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W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
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 yel¬ 
low below the ground. It is productive, hardy and a 
good keeper; a valuable table variety and also excel¬ 
lent for feeding stock. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; quarter 
lb., 15c.; pound, 40c.; 10 lbs. by express, $2.50. 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED RTJTA BAGA. 
—This late standard variety yields very heavily and 
is a valuable cropper. It is of flne quality and widely 
grown; it keeps perfectly all winter and even until the 
PUMP 
MAMMOTH POT IRON.— This is a prize¬ 
winner, growing to immense proportions; flesh bright 
yellow, flne grained and goou quality. Notwithstand¬ 
ing the large size of this variety, it is excellent for 
making pies. It is claimed that specimens have been 
grown to weigh over 240 pounds. This is also one of 
the cheapest of stock foods. I know of farmers who 
do not feed their cattle anything but coarse hay and 
pumpkins until long after mid-winter. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 
10c.; quarter lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00; 10 lbs. by express, 
$7.50. 
following summer; it is hardy, productive and sweet. 
It should be sown In June or July, as it requires a 
longer season to mature than other strains of the tur¬ 
nip. Pkt., 5c. ; oz., 10c. ; quarter lb., 15c. ; lb., 40c. ; 
10 lbs. by express, $2.50. 
IMP. PURPLE TOP RUTA BAGA—A su¬ 
perb variety; will make immense yield of large, 
smooth bulbs that will easily keep until spring. One 
of the very best. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 
15c.; lb., 40c.; 10 lbs. by express, $2.50. 
KINS. 
CONN. FIELD. —This variety is enormously pro¬ 
ductive, large, orange-colored, and excellent for feed¬ 
ing stock; usually grown for that purpose, but also 
makes good pies. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 
15c.; lb., 50c.; 10 lbs. by express, $4.00. 
TENNESSEE SWEET POTATO. — Medium 
size, pear-shaped, slightly ribbed; color creamy white, 
sometimes lightly striped with green; flesh light-col¬ 
ored, fine-grained, dry and of superior flavor; when 
cooked resembles sweet potato in appearance and 
taste Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 25c.; lb., 80c. 
MUSTARD 
Make repeated sowings in shallow drills a foot 
apart. Of easy cultivation. 
TfRW CHINESE. —Large crimped leaves, tender 
and delicious when cooked like spinach. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 25c.; lb., 75c.; 5 lbs. by ex¬ 
press, $2.50. 
OSTRICH PLUME. —This new variety origin¬ 
ated in the South, and is one of the most desirable in 
cultivation. The leaves are exquisitely crimped, ruf¬ 
fled and frilled, and make an excellent table garnish¬ 
ing. It is of superior flavor and very popular wher¬ 
ever grown. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; quarter lb., 25c .; 
lb., 75c. 
TOMATOES. 
I have a large stock of tomato seed, and especially 
of those varieties mostly used by canners, such as 
Allen’s Best, Stone, Paragon, Britton’s Best, Favorite, 
Atlantic Prize, etc., and I invite correspondence with 
managers of canning establishments. I will put up 
your seed in pounds, half-pounds, quarter-pounds, or 
any way you want them, and give you lowest jobbing 
prices and give you best stock. I have furnished 
large quantities of seed to canners and have yet to 
hear from my first dissatisfied customer. 
JUNE PINK. —June Pink is a deep pink or pur¬ 
plish-colored tomato, having the same character of 
growth and fruiting as Sparks’ Earliana, while it is 
fully as early and possesses greater sweetness and 
freedom from acidity. It originated as a chance sport 
In a field of Earliana on the farm of a market gar¬ 
dener near Freehold, N. J. The plants are quite hardy 
and adapted to the practice of market gardeners who 
start their plants very early and have large plants 
well hardened ready to set out as early in the spring 
as the weather will permit. The young plants make 
what are known as “crown sets”—that is, the young 
plant develops a large cluster of blossoms when about 
eight inches high, either in the plant bed or very soon 
after it is planted in the field. The plants are of 
quick, hardy growth, open or spreading In habit. The 
larger fruits, borne in clusters of three to five, measure 
three to four inches in diameter by two to two and , 
one-half inches deep from stem to blossom end. Both ‘ 
skin and flesh are of a deep pink or purplish tint, 
pleasing to the eye, while the crystalline flesh is of 
sweet, mild flavor. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 40c.; quarter lb., 
$1.25 ; lb., $4.50. 
ALLEN’S BEST. —This is undoubtedly the very 
best early tomato in cultivation. The season is me¬ 
dium early, the color is a beautiful red, reminding one 
of red velvet. The fruit is firmer than any other 
tomato I have ever grown, and it will hear shipping 
further than any other variety. I say this without 
hesitation, and to any person who buys seed to grow 
tomatoes for market and can successfully contradict 
this .statement. I will return him the money paid me 
fqr the seed. I have shipped it to Boston by express 
(tohich is about the hardest test that could be given 
any tomato) and had it sell for $1.50 per crate, when 
other varieties would not pay transportation charges. 
As a second early variety for shipping, general crop, 
canning, or any other purpose, I have never seen its 
equal, although I have grown hundreds of acres of 
tomatoes. It is very productive, and anyone who 
grows tomatoes for market should not fail to include 
Allen’s Best. It is large, always smooth and firm, a 
heavy cropper, and less liable to crack than any other 
variety. This season I have put the price within the 
reach of all. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c.; quarter lb., 60c.; 
lb., $2.00; 5 lbs. by express, $7.50. _ 
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SPARK’S EARLIANA. —At this time probably 
the most largely grown of all the extra early varieties. 
Market gardeners, who find it advantageous to be 
first in market, have been singing the praises of Earli¬ 
ana for several years, until it has become the standard 
for comparison of first early varieties. The plants are 
quite hardy, with rather slender, open branches and 
moderate growth, well set with fruits, nearly all of 
which will ripen extremely early in the season. The 
tomatoes are deep scarlet and grow closely together in 
clusters of four or five medium size, averaging about 
two to two and one-half Inches in diameter. There is 
a good proportion of smooth tomatoes and a corres¬ 
pondingly small number of creased and imperfect ones. 
Mr. Burpee claims that “a specimen plant at Ford- 
kheok Farms had, by actual count, forty-five ripe to¬ 
matoes at one time, and that at time of first picking, 
and thirty-five green ones of good size, and the whole 
plant could have been hidden by a bushel basket.” As 
this variety is so well known, it is not necessary to 
give it further description. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c.; quar¬ 
ter lb., 60c.; lb., $2.00. Special price on larger orders. 
CHALK’S EARLY JEWEL. — I have been 
growing this variety for four years, and for early 
market I have not yet found anything to equal It. It 
is not quite so early as some of the other varieties, but 
this is all made up for in extra fine quality, and large 
yield of the beautiful thick, red tomatoes; they are 
never seamed or misshapen like many other early 
sorts, and always bring top prices. Fruits are uni¬ 
formly large, thick through, more solid, and finer 
quality than the very early varieties. Average well- 
grown fruits are from two to two and a half inches 
thick, two and a-half to three inches in diameter, 
which is large enough for market varieties. The plant 
is enormously productive and one of the most profit¬ 
able to grow for main crop as well as for early mar¬ 
ket. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 20c.; quarter lb., 60c.; lb., $2.00. 
Write for special prices on large lots. 
LIVINGSTON NEW GLOBE—This is a new 
large tomato of very fine quality. It is thicker from 
stem to blossom end than any other variety grown. 
The plants are robust and hardy, making large 
growth, which is well loaded with handsome tomatoes. 
It is excellent for slicing; ripens early, although of 
