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hidden by a bushel basket.” As this variety is so well 
known it is not necessary to give it further description. 
Pkt. 5.; oz. 30c.; quarter-pound 90c.; pound $8.00. 
LIVINuSTON’S FAVORITE. —I have grown this vari¬ 
ety largely for main crop and find it very satisfactory; 
color very dark red and quite large; it is very thick, and 
has but few seeds. In proportion to size, it is one of the 
heavi ist tomatoes grown; for main crop, I doubt if there 
is anything better in the old standard varieties than this. 
I have grown it by the acre where I could pick five-eights 
of a bushel basket from three to five hills at, a picking. 
Pkt. 5c.; oz. 35c.; quarter-pound 75c.; pound $2.00. 
LIVINGSTON’S BEAUTY.— Fruit large: borne in clus¬ 
ters of four or five; medium early; color, rich glossy 
crimson; full grown green tomatoes can be picked and 
they will ripen up beautifully; an excellent shipping 
sort. Pkt. fee.; oz. 25c.; quarter-pound 75c.; pound $2.00. 
ATLANTIC PRIZE.— A splendid early variety for gen¬ 
eral use; of large size, bright red color, uniform and 
smooth; highly recommended and a favorite with many 
growers. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 25c.; quarter-pound 75c.; pound $2. 
HATCHLESS. Unsurpassed for market or table; the 
plant is a strong grower and very productive; fruit is 
free from core ; seed spaces are small; leaves of a dark 
green color and very luxuriant, indicating great vigor 
and giving the plant ability to produce fruit of the 
largest size throughout the entire season. It stands to 
the front of a large, bright red main crop sort. The to¬ 
mato is well named. The outer surface is a rich card in- 
al color; the skin is so tough that it is a splendid keeper 
and shipper, and le&s liable to crack in wet weather than 
other large tomatoes. This is also a favorite variety with 
canners. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 25c.; quarter-pound 8Uc.; pound $2.50. 
PARAGON.— This is a favorite market variety in cer¬ 
tain sections; a fine medium early variety, and a heavy 
bearer; fruit large, dark red in color and perfectly 
smooth; much used for canning purposes. The variety 
is heavy. The Paragon is sometimes described as being 
smooth as an a.pple. I should like to correspond with 
canners who wish to buy seed for their growers. 1 am 
in a position to offer prices on this variety in large 
quantities. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 25c. ; quarter-pound 75c.; 
pound $2.00. 
TURNIPS 
PURPLE TOP STRAP LEAF.— Pkt. 5; oz. 10c; quarter- 
lb. 15c; lb. 50c. 
COW HORN.— A white turnip of peculiar long shape 
and quick* maturity. It grows to large size, standing 
half out of the ground; it is fine flavored and especially 
desirable for fall and summer use; I have raised many 
specimens that were from 3 to 4 inches in diameter and 
from 10 to 15 inches long. Pkt, 5c; oz. 10c: quarter-lb. 20c; 
lb: 60c. 
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE.— One of the handsomest 
and most salable turnips. A profitable sort for home or 
market. It is large and grows rapidly; flesh pure white 
and globe shaped; the skin is white and purple; the effcl 
E ortion being white and the top bright purple. It is a 
eavy yielding variety and one that will give general 
satisfaction. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; quarter-lb. 20c; lb. 60c. 
WHITE EGG.— Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; quarter-lb. 15c; lb. 50c. 
YELLOW ABERDEEN.— A turnip of high merit: the 
flesh is yellow, tender, sugary and very solid- in color 
the turnip is purple above, and deep yellow fbelow the 
ground; it is productive, hardy and a good keeper. A 
valuable table variety, and also excellent for feeding 
stock. Pkt, 5c; oz. 10c; quarter-lb. 15c; lb, 50c. 
GOLDEN BALL.— A superior table turnip of bright 
yeliow color. In flavor it is rich and sweet; a rapid 
grower and an excellent keeper; in shape it is almost as 
round as a ball. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; quarter-lb. 15c; lb. 50c. 
WHITE SIX WEEKS.— This is a comparatively new and 
a very early turnip. The roots are fine, large, smooth 
and handsome. Pkt- 5c; oz. 10c; quarter-lb. 15c; lb. 50c. 
SEVEN TOP. A variety of turnip grown entirely for 
its tops which are used as salad. It produces no edible 
root. Tnis is a very hardy sort, standing through the 
winter south of Philadelphia, without any protection. 
Largely grown for “greens” in the South, where it is 
handled and cooked in a way similar to spinach. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 10c; quarter-lb. loc; lb. 50c. 
LONG ISLAND IHPROVED RUTA BAGA.— This late 
standard variety yields very heavily, and is a valuable 
cropper. It is of fine quality and widely grown: it keeps 
perfectly all winter and even until the following sum¬ 
mer; it is hardy, productive, and sweet: sblid and satis¬ 
factory: its shape is nearly round. Ttis justly held in 
high esteem for both table and stock feeding purposes. 
It should be sown in June or July, as it requires a longer 
season to mature than other strains of the turnip. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 10c; quarter-lb. loc; lb. 50c. 
RUMRKIN. 
JAPANESE PIE.— This variety is very thick fleshed, of of superior flavor; 'when cooked resembles sweet potato in ap- 
rich salmon color, fine grained and dry and sweet; seed cavity pearance and taste. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; quarter-lb. 25c.; lb. 80c. 
small, very productive and a good keeper. Highly desirable as MAH/IOTH POT IRON.— This is a prize winner, grows 
a pie or cooking pumpkin. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; quarter-pound to immense proportions; flesh bright yellow, fine grained and 
25c.; pound 80c. good quality. Notwithstanding the great size of this variety, 
TENNESSEE SWEET POTATO.— Medium sized, pear it is excellent for making into pies. It is claimed that speci- 
shaped, slightly ribbed, color creamy white, sometimes lightly mens have been grown to weigh over two hundred and forty 
striped with green; flesh light colored, fine grained, dry and pounds. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; quarter-pound 30c.; pound $1.00. 
POTATOES. 
I have a very nice ’stock of White Potatoes, both second 
growth and Northern grown, which I can offer as follows: 
NOROTuN BEAUTY.—I have a small stock of this valu¬ 
able new potato grown from seed procured of J. M. Thurban 
Co. last spring, for which I paid $7.00 per peck. This peck 
was planted, the crop harvested, and again planted the second 
time, making me seven barrels of as fine seed potatoes as I 
have ever seen. My own opinion of this potato is that it is one 
of the best that I have ever seen; it is extremely early, round, 
and beautiful color, with pink eyes. Mr. Thurban describes it 
as follows: “It is the earliest potato ever grown, being sixteen 
days earlier than Early Rose, and fully as productive as any 
main crop sort; keeping qualities equal to the best; it is hand¬ 
some in appearance, more uniform in size and shape than any 
other variety; the tubers mature simultaneously—a fact which, 
combined with its extreme earliness, practically does away 
with danger from ‘Blight’ disease. Its table quality is superb, 
and keeps better than any other variety, early or late. The 
best all-round potato in existence.” As long as my stock 
lasts I will fill orders at 40c. por pound, postpaid. By express, 
receiver to pay charges: 1 lb. 30c.; 5 lbs. $1.00; 1 peck (15 
lbs.) $1.50; 1 bushel (60 lbs.) $4.00. 
EARLY MANISTEE.—This new 1 early potato has been 
highly recommended to me. In New Jersey last winter I was 
told by several truckers that there was absolutely nothing in 
early potatoes equal to it. This variety was introduced two 
years ago by the largest seed potato concern in the country, 
Edward F. Dibble. He says that Earlv Manistee is a seedling 
of the Early Rose. It is round to oblong in shape, slightly 
flattened, skin light pink, with eyes near the surface; flesh 
pure white and table quality faultless. The vine is a luxuriant 
grower and is the nearest blight proof of any that I have seen. 
EARLY OHIO.— An old standard extra early sort, round 
in shape, growing compactly in the hill and of good eating 
quality. 
CROWN JEWEL.— Extra early potato, resembling Early 
Bovee. This is a favorite potato with many growers for first 
early planting in the vicinity of Philadelphia; it is also largely 
grown on the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia peninsula. 
We have found it a reliable extra early potato. 
EARLY ROSE, POLARIS, IRISH COBLER AND 
EARLY PURITAN. —Good stock of each. 
n AUE’S T HOROUGHBRED.— This is a new variety of 
the Early Rose family, introduced by William Henry Maule of 
Philadelphia, and is claimed to have many points of excellence. 
