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COLORADO BEAUTY WATERMELON. 
This can best be described as an improved Kleckley Sweets. It is one of the sweetest, 
juiciest, finest eating melons ever introduced. They are not the largest melons grown, 
averaging about 20 lbs. But their quality is far superior to any existing sort, being 
free from the coarseness so often apparent in the larger melons. The rind is thick and 
tough enabling it to stand sbfetping well. Its size is very popular with shippers, 
while its extraordinary good Quality makes it a prime favorite with buyers. In shape 
it is oblong, slightly lobed, with rather square cut ends; color a deep green; flesh, 
when fully ripe, a deep red; seeds white, firmly set near the rind. The heart is large, 
stringless and very sweet. The rind is thin but firm and tough. Pkt loc, 02. 15c, 
14 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00. postpaid. 
Piersoni Fern. 
This superb novelty Ts a sport from the well known Boston 
Fern and is unquestionably the handsomest decorative 
variety ever introduced, even surpassing the hiiglUj prized 
Maiden Hair. It is of the easiest culture imaginable, at- 
tains a large size in a short time and at all stages of its 
ruwth and development is most handsome. The illustra- 
n herewith is from the photograph of a single leaf or 
;jndj although this gives no idea of the grace and beauty 
if he plant. These fronds are minutely subdivided, eaeh 
^ rate pinnae forming a perfect minature frond. When 
developed the leaves are 6 inches broad and are so 
V that they curve gracefully downward giving the 
a much handsomer appearance than the old Boston 
Strong, young plants, 50c each postpaid. Larger 
XI :s, $1.00 to $10.00 each, by express. 
Dwarf Champion Pea. 
In offering this novelty of the Pea family we feel that we 
arc filling a long wanted demand. This variety has all 
the merits of the well known and reliable , Champion of 
K 'land, with much less vine, larger pods and more of 
M. It is a hardy, robust, vigorous grower, producing 
eat abundance handsome, dark green pods, of large 
well filled with plump round peas of most excellent 
! lity. It ripens shortly after the Little Gem and is a 
•t desirable viarket sort. Pkt. loc, pt, 35c, qt. 6oc, 
P tpaid Qiant Tree Tomato. 
'I : wonderful variety was introduced by us several years 
r .'ind immediately sprang into great favor wherever 
V ,vn. It is not an \lntried novelty, but has stood the 
1- of several years and once planted is never discarded, 
the the tomato for the millions; and every owner of a 
PIERSONI FERN. 
Thos. Laxton Pea. 
A new. earlv. wrinkled variety of great merit. Vine about 
three feet high, much like that of the Gradus, but more 
lijirdv and much more productive. Pods large, long, with 
square ends, similar to but larger, longer and Handsomer 
than those of the Champion of Bngland and as untlormly 
well filled. The green peas are very large, fine colored and 
unsurpassed in quality. We are certain that this pea 
needs only to be known to become one ofthemostpopular 
sorts for the market and home garden, as it certainly is 
one of the verv best varieties yet produced I'^^"* ^f^^ 
l)v crossing Gradus with a very early """""K 
I arliest of all. As a first early sort we consider it the best 
e ver introduced ond likely to supersede Gradus as it 18 
earlier, hardier in onstitution, of better color, and if any- 
thing, more pro .c than that popular sort. Pkt. loc, pt. 
30c, qt. 50c, postpaid; pk. $2.00, bu. $6.00. 
Golden Carmine Pole Bean. 
Excels in Earliness, Quality, Appearance and Productivenejw. 
This sterling novelty presents so many points of excellence 
that we are pleased to offer it to our customers knowing 
that it will give satisfaction in every particular. The 
pods are fullv as large as Horticultural pole, entirely 
stringless, of a bright golden color when young; as tbey 
ilcvelop the pods are mottled and streaked with an un- 
i-iually bright carmine color on the bright golden, giving 
iiem a most attractive appearance when ready for market- 
I I is a ver3' robust grower and is unsurpassed for product- 
iveness. The pods arc very brittle and tender 
and of niost excellent flavor when cooked. 
Pkt. IOC, pt. 40c. qt. 7SC, postpaid. 
garden, no matter how small, should not fail to grow this wonderful tomato. It 
grows from 10 to IR feet in height and if planted early will begin to ripen by July 4th 
and bears its heavy loads of luscious fruit until killed by frost. The flesh is firm and 
solid, almost seedless, fine grained clear through and of the most delicious flavor ever 
found in a tomato. It is the largest tomato we have ever seen; the fruit weighs from 
16 to 24. ounces and specimens have been grown weighing 3 pounds. One well 
developed plant will produce enough fruit for a small family the entire season. TV* 
originator spent 20 years in experimenting with this fruit before success crowned Ills 
efforts. Owing to its almost seedless nature it has never been cultivated by seed 
growers and seed is scarce and always will be. A dozen well grown plants, however 
will produce as much fruit or more than 100 plants of the common sorts, so that 
large quantities of the seed will never be required for single gardens. It stands with- 
out a peer in the tomato family and challenges the world to produce its equal. We 
know of no greater words of praise than come from one of our best customers in this 
state, who writes under date of Aug. 10th, as follows- "Your Giant Tree 
is indeed a "Giant" in every sense of the word. Through an accident I 
lost all but two of my plants of this variety last spring. These I planted in 
moderately rich soil, about the 20th of May. beside an old shed some 15 feet 
high and facing south. The cold, wet rains retarded their growth for a time 
when thev began to grow at an enormous rate. When the intensely hot days 
of July came they fairly reveled in the heat and by July 10th were up to the 
eaves of the shed. I then began cutting ofl the side shoots, trimming away 
great bunches every diiv or two. Julj' 22nd , I picked the first ripe tomato, 
which weighed 18 ounces. Since July 28th I have been picking from 
15 to 30 each day. large, luscious fellows, which my family of nine can- 
not possibly eat and I have given lots away to the neighbors. Is_ there 
any market in your city for the fruit as we cannot possibly ttse it all 
and I hate to sec such "fine fruit go to waste." October 5th, he writes — 
"Still picking a peck of good Giants each day." 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS.— Sow seed very early in spring in frames or 
in boxes in the house. Wiien plants are about 2 inches high transplant 
to open ground in a deep, rich, well manured soil 2 feet or more apart. 
Water immediately and continuously throughout the season. Plant in a 
warm position, where they will get all the sun possible. Alter they 
attain a height of five feet cut off the tops so that the strength of 
growth will go to fruit instead of vines. Train and tie the vines to a 
Btout trellis. Pkt. 30c, 3 pkta. 50c. GOLDEN CARHINB. 
