NEW GIANT YELLOW 

 INTERMEDIATE MANGEL. 



This new and entirely distinct 

 strain is sure to make a mark for 

 itself among all growers of Man- 

 gel Wurzels. It has a maenifi- 

 eent root, which is easily lifted 

 from the ground, produces enor- 

 mous crops, and has proven itself 

 to be a most excellent keeper. It 

 is certainly a novelty of 

 sterling merit, as can be seen 

 from the illustration, it grows 

 more than half above ground, is 

 remarkably even in shape, rather 

 elongated in form, and of most 

 vigorous habit of growth. Has a 

 fine neck, large leaves with green 

 stems, and a very fine smooth skin. The 

 flesh is firm and sweet, and it is much liked 

 by cattle. No farmer who has ever grown 

 beet roots for stock should neglect giving this 

 new giant mangel a thorough trial this season; 

 if they do I am confident it will come up to, 

 if not indeed surpass their highest expecta- 

 tions. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 15 cents ; % 

 pound, 30 cts.; pound, 90 cts.; 5 pounds, $3.00. 



ON MQE15 



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GEL RAISED 



> A t 1 Remittance 

 * fl «p 1 allows you 

 2 to select seeds in pack 

 < ets,to the * | -\ r\ 

 .value of 



I OFFER A CASH 

 PRIZE FOR THE 

 LARGEST MAN- 

 FRO M MAPLE'S 

 SEEDS IN 1890. NO ONE WHO IN- 

 TENDS TO COMPETE FOR THIS 

 PREMIUM SHOULD OMIT GIANT 

 INTERMEDIATE. 



NEAV PARISIAN MINIATURE 

 PICKLING CUCUMBER.- This entirely 

 new Cucumber comes to me from France. The 

 illustration is an excellent representation of 

 this fine variety, as it represents the natural 

 size of fruit as picked for pickling bv Paris 

 gardeners, so it can readily be seen that they 

 make beautiful miniature pickles. 

 Of course they need not be picked so voung if 

 larger pickles are desired, but if allowed to 

 grow they will look much smoother. They 

 are of a deep green color, verv pricklev, and 

 flesh is always firm and remarkably brittle. 

 It is of really startling productiveness, as the 

 vines are completely corered with the 

 little fruit from one end to the other. It is 

 absolutely and positivelv distinct from everv 

 other variety of cucumber. It is sure to 

 become a favorite with all lovers of small 

 pickles, and I can highly recommend it to the 

 attention of my customers. Packet, 15 cents ; 

 2 packets, 25 cents. 



AVILD WATER. 

 MELON. — One of the 



largest growers of Water- 

 melons in the South dis- 

 covered this variety recent- 

 ly growing wild in the 

 Everglades of Florida. It 

 closely resembles the Rattle- 

 snake Melon in shape, 

 marking and color of rind, 

 but is of much better flavor. 

 The flesh is a pinkish red, 

 it has very small seed is very 

 prolific, with fruit of medi- 

 um size. I think it will pay 

 my customers to give this 

 wild melon a trial. Pkt.,10c. 



BIG HAVANA 



^ TOBACCO.-A hybrid 

 >J Tobacco of Cuban seed- 

 i leaf. A heavy cropper, 

 S of fi n e texture 

 o delightful flavor, 



* and the earliest 

 J cigar variety, 

 ,2 after Primus, to 

 S mature and 



* ripen. Pkt., 

 e 10 cts.; oz., 



75 cts. 



NEW PRIMUS TOBACCO. 



—This entirely new and extra 

 early Tobacco, which I offered for 

 the first time in '88, matures and 

 ripens the very earliest of any 

 variety grown. Succeeds in 

 Canada, where but few- 

 kinds will ripen, and its 

 earliness makes it espe- 

 cially adapted for plant- 

 ing far Xorth. Leaves 

 large, fibers fine and 

 texture silky. Yields 

 big crops "of extra 

 fine quality which 

 commands top 

 prices. Packet. 

 15 cts.: 2 pkts, 

 25 cents. 



WHAT MR. FRAME'S 

 COUNTY PAPER HAS TO 

 SAY OF PRIZE JUM BO- 



MAMMOTH RED ROCK CABBAGE This is the 



largest and hardest heading red cabbage in cultivation. Suc- 

 cessful Long Island market gardeners will raise no other kind of 

 red cabbage for they consider this the best of all. The heads 

 frequently average 12 pounds each and it is a very sure cropper. 

 If vou want an extra fine red cabbage you must sow Ked Rock 

 end I know vou will be pleased with it. Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 40 cents ; % pound, 51,25 ; pound. 54.00. 



" Hon. Paynter Frame was not daunted bv the wet weather of the past summer, while many failed 

 with their watermelon crops, he succeeded. "When he marched into our office on Thursday last with 

 an immense melon, the equal of which we had not seen uuring the whole season, we were convinced 

 that he knew how to grow crops. In surveying this large and handsome melon, the question naturally 

 rises. ' If Mr. Frame can grow this in an unfavorable season, what can he do when the season is favor- 

 able?' The melon presented to the Journal was of the ' Prize Jumbo' variety." 



HOLT'S MAMMOTH SAGE.— After having thoroughly grown and tested this valuable 

 variety for several years, we can recommend it most highly. The illustration shows leaf of average 

 size. The plants are very strong-growing, the first season attaining one foot in height, and spreading 

 so that a single plant covers a circular space three feet in diameter. The leaves are borne 

 well above the soil, keeping them clean; they are very large and of unusual substance, 

 Btrong in flavor and of superior quality. A single plant of Holt's Mammoth will yield 

 more than a dozen plants of the' common sage. It is perfectly hardy, even in New 

 England, and attains still larger growth the second season. It rarely flowers, and never runs to 

 seed. Price : 3 plants for 25 cents ; 7 for 50 cents, or 15 plants for 51.00, postpaid, by mail. 



HOLT'S 



MAMMOTH SAGE 

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