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JAMES J. H. GREGORY & SON’S RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
DETROIT DARK RED BEET. 
This beet has 
given great 
satisfaction to 
those market 
gardeners who 
have grown it. 
We find it to be 
as early as Cros¬ 
by’s Egyptian, 
with flesh as 
dark as the Ed¬ 
monds, with a 
more intense 
red. Tops 
small, upright¬ 
growing, so 
that the rows 
may be nearer 
together, leaf 
stems and veins 
dark red, blade 
green ; roots 
globular or 
ovoid; color of 
skin dark b^od 
red, flesh bright 
red, zoned with 
a lighter shade, 
very crisp, ten¬ 
der, and sweet, 
and remaining 
so for a long 
time. An early 
beet of the 
finest quality 
for either home or market use. 
Price per lb., postpaid, 75 cts.; 
per i lb., 25 cts.; per oz., 15 cts.; 
per pkg., 10 cts. 
PE)ARE WHITE) E)GG PIvANT. 
prolific. In eating quality it is superior , being more delicate , of very 
fine grain , and well flavored. It makes one of the most palatable 
dishes, either baked or fried. There is not a garden in the 
land which would not be improved by this vegetable being 
represented in its collection.” Price per packet, 15 cents. 
SIX OAKS CANTALOUPE. 
This is the best of all the varieties of new cantaloupes we 
have tested the past season. It is not only of the largest size, 
but the fruits are heavy for their size. We found the specimen 
from which our engraving was made to be simply delicious. 
It is green-fleshed, deeply ribbed, well netted, and nearly round 
in shape. A fine variety to raise either for market or for the 
family garden. Price per 1 pound, postpaid, 50 cts.; per 
ounce, 25 cts.; per package, 15 cts. 
A delicious vegetable , and one of the handsomest and best 
novelties ever sold. Originated in Georgia, and offered for the 
first time the past spring by a reliable seed house there. 
“ Those who planted it were particularly well pleased. The 
plant is a large, vigorous grower, and comparatively free 
from thorns. The fruit is pure , creamy white , with slight shading 
of a very light green near the stem ; beautiful in shape , resembling 
somewhat the purple variety , as large and larger in size and more 
SHUMWAY’S GIANT MUSKMELON (Cantaloupe). 
Of the fifteen varieties of cantaloupes grown on our trial 
grounds the past season, nearly all of them new sorts, this was 
the largest of all. It has been raised to weigh over twenty 
pounds. The color of the skin is a yellowish green; the 
shape is nearly round, slightly flattened. The flesh is a light 
salmon in color. Quite thick-meated, it suggests in quality 
a cross between a muskmelon and a cantaloupe. It ripens 
clear to the skin. This large, showy melon, of excellent 
quality for so large a variety, would be likely to take well in 
any market. The variety is prolific and remarkably pure. 
Price per \ lb., postpaid, 40c.; per oz., 20c.; pei pkg., 10c. 
