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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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CURTIS & GOBB-S 
PERFECTLY RELIABLE SEEDS. 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. 
The undersigned would inform their friends and the pub- 
lic that the Seventeenth Annual Edition of their IL- 
LUSTRATED SEED CATALOGUE, and FLOWER A.\D 
KITCHEN GARDEN DIRECTORY, with price of Seeds, 
Gladiolus Bulbs, Select Small Fruits, fie, fie, will be ready 
for mailing early in January, and will be sent to all appli- 
cants enclosing Twenty-fi've Cents. Old customers sup- 
plied without charge ; and should any such not receive it in 
due time, we will thank them to notify us. Our Catalogue 
hao been frequently pronounced one of the best issued, and 
our endeavor will "be to keep it fully up to its present high 
place amongst its competitors. Please forward orders cany 
to CURTIS <fc COBB. Seedsmen and Florists, 
348 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 
New Cabbage Seed. 
The following varieties of cabbage seed I crew this season 
on ray three Seed Farms, all perfectly isolated, scattered 
over an area of three square miles. You will nnd them all 
fresh and true. 
per oz. 4 oz. lb. 
Early Jersey Wakefield, {true) $0.75 $-U0 £7.50 
Early Winn ingstadt 0.S3 1 .25 3.5n 
Improved American Savoy 0,35 3.25 3.50 
Fottler's Improved Brunswick 0.50 1.75 5.00 
Stone Mason Drumhead 0.40 1.50 4.00 
Premium Flat Dutch 0.35 1.25 3.50 
Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead 1.00 3.50 12.00 
Early Wyman 1.00, 25c. per pack'g. 
The a'tove seeds were all grown from fully developed head-?, 
and will he sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. 
Catalogues free. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
Fresh Garden Seed. 
We have reduced the price of Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, 
and oilier Garden Seed, and offer them to clubs and country 
merchants at the very lowest rates. For instance, Champ- 
ion of England Pey.s, of the finest quality, at $'i per bushel, 
25 cents per quart, 5 cents per packet, by express; Daniel 
O'Rourke (eq. early), §4 per bushel, 20 cents per quart, 4 cts. 
per packet. 
Fine valued Gladiolus, from 10 cts. to $3. Good varieties, 
$S per 100. Other bulbs for spring planting, very low. 
Early Rose, and other potatoes, §3.50 per barrel. Norway 
and Surprise Oats, ?3 per bushel; Three bushels, $7.50; 
Thirty bushels, $65. Catalogues free. Address 
WAEDWELL & CO., West Dresden, Yates Co., N. Y. 
To Market Gardeners. 
Your business involves an immense outlay over small 
aioas, and it is of first importance that the seed you plant 
should be fully reliable. Mv enterprise is of special inter- 
est to you,' as I am engaged" in growing, directly under my 
own eye, a great varietybf vegetable seeds, many of which 
seedsmen usually import or gather together from growers 
scattered through the country. Because I grow these seed 
invself I am enabled to warrant them fresh and true to 
name, and to bind myself to refill the same value gratis, 
should they not prove so. All seed warranted to reach each 
purchaser. I also import and procure from first growers, 
choice varieties that cannot be grown in my locality, giving 
me thus one of the largest if not the largest variety of veg- 
etable seed sold by any dealer in the United States. Give 
my seed a trial. Catalogues gratis. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
STRAW ! STRAW!! STRAW!!! 
C. D. Lang worthy, of Alfred, writes: "My Norway Oat 
Straw from one acre is worth as much as an acre of my best 
meadow hay, my cattle eat it in preference to hay. It seems 
to be more juicy and tender than ordinary straw.'* A Con- 
necticut farmer writes: " I was offered 75 cts. per hundred 
for my Norway Oat Straw, (common oat straw is a drug at 
50 cts.), but my cattle like it so well, that I have determined 
to sell hay in its stead." There Is no longer any question, 
but the straw of this grain is fully as valuable per acre as 
hay, while its enormous yield of seed is a clear gain. Price 
$7.n0 per bushel, $4 Per half bushel, $2.50 per peck, by stand- 
ard of 32 lbs. to the bushel. Our seed is warranted pure and 
genuine. Parties are advertising who fill their orders with 
bogus seed, and farmers are cautioned against these frauds. 
Address, D. W. RAMSDELL & CO., 218 Pearl St., New 
York ; or 171 Lake St., C hicago, 111. 
BOSTON MARKET CELERY. 
I can supply best seed of the genuine Boston Market 
Celery, the variety described ou page 420 of the Nov. (1S69) 
Agriculturist. Per package, 15 cts.; per ounce, 50 cts.; by 
mall, post-poid. Catalogue* free. _ 
JAMES J. H. Gft EGORY. Marhlelicad, Mass. 
50,©OO Peach Trees. 
4 to G ft. lligll, t year from bud, well ripened. Leading 
varieties, true to name. Also a general assortment of Nur- 
sery stock Concord Vines and Osage Hedge In quantity. 
Potatoes for seed of the newer varieties. Early Rose by the 
hundred bushels. Scud for price list 
H. M. KNGLK, Marietta, Pa. 
Small Fruits and Plants a Specialty. 
All the desirable and profitable varieties— after 18 years 
experience la small fruits. The fruits yield the profit, and 
the plana sold »< about the cost of raising them. 
Sendfor descriptive priee list. 
SILAS W ALTON, Moorcstown, V.T. 
Now and Rare Vegetables. 
make the seeds of new and rare vegetables a specialty, 
besides growing all of the standard sorts. Catalogues free. 
JAMES J. II. GliHGOr.r, Marblehead, Mass. 
POMONA NURSERY. 
WILLIAM PAHRY, Cinnaminson, W. J. 
50 acres In Raspberries. 
50 acres in Blackberries. 
And the largest stock of Kentucky Strawberries. 
Send for Catalogues. 
BLISS'S SELECT GARDEN SEEDS. 
B- IC. BLISS <& SON, 
No§. 41 Park Row, and 151 Nassau Street, New York 
Importers, Growers, and Dealers in Garden, Field, and Flower Seeds, Horticultural 
Implements, and Garden Requisites. 
Would inform their friends and the pnblic that the Sixteenth Annual Edition of their Illustrated Seed Catalosrne 
and Guide to the Flower and Kitchen Garden, now in press, will be ready for distribution early in January. 
No pains or expense have been spared in preparing this edition, to make it the most complete work of the kind ever 
published in this country. 
It will contain nearly two hundred choice engravings of favorite Flowers and Vegetables— a large portion of which 
are entirely new; also, two beautifully colored lithographs, and a descriptive list of upwards of two thousand species 
and varieties of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, including all the novelties of the past season, with directions for their cul- 
ture; also, a list of upwards of One Hundred varieties of Choice Gladiolus — with many other Summer-Flowering 
Bulbs— and much useful information upon the subject of gardening generallv. 
A copy will be mailed to all applicants enclosing Twenty-five cents. Our regular customers supplied without charge. 
Hfii§§'§ Gardener's Almanac for 1§70, 
Also in press, and will be issued the first of January. It will contain about 70 pages of closely printed matter em- 
bracing a Monthly Calendar of Operations, and a price list of the leading varieties of Garden, Field, and Flower 
Seeds, with brief directions for their culture. A copy will be mailed to all applicants enclosing a three-cent stamp 
Address B. K. BLISS & SON, P. O. Box 5713, New York 
CONOVER'S 
COLOSSAL, asparagus 
SEED AMD ROOTS. 
The experience of the past season fully confirms all that 
was claimed for this variety when first offered last spring, 
and it now stands unrivaled iu size, productiveness, and 
quality. 
Specimens were exhibited the past season by Mr. Conover, 
which were grown alongside the best " Oyster Bay" varie- 
ties, and received the same care and treatment, which at- 
tained four times the size of that popular variety. 
Though but two years from the seed, many of the plants 
produced from twenty to thirty sprouts, averaging from 
two to four inches in circumference, and were ready for 
cutting one year In advance of the ordinary varieties. 
Strong, one-year-old Hoots mailed, post-paid, £2.00 per 
fifty; $3.00 per hundred. 
Seeds.— }< oz. packet, 50 cts.; \i lb., $3.00 - 
Address B. K. BLiSS & SON. 
41 Park Row. and 151 Nassau St., 
P.O. Box, 5,713, New York. 
Lilimn Auratum. 
The Japanese Queen of Liiies. 
A larce Importation from Japan, just received by the sub- 
scribers. In llnc.healthyconditlon. Flowering Bulbs mailed 
to any address at following prices: 
No. 1, 51.00 each; $!>.00 per doz. No. 2, 75 cents each, or 
$6.75 per rioz. No. 3, 50 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Prices by 
the hundred or thousand will be given to dealers upon 
application. B". K. BLISS & SON, 
Nos. 41 Park Row, and 151 Nassau St., New York. 
RAMSDELL NORWAY OATS. 
AY.irr.intcd genftn'k. For Prices, etc.. address 
A. NIESE, Tort En-en, Ulster Co., X. V. 
EARLY ROSE POTATOES.— Fall pripo $2.50 
per Iiu. For sale by J. A. RYRIE, Wholesale and Re- 
tall dealer In Landreth's Garden Seeds, Alton, Illinois. 
ARD KEG SEED. — Don't Laugh, but re;ul 
advertisement on page 30. 
H O 1! SAL E. 
L PISH 
G-U^NO. 
A 
TO. H. H. OLOVKR, Southnld. ST. V. 
LL LOVERS OF GOOD FRUIT should read 
advertisement, page 409, Nov. American Agriculturist. 
Jersey Stock for Sale. 
The subscriber has just landed from Steamer Queen a num- 
ber of superior Jersey Cows and Heifers, selected bv himself 
from the best herds on the Island. Many of them are prize 
animals, and all very fine. May be seen "at his farm. Allan- 
dale St., Jamaica Plain, Mass. 
H. M. "WELLINGTON. 
DEVONS FOR SALE. 
Ten thorough-bred Devon Bulls of various aces, sired 
by New England f294), also several rows and heifers of the 
Minnie family. H. M. SESSIONS, South Wilbraharn, Mass. 
PURE-BRED CHESTER WHITE PIGS. — 100 
head of Superior Boars and Sows from 4 to 12 months 
old; bred and for sale by J. W. & M. IRWIN, 
Pcnningtonville, Chester Co., Pa. 
Chester Pigs all ages, at six; weeks, $10 apiece Pure 
Cotswold Sheep, last spring's lambs, $15 each. Fancy Poul- 
try at low prices. Alderney Calves, and other blooded stock. 
All warranted, for sale by N. GUTLCERT, Gwynedd. Pa. 
FIRST PR.IZE BIFF COCHINS. 
HODGSON BROS.. 7 Bowling Green. New York, winners 
of the First Premiums at the New York State Poultrv Show, 
and owners of the unsurpassable Cooper Trio, havc'forsalo 
a few choice pairs and some extra cocks, and arc now book- 
ing orders for eggs. This stock is admitted to be the best ex- 
tant, having taken nnmerous premiums on both rides of t ho 
Atlantic. Send letter with stamp, as above, for full informa- 
tion. Also a few line Light Brfchma Cocks. 
f^GGS AND FOWLS of the following varieties: 
B-JHondan, Crevccaeur, La Fleclie, Buft* Cochin, Partridge 
Cochins and Dark Brahmas. Address, with Stamp 
N. S. COLLYER. Pawtucket, R. I. 
jxr Man (h guar an feed. 
Sure pan. Salaries paid 
weekly to Agents everywhere selling our Patent Everlasting 
)r?iite Wire Clothe* Lines. Call at. or write for particulars to. 
the Glrard "Wire Mills, 261 North Thinl-st.. Philadelphia. Pa. 
AGENTS LOOIll! — Superior inducements 
offered by 
SOUTHWICK & HASTINGS, Worcester, Mass. 
CEND n0 CENTS FOR A STENCIL PLATE. 
►C* for marking clothing, Ink. brush, &c, included. Onlv 
25 cents for a Key Check, neatly lettered with your name ana 
address, can be attached to keys. Ac. Send tor Circulars 
W. H. BERRY, Portsmouth. N. EC. 
.$75 tn $*30t> per Month to Agents, sularv or commis- 
sion tnsell nnr Patent White Wire Clothes Lines. Address 
HUDSON RIVER WIRE WORKS, 77. William St., N. Y., 
Chicago. III., Richmond, Va., or Memphis, Tenu. 
$100 to $250 
