This pepper is very vigorous and productive. The fruit is smooth, handsome and very large, 
often growing eight inches in length by two or three in diameter. The flesh is thick, sweet and 
of mill!'flavor. This is one of the most desirable kinds and is unsurpassed as a stuffed pickle. 
Per packet, 5 cents: oz., 25 cents; 2 oz., 40 cents; % lb , 75 cents; lb., $2.50. 
Iqubbai^d Squash. 
A standard variety, and without question the best winter squash known. The flesh is a 
bright orange yellow, finely grained, dry, sweet and rich flavored; will keep perfectly the entire 
winter; boils or bakes exceedingly dry, and is esteemed by many to be as good baked as the sweet 
potato. We have been improving our strain for several years, and believe that we have the finest 
in the country. Per packet, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents; 2 oz., 15 cents; % lb., 25 cents; lb., $1.00. 
- -4; ©ptiinus Comato.#--— 
We first obtained this in 1882 from one of the most enthusiastic and critical growers in New 
England as the best tomato he had ever seen. We found the fruit so handsome and of such 
superior quality, that we procured a stock of the seed from the originator saved from the choicest 
specimens. We have improved this at great expense by ripening the fruit under glass, so as to 
secure two germinations in a single season, and preserving only the finest plants until we are enabled 
to offer a small stock of seed, which for purity and certainty to produce fruit of superior quality 
has never been equaled. The fruit resembles the Livingston’s Favorite in general appearance, 
but it is far more uniform in size. It is borne in clusters of five, each tomato being large and hand¬ 
some. It ripens more evenly than any other sort we have ever tested, and is free from cracks and 
blemishes. The flesh is a beautiful crimson-scarlet color, very finegrained, solid and entirely free 
from the hard spots found in all other large sorts. The quality is superior to ANY other sort 
we know of. The Optimus, in its present purity , has been developed on cur own grounds , and we 
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Bliss’ Abundance. 
While this variety does not have the peculiar branching habit of the last sort, yet in good 
soil, it throws up a number of branches crowded at the top with medium sized pods, well filled 
with large peas of most superior quality. Of all the new varieties we have tested this year, this 
was the best flavored, the peas kept their color the best, and cooked the quickest. It will be a 
favorite wherever introduced. 
Per packet, 20 cents ; pint, 45 cents ; quart, 75 cents ; 4 quarts, $2.75 ; % bushel. $5.25. 
If‘by mail or express , prepaid , 15 cents per pint , 30 cents per quarts must be added for charges. 
Bliss’ Everbearing Peas. 
Bliss’ Abundance Peas. 
Sweet flDountain pepper. 
