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JAME's J. II. GREGORY & SON'S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
C. E. Robb/ns, North Vassalboro, Me., writes: “ / seek no further for good seeds.” 
CORN — Continued. 
Amber Cream . A medium late sort... 
Old. Colony. In earliness between Moore’s and Stowell’s; ears large, having a tine, deep grain.. 
Pee-and-Kay. Second early, large eared, white and sweet.-. 
Hickox. Large eared, white, tender, and sweet, ripening a week earlier than Sto well’s. 
Marblehead Mammoth Sweet. The largest variety grown. See page 17..... 
Livingston’s Evergreen. (New.) Seepage 17.... 
Sto well’s Evergreen Sweet. Excellent; keeps green till cold weather; ears large; a standard late variety 
Egyptian Sweet. About as late as Stowell’s Evergreen, but surpasses that variety in sweetness. We thint 
we never ate a white variety of sweet corn more tender and sweet than this.... 
Sweet Fodder Corn. Not as usual mere trash, but good corn to vegetate. 
(German, Welschcorn ; French, Maize.) 
Varieties for Field Cultivation and Popping* 
Extra Early Huron Dent. (New.) See page 18.... 
Improved Early Yellow Canada. A first-rate corn where the seasons are short. 
Adams Early. . A favorite in the South. The earliest of all the Dent sorts. 
Longfellow’s Field. See page 19. We again offer a fine stock. Home grown...... 
Butler Dent. (New.) See page 19.... 
Sibley’s Pride of the North. Probably the earliest Dent corn; can be ripened in Northern New England... 
Learning. See page 19... 
Sanford. A white flint planted extensively for fodder, the stalks being extra large and numerous. 
Blunt s Prolific Field. . A fine prolific white flint variety, too late for N. E., but a fine sort for ensilage_ 
Ensilage. The tallest variety of Southern corn, especially suitable for ensilage. 
Dwarf Golden Pop. Small, but ornamental, and a favorite with the little folks; excellent for popping. 
Nonpareil or Pop. The popular variety for parching... 
Silver-Laced Pop. The handsomest of all varieties of popcorn, and decidedly a growing favorite. 
Egyptian Pop or White Rice. Tenderer when popped than the common variety. 
BROOM CORN. 
„ Any good corn land will grow Broom Corn. Plant in rows three feet apart, and thin to eight inches in the row. 
Dwarf. Dwarf m habit; grows a finer brush than any other ...;. 
improved Evergreen. An improvement on the Evergreen by careful selection of stock for years. Not as 
tall as Evergreen; brush fine and bright colored...*. 
CRESS. (German, Kresse; French, Cresson.) 
f p J veriz ? d i V 1 drifis six or eight inches apart. That grown in the cool of the season is 
of the best quality. To be used as salad before the flowers appear. 
Upland. Has all the characteristics of water cress and can be grown easily in any garden.. 
Curled. The best sort. '. .... ° .*.*’.*.*.’.* 
Water Cress. To be planted along the borders of shallow water-courses. The famous English*Cress 
CUCUMBER. (German, Gruke ; French, Concombre.) 
The vines require a warm location. Plant after the ground has become warm, in hills four feet apart for the 
smaller varieties, and five feet for the larger sorts. Manure with ashes, guano, or some well-rotted compost work¬ 
ing the manure just under the surface. Sprinkle vines with plaster or air-slacked lime to protect from bu°-s The 
frame cucumbers can be successf ully grown in the open air in this country, by giving them well-sheltered location 
plenty of manure, and having hills six by six. One ounce for fifty hills. 
JAPANESE DARK GREEN. (New.) See page 6.. 
Thorburn’s Commercial Pickling. (New.) See page 20. . 
Bennett’s White Spine. (New.) See page 20.. 
Early Russian. The earliest of all varieties; grows about four inches long! .....!.!*.!.!.!!!.. 
Extra Early Seedling. As early as Early Russian, while it grows to a much larger size*-. 
Russian Netted. Combines usefulness with fine looks. Yery handy, brown netted, good auaiitV .. 
Early Frame. Early, short, prolific..... / 1 . . 
Early Cluster. Bears mostly in clusters; very early and productive !.*!!.' .’*. .*!!.* *. 
Thorb^’n’^Everbearingf “‘(^ewfj^'see^age^ 20. .*7. e .77 .7 7* ,°5. "country*. 
Livingston’s Evergreen. (New.) See page 20.. ..* 
Nichols’s Medium Green. See page 20... . 
Peerless White Spine. Larger than improved White Spine ; productive,'exceiientifor forcing. 
Improved White Spine or Arlington. Great bearer; excellent lor early forcing, or for outdoor cui’tiva- 
Short Green^l^d^!^. .“7. “ arke ‘^deners 
Long Green. An old standard sort... . 
Bismarck. A cross between the Long Green and White Spine.* * Lar 
Tailby’s. For description, see page 20. 
Giant Pera. See page 20. Clear, smooth skin, with but few seeds.*. 
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A medium long variety; the standard for pickling in Boston market.*. 
Chicago Pickling. A favorite in Chicago; prolific, but not Quite as earlv as Bnstnn tuy/eui* * * . * * * * * 
Norbiton Giant. English prize frame variety, sometimes growing to 30 inches ' .;* 
Giant German. See engraving, page 20. Thi handsomest.P^kageonly 
Extra Long Green Smooth. Yery long, smooth, and straight._.i* 
Long Green Smooth from. Athens. A long-frame varietv dmt does well YUSCN 7-.package only 
Large White Bonneiul. White and spineless, growing to & very la?*Tfile P .package only 
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DANDELION. (German, Lewengohn; French, Dent de Lion.) 
as a substitute for coffee^ fis^^in either^/these 1 forms is l particularlv’i^econ 116 Ti al8 f °i are U8ed when drie d 
of the liver. Sow in May in drillsone K anaK tll0se who are inclined 
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^o^i WFl !- encl i strain ’ highly ^commended to market gardeners 
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