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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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Mew and Choice Vegetables, Rare and Beautiful Flowers, 
For Sale by B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
Nos. 23 Park Place and 20 Murray Street, (P. 0. Box 5,712,) 
New York. 
CUCUMBER—GEN. GRANT. 
A superior variety, either 
for forcing or for culture in 
the open ground. It is perfect 
in form, solid, and crisp, and 
of a most agreeable flavor. 
Many specimens were grown 
the past season, averaging 
thirty inches in length. After 
a five years’ trial, we unhesi¬ 
tatingly pronounce it better 
than any other variety for 
forcing. 
Packets, containing 10 seeds, 
25 cents'. Five packets for 
$1.00. B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
23 Park Place, New York. 
The Earliest and 
Handsomest Beet. 
Early Dark Reel 
Egyptian Turnip 
Beet. —A trial of this varie¬ 
ty for the past two years, 
authorizes us in recommend¬ 
ing it as a week or ten days 
earlier than any other varie¬ 
ty—which makes it invalu¬ 
able to the Market-Gardener 
as well as to all lovers of 
Early Vegetables. 30 cts. pet- 
ounce ; $ 1.00 per 4 ounces; 
$3.00 per pound. 
B. It. BLISS & SONS, 
Nos. 23 Park Place and 30 
Murray St., New Y'ork. 
Bliss’s Improved 
LONG ORANGE CARROT. 
Tltis superior variety is the 
result of a careful selection, 
for successive years, of the 
best-formed, largest, and 
deepest-colored roots of the 
Imported Long Orange Car¬ 
rot, by which it has attained 
a perfection hitherto un¬ 
known in this useful vegeta¬ 
ble, being larger, better fla¬ 
vored, and of a deeper orange 
color, and more sure to pro¬ 
duce a crop. Butter-makers 
will find this variety very use¬ 
ful in giving to their butter 
a rich, deep yellow color. 
We unhesitatingly pronounce 
it the best variety in the mar¬ 
ket, and one which will not 
fail to give satisfaction to the 
purchaser. 1 oz., 15 cts.; 4 
oz„ 50 cts.; 1 pound, $1.50, by 
mail, post-paid. 
B. It. BLISS & SONS, 
P. O. Box 5,712, New York. 
Jerusalem. Artichoke. 
This well-known hut much neglected vegetable just be¬ 
gins to be appreciated, and is much inquired for. It will 
grow anywhere—in fence corners, ditch sides, old pastures, 
or wherever a piece happens to fall. The tubers make excel¬ 
lent pickles, and are very good boiled like potatoes. Sheep 
are fond of the green leaves, and hogs will never cease root¬ 
ing lor it as long as one can he found, and rapidly gain 
flesh. It also possesses anti-malarial properties, like the 
Sunflower, and should he grown where Fever and Ague 
prevails. 4 lbs. by mail, $1.00; by express, $1.50 per peck; 
$5.00 per bushel; $12.00 per bbl. Address 
B. It. BLISS & SONS, P. O. Box 5,712, New York. 
THE BEST TOMATO. 
ONE-HALF THE AVEKAGE SIZE. 
The best in cultivation. Early, large, productive, and of 
the very best quality. 25 cts. per packet, 5 packets for $1.00, 
$3.00 per ounce. B. It. BLISS & SONS, 
Nos. 33 Park Place and 3!) Murray St., New York. 
ASPARAGUS WORTH GROWING. 
ONE-HALF THE AVERAGE SIZE. 
SEED and ROOTS.— The experience of the past two seasons fully confirms all that was claimed for this variety 
when first offered, and it now stands unrivaled in size, productiveness, and quality. 
Specimens were exhibited the past season by Mr. Conover, which were grown alongside the best “ Oyster Bay” varieties, 
and received the same care and treatment, which attained 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. Our stock is all 
from the original Bed, and we guarantee its genuineness. Seeds in half-ounce packets, 50 cents per packet, $10 per pound. 
Roots one year old, $2.00 for fifty, $3.03 per"hundred; by mail, post-paid, $25.00 per thousand, by express, freight paid by 
purchaser. B. K. BLISS & SONS, 23 Park Place, New York. 
THE EARLIEST AND BEST SWEET CORN. 
ONE-HALF THE AVERAGE SIZE. 
Originated by Capt. J. B. Moore, of Concord, Mass. The earliest, largest, Sweetest, and best-flavored variety in cultiva¬ 
tion, superior to any other for the market and family use. Ears average 12 to 16, and sometimes 20 rows. It was exhibited 
by the Mass. Hort’l Society every Saturday, from July 23d to Sept. 23d, in fine condition, and attracted the attention of all. 
A Silver Medal was awarded to this variety by the Vegetable Committee. Price. 50 cis. per packet. Selected ears, $1 each. 
Address B. K. BLISS & SONS, 23 Park Place, New York. 
The Best Potato. 
ONE-IIALF THE AVERAGE SIZE. 
Peerless in Beauty. 
Peerless in quality and Size. 
Peerless in Productiveness. 
A trial the past summer confirms all that was claimed for 
it when it was first ottered by us in the spring of 1870, and it 
now stands without a rival for a general crop. J. W. Beach, 
of South Orange, N. J., raised from a single potato, weigh¬ 
ing 21 ounces, cut into single ej r es, 278 lbs. Several others 
report having grown from 600 to 800 bushels to the acre, with 
ordinary field culture. 
4 lbs. by mail, upon receipt of $1.00. By express, $1.50 per 
peck; $5.00 per bushel; $10.00 per bbl. 
Tlie Earliest Potato in Cultivation.—Bre- 
sce’s King of tlie Earlies (or No. 4). Known also as 
the Fifty-Dollar Potato. Ready for marketing from seven 
to ten days in advance of the Early Rose. By mail, 4 lbs., 
$1; by Express, $1.50 per peck: $5 per bushel; $10 per bbl. 
To avoid freezing, no potatoes will be sent out until the first 
of April, unless specially ordered. 
B. K. BUSS & SONS, 
Nos. 23 Park Place and 20 Murray St., New York. 
Wethersfield Onion 
Medium Early Red.. 
Wethersfield Large Red. 
Yellow Danvers (True). 
White Portugal. 
Seed (New Crop). 
4 oz. lb. 
.40 
$1.25 
$4.00 
.40 
1.25 
4.00 
.35 
1.00 
3.50 
.40 
1.25 
5.C0 
1.50 
5.00 
50 
1.50 
5.00 
Tlie above will be sent post-paid to any address upon re¬ 
ceipt of price affixed. Address 
B. K. BLISS & SONS, 
Nos. 33 l’avk Place and 30 Murray St.. New York. 
“lawn grass seed. 
Collections of Flower Seeds hy Mail. 
The following collections contain the most showy varie¬ 
ties in our large assortment, with full directions for culture. 
Each packet contains a mixture of the different colors and 
varieties of its species, so that a greater display can be made 
at a much less price than when ordered in separate packets. 
Those unacquainted with Flowers, as well as the experi¬ 
enced cultivator, may order without fear of disappointment. 
Coll. A—contains twenty choice varieties of Annuals..$1.00- 
Coll. B—contains twenty choice varieties of Biennials.. 
and Perennials.1.00 
Coll. C—contains ten extra varieties of Annuals and 
Perennials, embracing many of the new and 
choicest in cultivation.. . 1.00 
Coll. D—contains five very choice varieties, selected 
from Prize Mowers , of English Pansies, Ger¬ 
man, Carnation, and Picotee Pinks, Verbenas, 
Truffaut’s French Asters, Double Hollyhocks.. 1.00 
Any one remitting $3.00 will receive the four assortments 
postage free. 
Collections of Kitchen-Garden Seeds, 
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR ONE 
YEAR’S SUPPLY, FOR A LARGE OR SMALL GARDEN. 
The following Collections are made up in the most liberal 
manner, care being taken to give a sufficient quantity of all 
the finest varieties and most useful sorts of Vegetables re¬ 
quired in tlie Kitchen-Garden : 
Assortment No. 5 contains 60 varieties, $3.50 
“ No. 6 contains 40 varieties, 2.00 
“ No. 7 contains 20 varieties, 1.00 
Tlie above are prepared expressly for sending by mail , and 
will be 6ent post-paid upon receipt of prices annexed. 
Larger Collections, which can be safely sent by express 
(freight paid by purchaser), to any part of the country, as 
follows: 
No. 1, $20.00 ; No. 2, $15.00; No. 3, $10.00; No. 4, $5.00. 
For a list of the contents of each Collection, see the 
Seventeenth. Annual Edition of their celebrated 
Seed Catalogue and Amateur’s Guide 
to the Flower and Kitchen-Garden, 
just published, and will be mailed to our customers of 187) 
as rapidly as possible, and to all applicants upon receipt of 
25 cts.; an edition beautifully bound in cloth, 50 cts. 
This is without exception the largest and best Catalogue 
ever published in this or any other country. It contains 192 
pages—56 of which are finely-exeeuted engravings, including 
four beautifully-colored lithographs of favorite Flowers and 
Vegetables, and 136 pages of closely-printed matter, giving a 
descriptive list of upward of 2,500 ’species and varieties of 
Flower and Vegetable Seeds, 
including all the novelties of the past season, with direc¬ 
tions for their culture; also a list of upward of One Hun¬ 
dred varieties of choice Gladiolus, with many 
other Simimer-Flowcring Bulbs, and much useful 
information upon the subject of gardening generally. Also, 
a Descriptive Price-list of Small Fruiis, embracing alL 
the leading varieties of S<rawherries, Raspberries,. 
Biaclibcrries, Currants, Grapes, etc. 
By the use of our improved mixture, a beautiful Lawn 
may be made in a very short time. Full directions for pre¬ 
paring the Lawn and sowing the seed accompany each pack¬ 
age. Packages ol 1 quart. 30 cents, mailed to any address, 
post-paid. By Express. Per peck, $ 1.75 ; per bushel, $6.00. 
B. K. BLISS &. SONS, 
Nos. 33 Park Place and 30 Murray St., New York. 
Bliss’ Illustrated Gardener’s Almanac and Abridged Cata¬ 
logue, containing a monthly calendar of operations, mailed 
to all applicants inclosing a 3-eent stamp. 
B. XL BUSS & SOKS 3 
(P. O. Box 5,7 12), NEW YORK. 
