JAMES J. II. GREGORY & SON'S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
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GIBSON’S MAMMOTH. 
This valuable new pumpkin did not receive half the praise 
it deserved in our last catalogue for its superior quality. As a 
rule in squashes and pumpkins, size and quality don’t go to¬ 
gether. As they increase in size they grow poorer in quality; 
but the Gibson is a remarkable exception to this rule, for it 
combines fineness and superior quality with its mammoth pro¬ 
portions. Mr. F. Courtis, our neighbor, who is famous as a 
squash raiser, tells us that it makes just as good pies as a 
marrow squash. Per lb., postpaid, 80 cts.; per \ lb., 25 cts.; 
per oz., 15 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
MICHIGAN MAMMOTH. 
This crops abundantly for so large a variety, and grows as 
large round as a barrel, weighing, with us, from thirty to 
forty-five pounds. We have raised as high as twelve tons to 
the acre. We sometimes plant it among early dwarf peas, by 
omitting every fourth row, having the hills ten or twelve feet 
apart. In this way we get two crops from our land, being 
careful to manure liberally. It is a soft-shelled variety, and, 
therefore, excellent for feeding to stock. To get the largest 
size leave but one vine to each hill. Price per lb., postpaid, 
90 cts.; per 34 lb., 28 cts.; per oz., 12 cts.; per pkg.. 5 cts. 
S^The Wards Nectar Melons we raised the“®i 
last year were as delicious as ever. 
This isjthe pumpkin for the 
traditionalVYankee pumpkin pie. 
All others are coarse and barba¬ 
rous when compared with this; 
and to bring them, when prepared 
in any way, to the table is to rob 
the stock and wrong the family. 
Not so with this gem of the pump¬ 
kin tribe; if fed to the cows it in¬ 
creases and greatly enriches the 
quality of the milk, imparting to 
it a rich vellow, while it is a good 
table delicacy, either simply 
boiled or when entering into the 
composition of the traditional 
pumpkin pie. It is about as fine¬ 
grained as the average squash, grows to average five pounds, 
and yields enormously, the ground covered with the golden 
fruit being a sight not soon forgotten whenever seen. There 
is an increased call for them in our city markets, and they 
bring from half to two thirds as much as squashes are sold 
for. Price per lb., postpaid, 75 cts.; per \ lb., 23 cts.; per 
oz., 10 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts. 
A\An^\OTH RED ETAA\PES. 
This Mammoth, 
which has been 
raised to weigh 
over one hundred 
and fifty pounds, 
has a brilliant, 
showy, red skin. 
The flesh is very 
thick, and in qual¬ 
ity is about equal 
to any of the Mam¬ 
moth class of 
pumpkins, whose 
real value is for 
stock feed. Price, 
per lb., postpaid, 
$1.50; per oz., 15 
cts.; pkg., 5 cts. 
NEW CARDINAL. , PEPPER. RUBY KING. 
This new pepper 
grows to a length 
of about six inches, 
very thick and 
sweet-fleshed and 
is one of the most 
beautiful and brill¬ 
iant v e g e tables 
grown. It would 
be worthy of cul¬ 
tivation for its 
beauty alone, there 
being no flower 
which can be 
grown in the North 
which surpasses it 
in depth , purity and 
brilliancy of color , 
ap p earin g as 
though varnished 
in a bright cardinal. 
It will also be 
found a most use¬ 
ful variety, as it 
can be used for all 
purposes to which 
peppers are put. 
Per oz., 35 cts.; 
per pkg., 5 cts. 
These peppers 
ordinarily grow 
four and a half to 
six inches long by 
three and a half to 
four inches broad. 
When ripe they 
are of a beautiful 
bright ruby-red 
color, and are al¬ 
ways remarkably 
mild and pleasant 
to the taste. Very 
handsome and 
very productive. 
They need to be 
started in a hot¬ 
bed. Price, per 
oz., 30 cts.; per 
pkg., 10 cts. 
Please send Your Orders Early, 
S^Buy your Seeds directly from the Grower. ~^a 
