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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Ill 
Your Money's Worth Guaranteed^ 
New and Valuable Garden Seeds. 
Sent, Postage Paid, on Receipt of Price. 
Colossal Asparagus, 20c. oz., 10c. pkt~ $2 lb. Giant Wax. 
Concord, Scarlet Iiunners, Large White Lima, and Speckled 
Lima Pole Beans, each 10c. per pkt.; New Kgjjptian Beet, 
10c. pkt., 2oc. oz.- Early Dutch, Jersey Wakefield, Drum- 
liead, Marblehead Mammoth, Fottler's Brunswick, Pr'm F't 
D'ch, Imp. Am. Savoy, and Red Cabbage, each 10c. pkt.; 
Early Wyraan. 20c. pkt. ; Early Horn aud Long Orange Car- 
rot, 15c. oz., 5c. pkt.; Cauliflower, 10c. pkt.; Celery, various 
kinds, 10c. pkt.; Crosby, Darling, Red Cob, 8 i:#w Sugar 
Corn, Judson'a Prolific, each 45c. qt., 10c. pkt.; Moore's 
Early Concord, Red Mexican, Silver Lace Parching, each 
65c. qt., 10c. pkt. ; varieties of Cucumbers, i:>c. oz., 5c. pkt. ; 
Large India Lettuce, 10c. pkt.; Malta, Simpson, Boston 
Curled, and other varieties Lettuce, 5c. pkt., 30c. oz. ; YVhite 
Japan, Jenny Lind, Large Mexican, !New Valparaiso, and 
Ward's Nectar Musk Melon, 5c. and 10c. pkt., 25c. oz. ; Hack- 
ensack Musk Melon {Extra Large. 15 have filled a bbl.), 30c. 
oz.. 10c. pkt.; Joe Johnson, Thinuey's, and Gypscy, best of 
all (one weighed 50 lbs. last season), each 10c. pkt. ; E'ly Red, 
L'ge Red Wcth'ld, Yellow Dutch Onion Seed, 20c. oz.; Y'l 
Danvers, Oval or Globe Red, Silver-skin, 25c. oz., each 10c. 
'pkt. ; Parsnip, 10c. oz. ; Peas, Littlo Gem, Tom Thumb, each 
G5c. qt. ; Phila. Ex. Early and Carter's First Crop, each 
55c. qt. ; Champion oi Eng.. GOc. qt ; Blue Imp'l, 45c. qt., 10c. 
ft pkt. ; Laxton's Prolific Loner Pod, 75c. qt., J5c. pkt.; Ex. 
Large Mammoth Pumpkin, ]0 seeds, 10c.; Radish seed, 
various kinds, 10c. and 15c. per oz. ,5c. pkt. ; liubbardSquasli, 
25c. oz., 10c. pkt. ; Mammoth Chili Squash, 10 seeds, 10c; 
Trophy Tomato, from selected fruit, 10c. pkt., 75c. oz., many 
other kinds, 5c. pkt.; Currant Tomato, 10c. pkt.; various 
kinds of Turnin, 10c. oz., 5c. pkt. 
All the seed I sell I warrant fresh and reliable, and to 
reach the purchaser in good order. For a postage-stamp, I 
will send to any plain address my 
j Or, for 20 cents, my 
Catalogue and JiOe. 
worth of Seeds, 
free by- mail. It 
contains about all the 
I varieties of vegetable 
tion, and the seeds are 
IfEW 
DESCRIPTIVE 
CATALOGUE. 
and flower seeds worthy of cultiva 
offered at very favorable rates. 
Seed in pUts. amounting 
and $2.33 for S3. OO. 
X&- Read my ad- 1 Address H 
vertisement in Jan. ■ 
and Feb. Nos. .dm. 
Agriculturist, pages 
30 and 71. 
; | Seed 
«o 81.15 for $1.00, 
. E. ACKER, 
Grower, 
Woodbridge, N. J. 
Mammoth Dent Cora. 
This corn having proved superior to 
other varieties in the following re- 
spects, we think every farmer should 
have it. It is the largest early field 
variety in the country. It will yield 
more, shell more, weigh more, fill bet- 
ter at both ends of the ear, hns great- 
er depth of grain, and will do better 
on. all kinds of soil, than any other 
variety. 
Price of selected ears, by mail, 50 
cents each. Two pounds, 75 cents; 
lour pounds, $1.00. One peck, by ex- 
press, $1.75; half-bushel, $y.50; one 
ushel, $4.00 ; two bushels, ?7.00 ; five- 
bushels, $16.00. 
No corn sent C. O. D. Send stamp 
for circular. Address 
ISAAC N. BALTHIS, 
Box 59, Cory don, Ind. 
Choice Onion Seed 
Every old onion-raiser knows that the difference in valne 
of a crop of onions raised from seed of average quality, and 
one raised from onions that have been most carefully hand- 
picked each year lor along scries of years, is from fifty to a 
hundred dollars. The seed I offer is of my own growing, 
and has had its reliability of yielding choice onions, free 
from scullions, as fully inbred as are the traits in any of the 
purest bred animals. My catalogue has recommendations 
from twenty farmers who have used my seed, and so know 
all about ir. Catalogues sent free to all. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
PEACH TOMATO.-.%, and the hand- 
somest and best shaped grown. 100 seeds. 25c. Eugene 
Winter Squash.— Said to be A variety ot the Valparaiso. 
Very sweet and rich flavored. Pkt.. 15c. Silver Maple Seed .— 
The best quick-growing tree for fuel, shade, or ornament. 
Oz., 10c. ; lb., $1. All by mail, post-paid. Send for descrip- 
tive circular to J, M. BENTHALL, Quasqueton. Iowa. 
SEED POTATOES. 
I will deliver Peerless, Early Rose, Prolific, or Climax Po. 
tatoes at the K.R. depot, as soon as the weather will admir, 
in the spring, for $3 per bbl. ; five libls. or more, $2.50 per 
bbl. All warranted genuine. FRANK QUA, 
North Granville, Washington Co., N. Y. 
EARI.V ROSE and Early Mohawk Pota- 
toes. II per bush. Peerless, $1.25 per bush. Charles 
Downing Strawlierrv plants. $l.fi0 per 1,000. Boyden's No. 
30 and Kentucky. Mper 1,000. Albany Seedling, $3 per 1.0O0. 
SAMUEL C. DE COU.Recklesstown, Burlington Co., N.J. 
OR SALE. 
40 bbls. Peerless Potatoes, $4 per bbl ; 20 bbls. King of 
Earliei, $5 per bbl. ; 100 bbls. Early Rose, $3. 
S. L. FRET, Palatine Bridge, N. T. 
XT A: * slR:uo: * ,> sweet pota. 
_L^( TOES for seed! $2 for V bushel— bottom prices 
on large lots. Plants In May $2 per 1,000. Send for " Direc- 
tions lor Sprouting." etc. 
W. W. RATHBOIVE, Marietta. Ohio. 
OP PLA»TS.-A specialty. For Cir- 
cular and price, address 
E. FRANCE, Cobleskill, N. V. 
NEW AND RARE VARIETIES OF 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
BOSTON MARKET MELON. 
WASHBUHN & CO., 
100 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass,, 
Take pleasure in offering, post-paid, by mail, on receipt of prices an- 
nexed, the following choice varieties: 
ASPARAGUS, Moore's Premium. This varietv is now well known in Boston and vicinity as the largest and finest 
in every respect, without exception, in cultivation. Capt. Moore has taken first prizes for his celebrated 
Asparagus every season for the past ten years, at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 
Per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 25c. 
BEETS, Egyptian. Very fine. Per pkt., 10c. 
Hatch's Early Extra Blood-Turnip. This is an improved variety, both in earliness, smoothness, and 
fine quality, for tabic use, and is a favorite with the growers of fine early vegetables for tlie Boston market. 
The seed we offer is from the stocli which received the first premium awarded. Per lb., ?1.50; per oz.,20c. ; 
per pkt., 10c. 
Dewing's "Early Turnip. This is a new and superior blood-beet, recently introduced. The roots are of a 
fine globular shape, uniformly smooth, with loner, slender tap-root. Skin dark purplish black ; flesh deep blood- 
red; very fine grained, tender, and sugary ; very early. Excellent for the table. Per lb., $1.50; per oz., 15c-*; 
per pkt., 10c. 
New Chilian ( for decorative purposes). This striking novelty is specially adapted for bedding purposes, the 
foliage presenting a variety of color, from bright orange to purplish crimson ; used extensively at the Battersea 
and other Metropolitan PaVks. Per pkt., 25c. 
Carter's Perfeetion Salad. Small-sized, short-top variety, of delicate texture, and sweet flavor, even 
growth, and dark foliage. The best variety for salad purposes. Per pkt., '^5c. 
BEANS, Australian Runners. This varietv, introduced by Mr. Jos. Tailby, bas proved remarkably productive, 
and given the best of satisfaction. The pods are from nine to twelve inches in length, and about one inch in 
breadth. Very early, coming iu with the early Six Weeks, stringless, and when cooked very delicious. Price per 
pkt., 25c. ; per qt., $1. 
CAULIFLOWER, Boston Market, Very early. Produces uniformly large and fine solid 
flowers, or heads, of snowy whiteness and excellent flavor. Weight of specimen, seven 
aud a hall" pounds ; diameter, ten and a half inches; circumference, thirty-one inches; 
length of foliage, twenty-nine and a half inches. Per oz., $1.50 ; per pkt., 25c. 
CELERY, Boston Market. A favorite variety in the Boston market : remarkable for its 
tender, crisi\ and succulent stems, and ils peculiarly mild flavor. It is extensively cul- 
tivated by the market-gardeners around Boston, and surpasses any other variety lor its 
great excellence. Pit pkt., lOc. ; per oz., 50c. 
CORN, Moore's Early Concord. Silver Medal Awarded. This valuable variety of 
Corn, which we had the pleasure last season of introducing, we now bring before the 
public with renewed confidence. It has proved all and more than we recommended. 
We have received hundreds of testimonial-;, which will be found in a circular, to be had 
on application. Per pkt., 25c. ; selected ears, 25c. 
KALE, Acme. A very dwarf curled Kale, growing close on the ground, with glaucous green 
leaves intersected by a scarlet mid-rib. Ileally a superb thing, and combines every de- 
sideratum, being very hardv, very early, prolific, tender, mild, and a brilliant green 
when boiled. It is a hybrid between Dwarf Green Curled Borecole and Sea Kale. 
Per pkt., 25c. 
LETTUCE, Buunoy's Incomparable Hardy Green Cos. The raiser of this says; "I have tried it with all 
the leading kinds of lettnee; but none nre equal to it. You may grow it for any time of the year, as it is very 
hardy, and has stood the drouth of the last season when other sorts ' bolted.' " A compact, large-growing, crisp 
variety, of fine flavor. Per pkt., 25c. 
MELON, Boston Market. Persons wishing a fine melon will find this superior to any other in all respects, either for 
family or market purposes. Fruit nearly round, bat flattened slightly at the ends; deeply, and very regularly 
ribbed ; size medium ; skin green, and thickly netted. When fully mature, the green becomes more soft and 
mellow, or of a yellowish shade. Flesh thick, very juicy, and of the richest and most sugary flavor. It is an 
abundant bearer, quite hardy, and remarkably uniform in its quality. Per oz., 50c. ; per pkt., 15c. 
SMILAX. A beautiful winter climbing plant, adapted alike to the greenhouse and conservatory. Nothing can excel thi s 
Slant in beauty of foliage and orange fragrance of the flowers. It is extensively used for bouquets and floral 
ecorationB ot every description. Large sized bulbs, 50c. each. Extra sized bulbs, $1 each. Seed, per pkt., 25c. 
Note.— This plant is grown and used most extensively as a decorative vine by every florist iu the vicinity of Boston. No 
lady dressed lor a party feels her toilet complete (if natural flowers are worn) without a spray of Smilax appended 
to her hair. 
5^~ For further descriptions, see 
AMATEUR CULTIVATOR'S GUIDE 
TO THE 
FLOWER AJVI> KITCHEN OA.RX>E]V. 
We are pleased to announce that the 26th Annnal Edition of this well-known work is now ready, enlarged 
and improved, and containing a magnificent new colored Lithograph, besides hundreds of Engravings, in addi- 
tion to its full descriptive Price-list of 3,000 varieties of choice Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Rare 
Gladiolus, Lilies, Tuberoses, etc., with full directions for their culture. This is, without doubt, the most perfect 
work of the kind before the public. %3T Sent free to applicants upon receipt of two stamps. Address 
WASHBURN & CO., Boston, Mass. 
To Farmers and Gardeners. 
I invite all who have been in the habit of buying their 
garden seed from boxes left at the stores to give my seed a 
trial, side by side, and mark the difference in their germin- 
ating, and in the purity and quality of the vegetables raised 
from them, I have made it my mission for several years 
past to drive fcad seed from the market, and so save farmers 
and gardeners the immense loss they annually suffer from 
the purchase of it. 
The public have well appreciated mv efforts, and I have 
now fifty thonsand customers in the United States and Can- 
adas. I sell no seed I do not warrant, and what is the real 
pith of the matter I stand by my warranty. To enable me 
to do this I grow myself a large proportion of the seed I 
sell. Catalogues sent ./We to any applicant. 
JAMES J. H. GUEGOF.Y, Marblehead, Mass. 
GEN. GRANT CUCUMBER— Grows from 25 
to 30 inches long ; enormous bearer : unsurpassed for 
table use or pickles; 20c. per packet. SAXFOlU) COUN"— 
YleldslriO bushels per aero+4 qt.. 50c; 4 qts., $1.50, post 
free. PEERLESS POTATOES— 1 Uib m GOc, post free. 
G. W. WILSON, Auburn, Ohio. 
fO^OVERS COLOSSAL AMPA1E- 
^-^ AGUS Seed for sale. Warranted genuine. From 1 
lb.to500at$I per lb. J. Henry Vandervcer, Freehold, N. J. 
SEED POTATOES.— ExcolMorniidBrcsee's Pro- 
lific, $2.50 per bbl. Early Rose and Peerless, $1.50 per 
bu., $3 per bbl., by rail or express. Adrtrepfl __ 
G. B. TALCOTT, Owego. Tioga Co., N.Y. 
"CORN IS KING!" 
COOLKY'S EARLY WHITE FIELD CORN! 
The Earliest Large Com In America .' 
Corn planted in Ohio May 3d— crop gathered and ground 
into meal August 9th, only fourteen weeks from 
planting! In Minnesota, in thirteen weeks. Will 
yield as much per acre as the celebrated Chester County 
Corn (which is said to be the most productive corn in the 
U.S.), while it is two months earlier! thus escaping 
the drouth and early fall frosts. Bpnd stamp for circular, 
giving testimonials from some of the best farmers in the 
Union. This Corn (shelled) weighs 62 lbs. to 
the bushel. 
Pricks.— One peck. by express or freight, $2; one quart, by 
express or freight, 50c. ; one Quart, by mail, post-paid, 15c. 
Address all orders to C. C. COOLEY, 
P. O. Box 96, Manchester, Adnma Co., Ohio. 
VAN SICKLEN COLOSSAL ASPARAGUS. 
THE LARGEST A5D BEST. 
Plants, $1.30 per 100; $10.00 per 1,000. Seed, $4.00 per lb. 
For sole by JAMES THORNTON, 
Bybeny, Philadelphia, Pa. 
GARDENING MADE EASY 
FOR the: million. 
ONLY TEW CENTS! 
IleaHy worth Ten Dollars ! Inclose 10c. t and 2c. stamp for 
postage. J. C. THOMPSON, TompkinSYille, N. T. 
(Statcn Island.) 
