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W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
is far superior to the average, being saved expressly 
for my own requirements. It is very select. If you 
can get any better anywhere, at any price, I will re¬ 
fund every cent you pay me for this variety. Pkt., Sc.; 
oz., 15c.; quarter lb., 40c.; lb., $1.25 ; 5 lbs., $5.00. 
SHAMROCK. —Originated in Michigan, and is of 
the White Spine type I have grown a quantity of it 
and found it very satisfactory. It is an excellent 
market variety, being very green, medium size, and ex¬ 
ceedingly productive. I do not believe any one would 
regret planting it. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 
25c.; M)., SOc.; 5 lbs., $3.75. 
EARLY CLUSTER. —This extra early variety, 
rather prickly, seems to be giving great satisfaction. 
The fruit is borne in clusters, and is highly favored 
for its great productiveness. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 
quarter lb., 25c.; lb., 75c. 
EGG PLANTS. 
’ EARLY BLACK BEAUTY. —-(See cut).—This beautiful egg plant is 
a great improvement over the well-known and largely-grown New York Im¬ 
proved Large Purple. The plants are remarkably healthy in their growth, 
and produce an abundance of large fruit fully ten days earlier than the New 
York Improved. Pkt., 10c.; half oz., 25c.; oz., 40c.; quarter lb., $1.25; 
1 lb., $4.00. 
NEW YORK IMPROVED SPINELESS. —This is a spineless strain 
of the New York Imp. Purple, and is a desirable improvement on that popular 
old variety. I can cheerfully recommend my carefully selected strain of this 
egg plant to market gardeners and amateurs. Skin rich purple, flesh white 
and of fine flavor ; fruit large, fine and free from thorns, and produces continually 
until frost. Plant a vigorous grower and a leading sort for home use and for 
market. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 30c.; quarter lb., 90c.; lb., $3.00. 
LETTUCE. 
) BIG BOSTON. —A very popular variety with gardeners who want a 
large-heading, forcing sort, and also for outdoor winter culture. The plants 
1 are large and very hardy and vigorous, with broad, smooth, thin and very 
hardy leaves, which are bright light green in color, and when well grown are 
1 quite tender; indoors this forms a solid head, while outdoors it is less dis- 
1 tinctively a heading sort. This is grown in the South as a winter lettuce. Pkt., 
5c.; oz., 15c.; quarter lb., 40c.; lb., $1.50. Short seed crop. 
ALLEN’S IMPROVED HANSON.— A beautiful heading sort, inter¬ 
mediate with loose-leaved and cabbage varieties. The heads are very large, of 
fine form, deliciously sweet, tnder and crisp, even of the outer leaves ; color 
green outside and white within. Free from any bitter or unpleasant taste. 
Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.00. 
Black B£autv Eog Plant. 
CRISP-AS-ICE. —This is a beautiful lettuce of 
the cabbage type; the solid heads are of large size and 
the leaves are so tender and brittle as to have sug¬ 
gested the name bestowed upon it; the head has a rich 
yellow heart; the leaves are thick and glossy, some¬ 
what curled, and of a good and attractive green color, 
variegated with bronze. Crisp-as-Ice cannot be over¬ 
estimated or overpraised for home use in spring or 
summer. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 30c.; lb., 
$1.00 ; 5 lbs., $4.00. 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON. —A standard 
cutting variety; very popular Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 
quarter lb., 25c.; lb., 80c. 
GRAND RAPIDS.— This variety is beautiful in 
appearance; excellent for garnishing, and is very ten¬ 
der and crisp; a strong-growing variety that retains 
its freshness a long time after being cut; as a forcing 
variety for winter and early spring use this; stands at 
the head of the list; it is beautiful in appearance. 
Pkt, 5c.; oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 25c.; lb., 80c. 
CRISP-AS-ICE LETTUCE. 
MELONS—MUSK OR CANTALOUPE. 
One of my specialties. I have grown 50 to 75 acres 
of cantaloupes for market every year for 10 years, 
shipping from two to three carloads daily during the 
season. I save my own seed and save it from the best 
selected melons, and I know that it is as good as that 
grown in Colorado or anywhere else. I have grown 
several crops from the much-overestimated Colorado- 
grown seed, but all my best crops and those that have 
paid me best were grown from m,v own selected stock 
and for my own planting I would not give a pound of 
my own selected cantaloupe seed for a pound of any 
Colorado-grown seed on the market. Being one of the 
largest growers of cantaloupes in the East, I have 
sifted the matter thoroughly for my own benefit, and 
know what I am talking about. 
NEW NETTED ROCK. —This new early canta¬ 
loup'' can truly be termed a “money-maker.” In most 
respects it is very similar to the New Eden Gem, 
being densely netted entirely across the slight seams, 
exceedingly sweet, firm and solid, making one of the 
very best for home use or market. I have selected my 
seed of this variety until it is the most uniform in 
size of any variety that I know of, packing almost per¬ 
fectly 45 to the standard crate. I have grown several 
acres of this and find it a very profitable market va¬ 
riety. I shipped one full carload of this variety last 
August, which returned me over $1,100 after paying 
freight, refrigerating, carting and commission. I shall 
plant at least 30 acres of this variety alone this year. 
The seed I offer is extra selected, all of my own grow¬ 
ing. Price, per pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; quarter lb., 40c.; 
lb., $1.25 ; 10 lbs. by express for $10.00. 
BURRELL’S GEM.— This might very appropri¬ 
ately be called a salmon-fleshed Rocky Ford. It has 
yellow meat, which is very thick, leaving only a small 
seed cavity; the quality is very fine indeed. The vine 
makes a vigorous growth and is very productive, aver¬ 
aging in size about one-fourth larger than Rocky Ford, 
or about two and one-half pounds each. My seed are 
of my own growing and are strictly fancy. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz„ 15c.: quarter lb., 40c.; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., by ex¬ 
press, $5.00. 
TRUE ROCKY FORD (Burpee’s Netted Gem). 
—'I only have a few seed this season, but they are of 
a very select strain of this popular market variety; no 
better or truer stock than this. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; 
quarter lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00. 
