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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 
Extra Early Adams 
corn. It is, however, the standard extra early variety in the 
south, and can be depended upon to give a crop there when 
most other sorts fail. No suckers, very few tassels; stalk 
short, bearing a single, very full, short, many rowed ear, 
often nearly as thick as it is long, and well covered with 
coarse husks; kernels white, smooth. An extremely hardy 
variety. 
Pkt. 10c; Pt. 15c; Qt. 20c; 4 Qts. 60c; Bush. $2.50. 
Early Adams, or Burlington field variety, and 
often used for table, particularly in the south. Ears about 
eight inches long, twelve or fourteen-rowed; kernels white, 
rounded, somewhat deeper than broad, and indented at the 
outer end, which is whiter and less transparent than the 
inner. 
Pkt. 10c; Pt. 15c; Qt. 20c; 4 Qts. 40c; Bush. $2.25. 
Farit/ Dprf Rla7Pft This flint variety is not only early, 
L.UI I J Ifvll UIU1.V/U b u t will endure uninjured a degree 
of cold and wet that would be fatal to other sorts. Stalks 
medium height, without suckers, dark green with red or 
bronze markings. Leaves broad, green at base, but bronze 
at top, particularly while the plant is young. Ears long, 
eight-rowed, well filled, small at base. Grain flinty and of 
fine quality, bright yellow at base of ears, but red at the tips. 
It is also known as Smut Nose. 
Pkt. 10c; Pt. 10c; Qt. 15c; 4 Qts. 40c; Bush. $1.75. 
Early Golden Dent, or Pride of the North 
A very early Dent variety, ripening with the flint sorts, and 
can be grown as far North as any other variety of Dent corn. 
Stalks small with broad leaves. Ears short, twelve to sixteen- 
rowed, well filled. Grain long, yellow, making an extra 
quality of meal. 
Pkt. 10c; Pt. 10c; Qt. 15c; 4 Qts. 40c; Bush. $1.75 
RICE POP CORN 
A very handsome and pr 
ble rice; color white. Pi 
iroliflc variety. Ears short; kernels long, pointed and resem- 
Probably no variety of pop corn is superior to this for parching. 
Pkt. 10c; Pt. 10c; Qt. 15c; 4 Qts. 30c; Bush. $1.50 
If com is wanted by mail or express prepaid , add 10 cts. per pint , 15 cts. per quart, for charges. 
Chicago, or Westerfield Pickling. 
Early Cluster Cucumber. 
GUCUMBER 
This is one of the vegetables that can be grown 
to perfection by anyone who can control a few 
square yards of soil that is fully exposed to the 
sun. The fruit is so much better when gathered 
fresh from the vines than it is when obtained 
in the market, that every family should be sup- 
-■ —--plied from its own garden. 
CULTURE— In order to obtain the largest yield of cucumbers the soil should be well enriched with well rotted manure, 
but an abundance of good fruit can be raised on any rich garden soil. Plant the seed in rows six feet apart, and four to six 
feet apart in the row, dropping fifteen to twenty seeds in a hill. After the plants begin to crowd and the striped beetles are 
pretty well gone, thin to three plants to the hill. Give frequent but shallow cultivation, until the plants make runners so 
long that this is impracticable. I n field culture, plow furrows four feet, apart and similar ones at right angles to the first. At 
each intersection drop a shovelful or more of well rotted manure, which should be well mixed with soil, forming a broad, 
fiat hill, four to six inches above the surface. Many growers omit every fourth row, thus forming paths for the distribution of 
manure and gathering the fruit. In many sections where earliness is very important, market gardeners start plants in boxes 
made like the ordinary berry box, but without the raised bottom. The boxes are set in hot be<Js or cold frames filled with 
rich, friable soil, and the seed planted. When danger of frost is over the plants are set in the open ground, the boxes being 
cut away, so the roots are not disturbed at all. 
The plants are liable to attack from the striped cucumber beetles, which are so numerous in some cases as to destroy 
them. These may be kept off by frequent dusting with air slacked lime, soot or sifted ashes diluted with fine road earth; 
care should be taken not to use too much of any of the above materials, for if used too freely they will kill the vines; the 
best protection against injury, is a vigorous and rapid growth of the young plants. 
Pick all the fruit before it begins to ripen, as the vines will cease setting fruit as soon as any seed begins to mature. In 
gathering for pickles, cut the stem, instead of nulling the fruit off, and be careful not to mar the fruit in any way, for if the 
skin be broken, the pickles will not keep so well. 
We pay particular attention to growing and selecting the 
various strains of Cucumbers , so as to keep them pure and 
true to name. 
Gllcago, oi Wesiertleid Pickling... 
Very Popular with Chicago Market Gardeners, 
And Extensively Grown in that Vicinity. 
Fruit medium length, pointed at each end, with very large and 
prominent spines; color deep green. 
Pkt. 6c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 55c. 
FarUr Duccian Earliest and hardiest, 
Ldriy l\U>MdIi Vine vigorous and pro¬ 
ductive. Fruit three to four inches long, 
thick,oval,pointed at each end and cov¬ 
ered with fine, small spines. Pkt. 5c; 
Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 20c; Lb. 55c. 
Early Cluster 
Vines vigorous, producing 
the bulk of the crop near 
the root and in clusters. 
Fruit short, uniformly thick 
end, dark green, but paler at 
blossom end. A very pro¬ 
ductive sort. 
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 
2 0*. 15c; 3* Lb. 
20c; Lb. 50c 
