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CAULIFLOWER, Veitch's Autumn Giant. This extremely Taluablo variety 

 is perfectly distinct from any other sort. The heads are magnificent, 

 beautifully white, large, firm, and compact, and, being thoroughly pro- 

 tected by 'the foliage, remain longer fit for use than any other soi l? . 



CELERY, Sandrinslmm. A new and excellent variety, becoming japidly popu- 

 lar. Of medium size, very juicy, 



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and excellent flavor. Per oz., 60 cts. .15 



PotterV Excelsior Sweet 



improvement in 



NEW SWEET CORN. 



It is some years since there has been any recognized 

 this valuable vegetable; 



and hit since we introduced 

 the now celebrated Concord Corn has there been any variety with 

 claims sufficiently strong to demand general recognition. 1 he above 

 new variety, originated four years ago in the Rhode island Seed Gardens 

 at East Providence, will, we believe, surpass any variety extant in many 

 desirable features. The essential points in all sugav-ooni are earhness 

 nnd sweetness; in the first, Excelsior will be found equal to any, while 

 in the second it is certainly surpassed by none. It is not recommended 

 as desirable for market purposes, its size being medium: but for lamily 

 use it has received the plaudits of many eminent horticulturists, among 

 them Fearing l?urr, Esq., who savs of it, " Kor tenderness and sweetness 

 it is unexcelled; and for family" use no better corn could be desired." 



Per qt, 60 cts 



Triumph Sweet. This new and superior variety being the earliest of all the 

 large varieties, and unsurpassed for its richness, sweetness, and delicacy 

 of flavor, productiveness, size of car, and white appearance when cooked. 

 It has been cultivated as n market variety for several years (though the 

 seed was not offered for sale until last year); and it is highly indorsed 

 by reliable nnd prominent parties, who have given it a trial. Nothing 

 can surpass it as a market variety. 



Selected ears, 25 cts. each; per qt., 60 cts 



CUCUMBER, Marquis of Lome. This splendid cucumber still maintains its 

 position as the best show variety. It has a white spine, beautiful short 

 neck, smooth skin, verv straight and prolific, with a remarkable absence 

 of seed, and is unquestionably of most delictus flavor. It has been 

 awarded first prizes at nearly all tho great horticultural shows. Seo 

 01. cut, p. 88 v. ui', \ . '. -v f-b lh* trSy ' 



Sooly Qua. This remarkable vegetable, which created such a sensation when 



shown at the Royal Horticultural Society's Meeting, June 8, 1870, is 

 wonderful nlike for its immense fruit, large, .lark-green, glossy leaves, 

 and the beauty of its flowers. In China it is used by the natives as a 

 regular article of food, boiled with rice, and is much enjoyed, served up 

 invarious ways, bv Europeans. The fruit is of rapid growth, attaining 

 a length of six fee't, and twelve to sixteen inches in circumference; and 

 is used in a green state just when it attains its full size. See cut, 



P- 88 . . -■" -l 



Tailby's Hybrid. This new cucumber is a perfectly successful cross between 



the Long Green and White Spine. It trrows to a large size, and is well 

 worthy the attention of amateurs and the market gardener. 5 pkts., 1.00 . 



The Green Prolific. This superior variety, now for the first time offered in 



market, is the result of careful (for over fifty years continued) selection 

 from a natural cross between the Green Cluster nnd Long Green, crossed 

 again with White Spine; the best form and quality ot a pickle having 

 thus been obtained. With good care, an acre will produce 200,000, and 

 more, pickles. The most prolific cucumber ever known. In appearance, 

 it partakes some of the characteristics of each of its parents. Its 

 color is dark green; in shape, it stands between the Cluster and White 

 Spine, being larger than the first, but not as tapering as the latter. Its 

 growth is remarkably uniform, yielding hardly any cucumbers too large 

 for picklin", although its greniest value consists in its immense pro- 

 ductiveness" Mid excellence for pickling. It is equally desirable as a 

 market-cucumber, on account of its crisp and tender flesh, and fiue 



flavor. Per oz.. 73 cts; i lb., S1.75; lb., $5.00 



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