FAUSTS NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1899. 



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MELTING SUGAR PEA. 



This new variety is one of the best of the edible pod- 

 ded or sugar peas. The large pods are entirely free trom 

 lining and strings, are brittle and of very sweet flavor. 

 Peas and pods are cooked together in the same manner 

 as snap beans. Height 5 to 6 feet, bearing enormously 

 mammoth pods 6 or 7 inches long and very broad. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 45 cts., postpaid. By express 

 or freight, quart, 30 cts.; peck, $1.50 ; bushel, $5.00. 



NEW ROUND SCARLET CHINA RADISH. 



Unlike the China Hose winter variety in shape and 

 that it may be sown from spring until autumn. It will 

 mature in six weeks, and as an all-season radis-h, is very 

 valuable. Flesh pure white and of fine flavor. Its 

 beantiful shape, rich scarlet color, and fine eating 

 qualities make it a verv desirable variety. Pkt., 5 cts.; 

 oz., 10 cts. ; i lb., 30 cts"^.; lb., $1.00 postpaid. 



CALIFORNIA CREAM BUTTER LETTUCE. 



A very distinct variety ; forms round, solid heads, 

 •which outside are of a medium green, slightly marked 

 with small brown spots ; within, the leaves are of a very 

 rich, cream-yelloAV color, most refreshing in appearance 

 and particularly rich and buttery to the taste. It is 

 medium early and one of the best summer varieties of 

 head lettuce we have ever seen. It is a black-seeded 

 variety, and the heads are so solid that, generally, they 

 have to be cut before any seed stalk can make "its ap- 

 pearance. The heads are of good size and very tender. 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; i lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.50. 



NEW STRINGLESS GREEN POD 

 BUSH BEAN. 



This new variety surpasses all others in crisp, tender 

 flavor and is very prolific, the straight, green pods are 

 always stringless full and fleshy, and are ready to 

 market two weeks earlier than the Improved Ex. 'Early 

 Red Valentine. The pnds remain long in edible condi- 

 tion, even after the beans are large the pods are not 

 stringy. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 40 cts., post- 

 paid. By express or freight, quart 25 cts.; peck, $1 50 ; 

 bushel, $5.25. 



NEW PEKING RADISH. 



This new variety comes to us from China and is a very 

 handsome radish. It is very crisp and brittle, both the 

 skin and flesh being pure white and very tender. The 

 radishes are very large, and will measure 10 inches in 

 length by 3 inches in diameter. To those who are fond 

 of large-sized radishes this will be a boon. Pkt., 5 cts.; 

 oz., 20c. 



Imperial Mammoth Long Red Mangel. 



This is the largest and best mangel yet introduced. 

 Single roots weighing 30 to 40 pounds. It is of fine 

 texture and good quality ; 60,000 pounds of roots is an 

 average crop per acre. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 

 i lb., 15 cts.; lb., 35 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight, 5 lbs. or over at 20 cts. per lb. 



New Paris Pickling Cucumber. 



The Paris Pickling is entirely distinct from all sorts 

 hitherto known. The young cucumbers, when of the 

 proper age for pickling, are slim and slender, from 3 to 5 

 inches in length, and the entire surface of the skin is 

 covered with delicate, black hairy spines. When the 

 unusually crisp, brittle character of the pickles is known, 

 it will take front rank in popular favor, while from the 

 very first its unique appearance will make it of great 

 value in the manufacture of chow-chow and other mixed 

 pickles. So crisp and brittle are they that they snap 

 freely, and, when ready for pickling, show absolutely 

 no sig'iis of seeds. When we add that at the pickling 

 stage, in connection with the good qualities named, the 

 fruits are of an unusually darlt green color — so 

 deep that no coloring matter is necesi^ary, even in pre- 

 paring them for the market — it will be apparent that the 

 Paris Pickling is a valuable variety. Per pkt., 10 cts. 

 3 pk?s. for 25 cts.; oz., 30 cU. 



ARLINGTON DARK BLOOD RED 

 TURNIP BEET. 



Originated at Arlington, Mass., and is pronounced by 

 private and market gardeners to be of the finest quality. 

 It is not so early as our Crimson Beet, but is of a much 

 darker color. Has but small tops and of uniform growth, 

 leaf, stems and veins dark red. The roots are rich dark 

 red in color ; flesh deep red and very sweet and retains its 

 deep red color when cooked. Pkt.> 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 

 i lb., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts., postpaid. 



LONG ISLAND MAMMOTH PEAS. 



This is a favorite with Long Island gardeners, and is 

 also becoming popular with New Jersey growers. It is 

 one of the finest varieties of recent introduction. All 

 pronounce it one of the sweetest and most exquisite in 

 flavor of all peas ; it is an excellent cropper ; the large 

 pods are well filled with peas of the finest quality. The 

 vines grow to the height of 3-^ feet, or robust growth, 

 with fine dark green foliage, branching from the first 

 three to five nodes abovB the surface of the ground. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; pt., 20 cts.; qt., 40 cts., postpaid. Bv express or 

 freight, qt., 25 cts.; peck, $1.00 ; bushel, $4.00. 



PERKINS' MAMMOTH LONG PODDED 

 OKRA. 



The poda are an intense green color, about 8 inches 

 long, and do not get hard as with other sorts. Its pro- 

 ductiveness is simply wonderful, the pods shooting out 

 from the bottom of the stalk within 3 inches ©f the 

 ground, and the whole plant is covered with them to the 

 height of a man's head. Mr. Perkins alwavs obtained 

 $3.00 to $4.00 per basket for his Okras in Philadelphia 

 markets ; also much sought after by canners, being the 

 best of all green sorts for winter use. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 

 20 cts.; i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 90 cts., postpaid. 



^^*^If you want the earliest radish grown, sow 

 Faust's Champion. In twenty days they are ready for 

 the table. 



