SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED 



The BEST NOVELTIES and the CHOICE STANDARDS are printed in heavy black type. 

 General Rule: Cover Seeds Four Times Their Least Diameters. 



Artichoke, french seed. 



THESE PRICES 

 INCLUDE POSTAGE. 



Three Ounces of Seed to lOo Yards of Row. 



This plant may be grown from seed sown when the Cherry is in bloom or from suckers taken from established plants. 

 If the seed be sown the plants may be raised in beds and transplanted.- The seedlings or sets should be planted out in 

 rows at four feet apart, and eighteen inches in the row. Artichoke in a congenial climate will stand for several years, but 

 success with it- in the United States cannot be expected north of the cotton belt. \^ j^l, q,^ ^VX 



GREEN PROVINCE LARGE GLOBE.— Heads elongated, green. Plants rather spiny $1 00 35 10 



PQRPLE PROVINCE LARGE GLOBE.— Heads deep violet; short and blunt. Very productive. . 1 00 35 . 10 



Beets for 

 Table. 



Ready for Table 40 to 75 

 Days from Sowing. 



Five Ounces of Seed to 

 100 Yards of Row. 



Under a system of 

 horse cultivation drill in 

 rows at 2^ feet apart 

 and thin to 2 inches. If 

 the culture is by hand 

 the rows may be drawn 

 18 inches apart. The 

 seed may be drilled in 

 the Spring, when the 

 Apple is in bloom. Yield 

 200 to 500 bush, per acre. 



Extra Early 



Eclipse, 

 42 days.^ • 



.This variety has to a 

 great extent superseded 

 the Egyptian. The bulbs are perfeftt 

 globes, blood -colored, and develop 

 with astonishing rapidity. Foliage 

 longer and more vigorous than the 

 Egyptian. 



Lb. M Lb. Oa. Pkt. 

 $1.40 .50 .20 .5 



EXTRA Eimi.Y ECLIPSE 



Extra Early Egyp- 

 tian Turnip. 40 days. 



Roots for table use developing in forty days. Bulbs half globular, [or 

 flattened at the poles; roots very slim, skin smooth, leaves red and green. 



Lb. 

 $1.30 



M Lb. 

 .40 



Oz. 

 .20 



Pkt. 

 .5 



Crosby's Improved Egyptian, 41 days.— ^^^ol 



the Egyptian and consequently very desirable. Rounder in body than the 

 Egyptian, almost as early and in legiding demand. 



Oz. Pkt. 



Lb. 

 $1.50 



M Lb. 

 .45 



.20 



.5 



LANDRETHS' EARLY FORCING, 48 DAYS.— We do not know of a better early 

 Beet than this. It is nearly as early as the Egyptian and hardier. Not so 

 dark in flesh, but more firm when boiled or pickled ; the leaf tops are re- 

 markably short and compact, fitting the variety for forcing under glass 

 or close planting on the border. 



Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. 



$1.40 .50 .20 .5 



LENTZ TURNIP, 50 DAYS. — Short leaved, suitable for culture under glass. 

 Very early. 'Light in color, but not so light as the Bassanb. 



Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. 



$1.40 .40 .15 .5 



BASSANO OR EXTRA EARLY TURNIP, 48 DAYS.— This is, with the excep- 

 tion of the Egyptian and Eclipse, the earliest sort. It is the first in market 

 ^ of large-rooted sorts; it is globular, sugary and tender; light in color. 

 Lb. M Lb. Oz Pkt. 



$1.25 .40 .15 .5 



CROSBY'S IMPROVED EGYPTIAN 



For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see inside of cover, 



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