CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
Pumpkin 
Culture. —The common practice is to drop two or three seeds in every third or fourth hill in the 
cornfield, but if cultivated on a large scale the seed may be sown in hills 8 feet apart each way, four 
plants to each hill, and otherwise treated in the same manner as recommended for melons or 
cucumbers. One pound will plant 250 hills 
Kentucky 
Field 
Connecticut Field. Generally used in the North 
for planting in corn for stock feeding and also 
for making pies; fruit large, rather oblong in 
form, distinctly ribbed and reddish-orange in 
color. 
Golden Cushaw. Similar to White Cushaw ex¬ 
cept in color of shell. 
Golden Oblong. Oblong in form, about 20 inches 
long and 10 inches in diameter; skin golden 
orange. 
Japanese Pie. Shaped somewhat like the 
Cushaws and grows to a large size; skin deep 
green with dark stripes; flesh deep yellow, of 
high quality. 
King of the Mammoths (Potiron). The giant 
among pumpkins; exhibition specimens have 
been grown to weigh 250 lbs. 
Large Cheese, or Kentucky Field. Largely grown 
in the central and southern states for canning; 
fruits large, round and flattened, creamy buff 
in color; flesh yellow, very deep and of fine 
quality. 
Mammoth Tours. A very large, oblong variety, 
Rhubarb 
Culture.—Rhubarb succeeds best in deep, 
somewhat retentive soil. It may be propagated 
by seeds, but is usually grown from roots. But, 
whether grown from seed or roots a deep, rich 
soil, trenched to the depth of 2 or 3 feet, is re¬ 
quired to insure the full development of the leaf¬ 
stalks. Sow the seed in April in drills, and when 
the plants are of fair size, thin to 9 inches apart, 
in the drill. In the fall following, or the next 
spring, the plants will be large enough to trans¬ 
plant into rows 3 feet apart, setting them the 
same distance apart in the rows. When grown 
from roots, they are usually set in the spring, 
and sometimes in the fall; either spring or fall 
will do, but the spring is considered best. 
One ounce will produce 1,000 plants 
Myatt’s Linnaeus Giant. An early and very fine 
variety; leaves and stalks of immense size. 
Juicy and tender; grows quickly, producing fine 
succulent stalks. 
grown mainly for stock feeding and exhibition 
purposes; skin smooth, gray-green in color. 
Striped Cushaw. Of the crookneck type with 
mottled green and white stripes; fruit weighs 
up to 15 lbs.; flesh yellow, very solid and fine 
grained. 
Sweet or Sugar (New England Pie). A rather 
small variety, looking not unlike a miniature 
Connecticut Field; one of the very best for pies 
and growing in the home garden. Fruit round, 
flattened at the ends and slightly ribbed; both 
skin and flesh of deep orange-yellow color; the 
flesh is exceedingly thick and of high quality. 
Tennessee Sweet Potato. Of medium size, nearly 
bell shaped, with neck slightly crooked; skin 
creamy white, sometimes slightly striped green. 
White Cushaw (Jonathan). A popular crook¬ 
necked variety with a hard, creamy-white 
shell. 
Winter Luxury. One of the best for pie making 
and an exceptionally good keeper; of medium 
size, with golden yellow skin, closely and pecul¬ 
iarly netted. 
Dwarf Essex Rape 
A more general use of this seed would prove of 
great advantage to farmers, for it not only makes 
excellent pasture, but there is no plant that will 
give so large a yield of foliage at so small an ex¬ 
pense as this. For green-manuring or for ex¬ 
hausted soils it has no equal, and no pasture can 
be provided on which sheep will thrive better. 
Care should be taken, however, to secure the 
genuine Dwarf Essex and not the annual variety, 
which is liable to become an obnoxious weed. 
Culture. —Prepare the ground as for turnips 
and sow in June or July, with a turnip drill, in 
rows 2 V 2 feet apart, at the rate of 2V 2 pounds of 
seed per acre; or sow broadcast, 5 pounds per 
acre. Prices on application. 
• • • 
The smallest expense in gardening is the 
item of seeds. Buy the very best seeds ob¬ 
tainable if you wish a profitable garden. 
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