Specialties for the Garden That All Should Plant 
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BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
A variety of cabbage producing 
small heads or knobs along the 
stem, which are cooked like cab- 
bage. Very popular in some mar- 
kets. 
295 New Danish Prize 
This new variety lias proven to 
be a decided advance on anything 
yet ottered, being of half-dwarf, 
sturdy growth and producing abun- 
dant large solid dark green sprouts 
whicli are of e.xcellent quality. 
Packet, 10 ctM.! ounce, 35 ctti.f V* 
Ib^ US eta.; 14 lb., 91'70t lb., «3.26, 
postpaid. 
294 Half E>warf Paris Market 
This is the most popular Brussels 
Sprouts on the Parisian market, 
scarcely exceeding 2 feet in height. 
It is of straight habit, with a slight 
purplish tinge on the leaf stalks, 
and sometimes on the sprouts them- 
selves when young. Packet, 8 cts.; 
ounce, as ctB.; V* lb., «5 cts.; y. lb., 
«1.15; lb., $2.25, postpaid. 
BORECOLE or KALE 
292 Dwarf Green Curled 
This is hardier than Cabbage and 
makes excellent greens for Winter and 
Spring use. The leaves are as curly 
as Parsley, tender, and of very fln'e 
llavor It is improved by frost. Sow the seeds in May or June, transplant 
in July and treat sarne as Cabbage. Immense quantities of this are grown 
in the South and shipped to Northern markets. Packet, 7 cts.; ounce, 15 
cts.; % lb., •40 cts.; Va lb., 75 cts.» Ib„ $1.35, postpaid. 
Brussels &prout» 
205 New Danlsli Price 
Borecole or Kale 
2WTall Green Scotch 
Curled 
This variety is very hardy and 
is Improved by a moderate frost. 
About thirty inches tall, with an 
abundance of green leaves, which 
are densely curled and crinkled. 
Stands the Winters in the Middle 
States without protection. Packet, 
8 cts.; ounce, 17 cts.; V* lb., 45 
cts.; ^ lb., 80 ctih; lb., $1.50, post- 
paid. 
COLLARDS 
351 Georgia, South* 
em, or Creole 
A variety of cabbage 
extensively used in the 
South. We offer the true 
white or green stemmed 
sort so exclusively used 
in the South. Forms a 
large loose open head, or 
a mass of leaves on tall 
stems. Freezing does not 
injure, but rather im- 
proves their quality. 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 15 
cts.; % lb., -10 cts.; 14 lb., 
75 cts.; lb., ¥1.25, postpaid. 
349 CHERVIL 
348 ClierTU, Curled 
353 Peppergrass 
CRESS 
353 Curled or Peppergrass Cress 
This small salad is much used with lettuce 
to the flavor of which its warm, pungent 
taste makes a most agreeable addition. 
Packet, 5 ct.f.; ounce. 10 cts.; Vi lb., 35 cts,; 
V: lb., 65 cts.; lb., $14!S, postpaid. 
355 True Water Cress 
This is quite distinct from the last, and 
only thrives when its roots and stems are 
submerged in water. It is one of the most 
delicious of small salads, and .should be 
planted wherever a suitable place can be 
found. Packet, 10 cts., ounce 50 cts.. postpaid. 
Hardy an- 
nual, wortliy 
of more 
general use 
for Bavor- 
i n g and 
.S' ami shing. 
Curled va- 
riety more 
beautiful 
than parsley. 
Packet, 10 
cts.; ounce, 
US cts., post- 
paid. 
354 New Upland Cress 
Has the -highly prized flavor of W;iter Cress. It is so 
liardy as to be green nearly the whole year, and is ready 
tor use before any other salad in Spring. Its usage 
liliould be more general, as it is of as easy culture as 
spinach. It is a perennial plant f*t\01^ CAI A 
and can be grown forseveralyears ^Pil.u\U 
without renewal. Packet, 8 cts.; 352 Petticus or Lamb's 
ounce, 30 cts,, postpaid, Iiettnce 
This delightful salad, 
iiuown as Mache-Steek 
Salot, is used during 
the Winter and Spring 
months as a substitute 
for lettuce, and Is also 
cooked and used like 
spinach. In warm 
weather the plants 
will mature in four to 
six weeks. . Perfectly 
hardy, sow in fall for 
early spring use. 
Packet, 6 cts,; ounce, 
12 cts.; Vi lb., 36 cts.; 
Vs lb., es cts.; 1 lb., 
Iil.25, postpaid. 
Salad 
433 The Mango Melon 
Or Vegetable Peacli 
Another splendid novelty of late introduc- 
tion, very striking In color, most wonderful 
yielder. Fruit is about the size of an orange, 
orange-shaped; and a bright orange-yellow 
color, somewhat russeted. For sweet pickles, 
pies or preserving they are splendid. Packet, 
10 cts,; ounce, 35 ets., postpaid. 
384 New Garden Lemon 
Certainly one of the greatest novelties of 
recent introduction. Resembles the Vine Peach 
in manner of growth, but is distinct in that 
the unripe fruit i.s sti-lped with very dark 
green spots, nearly black, and when ripe is not 
russeted like the Vegetable Peach. Packet, 10 
cts.; ounce, 35 «t».. postpaid. 
