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Potiron, Fr. 



PUMPKIN 



Caabaza, Sp. 

 Grosse-Kurbis, Ger. 



CULTURE — Sow in good soil in May, when the ground has become warm, in hills 10 feet apart each way, or in fields of corn about 

 every fourth hill; plant at the same time with the corn. Pumpkin varieties if planted together will mix. There is not much danger of their 

 mixing with squashes or other vines. One ounce for 25 hills. 



750 Large Cheese or Kentucky Field. A 



D mew England— 

 ^Pie Pumpkin 



760 Sugar, or New England Pie. For pies this cannot be ex- 

 celled. Fruits round and small and average about 7 or 8 

 inches in diameter, with deep yellow skin, plainly ribbed. 

 Flesh sweet and fine grained. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; J lb., 

 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. 



very hardy late, large round flattened 

 variety with pale yellow skin, flesh very 

 thick, yellow and sweet, an excellent can- 

 ner. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; i lb., 40 cts.; 

 lb., $1.25. 



752 Large Yellow Field or Big Tom. The 



well known cornfield Pumpkin, mostly 

 grown for feeding stock. Round, flat-ended 

 sort with smooth, tough dark orange rind 

 and flesh is dry and sweet and is often used 

 for canning. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 

 J lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.25; 10 lbs., $8.00. 

 756 Large Yellow Mammoth Potiron 

 {King of the Mammoths, Jumbo). Largely 

 grown for fairs and exhibitions. Specimens 

 have been grown weighing over 100 

 pounds. Skin rich dark yellow, flesh 

 lighter shade, sweet but somewhat coarse, 

 and usually grown for stock feeding pur- 

 poses. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 

 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. 

 754 Mammoth Golden Cashaw. A large, 

 heavy, very prolific crookneck type, of a 

 golden-orange color. Flesh thick, solid and 

 good quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 

 \ lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. 

 758 Quaker Pie. A fine-grained, early, medi- 

 um-sized, oval-shaped sort of rich flavored 

 creamy white flesh with pale yellow skin. 

 Pkt.; 10 cts., oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 50 cts.; lb. 

 $1.75. 



764 Winter Luxury. A very good keeper and a splendid pie 

 Pumpkin; shape round, skin finely netted, and russet-yellow 

 color; flesh deep yellow and thick. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 

 \ lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. 



Rhubarbe, Fr. 



RHUBARB 



Ruibarbo, Sp. 

 Rhabarber, Ger. 



One ounce of seed to 125 feet of drill. 

 Culture — Good plants are easily grown in any good garden soil. Sow 

 seed thinly in shallow drills 1 foot apart, thin to 4 or 5 inches. Keep soil 

 loose and free from weeds. The plants are liable to vary considerably. 

 Pick out the strongest and best. In fall or spring following, transplant to the 

 permanent bed, 4 feet apart each way, in deep, warm and very rich soil. The 

 more manure the better stalks. 



830 Linnaeus. A good second early, very large and a strong grower. 

 Stalks mostly deep green, round and of good quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 oz., 25 cts.; i lb., 75 cts. 



832 Victoria. A splendid early sort. Stalks are large, very thick, of rich 

 red color, and tender quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; \ lb., 75 cts. 



For Rhubarb Roots, see page 210. 



Re-cleaned Bird Seeds 



In quantities offered below, prepaid. 



Lb. 5 lbs. 



Mixed Bird $0 25 $1 10 



Canary, Plain 25 1 10 



Rape, Sweet 25 1 10 



Hemp 25 1 10 



Millet 25 1 10 



Wild Bird Mixture 25 1 10 



Sunflower 20 90 



Lettuce. Oz., 5 cts 30 1 25 



Rhubarb is easily forced under box or barrel 



Reserve a corner of your garden for a few of the Herbs offered on page 25 



