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SEEDS OP SPECIAL MERIT. 
Gold Coin Sweet Corn. 
We again offer this variety of t5weet Corn with 
confidence that it is worthy of even more extended 
cultivation than it had the last two seasons. It 
has given great satisfaction, and has been pro- 
nounced the sweetest and best flavored corn in ex- 
istence. We have never seen a variety of corn that 
will approach it in evergreen properties, and its 
yield is simply immense. If the weather is at all 
favorable, the great bulk of the crop can be gather- 
ed at any time during a period of four weeks and 
be found in fit condition for table use. It almost 
always yields two and sometimes three mammoth 
ears to the stalk. The cob is snowy white, com- 
pactly covered with large and very long grains. It 
is not an old variety under a new name, but is re- 
markably distinct and handsome in appearance. 
It Is bound to have another great run the coming 
season, as it has no rival in sweetness and 
delicacy of flavor. Price, per lb. 25c„ lb. 15c. 
Giant Pera Cucumber. 
This is one of the largest and best long Cucum- 
bers in cultivation. The skin is perfectly free from 
spines, flesh clear, crisp and white. They are of 
the most delicious flavor, no other cucumber we 
have ever eaten surpassing them . Another remark- 
able quality is that they are very crisp and tender 
at all stages, and can be eaten at any time during 
growth. They grow to an enormous size, frequent- 
ly to one and a half feet in length and ten to eleven 
inches in round circumference; very smooth and 
straight, with a beautiful green skin. The vines 
grow vigorously, fruit sets near the hill and grows 
closely together, making them exceedingly prolific. 
The seed cavity is very small and the seetls are 
slow to form and few in number. Price, per oz. 
15c., lb. *1 26. 
Golden Self-Blanching Celery. 
It is of very handsome form and even growth, 
reaching a very large size, but very stocky and 
robust. The stalks grow vigorously, with large 
ribs; very thickly and closely set. It is entirely 
self-blanching, without any banking up or cover- 
ing whatever, Sven the outer ribs assuming a yel- 
lowish-white color of a very fresh and pleasing 
appearance. The heart is of a beautiful golden 
yellow color, very large, crisp and solid, and un- 
surpassed in delicious quality and flavor. It is 
unequalled in striking appearance on the table, and 
decidedly the best keeper of all the Self -Blanching 
varieties. Price, oz. 25c., lb. $3 00: 
Serpent or Snake Cucumber. 
A remarkable and very interesting curiosity. The 
Cucumbers grow curled up like a snake with the 
head protruding, and sometimes are six teet in 
length. The illustration will represent their shape, 
and although they attain great size, the quality is 
only fair, grown more as a curiosity than any thing 
else, and to exhibit at fairs. Can also be used for 
pickling. Per pkt. 10c., postpaid. 
