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Specialties for the Garden That All Should Plant 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
A variety of cabbage producing 
small heads or knobs along the 
stem, which are cooked like cab¬ 
bage. Very popular in some mar¬ 
kets* 267 New Danish Prize 
This new variety has proven to 
be a decided advance on anything 
yet offered, being of half-dwarf, 
sturdy growth and producing abun¬ 
dant large solid dark green sprouts 
which are of excellent quality. 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 25 ets.; *4 lb., 
75 cts.; *4 lb., $1.20; lb., $2.00, post¬ 
paid. 
266 Half Dwarf Paris Market 
This is the most popular Brussels 
Sprouts on the Parisian market, 
scarcely exceeding 2 feet in height 
It is of straight habit, with a slight 
purplish tinge on the leaf stalks, 
and sometimes on the sprouts them¬ 
selves when young. Packet, 10 cts.; 
ounce, 25 cts.; 14 lb., 65 cts.; y 2 lb., 
$1.20; lb*, $2.00, postpaid. 
Brussels Sprouts 
267 New Danish Prize 
GERMAN KALE 
292 Dwarf GreenCurled 
Borecole or Kale—Dwarf Curled 
2937 a \\ Green Scotch 
Curled Kale 
This variety is very hardy and 
is improved by a moderate frost. 
About thirty inches tall, with an 
abundance of green leaves, which 
are densely curled and crinkled 
Stands the Winters in the Middle 
States without protection. Packet, 
5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; *4 lb., 30 cts.; 
y 2 lb., 50 cts.; lb., 90 cts., postpaid. 
This is hardier than Cabbage and makes 
excellent greens for Winter and Spring- use. 
The leaves are as curly as Parsley, tender, 
and of very fine flavor. It is improved by 
frost. Sow the seeds in May or June, transplant in July and treat same as Cabbage, 
Immense quantities of this are grown in the South and shipped to Northern markets. 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 ct».; % lb., 30 cts.; X A> lb., 50 cts.; lb., 90 cts., postpaid. 
351 
Georgia Collards 
353 Peppergrass 
COLLARDS 
351 Georgia, South¬ 
ern, or Creole 
A variety of cabbage 
extensively used in the 
South. We offer the true 
white or green stemmed 
sort so exclusively used 
in the South. Forms a 
large loose open head, or 
a mass of leaves on tall 
stems. Freezing does not 
injure, but rather im¬ 
proves their quality. 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 12 
cts.; lb., 20 cts.; % lb., 
35 cts.; lb., 65 pts., post- 
paid - CRESS 
353 Curled or Peppergrass Cress 
This small salad is much used with lettuce 
to the flavor of which its warm, pungent 
taste makes a most agreeable addition. 
Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; *4 lb., 25 cts., 
postpaid. 
355 True WaterCress 
This is quite distinct from the last, and 
only thrives when its roots and stems are 
submerged in water. It is one of the most de¬ 
licious of small salads, and should be plant¬ 
ed wherever a suitable place can be found. 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 30 cts., postpaid. 
349 CHERVIL 
349 Chervil, Curled 
Hardy an¬ 
nual, worthy 
of more 
general use 
for flavor- 
i n g and 
garnishing. 
Curled va¬ 
riety more 
beautiful 
than pars¬ 
ley. Packet, 
lOcts.jounce, 
25 cts., post¬ 
paid. 
354 New Upland Cress 
Has the highly prized flavor of Water Cress. It is so 
hardy as to be green nearly the whole year, and is ready 
for use before any other salad in Spring. Its usage 
should be more general, as it is of as easy culture as 
spinach. It is a perennial plant 
and can be grown for severalyears 
without renewal. Packet, 10 cts.; 
ounce, 25 cts., postpaid. 
CORN SALAD 
352 Fetticus or 
Lambs Lettuce 
352 Corn Salad 
This delightful 
salad, known as 
Mache-Steck Salot, is 
used during the Win¬ 
ter and Spring months 
as a substitute for let¬ 
tuce, and is also cooked 
and used like spinach. In 
warm weather the plants, 
will mature in four to six 
weeks. Perfectly hardy, 
sow in fall for early 
spring use. Packet, 7 
cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; % 
lb., 35 cts.; 1/2 lb., 55 
cts.; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
433 The Mango Melon 
Or Vegetable Peach 
Another splendid novelty of late introduc¬ 
tion, very striking in color, most wonderful 
yielder. Fruit is about the size of an orange, 
orange-shaped; and a bright orange-yellow 
color, somewhat russeted. For sweet pickles, 
pies or preserving they are splendid. Packet, 
10 cts.; ounce, 25 cts., postpaid. 
384 New Garden Lemon 
Certainly one of the greatest novelties of 
recent introduction. Resembles the Vine Peach 
in manner of growth, but is distinct in that 
the unripe fruit is striped with very dark 
green spots, nearly black, and when ripe is not 
russeted like the Vegetable Peach. Packet, 10 
cts.; ounce, 25 cts., postpaid. 
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