WILLIAM EWING & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE 
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VEGETABLE NOVELTIES FOR 1908 
New Turnip Beet, " Witham Fireball " 
A new and quite distinct extra early turnip-rooted 
variety of the finest table (jualities. The flesh is solid 
crisp and sweet, and of a brilliant fiery red color. It is of 
a perfectly globular form with smooth skin, a tiny tap 
root and very slender leaf stocks. While it is as early as 
the earliest strains of flat Egyptian, it conserves its 
good qualities for a very much longer time. Pkt^ 10c. ; 
oz. 2()c.; } lb. 60c. 
Ewing's Re-selected Danish Cannon Ball 
Cabbage, " Ewing's Re-Selected .Danish 
Cannon Ball" 
Extra selected stock. Heads are nearly round in shape, 
and in every way it is a distinct variety of Fall or Winter 
Cabbage. There is no variety that approaches it in 
solidity. Is saleable shortly after the Henderson's Sum- 
mer, and is equally good for storing, as it is a splendid 
keeper. A head of it will weigh 50 per cent more than 
one of similar size of Fottler's. Every plant produces 
a head . Every market gardener should grow it. i lb. 
50c.; oz. 20c.; pkt. 5c. 
Cauliflower, Ewing's Extra Selected Earliest 
" Queen of the Danes " Erfurt 
A splendid strain, very dwarf, compact, and the earliest 
of all to cut ; produces extra large snow-white heads, 
well protected, and of delicate flavor. For forcing 
this variety is unequalled. Joz. 90c. ; pkt. 25. 
New Cabbage Lettuce, " Brown Perche- 
ronne " 
Of the same size and color as the Brown Stubborn- 
headed, but with leaves rather smooth than crinkled. 
Inside they are extremely tender and of a pure yellow. 
Forms extra firm heads and stands a very long time, 
without running to seed .. 25 
New Turnip Radish, Violet Giant" 
This distinct new variety has originated from the 
" Crimson Giant " Radish, the valuable qualities of 
which have already earned for it a wide dissemination. 
It is of the same shape and exceptional size as the latter, 
and the pure white flesh keeps an extraordinarily long time 
crisp and tender without getting w-oolly ; the outer skin 
is of bright violet color. It also comes a little later than 
the parent sort 25 
New Pea, "Admiral Dewey" Re-Selected 
(A late variety.) The largest podded Pea of which 
we have any knois'ledge. A hea\'y cropper of highest 
quality, and stands at the head of its class. Height 3 J 
feet; foliage, vine and pod, rich dark green, remarkably 
healthy and vigoroas. Pods frequently six inches in 
length, beauti- 
fully shaped, 
well filled with 
Peas of largest 
size, tender and 
first class fla- 
vor. Seed large i 
green wrinkled. I 
Pkt. 10c.; * lb. 
20c. ; lb. '35c. 
(If by mail add 
5c. per lb., 3c. ^^^^ 
per i lb.) ■ \M\ iUn^^n^MWWMI^^. 
New Turnip 
Radish, 
"Cooper's 
Sparkler " 
A quite distinct 
variety now of- 1 
f ered for the 1 
first time. Ful- 
fils every re- 
quirement in idl \ 
respects, the ' 
color being a 
rich carmine I 
scarlet with a j 
pronounced tip ] 
of the purest' 
white. The 
roots, even when 
fully developed, 
are solid, crisp 
and sweet, and 
remain fit for 
use as long as 
the coarser; 
kinds. It is ' 
equally well 
adapted for 
forcing or grow- 
ing in the open groimd. Pkt. 10c. ; oz. 20c. ; i lb. 60c. 
Livingston's New "Coreless" Tomato 
for 1908 
The most perfect shaped Canning variety ever pro- 
duced. Large size, globe shaped, full at stem end, 
bright red, a strong grower and big cropper. 
In shape it is almost round, being of about the same 
diameter, each way as shown in our illustration. The 
depression at the stem end has been almost eliminated, 
making it the most profitable variety for canning, owing 
to a very small amount of waste. It is immensely 
productive, clusters of four to seven fruits are pro- 
duced .it six to eight inches apart along the stem. All 
of the fruits are of market size, and many of them 
are quite large, twelve to fifteen ounces. Always^ free 
from green core ; ripens all over and through and 
right up under the stem, all at once. A grand, good 
slicing variety ; the seed cells being surroimded by 
bright red, heavy, meaty, and delicious flesh, which is 
slightly more acid than the Li^•ingston's Globe. 
The strong outside and inner walls of flesh of the Liv- 
New Pea, Admiral Dewey (Re -selected) 
