11APLEDALE. -Without doubt tho most 

 productive Pop Corn in cultivation, sonic of the 

 orts are fabulous, l,ui arc so well substantiated 

 affidavits that there is no question of their 

 truthfulness The Illustration herewith given Is 

 an excellent idea of Its prolilicness, as well as the 

 size of ears, which are often 8 or 10 inches long, and 

 filled out with bright, handsome white grains. It is 

 of remarkably vigorous habit of growth, the Stalks 

 frequently growing 6 ft. high, its popping qualities 

 are Al as the grains always pop pure white, end 

 are at all times of delic ious flavor. Packet, 15 cts. 



this year 

 ... _ half acre 



if my farm a crop of Mapledale Prolific Pop Corn, 

 that tome seems a wonder. There were 2s rows 

 that yielded three bushels to the row. of corn in 

 the ear. At this rate an acre of good ground 

 would yield 1(18 bushels of ears which at the 

 present average price of dry pop-corn, would be 

 worth, at retail, about $3011. I now find many 

 stalks bearing from three to four ears, from one 

 joint; and by careful selection and care, may 

 vet produce a pop-corn, from this variety, that 

 will yield 40 or 50 ears from one kernel of seed. 

 And I think I can see in the future a corn growing 

 with ears nearly as thick as the bananas 

 \ on a banana stem. L. E. WITHERELL. 



WHITE CHESTNUT SQUASH.— This new Squash is 

 well worthy to be classed side by side with the Hubbard The 

 introducer quotes as follows concerning it: "I have named it 

 the 'White Chestnut ' — white, because the color Is nearer to white 

 than any other of the hard-shell squashes; chestnut, because the 

 color of the flesh, and also the quality of it, is very suggestive 

 of a chestnut." In size and form.it is large and similar to the 

 Hubbard, but the blossom end is strongly characteristic, being 

 always small ; color of the outside is much lighter than Marble 



head, which It somewhat resembles, but the Inside is a rich 

 lemon yellow. I am sure all my customers who plant White 

 Chestnut this year will find it satisfactory. Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 20 cents ; pound 60 cents; pound, $2.00. 



GOLDEN TO>I THUMB POP CORN. 



-This is certainly a great curiosity. The 

 talks seldom grow more than 18 inches high. 

 In addition, its dark green foliage certainly 

 makes it an ornament to any flower garden ; 

 while stalks only grow \V Z feet tall, each 

 stalk will produce from two to three per- 

 fect little ears, which are only 2 to I'i 

 inches long. Ears are compactly filled 

 with bright, golden yellow grains, which 

 when popped, expand to large size. As 

 will be seen from the above cut, the 

 ears are set very low down, at times 

 startingonly inchesfrom the ground. 

 Stalks do not stool. I venture to say 

 that it will be an attraction to every 

 flower or vegetable garden in which it is planted this season. 

 For the sake of comparison, it would not be a bad idea to 

 plant a hill or two on one of the larger varieties of field 

 corn, in the patch with Tom Thumb, as it would be in- 

 teresting to show the visitor to your garden this sum- 

 mer, this pigmy among giant-. Packet, 10 cents. 



I! PI > AND CRESS. — Water Cress requires running water 

 ti> perfect it: but the new Upland Cress, which is similar in its 

 characteristics, can be raised without extra care in any garden. 

 It is indestructible by frost to such a degree as to remain green 

 nearly the whole year round it comes to us at a time 

 w hen green vegetables are scarcest, w hen the appetite for tiny- 

 thing like this is the strongest, and when wished lorthe most; 

 It is the first from the open ground, weeks ahead of lettuce, 

 asparagus or spinach. In quality it is the very best, having the 

 identical, very agreeable and highly prized flavor of the Water 

 Cress; it grows with surprising and unequaled rapidity, so that 

 In a lew days after the opening of Spring, it is ready to use. The 

 young and tender leaves can be eaten raw or as a salad. It is 

 excellent prepared the same as lettuce, or when the leaves become 

 large and plentiful, boiled as greens, being far superior to spinach. 

 It is of easy culture, thriving on any soil, wet or dry, and when 

 once established remains, appearing regularly every Spring, 

 requiring no further care. Upland Cress endures more cold, 

 more freezing without injury than any other plant ; from 15 to 20 

 degrees of frost will not change the color of the leavts, and if 

 wanted to use during the whole Winter, a covering 01 two 

 inches of straw will fully protect the foliage from spoiling, when 

 the thermometer runs below zero. Packet. 10 cents 



Ne*^alf Du/arf 

 Paris /T\arKet 



NEW HALF DWARF PARIS 

 iHAR K E T It R IT S S E L S 

 SPROUT S. -This delightful 

 vegetable as at present only 

 cultivated to a limited extent 

 in this country; but the 

 demand for the. seed is becom- 

 ing greater and greater, par- 

 ticularly as market-garden- 

 ers are finding out that the 

 demand for this vegetable is 

 greater, and rapidly increas- 

 ing every year, as its merits 

 become better known to the 

 American people. The 

 largest French seed house, 

 this season, for the first time, 

 puts this new strain on the 

 market, and recommends it 

 as the best variety of Brus- 

 sels Sprouts that has ever 

 been otTered on account 

 of its r e g u 1 a r i t y of 

 growth 1 is to 20 inches. ) 

 its hardiness and BUre- 

 ness of setting. The 

 f sprouts are of medium 

 size, very hard and 

 thickly set on the stem, 

 etc. ■ I: can not be com- 

 pared with the large 

 c o a rse-1 00 k Ing new 

 English v a r I e 1 1 e 



NEW WHITE EGG PLANT.— One of my customers received two plants of 

 White Egg Plant from a friend who brought the seed from Sweden. They were set 

 out at the same time with some of the Purple varieties, and proved hardier and 

 more prolific, and very mucli superior in every way, having no green color under 

 the skin whatever, anil being very much firmer in flesh. The shape is excellently 

 shown in illustration given herewith. The originator writes as follows : "Thevare 

 a true egg shape, very smooth, and nearer the color and smoothness of polished 

 Ivory than anything I can compare them to. If they have a fault, it is in their 

 A plant no thicker than a lead-pencil and less than 



Brussels Sprouts' 1 s£ n w 



' 15 cents ; ounce, 50 cents. 



propensity to over-produce. 

 12 inches high, will blossom 

 and if not taken offthe fruit 

 will lay on the ground and 

 grow ill-shaped. I had the 

 best sueecs* where 1 took off 

 all blossoms until the plant 

 has attained a grow th of 

 eighteen Inches, a- regit rds 

 earliness. will say that with 

 me. the white variety were 

 fully two-thirds grown 

 before plants of tin- New 

 ! York Purple began to blos- 

 ' sum, yet both were gel at 

 the same time, though I 

 have had too little experi- 

 ence to be certain that there 

 would always be that much 

 ! difference. As a curiosity, 



! they attract more attention 



than all the other plants i'l 

 the irarden." The supply of 

 White Egg Plant Is limited 

 1 this year to only a few 

 ounces, so I can ofl'er It by 

 I the packet only. Packet. 20 

 I cents : 3 packets, 50 cents. 



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