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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[Januaht, 
New and Rare Vegetables, 
I present to tJie Public my Annual List of 
New anil Rare Seed for 1867, mnny of whieli 
I send oiEt the lirst time this season. 
Marblehead Mammoth Drumhead Cabbage. — 
(The largest Cabbage in the world. Weiglis from 
thirty to sixty pounds to the head, and is tender 
and sweet No cabbage does so well in the South 
as lids) Cannon Ball Cabbage. — (About as round 
mid hard as a cannon ball. An early sort, and the 
hardest heading of all Cabbage.) Stone Mason Cabbage. 
—(■Standard variety of Winter Drumhead Cabbage in Bos- 
ton, mar/eel. Under good cultivation every plant on an acre 
■will make a large and hard head. It is remarkably tender 
and sweet. In half ounce packages.) Lenormand s Mam- 
moth Cauliflower. — (A new variety, the largest of all 
the Cauliflower family. Very reliable for heading.) ~Vetit 
Early Erfurt Cauliflower,— (New, remarkably early, 
and fine for hot-beds.) New York Improved Extra 
Large Purple Egg Plant.— (This grows to a larger size, 
and is of a Ticker color, than the Common Large Purple 
Egg Plant.) Striped Gaudeloupe Egg Plant.— (An ele- 
gant variety for the table. Tlie stripings of white, purple 
and yellow give it a magnificent appearance.) Ornamental 
Kxus.-(Tlie great variety in color, and structure of theleaves, 
make them elegant ornaments for the flower garden and 
among shrubbery.) MAmmotii Sweet Corn.— ( Thelargest 
of all Bweet Corn, Sweet, and excellent for the table. The 
ears weigh, as gathered, from two to -three pounds each.) 
Mammoth French Squash.— (Sometimes grown to weigh 
over two hundred pounds. -They grow tvell proportioned;, 
and are finely colored.) Vegetable Caterpillars. — (Veg- 
etable curiosities, the seed-vessels resembling caterpillars) 
Vegetable Snails.— (A French Oddity, the seed vessels of 
which resemble snails.) Vegetable Worms. — (Another 
curious vegetable product.) Snake Cucumber. — (A very 
long Variety which grows coiled up, having the appearance 
of a large snake.) Commodore Nutt Pea.— (A new dwarf 
SuyaV Pea, grows about one foot high, with pods eatable.) 
Laxton's Prolific Early Long Pod Pea.— (A new and 
quite distinct variety. Many of the pods contain from ten 
to twelve Peas each.) Dwarf Indian Chief Bean.— (Those 
■wlio have grown tlie Pole Indian. Chief will be pleased to 
find a bush variety of this fine String Bean.) Giant Wax 
Bean.— (A new Pole Bean, being an improvement on the 
Indian Chief, it being a larger and longer Podded Bean 
than that choice variety. The Wax Beans (so called because 
tlie pods are of a wax color) are the best of all String 
Beans.) Norbiton's Giant Cucumber.— (Anew English 
variety, the finest, longest, and most prolific Cucumber in 
cultivation.) Ward's Nectar Melon. — (Wlien compared 
with all other sorts, this has been awarded the palm as the 
best of all green-fieshed Melons.) 
Each of the above sent to any part of the United States, 
and warranted to reach the purchaser, at twenty-five cents 
per package. 
American Turban Squash.— ( The dryest, finest grained, 
and best flavored of all Fall Sguashes. The packages con- 
tain about fifty seed.) Hubbard Squash. — (I was the ori- 
gincd introducer of this, and the seed is true.) Yokohama 
Squash.— (A new variety from Japan ; very prolific. The 
quality resembles a fine Crookneck, but is much superior.) 
Boston Marrow Squash.— (My variety took tlie premium 
for purity at the Annual Fair of the Massachusetts Horti- 
cultural Society z'/ilS65.) Para Squash. — (^-1 bush Squash 
from South America, which can be kept into winter. Ob- 
long in shape, of good size, fine-grained, and excellent qual- 
ity, far superior to any standard variety of bush Squash.) 
Improved Green Globe Savoy Cabbage.— (For family 
■we, the Savoys are Vie richest of all Cabbages. The lieads 
of this variety are large, hard, and of most excellent quality, 
/lie stumps short. Bemarkably reliable for lieading.) 
Pancalier Savoy.— (The French consider this the earliest 
Cabbage grown.) Small Early Ulm Savoy.— ( Very early 
and reliable.) Burnell's King of the Dwarfs.— (In, 
England tills is considered the earliest of Cabbages. Very 
dwarf, fine quality, andsweet.) Large Brunswick Short 
Stem. — (A very large and very early Drumhead, much 
sought for by market gardeners.) Little Pixie Cabbage. 
— (An early dwarf ; stump, short; heads, pointed, andvery 
hard, fine quality, and very sweet.) Tilden's New To- 
mato. — (Large, round or oblong ; color, rich scarlet; vines, 
dwarf, and very productive)' Early' York Tomato.— 
(Very early, and remarkably prolific, has yielded at tlie rate 
of over one thousand bushels per acre. Fruit of good mar- 
ket size ; fled, round shape ; quality, excellent.) Cook's 
Favorite Tomato. — (A large, apple-shaped variety ; very 
prolific ; quality, superior.; decidedly the best of the apple- 
shaped Tomatoes.) Mammoth Chihuahua Tomato.— 
(Enormously large, weighing from two to three jKnmds. 
Some single specimens will heap a quart measure?) New 
Mexican Tomato.— (Very large, round Tomato; a great 
bearer ; resembles, in color, Lester's Perfected, but an im- 
provement on it, in always being round.) Tree Tomato. — 
(.-1 French variety ; grows erect in the form of a bush.) 
McLean's Advancer Pea. — (A new English wrinkled Pea. 
A decided improvement on the Champion of England; 
bears well, with Peas equally sweet, is much larger, and does 
not run nearly as high.) McLean's Little Gem. — (A new 
dwarf wrinkled Pea; grows about one fool high, very 
early, only a few days later than the Dan O'Rourke ; a de- 
cided acquisition.) Vilmorin'sNew, Wrinkled, Edible, 
Podded Pea. — (The first wrinkled sort yet found, the pods 
of which can be eaten.) Carter's First Crop. — (A new 
English Pea, sent out as the earliest of all varieties.) Hair's 
Dwarf Mammoth.— (A wrinkled Pea, larger than Cham- 
pion of England, growing only half its night ; quality, 
fully equal to the Champion.) Tom Thumb Pea.— (As 
'early as Dan O'Bourke, grows ten inches high, and is re- 
markably prolific.) Drew's New Dwarf Pea.— (Peas, 
very large, egg-shaped ; each plant forms quite a bush. 
Peas should be planted about a foot apart. Early, dwarf, 
(.aid very prolific.) Brown's New Dwarf Marrowfat. — 
(Warranted to be the earliest and most dwarf Marrowfat 
Pea groivn. A capital Pea for market gardeners.) Forty 
Days' Count— (Earlier than any Sweet Corn. Desirableas 
an early sort.) Bates' Extra Early Sweet Corn.— (A 
variety of ivrinlded kerneled Sugar Corn; earlier than 
Darling's Early, and excellent for table use.) Mammoth 
Flint Corn. — (Ears grow sixteen inches long ; stalks very 
tall and stout, ami matures as far North as Central New 
England.) Crosby's Early.— (The earliest of all twelve 
rowed Sweet Corn.. The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 
ciety offered special premiums for this new Corn at iheirlast 
Annual Fear. It is of good size for market, and a decided 
acquisition.) Mexican Sweet Corn. — (7 still find this to 
be tlie sweetest and most tender of all varieties of Sweet 
Corn. Nothing can eqiml it for the table) Golden Sweet 
Corn. — (.4 Sweet Corn of golden color ; early, of good size, 
and excellent quality for the table ; flavor, fine, and distinct 
from any other variety.) Yard Long Bean. — (A curious 
Bean; pods growing over two feet long ; foliage, a rich, 
dark, glossy green.) Concord Bean. — (This new Bean is 
probably the earliest Pole Bean grown ; very prolific, and of 
excellent quality, either as a string or shell Bean.) Fejee 
Bean. — (A new bush Bean ; the earliest and hardiest of 'all 
beans; very prolific, and wortliy of general cultivation) 
Intermediate Horticultural Bean. — (AnexceUentbusli 
Bean for marketmen. Pods of the same rich color as the 
Pole horticultural) California Bean.— (A very early, 
large, fiat Pole Bean; excellent, either green or baked.) 
Mottled Cranberry.— (An improvement in health, vigor, 
and productiveness on the old fashioned Cranberry. Few' 
Pole Beans will yield equal to this. Pods, long, large, and 
well filled) Simm's Early- Beet.— (A new, early sort, 
well shaped ; as early as Bassano. and darker.) New Tur- 
nip Beet.— (Bound, fiat-shaped, very early, and very nice) 
CastlenandaryBeet. — (A famous French variety ; fiesh, 
a deep purple color, very tender and sweet) Crapaudine 
Beet. — (Bough skinned; color, very dark purple. Es- 
teemed by the French as the best of all Beets for table use.) 
Whyte's Very' Deep Bed Beet.— (Medium size, dark 
colon; very sweet, and excellent for table use.) Yellow 
Ovoid Mangel Wurtzel— (For cattle. Of seventeen 
varieties tested, the crop of this exceeded all.) Early- Crack- 
er Onion.— (Earliest of all the yellow sort ; quality, very 
delicate and sweet.) Hood's New Dwarf Imperial Pur- 
ple Celery.— (A choice new English variety.) Turner's 
Incomparable Dwarf White Celery'.— (A first class 
English variety.) Bead's Matchless Celery-.— (A pre- 
mium English variety, fine, solid and red) Boston Mar- 
ket Celery-.— (True. This is the short, compact, solid 
variety, so often admired by strangers in the markets of 
Boston.) True Boston Curled Lettuce.— (The most 
elegant of all the Lettuce, family, grows in the form of a 
Boselte) Wheeler's Tom Thumb Lettuce.— (.1 choice 
new variety, in high favor with those who have grown it) 
Perpignan Lettuce.— (This is an excellent Lettuce for 
standing the summer heat. Heads, compact, attaining to 
seven inches in diameter.) Neapolitan Cabbage Let- 
tuce.— (One of the finest Cabbage Lettuces yet introduced.) 
Six Varieties ofCabbage Lettuce. — (Sixof thechoieest 
varieties in one package.) Orange Watermelon.—; Wlien 
fully ripe the skin, will peel iff like an Orange.) Allen's 
Superb Mtjsk\Melon. — (Qualify, superior ; by some called 
the" Queen of Melons.'') Large Persian Musk Melon. 
—(A fine, large variety) White Japanese Melon.— 
(Flesh, greenish white, very thick mealed ; one of the earliest 
and sweetest of all melons.) Dwarf Broom Corn.— (This 
is thought to make a better brush than the common tedl sorts.) 
Chufas, or Ground Almonds.— ( These taste veiy much 
like a Cocoanul ; are very prolific, yielding 100 tol.) Or- 
namental Gourds. — (Many varieties in one package) 
New Jersey Hybrid Cucumber.— (A remarkably long 
variety ; an improvement on the mite Spined.) Improved 
Long Green Cucumber.— (This is the longest of all the 
Long Greens.) Chinese Scarlet Egg Plant.— (Of mag- 
nificent scarlet color, and highly ornamental) Mammoth 
Millet.— (Extra tall; seed heads much larger than any 
other variety.) Surry White Wheat— (A new Englvdi 
Winter Wheal, highly recommended for ]X>or soils, remark- 
ably free from blight and. rust.) Otaheitian Sugar Cane. 
—('This yields more Sugar than any other variety of Sitgar 
Cane grown in the North.) 
Any of the above varieties will be forwarded, 2X>st-paid, 
and warranted to reach the purchaser at fifteen cents each. 
Early Sebec Potatoes.— ( Coming rapidly into favor 
in Boston and vicinity as a first class, early market Potato. 
Large size, excellent quality, and remarkably productive.) 
Early Goodrich.— (True) Shaker's Fancy.— (A new 
variety of wldte-fieshed Potatoes, considered as early as 
Early Goodrich, i/ieldiug equally well, and rapidly gaining 
farm- in Pennsylvania. This and the Early Sebec are of 
better shape for market jmiposes than the Early Goodrich. 
Four jiound packages of cither of these varieties sent to 
any address, warranted to reach the purchaser, on receipt of 
one dollar. All orders for Potatoes will be put on file, and 
be filled as soon as danger from freezing is past. 
Catalogues containing over two hundred varieties of war- 
ranted Garden Seeds, one hundred and twenty-five of which 
are of my own growing, sent gratis to alt applicants. 
f warrant three things: 1st. That my seed is genuine. 
2d. That your money shall teach me. 3d. That my seed 
shall reach you. Can the Public ask for anything fairer 
lhanthis? JAMES J. H. GBEGOBY, 
Marblehead, Mass. 
New Seed Catalogue ! ! 
J. M. THORBUBN & CO.'S 
ANNUAL DESCRIPTIVE PRICED.] 
CATALOGUE 
OF 
Kitclgen, CJarden and Agri- 
cultural Seeds 
For 1867, 
Is Now Ready for Mailing. 
J. M. THORBCEN & CO., 
15 John-st., New York. 
PREMIUM CHESTER WHITE PIGS. 
Progeny of Hogs that have taken State and United States 
Premiums, sent in pairs (not akin) by Express, to all parts 
of tlie United States, Canada, Cuba, South America. For 
Circulars and tnlces, Address N. P. BOYER & CO., 
Gum Tree, Chester Co., Pa, 
To The Seed Trade ! 
Our WHOLESALE CATALOGUE OF 
Garden, Agricultural and Flower 
Seeds, Sue., 
For L,argc Dealers OisSy, 
Is Now Ready for Mailing. 
J. M. THORBIIBN & CO., 
15 John-st., New York. 
MY WHOLESALE and RETAIL CATALOGUE 
, OF SEEDS and Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 
Evergreens, Grapes, Strawberries, &c, will be sent gratis to 
any address. Agents Wanted. Seeds and Plants carefully 
sent by mail, pre-paid, to any part of the United States and 
Canadiis. B. 51. WATSON, old Colony Nurseries and Seed 
Establishment, Plymouth, Mass. 
Shaken* Fancy Potatoes. 
The earliest and best Potato now under cultivation, being 
a No. 1 Potato, early or late. Orders now received to be 
delivered as 60on as the weather in tlie spring will admit. 
Price, $10.00 per Barrel ; or £5.00 per Bushel. Circular sent 
ou receipt of stamp. 
JOHN BORLAND & CO., 
Morrisville, Bucks Co., Pa. 
YELLOW NANSEMONL> SWEET POTATOES 
for sale, or to sprout on shares. A premium offered. 
For directions, particulars, &c,, address, with stamp. 
ALFRED LEE, Kokomo, Ind. 
WHITE CALIFORNIA SPRINC4 SEED Wheat 
which yields from 50 to SO bushels to the Acre, for 
sale by C B. ROGERS. 
No. 133 Markct-st, Philadelphia, Pa. 
" BL00MINGT0N NURSERY. 
Osage Orange Hedge Plants.— Strong, selected, 
one year, packed in. good order, 1.C00, $3; 5,000, £13; 10,000, 
$25. Apple and Pear Trees, oil size?. Early Rich- 
mond Clxerry, Apple Hoot Grafts, best quality. 
Kittatlimy and Wilson's Early Blaclcucrry. 
Grapes.— Iona, Ives, Israella, Norton's, Concord, Hart- 
ford, Rogers' Hybrids, &c, &c % 
Nursery Stocks, general assortment. 
Evergreens, immense stock, mostly medium unci small, 
Just right lor shipping. 
Slirnbs, Roses, Gi'ccn-lionse, Bedding and 
Garden Plants. Send red stamp each for S Catalogues, 
Wholesale, Retail and Bedding Plants. 
F. K. PHOGENIX, Bloomington, 111, 
Sing &BBBg Iwirape Vines. 
I have a few thousand Grape Vines yet unsold. Good sin- 
gle eyes, one year old, grown under glass, and out-door, at 
the following prices, if the cash come with the order: 
Iona No. 1, per 100, $S5, per 1,000, $S00. 
Iona No. 2, per 100, $0r>, per 1.(100, $600. 
Iona No. 3, per 100, $45, per 1,000, $400. 
Israella No. 1, per 100, $95. 
Israella No. 2, per 100, $70. 
Israella No. 3, per 100, $50. 
Adirondac No. 1, per 100, $70. 
Adirondac No. 2, per 100, $50, 
Adirondac No. S, per 100, §40. 
Allen's Hybrid, No. 1, per 100, $10. 
Allen's Hybrid, No. 2, per 100, $30. 
Allen's Hybrid, No. 3, per 100, $20. 
My Vines are as good, ]f not better, than any others uttered. 
First class, wood grown under glass, of Iona and Israella ; 
Iona, per 1,000 buds, $50- 
Israella, per 1,000 buds, $55. 
J. F. DELIOT, Vine Grower, 
Sing Sing, New York. 
GRAPE TINES. 
Iona, Israella, Adirondac, Concord, Diana, 
Hartford, Rogers', &c, &c. Prices too loic to Ad- 
vertise in this Paper without injury to the Trade. By the 
use of my patent process, I am enabled to produce the largest 
and best vines for future growth and productiveness, grown 
on the American Continent. See cut in Sept. No., page 334. 
Send for Terms to those forming Clubs, which is worthy of 
particular attention. 
If Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue is wished, send 
two red stamps. Address . w 
F. L. PEKIIY. Canandaigua, N. Y. 
GRAPES I GRAPE WO®B> I 
Catawba and Isabella cuttiugs, roots and layers, Concord3 
and Hartford Prolilics,Ives Seedling, Kentz, Delaware, Iona, 
Rogers' and other varieties. Wood— all cut before the frost 
aud stored in cellars, Delaware at $3.75 per 1,000 buds, and Ca- 
tawba and Isabella cuttings, three buds, at $2 per 1,000. Price 
list for spring of '67 and account ot the Ives Needling sent to 
any address.' M. II. LEWIS & CO., Sandusky, Ohio. 
4^ RAPE "WOOD OF IONA, ISRAELLA, ami 
^X other popular varieties, at current rates. Also, a few 
hundred very choice Iona layers. Address, 
A. BUSHNELL, 
Peekskill, Westchester County, N. Y. 
I ff AAA HALE'S Early Peach Trees ; 
iw)" v " Agriculturist Strawberry Plants; 75. 
300,000 
000 Osage 
Orange, one year old ; 150 bushels Peach Pits. Send for Cir- 
ilar? For sale by ISAAC PULLEN, Hights 
cula 
[fhtstown, N.J. 
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