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Dupuy 8c Ferguson, 38 Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal. 
SQUASH 
One ounce Marrow Squash will plant about SO hills. 
One ounce Early Squash will plant about 25 bills. 
Early White Bush Scalloped Squash. 
Improved Hubbard (Winta)^— The . well-known and 
— standard late variety, our strain is 
excellent. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 1 lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. 
Mammoth Warted Hubbard (Winter). — Grows larger than the 
old variety, darker green and covered with knots. Per pkt., 5 cts. ; 
oz., 20 cts. M lb., 50 cts. 
Golden Hubbard (Winter). — This is a very distinct sort of the 
shape and general character of the Hubbard, but a little smaller; 
earlier to mature and of rich orange red colour, instead of the dark 
olive green of the old Hubbard. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; \ lb., 
50 cts.; lb., $1.50. 
Essex-Hybrid (Winter). — Standard winter sort, flesh a trifle 
darker than Hubbard; excellent keeper. 
Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 1 lb., 50 cts. 
Ford hook (Winter). — Skin bright yellow, flesh straw colored, 
very sweet, one of the beat keeping winter varieties. Per pi t , 
5 cts.; oz., 20 cts., \i lb. 50 cts. 
Early White Bush Scalloped (Summer).— Standard summer- 
variety, good for home or market. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. 
Early Yellow Bush Scalloped (Summer). — Same as White Bush, 
except in colour. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. 
Boston Marrow. — A late variety. A good keeper and of fine 
flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 50 cts. 
Lonff White Bush Marrow (Summer).— This variety 
— is a great improvement on 
the old trailing Vegetable Marrow. The fruit is larger and handso- 
mer. Perpkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 25 cts.; } lb., 75 cts. 
Vegetable Marrow (Summer). — An English variety, early and 
with greenish white skin. Flesh white, soft and of rich flavor. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; \i lb., 75 cts. 
Winter Crookneck. — A good keeper with yellow skin; a well- 
known old-fashioned variety. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. 
Hubbard Squash. 
Giant Summer Crookneck. — Double the size of the ordinary 
Crookneck and very warty, but similar in other respects. Per 
pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts., J4 lb. 50 cts. 1 
Mammoth Chilli (Winter).— Attains an enormous size 
^ — — — — — often reaching a weight ot 2UU pounds, 
and not unfrequently weighs 300 pounds. Despite its size, its 
flesh is rich and fine flavored. It is especially desirable for stock 
feeding and exhibition purposes. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 25c. : ^ lb., 75c. 
SPINACH 
One ounce will sow 
about 100 feet of drill 
Lone Season. greatly improved stock which stands 
— " longer before starting seed stems than any 
other variety. It forms a dense rosette of thick, tender, crumpled 
leaves of very dark green color, retaining their freshness for a long 
period after cutting. The best Spinach for Spring sowing. Pkt., 
10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; } lb., 30 cts.; lb., $1.00. 
Victoria. — Of dark green color and long standing qualities. 
Unexcelled for Spring sowing. Per pkt., 5 ots. ; oz., 10 cts. ; \ lb., 
25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 
Bloomsdale.- 
oz., 10 cts.; \ 
-Very hardy and stands up well . Per pkt., 
lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 
5 cts. 
Vlroflay. — Has thick leaves of great substance, fine color and 
quality. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 
Long Standing. — Excellent for Spring sowing, as it will stand 
two weeks longer than the old Round Leaf without going to seed. 
Per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 10 cts. ; i lb., 25 cts. ; lb., 75 cts. 
NEW ZEALAND. This P Ian t is grown to supply the 
place of the ordinary Spinach during 
the hottest months of the year, or in diy, arid localities where 
ordinary Spinach does badly. The seed is sown either in a hotbed 
or open ground during May, where the plants are to stand, and 
the plants will continue to yield a supply of leaves during the 
entire summer, requiring hardly any attention. The leaves are 
eaten, boiled and minced like ordinary Spinach. This grand 
vegetable is not well enough known, and should be grown in every 
garden. In fact, it can be called cut-and-come-again Spinach, 
as it is a continuous bearer. Pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 15 cts. ; \ lb., 30 cts. ; 
lb., $1.00. 
SALSIFY 
One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill 
The preparation of the soil and the 
sowing is the same as for parsnip or 
carrots. The roots may like parsnips, 
remain in the ground all winter. 
Mammoth Sandwich 
Island (Oyster Plant). — The best 
variety of Salsify, being 
very smooth, of fine quality, pure white 
and extra large size. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 
50 cts.; 1 lb., $1.50. 
Long Black, or Scorzonera. — Re- 
sembles above, but black. Pkt., 5 cts. ; 
oz., 30 cts.; 1 lb., $1.00. 
SEA KALE 
Sow in May in richly manured soil, 
and when plants are sufficiently strong 
transplant into rows three feet apart, 
with two feet between plants. In fall 
cover with two feet of leaves, allowing 
these to remain until the succeeding 
June, when the plants will be thor- 
oughly blanched. Per pkt., 5 cts.; 
oz., 25 cts. 
