CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
TURNIP 
White Egg 
Purple Top White Globe 
Culture.— For early use, sow as soon as the ground can be worked in spring, in drills 15 inches apart, and thin to 
8 inches apart as soon as the plants are large enough to handle. For succession, sow at intervals of a fortnight until 
the last week of July, from which time until the end of August sowings may be made for main and late crops. 
The sowings should be made just before rain if possible a rapid growth being important. 
One ounce will sow 250 feet of drill; 1*4 pounds will sow an acre 
Amber Globe. One of the best of the yellow fleshed, 
globe shaped turnips. 
Early Snowball. Exceedingly early, of medium size, 
round as a ball, with pure white skin and flesh. 
Early White Flat Dutch. A very early, flat, pure white 
turnip, of medium size and of fine quality. 
Extra Early Purple Top Milan. A summer turnip and 
the earliest of its class; bulbs of medium size, flat and 
white, with a bright purple top. 
Extra Early White Milan. Similar to Purple Top 
Milan, except the roots are a solid clear white. 
Long White Cow Horn. Used largely for stock feeding 
and breaking up clay soil; the long, round, white, 
carrot shaped roots are usually slightly crooked. 
Pomeranian White Globe. A large, white, globe shaped 
variety; for stock feeding. 
Purple Top Strap Leaved. The most widely culti¬ 
vated and best known variety; the flat roots are 
white, with a purple top above ground. 
Purple Top White Globe. The most desirable of the 
turnip family, and grown more largely for market 
than any variety. Almost a perfect globe in form, 
with clear white skin and flesh and a purple top; very 
fine grained, sweet and tender. 
Rice’s Improved Golden Ball (Orange Jelly). An ex¬ 
ceedingly fine yellow fleshed turnip, with small tops; 
roots medium in size, round and smooth. 
Shogoin or Japanese Foliage Turnip. A very popular 
variety for turnip greens, having an upright growth 
with clear white globe-shaped roots. Said to be less 
subject to insect pests than Seven Top. 
Seven Top. Grown exclusively for the tops, which are 
used for greens. 
White Egg. An excellent early, medium sized variety, 
especially adapted for the home garden. The roots 
are oval or egg-shaped, smooth and white, with small 
tops; flesh clear white, firm, fine grained and sweet. 
Yellow Aberdeen (Purple Top). A late, medium sized, 
long keeping variety; yellow with a purple top. 
Yellow Globe (Stone). A round, smooth, clear yellow 
variety, of medium size and good quality. 
TOBACCO SEED 
Culture .— Seeds may be started in hotbeds, or sown in the open ground as soon as the ground can be worked, 
in rich, dry soil; rake off the bed, and sow broadcast, pressing down firmly and evenly, covering the seed very 
slightly; keep free from weeds, and water frequently if the weather is dry; set out the first of June, 3 feet apart, 
in land that has been heavily manured. 
One ounce will produce 5,000 plants; 2 ounces will plant one acre 
Connecticut Seed Leaf. A popular sort, used for cigar wrappers. 
Fine Havana. Finest strain of imported seed. 
OUR BEST MIXED LAWN GRASS SEED 
Four bushels of seed will sow one acre. One quart to one square rod of ground 
Makes a handsome lawn wherever sown. The foundation of a good lawn is, first, good seed. For that reason we 
prepare our own Lawn Grass Seed, and we know of what the mixture is composed. Our preparation of Lawn Grass 
contains Blue Grass, White Clover and other very choice and fine varieties, and is, we think, the very best 
preparation possible for our hot and dry summers, as we have long been making experiments to ascertain this fact. 
Our Mixture of Lawn Grass Seed is unsurpassed, either for lawns, parks, or grass-plots. It forms a thick, compact 
growth of short-growing varieties, following one another in succession, and can be highly recommended. 
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