tSPEOALTIES VEGETABIE SEEDJj 



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Round Pod Kidney or Brittle 

 Wax Bean 



79 A fine early Bean of very high quality and one that we can 

 unhesitatingly recommend. The pods grow up to six inches 

 long and are thick, perfectly round, and of a clear yellow 

 color. So brittle and stringless are the pods that the variety 

 is often called for under the name of Brittle Wax. Pkt., 10 

 cts.; £ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, 

 prepaid. 



Dreer's Special Crosby's 

 Egyptian Beet 



145 This special selection of extra early Beet is as great an 



improvement over the ordinary Crosby Egyptian as « 

 the latter variety is over the old-time Egyptian Blood fc . 

 Turnip Beet and is valuable both for the private 

 gardener and the amateur, on account of its reliability 

 to produce a uniform crop of best quality. The skin is 

 very smooth, bright red and flesh vermilion, very sweet 

 and tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; i lb., 60 cts.; lb., 

 $1.75. 



Sprouting Broccoli 

 "Calabrese" 



179 Of easy culture, it can be grown for an early crop, start- 

 ing seeds in hotbed or greenhouse in February or March 

 and later transplanting the same as Cabbage, but we 

 believe it is better grown for fall use, sowing seed in the 

 open bed in May and transplanting later thirty inches 

 apart each way. One ounce of seed will produce 

 about 2000 plants. 



Plants produce, growing from the centre, green heads 

 somewhat in the flfrni of a Cauliflower and measuring 

 four or five inches across, although not of so compact a 

 form. These are cut out and used before the flower buds 

 open up, and then from the axils of the leaves there 

 gradually will develop thick, fleshy, light green sprouts 

 with buds similar in form to those removed earlier 

 from the centre of the plants, but smaller, ranging 

 from one to three inches across. Cut these with about 

 five or six inches of stem and prepare for the table like 

 Asparagus. They are tender and of a distinct and very 

 agreeable flavor, and will be found a welcome change 

 from the usual green vegetables. The sprouts should be 

 cut regularly, just as soon as sufficiently developed, 

 otherwise they will soon flower and fail to produce 

 further. Pkt., 15 cts.; $ oz., 75 cts.; oz., $1.25 



Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima 



111 Very desirable on account of earliness, productive- 

 ness and its fixed habit of growing in the dwarf or 

 bush form. The plants are of strong, upright 

 growth, and are completely covered with large 

 pods, many of which contain four beans fully as 

 large as those of the pole li mas. The beans are flat 

 and broad and pronounced by many as being su- 

 perior in flavor to the round, thick-seeded varieties. 

 On account of its unusual earliness, Wonder Bush 

 Lima can be planted well on in the season without 

 much risk of failure. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 

 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 



Dreer's Matchless Brussels 

 Sprouts 



183 A selected Danish strain of this highly esteemed, 

 hardy vegetable, grown for the sprouts which are 

 produced along the stem, and are in the form of 

 miniature savoys. The small spoon-shaped 

 leaves wrap around one another and form solid 

 round heads in large quantities, and which are 

 tender and of fine flavor. The heads begin to form 

 at bottom of stem, and when cut away additional 

 heads will form in succession up to the top of stem. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 20 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; \ lb., $1.00. 



Golden Acre Cabbage 



204 This excellent variety is the earliest round headedCabbage.lt 

 will mature at least 7 days ahead of the earliest strains of 

 Jersey Wakefield, considered the standard Early of the coun- 

 try. The heads of Golden Acre cabbage are perfectly round, 

 firm, and of exceptionally fine texture, heavy mid-ribs being 

 entirely absent. They average in weight about 4 pounds and 

 produce very few outer leaves, permitting close planting in the 

 row. A valuable addition to the list of fine Cabbages. Pkt., 

 15 cts.; | oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; \ lb., $2.00. 



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