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JAMES J. H. GREGORY’S SEED CIRCULAR AND RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
Rake, Novel, or Very Desirable. 
Among the New, Rare or Desirable Vegetables, I would call particular attention to the following. 
$11*“ While most of these new and rare vegetables will be found to be of universal value, others may vary in quality with the soil and locality. 
As a general rule we are not rendered capable of passing judgment on a new vegetable by the result of a singe trial. Oftentimes the most we 
learn from the result of planting one season is what ar e possibly the merits or demerits of- it; a second may develop what are probably 'its merits 
or demerits ; and usually a third season will be required to enable us fully to determine its value, and give the new-comer its true place m the 
vegetable garden. Take Mexican Sweet Corn for an example ; should the first season of experiment be wet and cold at the time it matures for 
table use, this variety being more sensitive in its habits, than the old standard sorts, may be more affected in its quality than they, and not.su- 
perior to them in sweetness. Row let the next season be a hot and dry one, and the same' corn, having a season more congenial to its.tropical 
origin, will develope its full quality and demonstrate its full claim to the rank given it in my catalogue. So with many of the varieties of our To¬ 
matoes ; from an extended cultivation of many kinds, I am fully convinced that though some have been overpraised, yet with a majority an 
experience of three years would reverse or greatly qualify the hasty opinions often expressed of them, from a trial-of but a single season. 
M&t* New Vegetables for 1875 . The following are the more rare and valuable vegetables which I in¬ 
troduce into my catalogue for the first time this season. 
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Butman Squash. (See page 1.) . 
White Bear Pea. As every farmer knows the 
bean known in the market as 44 Pea” Bean though very 
small is not spherically round. This variety is on the 
contrary globular in form, having precisely the shape 
of the common pea... 
Autumnal Late Giant Cauliflower. Very 
large headed and extremely productive... 
Italian Early Giant Cauliflower. ( Au- ; 
tumnal.) Extra fine, large, white headed and early. 
This is the autumnal variety which is so highly produc¬ 
tive in northern climates. 
Tailby’s Hybrid Cucumber. This new cucumber 
is a perfectly successful cross between the White Spine 
and a variety of the large English sorts. As prolific 
as the White Spine, it grows to a large size, and is 
well worthy the attention of amateurs and the market 
gardener. 
Russian Netted Cucumber. A native of the 
Ukraine country and very prolifle : surpasses all others 
in hardiness ; middle size, flesh white, and the skin is 
covered with a pretty brown network which imparts to 
the fruit a peculiar as well as a handsome appearance. 
Cranes’ Early Wyman Cabbage. Market gar¬ 
deners will find this very solid strain of the Wyman 
Cabbage an improvement in making harder heads than 
the common sort..... 
Bonnet Gourd, Dish Cloth Gourd or Luffa. 
The peculiar lining of the fruit, so tough, elastic and 
enduring, has given it its name. The vine is very or¬ 
namental, having dark green foliage with silvery shade, 
and large yellow blossoms in clusters. It requires a 
frame or support. The seeds should be started in hot bed 
Christiana Melon. (Pure.) I offer this season a 
pure stock of this remarkably early and very choice 
melon. 
Hardy Ridge Melon. This melon is the one 
most common in the markets of London and Paris. In 
.shape, it resembles a cheese pumpkin and grows very 
nearly as large. It is the thickest fleshed of all melons, 
very hardy and remarkably prolific.. 
Improved Cantaloupe Melon. A very early, 
thin fleshed, large round Cantaloupe. Worthy a trial, 
as it is very prolific and yields more profit than any oth¬ 
er early market sort. ..... 
Jackson or Strawberry Melon. A great fa¬ 
vorite in the Middle and Southern States ; very delic¬ 
ious , seeds white, delicately tipped with red at their 
extremities... 
DeGrace Pea. This new Dwarf German Pea is 
the earliest pea yet introduced, being a week earlier 
than Carters’ First Crop. More dwarf than TomThumb. 
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Fillbasket Pea. A large, very handsome and 
prolific pea ; exceedingly productive... 
Laxton’s No. 1 Pea. Earlier and hardier than 
Laxton’s Alpha, with straight pods. 
Laxton’s Superlative Pea. Messrs. Carter, the 
English seedsmen, speak of this new pea as follows : — 
44 The largest and finest podded pea yet raised ; indis¬ 
pensable as an exhibition pea ; pods have been grown 
7 inches in length and are much larger than the parent 
pea, Laxton’s Supreme, which- has taken the first prize 
for several years.” Second early, color and flavor ex¬ 
cellent... 
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Omega Pea. This is the 44 Ne Plus Ultra” crossed 
with Yeitch’s Perfection, and it has all the valuable 
characteristics of the former, combined with the dwarf 
branching habit of the latter. Remarkably prolific, 
pods fine and closely filled,, flavor and color unsur¬ 
passed...... 
Popular Pea. An improved Champion of Eng¬ 
land, very prolific and fine flavored... 
Sutton’s Emerald Gem Pea. This new first ear¬ 
ly pea is quite distinct from all others, and is undoubt¬ 
edly one of the finest varieties in cultivation. The peas 
retain their green color when cooked and are of a de¬ 
licious marrow-like flavor, much superior to most early 
sorts.... 
William 1st Pea. This is another of the new 
English Peas which Messrs. Carter claim to be * 4 The 
finest Early Pea known, combining flavor, earliness 
and productiveness, with appearance.” It has long, 
handsome, well filled, greenish pods. 
Tree Pumpkin or Zappallito from Brazil. I 
know nothing from personal trial of this new vegetable 
sent out by a prominent French seed firm. 
“Nigger Pumpkin.” This .is a true strain of the old 
fashioned black warted shelled pumpkin of old times... 
Robert Tomato. This was sent me as a variety 
earlier than Canada Yictor. It may be so in some lo¬ 
calities, but has not proved so on my grounds. 
Paragon Tomato. A large round solid tomato, 
that has given me much satisfaction. A first rate sort, 
to grow either for family use or market. ..... 
New German Watermelon. This is by far, the 
earliest of all varieties of Watermelon, ripening about 
a fortnight earlier than Mountain Sweet. It is about 
the size of a two quart measure, but is so exceedingly 
productive that the same weight of crop can be grown 
on the same area, as of the larger sorts. Quality 
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