CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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PARSNIP. 
German, Pastinake. — French, Panais. — Spanish, Pastinaca. 
Sow thick in April, in rows twelve inches apart, and one inch deep, in a rich, deep soil, well man¬ 
ured the previous fall, or with fine manure early in March. When the plants are two or three inches high, 
thin out to five or six inches apart in the rows. Unlike carrots they are improved by frost, and it is usual to 
take up in the fall a sufficient quantity for winter use, leaving the rest in the ground until spring, to be dug 
up as required. One ounce for one hundred feet of drill; five pounds to an acre. 
r 1 Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
Breck’s Market Garden. For flavor, texture of flesh, form, smoothness and as a crop¬ 
per, this variety is without an equal.05 .15 £1.00 
Hollow Crown. A well-known sort, fine quality.05 .10 .60 
Long *■ mooth. The best for general use . 05 .10 .60 
The Student. A fine-flavored variety .05 .10 .60 
PEAS. 
German, Erbse. — French, Pois. —Spanish, Chicaros. 
Peas come earliest to maturity in light, rich soils, but for a general crop a deep loam or moderately 
heavy soil is better. For early crops decomposed leaves or leaf mould* should be used ; if the soil is very 
poor stronger manure maybe applied. The first sowing will be earlier if covered only one inch deep; 
those following should be covered two to six inches deep, the deep planting preventing mildew and 
prolonging the season. F'resli manure, and wet, mucky soil should'be avoided, as 
they cause the vines to grow too rank and tall. All wrinkled Peas are superior to, 
more delicate in flavor, and remain longer in season than the smooth sorts, but 
should not be sown until the ground becomes warm, for, as in sugar-corn, the 
wrinkled appearance indicates the greater amount of saccharine matter. One quart 
will sow one hundred feet of drill. 
SECOND EARLY SORTS. 
Pt. 
OF 
Pk. 
Bu. 
•*5 
•3° 
$ 1.50 
$5-00 
•15 
• 2 5 
I.25 
4.50 
.20 
•35 
2.00 
6.00 
■15 
•30 
1.50 
5.00 
•15 
• 3 ° 
1.50 
5.00 
•35 
.60 
• 2 5 
.40 
3.00 
•15 
• 2 5 
1 - 2 5 
4.50 
•15 
• 3 ° 
1.50 
5.00 
•35 
2.00 
7.CO 
15 
• 2 5 
i - 2 5 
4 - 5 ° 
15 
•30 
1.50 
5.00 
Bliss's Abundance. Strong vines of 
medium height that bear an enor¬ 
mous number of well-filled pods 
Bliss's Everbearing. A most desirable 
main crop variety for the private 
grower . 
Boston Wrinkled. Superior to any 
other second early sort .... 
Horsford’s Market Garden. Type and 
quality of Advancer, more productive 
Juno. Remarkably large, long, straight, 
thick throughout, well filled pods. 
Peas are dark green and a fine flavor. 
flcLean’s Advancer. A dwarf green 
wrinkled marrow of fine flavor . 
15 *30 
1.50 
1 5 
•30 
1.50 
15 
•30 
1.50 
15 -30 
1.50 
15 
• 2 5 
1.50 
15 
•30 
1.50 
5.00 
5.06 
5.co 
5.00 
5. CO 
4.50 
Grndus. 
EXTRA EARLY SOUT H. 
Alaska. A smooth, blue, prolific, sweet extra early variety 
Aloha. A fine-flavored early wrinkled variety . 
Bliss’ American Wonder. Well known early wrinkled sort 
Breck’s Excelsior. The best extra early for market am 
private garden . 
Carter’s Premium Gem. A dwarf prolific, green, wrinkled 
early variety ......... 
Gradus. The largest podded first early wrinkled pea. The 
pods are almost as large as those of Telephone, and are fi 
to pick about two days later than Alaska. Pkt., 25 cts. 
Gregory's Surprise. The earliest wrinkled sort, productive 
and of good quality . Pkt., 15 cts. 
Improved Dan’l O’Rourke. A standard extra early variety 
McLean's Little Gem. A variety similar to Premium Gem 
Nott’s Excelsior. Extra early wrinkled sort, grows fifteen 
inches high, superior to American Wonder in quality and 
productiveness . 
P. & W. Maud S. A vauable extra early variety 
Tom Thumb. Very early, excellent quality, grows only about nine inches high 
Wil.iam Hurst. In height and some pt. Qt. pk. Bu. 
other respects like Premium Gem, 
the pods, however, are produced in 
greater abundance and are larger 
and better-colored . 15 .30 1.50 5.00 
Breck’s New Life 
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