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pearance, and often failing to come up in dry 
weather. To assist its coming up, soak the seed a 
few hours in warm water, or sprout in damp earth, 
and sow when it swells or bursts. For winter use 
protect in a frame or light cellar. 
Fern Leaved. Nothing better for garnishing 
could be desired. As a garden decorative plant it 
is very ornamental. It will stand the winter if 
covered before frost. 
Dwarf Extra Curled- Leaves tender, risp and 
very curly, of n btautiful bright green color, and 
very ornamental; excellent for garnishing. 
Pumpkin. 
Sow in good soil, when the ground has become, 
warm, in hills 8 or 10 feet apart each way, or in 
fields of Corn about every fourth hill; plant at the 
same time with the Corn; always avoid planting 
near other vines, as they will hybridize. The Cas- 
haw is generally preferred for cooking or making 
pies. 
Mammoth Tours, or Jumbo- Grows to an enor- 
mous size, often weighing 150 pounds, very pro- 
ductive; flesh salmon color; good keeper; desirable 
lor cooking purposes or for stock feeding. 
Connecticut Field- One of the best for field cul- 
ture; can be grown with corn; largely used for 
stock for winter feeding. 
Cashaw- A very prolific variety, resembling in 
form the Winter-Crook-Neck Squash, although 
growing to a much larger size, frequently weigh- 
ing 60 pounds and over; color light cream; flesh 
salmon color. 
Large Cheese- About the most desirable variety 
for culinary purposes; light yellow, with very thick 
sweet, brittle flesh, and a most excellent keeper. 
Large Cheese. 
Sugar. This variety is smaller than the Large 
ield, but of finer grain, sweeter and very prolific. 
First rate either for table or for feeding to stock. 
New Japanese Pie Pumpkin- See Specialties. 
Tennessee Sweet Potato Pumpkin- See Spec- 
ialties. 
Etampes- See Specialties. 
Peas. 
Peas mature earliest in a light, rich soil; for a 
general crop, a rich deep loam, or inclining to clay, 
is the best. When grown for a market crop sow in 
rows, 1 inch apart and 2 to 3 inches deep, the rows 
from 2 to -t feet apart, according to the variety. 
When grown in gardens sow in double rows, 6 to 8 
inches apart, the tall ones requiring brush. Com- 
mence sowing the extra early varieties as early as 
the ground can be worked. They should be kept 
clean, and earth up twice during growth. The 
wrindled varieties are not as hardy as the small 
hard sorts, and if planted early should have a dry 
soil; they are, however, the sweetest and best 
flavored varieties. The dwarf varieties are best 
suited for small gardens and can be planted in rows 
1 foot apart. 
Cleveland’s Alaska. This is considered to be the 
earliest, most prolific and finely flavored variety of 
pea grown. See out. Specialties. 
First and Best. This is one of the best extra 
early sorts for market planting, and is a very heavy 
and reliable yielder and of good quality. 
Rural New Yorker- Early, productive, and uni- 
form in ripening. It grows about 20 inches high, 
and is qirite similar to Philadelphia Extra Early. 
Royal Dwarf White Marrowfat- A large, de- 
licious marrow pea, an excellent cropper, and a 
favorite with gardeners; height, 2 feet. 
American Wonder. It is best suited to the pri- 
vate garden, as it is not productive enough as a 
market sort. It is very early, and requires no stak- 
ing. The peas are wrinkled, and extreme dwarf 
growth, about 10 inches in height. It is of the 
finest quality. 
Carter’s Premium Gem. 
Carter’s Premium Gem- Pods long and of a 
dark green color. A type of and improvement on 
the Little Gem; very early and productive; height, 
1 foot. 
Bliss’s Ever-Bear- 
ing Height, eigh- 
teen inches to 2 feet; 
foilage large. Pods, 
3 to 4 inches in 
length, each produc- 
ing 6 to 8 large 
wrindled peas. Half 
an inch and over in 
Bliss’s Ever-Bearing. diameter, and in 
quality unsurpassed. A coutinous bearing, which 
gives it especial value. It should be sown thinner 
than other kinds, else the vines will become too 
crowded. 
Champion of England This is acknowledged 
to be the best of the late varieties. It is tall grow 
ing, attaining a height of 5 feet, and requires to be 
staked up. 'The pods and peas are of the largest 
size. 
Telephone. A tall, wrinkled marrow, enormous- 
Iv productive, and of the best quality. Is a strong 
Grower, averaging 18 pods to the stalk. The pods 
are of the largest size, and contain from 6 to / large 
peas. A desirable sort for the family garden. 
Extra Early Tom Thumb A remarkably early 
variety. Very dwarf, growing but nine inches. If 
planted early in the Spring, three crops can be ob 
tained in a single season. 
Bliss’s Abundance. A second early variety, at- 
taining a height of from 15 to 18 ^ 
to Scinches long, roundish and well filled, con- 
taining 6 to 8 large wrinkled peas of excellent quali- 
tv This variety branches directly from the roots 
forming a veritable bush, making it necessary to 
sow the seeds much thinner than usual. Six to 
eight inches apart in the rows is as near as the 
