JAMES J. U. GREGORY & SON'S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
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ItHL ji^L JO X &s» XX JE3 fii — Continued. 
QOLbEN YELLOW SUMMER. 
Its shape is that of the Yellow Summer Turnip Radish; but 
the root is more spherical, its neck is finer, and the leaves are 
smaller. It is fit for use from four to six weeks after sowing. 
A novelty of great merit. Price, per lb., postpaid, $1.08: 
per pkg., 5 cts. 
LONG BRIGHTEST SCARLET RADISH. 
This is one of the medium long varieties, whose coloring, 
entirely distinct from any other, is a vivid scarlet, tipped 
with snowy white. Skin very thin, flesh crisp and brittle, and 
quality excellent. An acquisition. Per lb., postpaid, $1.08; 
per } lb., 28 cts.; per oz., 15 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts._ 
EARL.Y WHITE 5HORT LEAVED. 
The best of the white turnip radishes. Superior to the variety 
known as the u Philadelphia Box.” Early, and elegantly sym¬ 
metrical. Top remarkably short. A first-class sort for forc¬ 
ing as well as for growing out of doors. Price, per lb., post¬ 
paid, $1.00; per | lb., 28 cts.; per oz., 15 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts. 
This is a summer and autumn radish. It grows four to 
five inches long and about two inches thick, but is usable 
when small. Flesh very white, crisp, and tender. Very pop¬ 
ular in Chicago. Per lb., postpaid, 72 cts.; per | lb., 23 cts.; 
per oz., 10 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts. 
“MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND” SALSIFY. 
This new variety grows to twice the size of the 
common variety , the roots of which it resembles 
in shape, and which makes it almost invaluable to 
the market gardener. Price, per lb., postpaid, 
$1.40; per \ lb., 48 cts.; per oz., 25 cts.; per 
pkg., 10 cts. 
SQUASHES. 
MARBLEHEAD. 
This squash, as a rule (it does not always make a shell), 
is characterized by a shell of a more flinty hardness than the 
Hubbard. It is usually thicker and flatter at the top. The 
flesh is of rather a lighter color than the Hubbard, while its 
combination (in good specimens) of sweetness, dryness, and 
delicious flavor is something really remarkable. Its outer 
color is a light blue. Price, per lb., postpaid, 80 cts.; per oz., 
10 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts. 
DUNLAP’S EARLY PROLIFIC MARROWT 
The standard early of 
the running varieties. 
Yo variety can compete 
with it for earliness, it 
being about twelve 
days ahead of the Bos¬ 
ton Marrow, and for 
this reason can be 
planted a week later 
than any other kind. 
It grows to weigh from 
seven to fourteen 
pounds and is very pro¬ 
ductive. Itscolorismost 
attractive, a brilliant 
orange-red. Quality 
excellent when mature, 
grows hundreds of acres of squash, pronounces it “ the earli¬ 
est and finest fall variety.” Price, per lb., postpaid, 80 cts.; 
per oz., 10 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts. 
When ordering please write “peck” in full 
MUf*’ and “pkg.” for package . 
Tlx© Wliito Cliestiiiit. 
THE STRICKLER SUMMER. 
This new vari¬ 
ety of Summer 
Crookneck we 
find grows twice 
as large as the 
common sort, 
averaging from 
five to six pounds 
in weight. It 
will be likely, 
eventually, to drive the common sort out of the market. The 
two engravings show the comparative size of the Strickler 
and the common Summer Crookneck. We noted in our crop 
occasionally a sporting back toward the common variety, 
which shows that the type is not yet quite fully fixed; but the 
sports were so few they were of minor consequence. Price, 
per oz., 15 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. 
Good specimens are as fine-grained and as dry as a boiled 
chestnut, of as good quality for the table, in every respect, as 
the Hubbard, while it has a distinct individuality of its own. 
We have named it the “ White Chestnut,”—white, because 
the color is nearer to white than any other of the hard-shell 
squashes; chestnut, because the color of the flesh, and also 
the quality of it, is very suggestive of a chestnut. The White 
Chestnut is a hard-shelled squash, of just about the size of the 
Hubbard as it was when we first introduced it; and it is just 
about such a cropper as was the original Hubbard. Price, per 
lb., postpaid, $1.20; per | lb., 38 cts.; per oz, 15 cts.; per 
pkg., 5 cts. 
