VEGETABLE PLANTS 
LARGE CHARLESTON 
WAKEF1EL D.—Selected stock; 
large solid heads of good qual¬ 
ity, A few days ater than Ear¬ 
ly Jersey Wakefield, larger in 
size and combines all the good 
qualities of an early long-keep¬ 
ing sorf, 
EARLY SUmER.—This is 
one of tnebestof the large early 
flat head varieties. It is an ex¬ 
ceedingly valuable market va¬ 
riety, adapted for close plant¬ 
ing, and will thereby give a 
large number of heads per acre. 
Matur- s about ten days after 
Early Jersey Wakefield, The 
heads are very compact and sol¬ 
id, and usually doub e the 
weight of the Early Jersey 
W akefield. 
We can supply either of the 
above varieties 500 for $1.25:1000 
for $2 00: 10.000 or over at $ ,50 
per 1000, I especially solicit 
orders for cabbage plants from 
Northern growers, I believe 
that we can give you better 
plants early in the season and 
for less money than you can 
grow them at home, 
cauliflower.—O ur plants 
are very fine, grown from best 
imported seed of Early Snow¬ 
ball Ready any time after April 
15th at 75c per 100; $4, per 1000. 
For the last two or three years we have been doing a 
large business >n vegetable plants, selling many hundred 
thousand. OuKspecialties in this line are sweet potato 
plants, early cabbage plants, early tomato plants, cauli- 
fiower, egg plants, pepper, beet, etc. 
SWEET POTATO PLANTS.—There is probably no 
section xvhere better sweet potatoes can be grown than 
here in the Eastern Shore of Maryland. T will have a 
limited amount of Big StenrJersoy and Red Nansemond 
seed sweet potatofs for sale at $3.00 per bbl I recom¬ 
mend thes° for those who understand handling them, 
and where the dis tance to ship is not to > great. Seed 
sweets do not carry well long distances and transporta¬ 
tion is expensive. All customers at a distance are ad¬ 
vised to buy plants. We expect to have a very fine stock 
at the proper season. I will have following varieties; 
BIG STEn JERSEY.—(See Illustration). This is a 
very popular variety especia'ly with those who wish to 
ge 1 their crop in market before others begin to dig. It 
is a heavy yielder, good quality, either for market or 
home use, and the most largely grown of all varieties in 
this seci ion. Plants 60c per 100 postpaid: $2,00 per M.; 
$16.00 per 10.003 by express receiver to pay charges. 
GOLD SKIN.—This is a beautiful yellow potato, usu¬ 
ally growing very chunky. It has a peculiarity of being 
almost a golden yellow inside, and is sometimes describ¬ 
ed as being all heart. Tfie quality is very fine, and this 
is in every way a very desirable potato either for home 
use or market. Price of plants same as Big Stem Jersey , 
RED NANSEMOND.—This variety has a blood red 
skin, but inside is yellow and dry. It cooks very fine 
and many think It on* of the best on the market. Red 
Nansemond is especially popular where a dry potato is 
i l lii ills., .-mi excellent keeper, Price of 
plants same as Big Stem Jersey. 
YEl.LOW NANSEMOND.—(UP RIVERS). This is a 
(diunky, smooth >ollow sweet potato: yields heavy and 
for all purposes a desirable variety Price of plants (10c 
per 1(H) postpaid: 82J.O per M.: $20,00 per 10,000 
SOUTHERN QUEEN. 'Phis is a white yam. Many 
prefer it to the regular sweet potato for the home table. 
Tt is not dry like the other varieties but is very ► weet. 
Highly prized in the South, Price of plants same as It g 
Stem Jersey, @“Our sweet potato plants are usually 
ready any timeafter May 10th, 
SEED SWEET POTATOES.—I have a limited quun 
tity of very fine seed sweets of the Big Stem Jersey and 
Red Nansemond, I will furnish these as long as they 
last at $3,00 per bbl, f, o, b, Salisbury, 
CABBAGE PLANTS.—This is one of our specialties 
in vegetable plants. We ship hundreds of thousands 
North for early setting, and xve understand the parties 
who have been buying them have heen highly pleased, 
It is evident that we will do a lararer business in this line 
the coming Spring than ever before and we shall try to 
be prepared for it. Our early cabbage plants will be 
ready from the 1st t * the 10th of April, and we grow the 
three leading vari jties as follows; 
| ' EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD -The best of the fi st 
early cabbage in cultivation. It forms fine, solid heads 
jof good size, conical in shape with few outside leaves, 
(The quality is of the best. We offer this as the earliest 
■strain of this variety ami is sure to give satisfaction, 
TOnATO PLANTS. —On r tomato plants are usually 
ready for the field from May 1st and after. The plants 
we offer are about 6 inches high, well hardened and 
ready for open field p'antinkr. I offer the lollowing va 
rieties: Earlia^a Chalks Jewel, June Pink and Allen’s 
Best. Our price is $1 00 per 100; $6 00 per 1000 by express 
recei er to pay charges, 
EGG PLANTS.—We have been very successful in 
growing extra fine plants of this delicious vegetable, and 
offer the two best varieties. Black Beauty and New York 
Improved Spineless Of the two L think Black Beauty 
the best Plants ready about May 10th to loth and after. 
Price $1,50 per 100: $10 Q0 per 1000. 
PEPPER PLANTS.—Well grown, strong, stalky and 
hardened ready for the field during May and June, eith¬ 
er Ruby King or Chinese giant, the two most popular 
varieties. Price $.75 per 100; $4.00 per 1000. 
BEET PLANTS.—Good strong, ready for the open 
field, that will give you beets two or three weeks earlier 
than seed sown in the open ground Either Eclipse, 
Blood Red Turnip or Egyptian. Ready after Aprill5th 
Price $1 25 per M ; $10.00 per 10,000. 
ONION PLANTS.—Prizetaker, ready by the middle of 
April. Price $1.00 per 1000 in any quantity that xve may 
ha\ 7 e. 
Virgin.Co., N, J., May 22, 1909. 
W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md 
Dear Sir;—The sweet potato plants arrived in good 
condition 'Thanking you for your promptness, I am. 
Yours respt., (). Schulke. 
Richmond Co., N. Y., June 14, 1909. 
W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. 
Dear Sir;—The sweet potato plants were received 
this morning and they were in fine order. Thank you 
very much Yours truly, 
W. A. Bishop. 
