VEGETABLES = GENERAL List. 



IX the preceding paees will be found only a few of my leading Specialties. In the following pages, from this one up to page 

 60, will be found, in addition to all the good old stand-bys, many sorts that may still be considered decided novelties in 

 many gardens ; in fact, the cream of all varieties know n to the American Seed trade. You will find ii Skim-milk in 

 this book. The list is not as lartre as that given in many catalogues, but I have winnowed the chaff from the wheat. I have 

 for years past cut out all the surplus varieties, with the idea of offering only the best, and thus condense the list, so it will not 

 confuse the market gardener, let alone the private gardener. It is rauk injustice to offer the same variety under half a dozen 

 different names, and it is almost as bad to list an endless number of sorts, for which there is no demand. All can rest as- 

 sured that I have omitted nothinsr worthv of a place in the following pages. First of all, I wish to call attention to my 



SPECIAL DISCOUNT ON SEEDS IN PACKETS.— 



It takes almost as much time to 1311 au order for 20or 25 cents as it does 

 one amounting to 81.00, consequently, with an idea of increasing the 

 size of my packet orders, and to offer my customers an inducement to 

 have their neighbors send in their orders with them, I allow the follow- 

 ine discount on seeds in packets : Any one of my customers has the 

 privilege of selecting seeds, In packets only, to the amount of 

 SI. 30 and sending me SI. 00 for same ; or, I will send seeds, In 

 packets only, to the value of S2.75 for S'2.00 ; or, purchasers re- 

 mitting S3. 00 can select seeds In packets to the value of S4.25. 

 Purchasers remitting S4.00 can select seeds In packets to the val- 



ue of S5.70. Purchasers remitting S5.00 can select seeds In pack- 

 ets to the value of $7.25. PURCHASERS REMITTING $10.00 

 CAS SELECT SEEDS, IS PACKETS ONLY, TO THE VAU'E OF 

 £15.00. When it is considered that I offer to my patrons these dis- 

 counts in addition to the liberal cash prizes which are given 

 elsewhere. I tru6t that it will be appreciated by all of 

 my customers. It must be borne In mind, 

 however, that this discount applies to seeds 

 in packets only, and Is not allowed on 

 seeds by the ounce, pint, '., lb., lb., etc. 



A PHENOMENAL DISCOUNT. 



LAST SEASON, owing to the hard times, and the anxiety to meet mv 

 customers half way, I made a special discount to club raisers as follows : Any 

 one making up a club order for seeds, in packets only, amounting to §50.00, 

 need only remit $25.00 in full for same. This makes all 5-cent packets cost 

 2i cents ; 10-cent packets cost 5 cents ; 1 5-cent packets cost 7? cents ; and 

 20-cent packets cost 10 cents, provided the order amounts to $50.00 or over. 



I stated in my last year's catalogue that this discount would apply to '94 only ; but there has been but very little, 

 improvement in the times since then, so 1 Lave decided to continue this special offer for one year "longer. 



proposition; my profit must come from the extra efforts of club 



if any 



There is very little money to me in any such 



raisers to introduce Maule's seeds in homes where they have "never been known before. Scarcely twentv-five 

 people took advantage of this offer last vear, and everv one of them received. In addition to this special dis- 

 count, A CLCB PRIZE LAST Sl'JIJIER OP SOT LESS THAN S10.00, AXD FROM THIS AMOt'XT CP 

 TO S500. WHERE 25 PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OP THIS OFFER LAST YEAR. I HOPE \T 

 LEAST 100 WILL AVAIL THEMSELVES OF IT THIS SEASOS. It is worth a little extra effort. 



♦^-^M know of no business in America to=day that offers such 

 big pay for so little work. \i^^^m 



If you cannot make up a club I am sure there is some member of your family who would be delighted to make 

 littie extra pocket money. Three or four days' work in almost any neighborhood will surely secure orders for 

 $50.00 worth of seeds in packets, which will entitle the sender to $25.00 discount, and in addition mav secure the 

 club raiser a S10.00 cash prize July next. I trust thousands of the readers of this book will avail themselves 

 of this exceptional opportunity, and all can rest assured they will never regret the venture. 



ARE YOU A • • • 



I. SAFE ARRIVAL.— I guarantee that all goods sold 

 by me shall reach my customers in good order. >= 

 II. MONEY INSURED.— I guarantee to hold myself 

 responsible for the safe arrival of all remittances sent 

 me by post-office order, draft, check or registered letter. 



III. FREE BY MAIL.-I guarantee to deliver 

 all garden and flower seeds, except where quoted by 

 peck. bus., bbl., or by the 100 lbs., free of all charges. 

 IV. AS* REPRESENTED. -I guarantee my seeds to lie 

 just as represented. If they prove otherwise. I will refill 

 the order free of charge : but it must be understood I do not 

 guarantee the crop any further than to refill the order. 



MARKET 



Gardener ? 



II you raise truck 

 to sell, you ought 

 to have my Spe- 

 cial Price List. 

 It will be mailed 

 free to Market Gar- 

 deners; bat as it 

 is intended only for 

 this particular trade 



I cannot send it 

 private gardeners, even 



II they apply lor It. 



to 



JERU5A1?M ARTICHOKE ROOTS 



A T?Tf CHOICFS JERUSALEM — Over one thousand bushels have been produced on an acre. Thev are 

 v "viivivu^. very hardy and resemble Potatoes in appearance; thev should be planted in the same 

 way and are very easily grown. If desired, they need not be dug. but the hogs can be turned in the field to root 

 them up; in this way, one acre will keep 20 head in good condition until Spring, excepting when the ground is fro- 

 zen too hard for the bogs to root them up. To destrov them the ground should be plowed when plants are a foot 

 s 5^d 40c ' : 3 lbs " S10 °- b y m a'l. postpaid. $3.00 per bushel, bv express or freight, purchaser paving charges. 



GREEN GLOBE. — A table variety largely grown abroad, but little known here. Edible portions are the flow- 

 er heads, which should be used before thev begin to ODen. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents. 



ASPAPAfil IS CONOVER'S COLOSSAL.— Known to all. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; K lb.. 20 cts.; lb., 50 cts. 



, * ROOTS, 1 year old. 100 by mail, 81.25; bv express, 1 vear old, 54.00 per 1000; 2 vear old, S5.50 



per 1000. purchaser paying transportation charges. 



. PALMETTO — It is claimed that this new variety is not onlv much earlier than Conover's. but is also a better 

 yielder and of more even growth, while of a Southern oriein. it is well adapted for all sections, both North and 

 South. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; V x lb.. 50 cts.; lb.. $1.50. ROOTS. 1 vear old, 100 bv 

 mail SLoO; by express 1 year old. $4.50 per 1000, purchaser paving transportation. 



MALLE'S MAMMOTH — This variety. I consider, excels all others, not only in 

 tenderness and flavor, but also in productiveness. It throws an unusual number of 

 strong, well-developed shoots the entire season, and it has sold in Philadelphia mar- 

 kets for four times the price of other sorts. At three vears old has vielded crops 

 valued at SoOO per acre. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.; M lb., 50c.; lb.," $1.80. ROOTS, 1 vear old, 

 00 Sl o0: bv ex f re ss. 1 year old. $4.50 per 1000; 2 vear old. $6.50 per" 1000. 



COLOMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE. — The introducers, one of the most promi- 

 nent firms engaged in the seed business in the countrv, describe this new varietv as 

 follows: "An entirely new and magnificent varietv of Asparagus, which is sure to 

 be in great demand, because it furnishes white shoots which stav white as long as 

 fit for use, without earthing up or any other artificial blanching; "and because it can 

 be absolutely depended on to give 80 to 90 per cent, of white plants from seed. This 

 grand novelty has been brought to its present state of perfection bv one of the largest 

 and most experienced growers of Asparagus in this countrv, bv manv vears of care- 

 ful selection from a single plant found in one of his fields of Conover's Colossal. 

 Ihere is no question but this is the greatest advance in Asparagus improvement 

 since the introduction of Conover's Colossal. Packet, 10 cents; oz., 30 cents. 



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