1808.] 
AMERICAN AGRK^ULTUKIST. 
15 S 
SPRING GARDEN SEEDS. 
The following are selections from Thorbarn's Cata- 
logue lor 1808, constituting tlie choicest of their sorts. 
CT jf ordered by mail, add S as. per lb. /or paetaac. 
The Bve best Boons are : per qt., cts. 
Early l'.achel. Bush. 4I > 
Black Wax, Bush, (Due yellow pod) 50 
Refugee, Buali M 
Horticultural, ToJo s0 
Black TVaxj Tolo (Ann yellow pod i "5 
The two best Bccls are : 
Carter's Bt. osvtli per lb., fiM....peroz„ in rt.j. 
Early Blood Turnip " 1.00.... " 13 " 
The five best Cabbages arc: 
Early Sine of Dwarf per lb., $".00. perm., Befi. 
Early Wiiiningstadt " r,.00.... " 40" 
Early Oxhcart " 2.00.... " 30" 
Drumhead Savoy " r..oo... " 40 •• 
large Flat Dutch ■' 4.00.... " 40" 
The two net. Carrots are: 
Early Scarlet Horn perlb., $1.50. .. .per <a n 15 ete. 
Long Orange " IT, ■• 15" 
The three best Cauliflowers arc: 
Extra Early Erfurt per packet, 23 
Early Paris per oz., |i.si 
Thorburn'S Nonpareil " 1.00 
The three best Celcrys arc : 
Early Dwarf White per o:.. 75 cfc. 
Bally Dwarf Crimson '" 30 " 
Dickson's Mammoth White " 40 " 
The four best Corns arc : 
Extra Early Dwarf Sweet per qt, 40 CM. 
Trimble's Improved " " 30 " 
Stowcll's Evergreen " " 30 " 
Strliicd Leaved Japan per at., II " 
The two best Cresses are : 
Extra Curled per lb., T3 els per oz., 10 cts. 
Broad Leaved Winter " $3.00.... " SO " 
The three best Cucumbers arc : 
F. irly Kti'siaii perlb., tlM....per oz., 20 cts. 
White Splned " 1.30.... ■■ 15 " 
Long Green " 2.00.... " SO " 
The best Kolilrabi is: 
Early Wliito Vienna perlb., $4.00 per oz., 40 e««. 
The four best I.i ttnr, s are: 
Early wiiite Forcing perlb., $3.00.... per oz., 51 ct<. 
Tennisball or Boston " 4.00.... " 40 " 
Vihd La's Tom Thumb " f.00.... " 81 " 
Ice Drumhead " 2.50.... " 30 " 
The three best melons arc : 
Early White Japan perlb., $3.00.... per oz., 40 cts. 
FineNutmeg " 1.50.... " 20 '• 
lee Cream Water " 1.50.... " IS " 
The three best Onions arc: 
F.irly lied perlb., $2.00.... per oz., 20 cts. 
Yellow Danvcis " 2.00.... •• 20 " 
White Portugal " 3.00.... " SO " 
The best Parsley Is: 
Extra Curled per lb., $1.50. . . .pel- oz., 15 ct*. 
The best Parsnip Is: 
Sutton's Student (Due flavor) . .per 16., $1.30 ...per oz., 20 cts. 
The six best Peas arc : 
McLean's Little Gem (1 foot high) per qt., 90 cts. 
Carter's First Crop (J 1 , teet high. " 80 " 
McLean's Advancer i2S feet l.iglu " 75 " 
Hair's Dwarf Mammoth iV< feel high) " 60 " 
Napol i Marrow C! leet high i. " 00 " 
McLean's Princess KoyalOX feet high) " 50 " 
The four best Ratlishes are : 
French Breakfast per lb., $1.50... per oz., IS ct*. 
Early Scarlet Turnip " I JO.... " 15 " 
Lone Scarlet " l.oo.... " 10 " 
Scarlet Chinese Winter " 3.00 " 30 " 
Also, 
l'.aphanus caudatus (edible pod variety).. per packet 23 " 
The two best Spinases arc : 
Large Flan 'Ire per 16., 75 cts per oz., lit cts. 
ItoundLcaved " 75" " io " 
The three best Srinnslirs are: 
Summer t rook neck per lb., $1.25 per oz., 10 cts 
■ hi. Winter " 4.00 " la ■ 
Hubbard, Winter » 2.50.... " so " 
The lour l.e-i Tomatoes are : 
Large lie I Smooth per lb., $1.00 neroz. r.o ct* 
Ft-i- L' ml •• 4.O0.... " 30 " 
Fo.k's Favorite " 4.00 " 30 " 
Valencia Cluster " 4.00 " so " 
The, four best Tnr 
trap 1 .mi' . 
inch 
Yellow French 
Improved Untabaga. 
■Ips 
..perlb.. $1.01. ...perm., 10 eft. 
i.oo:, 
10 
Also, apply lor Descriptirc Catalogue containing 
directions for the cultivation of vegetables. 
J. M. THORBIRN & CO. 
13 John-street, New York. 
Early Rose Potatoes. 
Perfection Attained at Last, 
GEO. W. BEST, 
TJti<*«, IV. Y., 
lias all the Stoclc which will l>c 
oIIVimmI for sale before Fall of 1808. 
The " Early finse" is a eocdlinj: of the " Gurnet Chili," 
originated iu 1S-jI by Albert Biezee, Esq., an Intelligent 
ffirmer, and llic whole stock was sold by him to D. S. ricff- 
ron, (of Utica, N. Y.,) the wcll-Jcuown disseminator of the 
"Goodrich Seedlings." 
In a letter to Messrs. B. K. Bliss & Sox, of New York, Mr. 
H.says of the "Early Kosc:" "It has uniformly ripened 
ten <' ni ■; earlier than the ' Early Goodrich,' produces less 
small tuber.-, is equally healthy, and productive as that justly 
ed v;n ieiy, and its superior in table quality. It is 
the best early potato that I hart ' ever grown or eeen, ti\] things 
considered." " Skin thin, tough, ol" a dull blush color, flesh 
white, solid and brittle; boils through quickly; very mealy." 
Dr. John P. Gray, Superintendent of the >". Y. State Lunatic 
Asylum, says: 
"Last Spring;, (1SGT), 1 received from £>. S. Neffron a quan- 
tity of his new Vermont Seedling Potato called the Early 
Hose. It was planted the last of May, iliaUcrnate rows with 
the Early &oodiich, in the same kind of soil and treated ex- 
actly alike. It came up rank, grew more rapidly than the 
Early Goodrich, and flowered full two weeks UcXoPC that 
variety. It began to ripen its large, thriftly growing leaves 
twelve days in advance of the other, and was fully ripe and 
fit for digging at least ten days before the Early Goodrich- 
We carefully measured four rows of each kind across the 
piece, and found the yield quite equal to the Early Good- 
rich ; in health it was also its equal, while it- excels the other 
iu table quality. I consider it the best very early sort with 
which 1 am acquainted." 
JOHN P. GKAT. 
(Dr. Gray has none of the stock for sale, having only raised 
a few for Mr. Heifron.) 
CARD FROM D. 8. HEFFRON, Esq. 
To WMm k m&y Concern. 
Having recently sold nearly my entire stock of the " Early 
Hose Potato," to John L.Conoveb and Stacy P. Conover, 
they have sent me an order to deliver a portion ol them to 
Geo. W. Best (of Utica, N. Y.>. 
D. S. HEFFnON. 
Geo. AY. Best has purchased of Messrs. Jonx L. & Stacy 
P, Conover, of Monmouth County, New Jersey, a part of 
their stock of " Early Rose Potatoes," at the eri or mo us price 
of Eighty Dollars ($80) per bushel, and proposes to send them 
out in pouud packages, as premiums to those purchasing 
Grape Vines of him. The following will convinco the pub- 
lic that 530 per bushel Is the actual price paid. 
City and County ) 
of [ M. 
New York. ) 
Join* L. CoxovEit and Stacy P. Con- 
over, of Monmouth Co., New Jersey, being duly sworn, 
depose and say that on this 21st day of February, 1863, they 
sold to Gap. "W. Best a part of their Btock of "Early Hose 
Potatoes," at the cash price of $S0 per bushel. 
Sworn before mc tin* 21st ) Jonx L. Coxoyeh. 
day of February. lSrg, \ StaOT 1'. COHOVBR. 
A. AYii.liajis Gi.easox, Notary Public, New York. 
I have a very large stock of Choice Native Grape 
Vines, (consisting of the most desirable varieties, among 
which are Arilronflac, Allen's Hybrid, Con- 
cord, C'revi/liiisc. Delaware, Diana, Union Vil- 
lage, Hartford Prolific, Rogers* Hybrids, 
Iona, Israella, &c., &c.,l which I intend to send out 
in connection with the "Early Rose." 
TERMS : 
For 85 (Invariably to be sent with the order.) I will send 
Ten Choice Grape Vines from the above list (re- 
serving the right of selection for myself, but will endeavor 
to suit purchasers as far as possible,) and One Pound of 
*' Early Rose Potatoes!" all to be securely packed, 
and sent by mail, postage prepaid. 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLANTINC. 
By catting into =inslc eyes, nivt plnntlnjr bnt, oiv> < 
lull, one bushel may be rendily raised from a pound, and will 
be worth next Fall, at the very lowest aicni-ition, double 
the price paid /<>;• both Tines and PoUtioe*. 
Not move than five packages sent to one a ■[.: 
Xo " Early Roso" for sale In f|«an!ity at any price, and 
only In connection with Urn Vines. 
No orders accepted unless accomprtl i< 
Order* will be booked in Order as received, an 1 I'otatoes 
and Vines Bhlopcd as early In the Spring as \\m weather will 
permit. Order early, as the stock is limited. 
Address 
GEO. TV. BEST, 
UTICA, !». Y. 
LANDRETHS' GARDEiV SEEDS 
Speak their own praise wherever planted. 
It the reader ofthe above wishes to test Landrctbs' Seeds 
in comparison with the best he has ever used, and cannot 
conveniently obtain them from merchants or druggists of 
his neighborhood, a package of 50 papers, judiciously nssort- 
ed, sufficient for the us.: ol a small family, will be mailed, 
post-paid, and safe carriage insured, on the remittance of £a. 
DAVID LAXDUETII & SOX, 
NOS. 21 &. 23 South Slxth-st., 
IMIILADKI.PHIA. 
J«H\ K. & A. MURDOCII, 
Nurserymen, Florists and Seedsmen, 
No, 112 SMITHFIELD STEEET 
PITTSBURGH, PA., 
Opposite the Post-Officc, 
Hower S.c.l of best i|ualil v. onion s.-t--, Karlv ( :<>. .cln.-li. 
Hanson, and other varieties ol S.-c.l Potatoes. 'Oarden lni- 
pleinents and Greenhouse Plants. We will send bv mail, 
when desired, all orders for seeds to the amount of one dol- 
lar or unwinds, except C.un, ISean. and Pea-. Catalogues 
sent on application and all orders promptly attended to. 
A SKty Pound Cabbage J J 
As the original introducer of the Jfarblehead Mammoth 
c<il,h<t<i,\ I oiler the public seed qroirn by uujsdf from the 
ch"iecsr specimens ol the purest stock. 
This CabbaL'e has been crown in marlv every Mate in the 
I loon, wei-liiac hem '.' > to ell II. s. V ,,e Inc past leiv veal's it 
lias been the slandaial wonder at almost every Auricultural 
lair in the I idled stales an 1 r'anadas. Tlio public mav i civ 
upon my continued care I . ; . . ; . • ■ , .... I pure from all a.l- 
liiixtur. 3 and fullv up I,. ,i - ; is , !. : »li standard. Kach 
package has a line onirav n 4 • f t i- rauarkable Cabbage— 
wilh r-'r?/ fun direetinns le eulrtirc on it. Sent postpaid 
Io any address for X, els. p. r paci...,;c, l.ve packages for $1 ; 
or 100 packages for $17.fm. 
JAMES J. II. GllEGORY, Marblchead, Mass. 
"pVTEW CABBAGES.— NEW SHORT-STEMMED 
XI Brunswick, or Fottlcr's Brunswick, New Seh» einnn i. 
i.iuiuial. or lim-weight cabbage. New. large, white, solid, 
extra, Clarke's new extra Early Nonpariel, new extra Early 
Erfurt, each 2a cis,. the live for SI, pre-paid by mail. Extra 
Early Erfnit Caul lib. wer. live. T, rls (•.■durllill Tomato. 
25 CIS. "With allother new and standard (.allien and Flow. 
er Seeds. 2.'. sorts bv mail, pre-paid, for SI. (analogues to 
any address. Seeds in ounce, pound, or small papers, lor the 
trade, bv ihe ion or ),i,C'J-thc most, judicious selection ever 
..II. red in thi. country. Wholesale Trade Lists now ready. 
Agents wauled. 
B. M. WATSON, Old Colony Nurseries and Seed Establish- 
ment. Plymouth, Mass. 
Fottler's Improved Brunswick 
CABBACE. 
This improved Cabbage is of fine quail! 
rhc.. 
. . cither for early or late 
planting ; it is easily cultivated, every plant producing a line 
head when fully grown, it is highly esteemed among gar- 
deners, and is n,.r,l iu preference to all other-; from original 
stock. Per pkt. 25 cts. \\ ASIH'.i |:\- & en., 
Hort'l Hall, Boston. Mass. 
Boston IMariict Dwarf Celery. 
The very best in cultivation, being very solid, and of com- 
pact, dwarf growth. The 11. -ton market gardeners will uso 
no other. Price, 25 cts. per packet, or $ 1 per ounce. Also, 
IMPROVED BRUNSWICK. CABBAGE SEED, 
of our own growing. Tins variety igasjlrxt introduced by 
our Mr. Schlenel, price, 25 or 50 cents per packet, or SI per 
ounce, free by mail. We offer a large and well selected stock 
of all the leading varieties of 6eed8. Send for a Catalogue. 
Write your address plain. 
A. SCIILEGEL & CO., 10 South Market-st., Boston, Mass. 
ZW~ Correspondence In English or German, _£3 
Itlarblehead Mammoth Sweet Corn. 
The ears are of an enormous size, often wcigldng between 
two and three pounds, very sweet and excellent tor table use. 
My specimens . ftlusCrn recently took the Fil-I Premium 
at two o[ the Annual Fairs of the Mass. Il.irtieull tirt.l Suet. 
ctv. Per package. 25 cents, or live packages for $1.00. 
.My seed Catalogue gratis !■. nl 1 . 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehea.l, Mass. 
HOP ROOTS 
For sale iu quantities to suit purchasers. 
C G. CRASE & «.;©., 
Seed and Agricultural Warehouse, ■ 
NO. 70 BROAD-ST.. NEWARK, N. J. 
Complete Manual on the Cultivation of Hops, price 40 cts.. 
HORSERADISH SETS. 
FLOWER SEEDS. FLOWER SEEDS. 
|...-i .-■■ prepaid. See. d !'"r a C.ltnlOSU 
c. R. GARRETSON, Flushing. X. T. 
Nursery and Seedsmen, Erfurt, Prussia. 
Sei.d slamps for catalogues to Messrs. AUSTIN, BALD- 
WIN i CO., 12 Broadway, New York. 
ALL'S NEW FRAGRANT PERPETUAL JAP- 
AXE"E IIONF.Y'SrrKLE and the New Forgct-lnc-Xot, 
Fnipi Fllzat.erli. See my advcrtiseiiicnt in tin- I". br.uiiy 
and March numbers of this Journal. B. M. WATSON, 
Plymouth, Mass, 
