lb. $3.00. 



Preserving Citron.- This fruit re- 

 sembles the average sized water melon, of 

 a light green color, which is coated over 

 with a white substance like flour, that is 

 easily rubbed off. It is only used for pre- 

 serving, aud for makiug pies and sauces. 

 Price, oz. 10c; J£ lb. 30c ; lb. 75c 



Improved I/imbless Cotton. — A 

 splendid Cotton for this section. Grows 

 from Sto 12feet high. Very prolific Fine 

 lint. Price, per peck, $1.00; per bushel, 

 $3.00. 



Imported Grape Vines. — We have 

 imported from Frauce three vaiieties of the 

 best Table Grapes, which we know will be 

 hailed with delight by all lovers of this lus- 

 cious fruit. They are well adapted for this 

 climate. Chasselas de Fonlainedlau, white, 

 very fine; Cinsant, rose color, very fine; 

 Frau Lenial de Hambourg, black. $1.00 

 each. Large plants. 



Buds or Grafts of Frotscher's Bgg 

 Shell, Rome or Centennial Pecans at 

 $3.1)0 per hundred. Three eyes to a Bud or 

 Graft. 



Australian Salt Bush. -A valuable 

 forage plant for alkali soils. Will grow 

 freely in arid lands that will produce no 

 other vegetation; yielding a marvelously 

 liberal foliage which is eagerly eaten by 

 all kinds of stock. It is of a creeping 

 habit. From 20 to 30 tons of green 

 fodder, have been harvested from one 

 acre. After several successive crops 

 have been grown, the soil will be capable 

 of producing any kind of vegetation. The 

 California Experiment Station has made 

 several extensive experiments with it and 

 claim that single plants grow T n on the 

 poorest soil have reached a diameter of It; 

 feet iu one season. One pound of seed 

 will plant one acre. Price, per lb., $2.50; 

 per y± lb., 75c; per oz., 25c 



Wild Rice.— This Rice is generally 

 planted on the borders of lakes, ponds and 

 small streams, furnishing food for wild 

 fowl, ducks, geese, etc., thereby attracting 

 all these birds together, furnishing constant 

 sport for the hunter. The seed should be 

 worked into some soft clay or mud making 

 a ball of it, and then thrown into the water 

 wherever the rice is wanted to grow. This 

 method ensures a perfect, easy and rapid 

 growth. Price, 25c per pound. 

 " Steckler's Grand Isle Tobacc© 

 Powder. — For insects on Cucumber, 

 Melon. Cauliflower, Squash Plants, etc 

 Price, 5-lb. package, 30c; 10-lb. package, 

 50c 



CORRECTION:— The prices on Velvet Beans on page 73 should read : $2.50 per 

 bushel ; 75 cents per peck : 40 cents per gallon ; 10 cents per quart. 



Also on Hammond's Dusters for Slug Shot. Owing to the high prices in tin, we are 

 compelled to change our prices given on page 151. Prices are as follows: lgalloo 

 Duster, 45 cents; }£ gallon Duster, 35 cents. 



