D. M. FERRY & CO’S 
TESTED YARIETIES of SPECIAL MERE. 
The following varieties are either of recent introduction or have been tested and found worthy of special 
commendation. IVe can . with confidence recommend our stocks of them to the most critical market gardner. 
BEANS, Crystal White Wax.—A distinct, new 
bush bean with waxy, transparent pods of very rich 
flavor. The pods are stringless. succulent, crisp and 
tender, and though quick to mature, they arc slow to 
harden, so snap beans of this variety can be had of de¬ 
licious tenderness and sweetness for a long time. As the 
pods are very fleshy and the seeds small, this sort is 
not surpassed for pickling purposes. 
Per packet ro cents ^ pint 20 cents ■ pint 33 cents . 
quart bo cents. 4 quarts $2.00 bushel $12 00 If by 
mail or express, prepaid , 15 cents per pint, 30 cents 
per quart must be added for charges 
popular with market gardeners in the vicinity of our 
large cities. It is. without doubt, the most profitable 
early variety, as the heads are of fine quality, compact, 
solid, endure shipping to considerable distance, and are 
produced at just the right season to command a good 
price. Our stock of this variety is grown with special 
care, and can be depended upon as one of the very best 
strains in cultivation (See cut on page 26 ) 
Per packet 3 cents . oz bo cents ; 2 oz. $/.oo; lb. 
$1.75. lb. $b.oo. 
Ivory Pod Wax. 
BEANS, Ivory Pod Wax,—This magnificent vari¬ 
ety, of very recent introduction, cannot be too highly 
praised as a sort for the home or market garden. It is 
fully a week earlier than the German Wax, and the pods 
are of a beautiful ivory white, even before fully grown. 
When they attain their full size they are large, long, 
brittle stringless, and of a pure transparent, waxy 
white color. The beans are medium size, oval, white 
and smooth, and very easily threshed when npe. As a 
snap bean, it excels almost every other variety in ten¬ 
derness and creamy flavor, and, like our well known 
Golden Way is especially valuable also as a shell bean 
for winter use , without doubt it is the most productive 
wax bean now grown, the vines, which are strong, com 
pact growers, being a mat of pods the entire season 
Per packet Vo cents . H pint 20 cents. pint 33 cents . 
quart boc, 4 quarts $2.00 bushel $12.00. If by mail 
or express, prepaid, /> cents per pint, 30 cents per 
quart must be added /or charges. 
BEET Bastian's Extra Early Blood Turnip.— 
Another year s trial with this variety convinces us that 
there is no better or more profitable, beet to raise for mark 
ct now in cultivation It is as early as the liassano, of a 
darker better color and always grows perfect in shape, 
even where the seed is thickly sown. 1: is very tender ana 
sugary when cooked, and only needs to be more widely 
known! to become a general favorite. Market gardeners 
will find this variety very satisfactory. 
Per pkt3c: oz. 10c; 2 oz. 13c : % ll> 23c. lb. $1.00. 
CABBAGE, Early Jersey Wakefield, true, best 
American— This welt known cabbage is deservedly 
D. M. Ferry &. Co s Premium Flat Dutch. 
Early Market 
CABBAGE, Early Market. — This is an exceed¬ 
ingly fine second early variety, resembling very much 
Early Jersey Wakefield. It attains, under good culti¬ 
vation, which it requires, great size, and is distinguished 
for tenderness, fine grain, and excellent flavor. 
Per packet 3 cents, oz. 40 cents; 2 oz. 73 cents; V A lb. 
$1.23 lb. $4 00. 
CABBAGE, Fottler’s Early Drumhead, or 
Brunswick Short Stem.— This has proved to be a 
most excellent second early variety. It is low on the 
stump, heads solid and compact, weighing ten or fifteen 
pounds each. From seed sown in March, good sized 
heads can be marketed in June. We can recommend it 
highly for planting in the south, as it withstands the 
heat, and forms uniformly large solid heads. (See^cut 
on page 27.» 
Per packet 3 cents oz. 30 cents. 2 oz. 83 cents; % lb . 
$1.30. lb. $3.00. 
