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Finch’s Perfection 
Lettuce. 
Early Barletta Onion 
The finest variety in the world ; does not head, 
but forms huge, compact, bush-like Plants, which 
are always very crisp and tender. Especially 
adapted for private gardens, as only one sowing is 
required for the whole season. Its superior qualities, 
combined with its long duration of growth, render 
it one of the very best varieties in cultivation. I will 
send one large packet of this Lettuce for 10 cts.; three 
for 25 cts., and guarantee it will give perfect satis¬ 
faction. During the past few years I have sold 
over 200,000 packets, and everyone who has ever used 
it says it is rightly named. I think it useless to offer 
any other, as the Perfection is sure to please every 
time. 
This is a small, white, flat onion, no larger than a 
turnip radish and so early that it matures the last 
of July from May sown ‘seed. It is so mild and 
delicious in flavor that it is eaten raw with salt like 
a radish, and is a most wholesome and appetizing 
relish. It is full(/ two weeks earlier than the early 
White Queen, which heretofore has been the earliest 
variety in cultivation. At maturity the tops die 
down directly to the bulb, leaving the neatest and 
most handsome little bulbs imaginable. They are 
of a pure paper-white color, very mild and delicate 
in flavor, from one inch to one and a half inches in 
diameter, and three-fourths of an inch in thickness. 
Its extreme earliness and fine quality cannot fail to 
make it a favorite in every garden. Both for table 
use and for pickling it is most valuable. Per pkt., 
I cts.; 
Stokes’ Extra Early 
Melon. 
THE 
KNOWN 
This new variety is undoubtedly the earliest Sweet 
Corn in cultivation, being about one week earlier 
than the Marblehead, which, previous to the intro¬ 
duction of this, was generally acknowledged as the 
earliest. It grows a large kernel and a larger and 
more marketable ear than the Marblehead, and will 
soon supplant that variety in our market. It is well 
worth trial and has but to be tested to be appreciated. 
Per packet, 10 cts. Pint, 25 cts., potspaid. 
This new melon is, without doubt, the earliest of all. 
Our illustration, made from a photograph, shows 
their shape, which is nearly round, dark green skin, 
slightly mottled with white. The flesh is deep 
scarlet, and its ^delicious sugary flavor is unsur¬ 
passed by any other melon. Their average weight is 
about fifteen pounds. We recommend our customers, 
one and all, to try this grand little melon, as it is 
certainly a valuable acquisition. Extra large pkt., 
5 cts. 
COHY 
ANEW 
STOKES’ EXTRA EARLY MELON. 
CORN 
