Catalogue of High-Class Seeds. 



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New, Rare and Valuable Vegetable Seeds. 



Bean, Thorburn Valentine Wax. 



First in Earliness, First in Productiveness, and First in Quality. 



This is an improved Extra Early Valentine Bean, with round wax pods. The type is perfectly fixed. It 

 •grows only about 15 inches high with a strong stalk and an abundance of foliage. It is without any exception 

 the earliest Wax Bean in use. The pods are very meaty, and with so very little string that they may justly be 

 called stringless. It is the best quality for snap Beans of any Wax Bean in use. It is remarkably free from 

 rust, and remains a long time without becoming tough. Combined with these valuable features of extreme 

 earliness and excellence of quality is its enormous productiveness. In this respect, also, it excels any Wax 

 Bean in cultivation. Per qt., 25 cts. ; Kpk.,75cts.; pk., $1.25. 



Cabbage, Erfurt Round Sugar. 



A very solid, short-stemmed variety, which, when pickled, turns to a beautiful golden yellow color, making 

 it a most valuable sort for sour-kraut. It is also useful 

 for general use, being very tender, and an excellent 

 (keeper during the winter. Per pkt., 15 cts. 



Cabbage, Danish Bali-head. 



The heads are very hard and round, of good size, and 

 fine for keeping and shipping. In Denmark it is the main 

 winter sort grown, and large quantities are exported to 

 the London market. The seed we offer was raised for us 

 by a responsible Danish grower. Per oz., 20 cts.; lb., $2. 



Celery, Thorburn Fin de Siecle. 



In the course of the century that is now drawing to a 

 close we have introduced many varieties of Celery, some 

 of which have had their day, and others of which still 

 hold their own among the best. But the one we are now 

 •entrusting with the reputation of a hundred years will, 

 we are confident, justify its title to the distinction. 



It is not a sport or hybrid, white or yellow, but a 

 common green Celery of the old familiar kind. But it has 

 a pedigree and breeding and traditions and a name which 

 it must preserve. 



After growing to a great size, it lends itself readily to 

 the blanching process, assuming a rich yellow tinge in the 

 heart, and presenting a very attractive appearance. As 

 to its more important qualities, we may mention that a 

 large Celery grower, who had some of it for trial last year, 

 pronounced it the very best for market purposes of all 

 the sorts he grew. With ourselves it proved to be the 

 largest, hardiest, solidest, crispest, best keeper and best 

 shipping winter Celery we know of. 



We are offering it this year in small quantities, so that every one may have an opportunity of ascertaining 

 its sterling qualities. Next year they will not need our recommendation. Per pkt., 25 cts. 



Endive, Self-bleaching Curled. 



A splendid strain of this salad, which blanches without requiring to be tied up, like the other sorts. It 

 grows very large, with handsome curled, crimpled leaves. Per pkt., to cts.; oz., 40 cts. 



Pea, "Duke of York." 



It is impossible to speak too highly of this splendid new wrinkled Pea. It is the most distinct and valu- 

 able that has been introduced for years. It has been well described as an earlier and dwarfer form of the 

 *'Duke of Albany," possessing all the good qualities of that standard variety, but maturing two or three 

 weeks earlier, and producing an equally large crop on a plant growing only 3 feet high. It is of robust growth, 

 wery large, long and full podded, and of finest flavor. Per qt., 50 cts. ; V* pk., $1.75. 



Radish, Germanic Forcer. 



A thoroughbred new strain for forcing under glass. It is of a deep scarlet color, round in shape, crisp and 

 delicately flavored, and matures in about 20 days after sowing the seed. It is the earliest, prettiest and best 

 of all the forcing sorts. Per oz., 10 cts.; Klb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 



Tomato, Thorburn New York. 



A new and entirely distinct variety, discovered four years ago in a field of the Acme Tomato. After three 

 years of careful culture it has retained uniformly its distinctive features, and we have every reason to consider 

 the type perfectly fixed. It differs in form from all other Tomatoes, being hexagon-shaped and unusually deep. 

 In color it is deep red, with a purplish tinge, and altogether it is as handsome as it is unique. In size it aver- 

 ages a little larger than the Acme ; the flesh is very solid, and of mild, agreeable flavor. It is extra early 

 in ripening, a vigorous grower and a great yielder. It is excellently adapted for canning purposes, and its 

 extremely long-keeping qualities and thick, smooth skin make it a most valuable shipping variety. Per oz., 

 30 cts.; #lb., $1 ; lb., $3.50. 



