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AMERICAN AGmCULTURIST. 
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New Varieties Potatoes. 
A aeedllne of the well-known Browneirs B«anty, crossed 
with the White Peach Blow. Shape, roucd, symmetrical, 
very handsome ; skin, deep red ; flesh, white, fine grain, of 
superior quality ; medium early. 
Wo. 2.— SUPEISSOR. 
Of the same parentage as the preceding. Tubers, oral, 
kidney-shaped ; skin, verv smooth, of a deep red color ; eyes 
few and small ; medium early ; very productive, an excel- 
lent keeper— and retains its mealiness and fine table quality 
during the entire season. 
A Certificate of Merit was awarded this variety at the late 
International Potato Show in England. 
]Vo. 3. IMPROVE© PEACHBI^O^W. 
A cross between the well-kno'RTi Jersey Peach Blow and 
the Excelsior, resembling the Peach Blow in appearance. In 
qualitv and earliness it far excels that variety, and will pro- 
duce double the quantity. 
Either of the above varieties will be mailed, post-paid, 
per lb., $1.00 ; 3 lbs. to one address, $2.50. 
RUBT. 
Tlie most Frodactive Potato kno^vn. 
33 Bushels groTvn from, one pound. 
A new red, kidney-shaped potato, from the Early Rose, 
hybridized with the White Peach Blow. The shape is oblong, 
slightly flattened, resembling that of the Early Rose. Eyes 
Elightly sunken ; flesh white, fine-grained, firm, and of ex- 
cellent flavor. Tubers of medium size. The time of ma- 
turity is the same as that of the Early Rose, and it is equal- 
ly productive. 
Per pound 75 cts., 3 lbs. to one address, $2.00 by mail, post- 
paid. By express, charges paid by purchaser, 1 peck $2.00; 
talf bushel, $3.00 ; 1 bushel .^5.00 ; 1 bbl. $12.00. 
SIVOTTFLAKE. 
33K Bushels §ro-wn from one ponnd. 
Beautiful in appearance — superior in quality— early — 
ripening a few days later than the Early Rose— very produc- 
tive. Price: Per pound, 60 cents -, 2 piunds to one' address, 
$1.00, by mail, prepaid. By express or freight, 1 peck, $1.50; 
3^ bush., $2.50 ; 1 bush., $i ; 1 barrel, $8. 
For a full description of the above, with many other de- 
sirable varieties, see our Potato Catalogue. 
The Great Centennial Exhibit. 
500 Named Varieties Potatoes. 
The largest collection in the world, for which was award- 
ed the Grand Centennial Peize IIedai. and DrPLOiLi.. 
One Tuber each of the entire collection, correctly la- 
beled, and carefully packed, express or postage prepaid: 
500 varieties, $100; 250 varieties, $50; 100 varieties, $25; 
50 varieties, $15 ; 25 varieties. $8. 
Bliss's Illustrated iPotato Catalogue con- 
tains a list of 500 varieiies, beautifully illustrated; also 
much useful information upon the cultivation of tliis 
valuable esculent. 10 Cents. 
A NEW FORAGE PLANT, 
Prickly Comfrey. 
This is a new and valuable fodder plant. Imported from 
the Caucasus, yielding enormous crops of green food. It 
mav be cut several times each jear, and can be used either 
green or cured for winter. It is said to produce from SO to 
100 tons per acre. 
Price of sets per doz., 75c. ; per 100 $4. 
(Dioscorea Batatas.) 
A valuable esculent but little known. A well-grown root 
will measure 2 feet in length, and 2i2 inches in its broadest 
diameter, and are quite hardv, remainingin the ground over 
winter without protection. 'The flesh is remarkably white, 
and very mucilaginous in its crude state. They may be 
boiled or roasted, and when cooked possess a rice-like taste; 
are quite farinaceous, nutritive, and valuable for food. It 
is also a very desirable climbing plant, suitable for covering 
screens, arbors, and unsightly places. Packets containing 
12 bulblet3,25 cts. ; 5 packets £1. 
The Earliest Tomato Known. 
L,ITTr,E GEM. 
This new variety was raised by the originator of the Con- 
queror Tomato, heretofore considered the earliest in culti- 
vation. The vines are of medium length, compact growth, 
and esceesively loaded with bright red fruit of medium size, 
of round and uniform shape, varying from four to sis inches 
in circumference, of superior flavor, either raw or cooked. 
Its bright o:lossy red color, uniform size, shape, and other- 
wise beautiful appearance, make a dish of Little Gems al- 
most as tempting as a plate of strawberries. It may be re- 
lied upon to yield several pickings, a week or ten days ear- 
lier than any other variety. 
Price, 25 ctB per packet ; five packets for $1.00. 
Bliss's Improved Long^ Orange Carrot. 
This superior varietv is the result of a careful selection 
for successive years, of the best formed, largest, and deep- 
est colored roots in the Imported Long Orange Carrot, by 
which it has attained a perfection hitherto unknown in this 
useful vegetable, being larger, better flavored, and of a 
deeper orange color, and more sure to produce a crop. 
Butter makers will find this variety very useful in giving to 
their butter a rich, deep vellow color. We tmheeitatingly 
pronounce it the best variety in the market, and one which 
will not fail to give satisfaction to the purchaser. One 
ounce, 15 cts,; four ounces, 40 cts.; one lb., $1.25 ; 5 lbs., 
$5.00; by mail, post-paid. 
RELIABLE ONION SEEDS. 
Out stock of onion seed has beea raised from carefully 
selected bulbs, and we can recommend it with the greatest 
confidence, as equal to any ever offered in this or anv other 
market. — The abundant crop enables us to offer it at a lower 
price than for many years. — Sent post-paid, as follows : 
Ounce, yjb. lb. 
Extra Early Ked $0.B $0.75 12.00 
EarlyKed 15 50 1.50 
Wethersfleld Large Bed 15 40 1.35 , 
Danyers Yellow 15 60 1.50 ' 
Yellow Dutch 15 50 1.51 
White Portuo-al 20 60 2.00 
Early Cracker 20 75 2.50 
Early Bed Globe 20 75 2.50 
Southport Ecd Globe 20 TS 2.50 
Southport White Globe 20 75 2.50 
Southport Tellow Globe 20 75 2.50 
In lots of 5 lbs. 25 cents per pound may be deducted. 
Bliss's lUastrated Seed Cataloirae and 
Amateur's Ouide to the Flo^ver & Kitchen 
Garden. — SOOpa^'es, iucludins tevfral hundred finely 
executed en^ravin,?s. and a heantifully-colored 
liltliograph. 35 Cents. 
Sliss's Illnstrated Gardener's Almanac 
and Abridged Catalogue.— 1S6 page?. Embraces 
aMonlhly CaVndar oi"Op('r:nion?. and a price ]ist ofall the 
leading (Garden, Field, and Flower Seeds, 
profusely illustrated, with brief directions for their cul- 
ture. 10 Cents. 
Regular Cxtatomera supplied gratis. 
See our Full-page Advertisement In ITIarch American Agriculturist. Address 
P. 0. Box 5712. B. K. BLISS & SONS, 34 Barclay St., New York. 
IZtT TREEE'S garden CALEITOAR, 1877 
Contains descriptive and price list of Vegetable, Flower and 
Grass Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Uoyelties, and every GARDEN 
EEQUISITn:. Beautifully illustrated. 180 pages. 
HENET A. DP.EER, 711 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. 
"D'CCJIT' «2Xr'X7'"r*C The celebrated Wetherstleld 
JtSHiio X. OJli JCiJJO Venetiible and Farm Seeds, 
by mail or express. Quality unsurpassed. Prices to suit the 
times. Pi'i(^e C;italogue free To sill. Address EODNE? 
KELLOGG, Harl'ord, Conn. Seeds and Fertilizers. 
The Cieenbook & Hmi City Nurseries' 
Floral Calendar, Journal, and 3 Sample Plants, 15 cts. 
ZMeJPree, J.GKEIVES,Sec.,Box837,Pater6on,K. J 
ROOT'S unm uwki 
for iS(i, contains all about the General Blaiiag'eineiit 
of tlio Market Garden, root crops, the kitchen 
Garden, and the Flovpcr Garden. Sent for 10 cts., 
■\vliicli win be allowed on tlie first order for seeds. 
t^" Plants in their season. 
Fresh crop of Turnip seeds in July. _^ 
Address J. B. ROUT, Seed Grower, Eockford, Ills. 
OMOICE FXi®^¥EIl, SEEB. 
1 pkt. 10 ct».; the 6 for riO cts. Each pkt. contains the most 
desirable kinds and colors of each variet}', and are a choice 
collection, and will please you. triving fjood satisfaction for 
the money invested. Pansies, B;ilsanis. Tall Asters, Double 
Hollyhocks, Phlox, and Vr-rbenas. Address 
L. D. S^'OOK, Earrinstoo, Tates Co., N. T. 
POMONA NUESEET. ^I^r^'^^:ji^ 
and Great American, the best strawberries. Ten acres 
of BravdyiDine (Susquer-o) raspberries, yielded in 1876, 
$4,338. Send for Catalogues. 
Wil. PARRT, Cinnaminaon, N. J. 
i"ONLY THE BEST." 
All the latest novelties and choicest varieties of 
j VEGETABLE, PAJRM, and PIiOWER, 
1 SEEDS, Summer-Flowering BXJLBS and 
I PliAlVTS, SDIALIi FRUITS, Pl.OR.ISTS' 
I SUPPLIES and GARDEN RECIUISITES. 
I Illustrated descriptive Catalogue free on application. 
WM. H. CARSON, 
135 Chambers St., BT. Y. 
AIL TFHO WISH 
PURE AND RE- 
LIABLE SEED 
SEEDS 
at reasonable prices, should send for our Illnstrated 
Catalosrue for 1877, descriptive of all the new, novel, 
and CHOICEST varieties of Vegetable and Field Seeds* 
Sent free to all applicants. HAWKINS & COKNISH, 
Goshen, N. T., (Successor to J. K. V. Hawkins. 
My Annual Catalogue of Yesetable and Flower Seed for 
1877 will be ready by January, and sent free to all who ap- 
ply ; Customers of last season need not write for it. 1 offer 
one of the largest collections of vegetable seed ever sent 
out by any seed-house in America, a large portion of which, 
were grown on my six seed farms. Printed directions 
for cultivation on every parcel. All seed sold 
from my establishment warranted to be both fresh and true 
to name; so far that should it prove otherwise. I will refill 
the order gratis. As the original introducer of the Hubbard 
and JIarbleliead Squashes, the Mavblehead Cabbages, and a 
score of other uew vegetables, I iaviie the patronage of all 
■%vIio are anxious to have tlieir seed fresh, 
true, and of the very best strain. NE"W 
ATEGETABLES A SPECIALTY. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
TOBACCO SEED. 
Parties wishing to ohtain the "Trne Conn. Broadleaf " 
TOBACCO SEED, 
Can be supplied -w^th a very superior article, viz. : 
Per oz. % lb. lb. 
Hoekannm or East Hartford Broad Leaf.. 40 $1.00 J3.00 
John Williams Inroad Leaf. 40 1.00 3.00 
Belknap Broad Leaf. 40 1.00 S.OO 
Ohio Improved Broad Leaf 40 l.'iO S.OO 
Imported Havana ..50 1.T.T 6.00 
By mail oil receipt of price. Kegistered Letters, Money 
Orders, or Drafts on N. T. at my risk. 
The seed I otfer is of the best quality, grown from pure 
stock, and are the varieties most largelv grown in the Valley 
of the Connecticut. 5Iy Gardener's Catalogue and 
Price List of Select Vegetable and Farm Seeds for 18. i, sent 
free to all applicants. Address 
R. D. HATVLET, 
493 & 498 Main St., Hartford, Conn. 
BT UAIIi FKES OF FOSTAei!. 
They speah their own praise wherever planteA 
.C3-THE Attention of MARKET GARDENERS 
AND PRIVATE FAMILIES IS paxticularly request- 
ed. iAKKKETHS' BCBAIi REGISTEB 
AITD AEMAJTAC, containing CATALOGUE and 
PRICES, mailed -without chakgh to applicants. 
Dayid landreth & Sons, 
FOUNDED 1784. Pljlladelphia. 
Of best Eastern growth delivered at your P. O., one-third 
less than you can buy " Box Seeds " at your srore. We wi^ 
send by mail, po^tnaid. at prices; named, the follnwin?. 15 
var's choice Flower Seeds, and 15 var's selected 
Vegetable Seeds for $l,or 30 var's of either roi- $i. 
Bassona Beet perlb. % .60|Ri-'(l Turnip Kadlsti, pr. lb. J.6Q 
Dewini'a Turnip Beet " .60 Lonir Scarlet Kadlsh.. " M 
Long: Blood Beet " .60 Cow Horn Turnip . . " .50 
Large Ked Onion '* 1.00 Strap L'f&Golden Ball " .50 
Tel. Danvers Onion... " l.CO Long- Orantre Carrot.. *' .90 
Lonff Smooth»Parsnip " .TOlspinanh. rVI or pr'kly.. '* .35 
C^ ^ and H 1^- at lb. rates. Cntalo?ae free. Reduc- 
tions to rlniilrrs and rrardenprs. stale where adv. seon. 
FERRIS tfc MINARD, Foaghkeepsie, N. Y. 
S. N. Hyde's Egyptian Sweet Corn, 
Larqre ears, and verv lar^e grain. Decidedly the best va- 
riety for the table in America. Fii-st Premium awartled by 
the Md, Srate Horticultural Society. ]87ri and 187H. 25 cts. a 
package; 50c. a pint; $1 a quart; by mall Free of Postage. For 
Bale only by J. Bolglano & Son, 23 Calvert St., BalUmore^d, 
