SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898, 
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Squash. 
A delicious table vegetable, and when cooked like 
pumpkins, makes very superior pies. 
Ford Hook—A long, golden yellow Squash, with very dry 
and fine-grained flesh. This is one of the best winter 
Squashes, and ap extra fine keeper, and the plants are so 
robust that failure is very rare. Resists the attacks of 
t he Squash borer better than most kinds; matures early 
and is everywhere a sure cropper. Pkt., 10c.; oz.; 15c.; 
lb., SI .25. 
Sibley -Another fine winter Squash that keeps well nearly 
all winter. Shell hard and flinty: pale green in color. 
Flesh a brilliant orange-red; very dry and rich in flavor. 
A fine baking variety. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 15c.; lb., 75c. 
IWetca I f —A Maine variety of extra fine quality, fine grained 
and dry. No better eating Squash can be found any¬ 
where. A long winter keeper, good tm spring. Pkt., 
10c.; oz., 30c.; lb., $1.35. 
Early Scallop—An early summer sort. Very fine and pop¬ 
ular Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., 60c. 
Perfect Cem-This sort is good both for summer and win¬ 
ter use. Thin-skinned, fine grained and of very pleasant 
flavor. Will keep almost any length of time. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 10c.; lb., 70c. 
*Yeosiqfce. 
As a forage or fodder plant 
this is the greatest thing of 
the age, especially for the 
South. In appearance it re¬ 
sembles corn, but the leaves 
are much longer and broader 
and sweeter. It grows twelve 
feet high producing a great 
number or shoots, which are 
thickly covered with heavy 
foliage. 85 stalks have been 
grown from one seed, and it 
produces forty tons to the 
acre. At the. rate hay and 
other stock feed costs, Teo- 
sinte will yield $200 worth of 
fodder or ensilage to the acre. 
Plant it as you would corn, 
W. J. Pitts, of Stock I on. Ga.. 
writes: “1 cut two 3-horse 
loads of forage from an ounce 
of seed.” It may he cut two 
or three times during the 
season. It never suffers in 
drought or rain. Three 
pounds of seed is enough for 
copyrichtfo 1393 an acre. Pkt., 10c.; oz., J5c* 
8Y JA..CHILDS lb., $1.50. 
moth Chill— Specimens of this have been grown to 
reach ,300 pounds in weight. Notwithstanding its enor¬ 
mous size, this Squash is of very fair quality and keeps 
well. Pkt.. 10c.; oz., 30c. 
Improved Hubbard (Private Stock). No more popular 
Squash t han the Hubbard has ever been grown. Of late 
years it has largely lost favor because stocks have become 
badly mixed with inferior strains. Our stock is quite 
limited, but it is absolutely true and will produce the 
old-fashioned, deliciously-swect Squash wo all remem¬ 
ber. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 30c.; lb., $1.75. 
Mammoth Whale - A new French variety of enormous 
size, growing to the length of three feet, and attaining a 
weight of one hundred or more pounds. Fruit thick and 
an ashy-gray color and tapers toward the end. Flesh 
solid, beautiful orange-yellow and of excellent quality. 
It has also the advantage of being a long-keeper and a 
variety which does well in any soil or climate. It. is a 
splendid variety in all respects, especially for exhibiting 
at fairs. Pkt., 20c.; 3 pkts., 50c. 
Usant Summer Crookneck - A new Crookneck, which is a 
' little earlier then the old variety and fully twice as 
large, being nearly two feet in length. It isor extra fine 
quality, handsome in appearance and finds a ready sale 
at good prices in any market. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb!.$1.00. 
One packet each of the nine sorts for 75c. 
Tobacco, Persian 
fecalelie. 
PEIPSI 
msa\TEL^ 
This is the best of all, 
an exceedingly orna¬ 
mental plant and soearly 
that it can be grown 
in any State. It is from 
the garden of the King 
of Persia. The grower 
says of it: “ It is one 
the earliest varieties wo 
have, of remarkably 
strong and vigorous 
growth, attaining the 
height of five to seven 
feet. The stalks are 
strong, thickly set with 
leaves, many of them 
measuring 3 x /> to feet 
in length with propor¬ 
tionate width. The 
leaves are usually small 
ribbed, very elastic, of finest possible texture, and when 
properly cured of a light brown color and of mild flavor.” 
Pkt.. 1<V\; oz., 50c.; lb., $5.00. 
