JAMES J. H. GREGORY’S SEED CIRCULAR AND RETAIL CATALOGUE. 
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All seed sent by mail at my expense $ by express, at the expense of the purchaser. 
PARSNIP. 
Sutton’s Student. . . 
Hound Early,: or Turnip. A new French sort; excellent for shallow soil, shaped like a turnip. 
Large Dutch. Large and sweet. A standard variety.... 
Hollow Crowned, ©r Guernsey. The hollow crowns are considered superior in quality to the other varieties. 
Abbott’s Improved Hollow Crowned. A standard English variety.'. 
Maltese Parsnip. A new long English variety...777. 
PSAS. 
Of the numbers printed against the Peas, No. 1 indicates first early class, 2 second early and 3 late class. 
Very Dwarf. These very low varieties require no sticking. 
rows of the tallest sorts, four feet apart. Bush the tall lands when six inches high; or poles set every six or eight feet with 
single shoe thread passed from one to the other every four inches in height answer linely. Green, peas to retain their sweetness, 
should be eaten the same day they are gathered. 
De Grace. '(New.) (For description see page 12.)............. .package only 
Omega. (Lew.) (For description see page 12.).........iiackage only 
Carter’s Extra Early Premium Gem. A new early dwarf wrinkled pea, sent out last season by Messrs. Carter & Co. 
seedsmen, of London, as an improvement on Little Gem. More prolific and longer podded. (New. See page 
14. 
1. Tom Thumb. ^ One of the very earliest; very productive ; pods well lined. Height of vine ten inches. 
McLean’s Little Gem. A wrinkled pea nearly as early as Tom Thumb ; quality first rate. Twelve inches 
1. McLean’s Blue Peter. (New. See page 14.) Early ; of fme quality ; pods larger than Tom Thumb, but not so numerous 
Ten inches... 
2. Extra Early Dwarf Brittany. (New.) An edible podded pea ; early ; an acquisition. Eighteen inches. 
2. Commodore Nutt. A remarkably dwarf variety of the sugar or string pea ; to he snapped like beans. Ten inches. 
2. Drew’s Dwarf. This is a branching variety, each pea making three or four vines. This pea differs from all others in 
form ; medium early. Peas remarkably large and a prolific cropper. 
Dwarf. 
All varieties under this class will do without bushing, hut on rich, garden soil they will generally do better when bushed. 
Laxton’s No. 1. (New.) (Eor description see page 12.).package only 
Laxton’s Quality. A second early, wrinkled pea. Highly recommended by the Eoyal Horticultural Society. 
Nutting’s No. 1. (New.) One of the new, early, round varieties sent out by Messrs. Carter, and highly recommended 
by them. 
William 1st. (New.) (For description see page 12.).package oniy 
Fill-Basket. (New.) (For description see page 12.).-.package only 
Sutton’s Emerald Gem. (New ) (For description see page 12.).package only 
Philadelphia Extra Early. The standard early variety in Philadelphia markets. Of very fine quality. 
1. Carter’s First Crop. Earliest of all; pods smaller an more numerous than Dan O’Bourke. Two and one-haif "feet."." 
1. Extra Early Dan O’Rourke. One of the earliest standard market varieties ; very productive. Crop matures ail" at 
once. Two feet.... 
1. Kentish Invicta. A new English variety, very early and of great promise. Crop ripens all together. Two and one-half 
feet... 
1. Extra Early Winship. A new American sort, remarkably early ; a fine cropper and of good quality. Two and one- 
half feet... 
1. Laxton’s Alpha. One of the new English wrinkled sorts, distinguished for earliness, productiveness and good 'quality. 
In yield it probably surpasses any of the early sorts. (See page 14.).* 
1. Caractacus. Messrs. Waite & Co., the English seedsmen, send this out as the earliest of all peas, it is adopted by the 
Boston marketmen as one of the best first early peas. Two feet.... 
1. Early Kent. This will he found to he a very fine pea of the early class ; a keen competitor for market gardeners with the 
early English sorts. Three feet. 
1. Dexter. (New. See page 14.) A new American pea, selected as being extra early. Two and one-haif feet. 
2. McLean’s Advancer. A wrinkled pea—about one fortnight earlier than Champion of England, equal to it in quality 
fully as productive, while it grows but two-thirds as high ; everything considered, the best of the second earlies 
for market purposes. Two and one-half feet. English grown.'.. 
2. McLean’s Princess Royal. Very prolific ; kernels large ; a good cropper. Two and one-half feet. 
2. Hair’s Dwarf Mammoth. One of ths best for family use—low and bushy in its habit of growth • peas vet ylarge* 
wrinkled arid sweet. Eighteen inches.’. J & ’ 
2. McLean’s Epicurean. Larger than advancer ; fine for family use. Two and one-half feet. . 
2. Brown’s Dwarf Marrowfat. The earliest of all marrowfats ; dwarfish habit. A first class American variety. Two 
3. Carter’s^ Leviathan. A new white wrinkled pea ; very large of size and fine of flavor. Two and one-haif feet"!!.. 
3. Yorkshire Hero. A large late wrinkled dwarf ; peas remarkably large and fine ; a most capital sort for the kitchen ear- 
den. Two and one-half feet... 
3. McLean’s Premier. An English wrinkled pea, pods and peas very large ; sent out as being of very "superior quality "and 
productiveness. A nice family pea. Two and one-half feet 
2. Dwarf Blue Imperial. An old standard sort; two feet. 
Tall Varieties. 
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All these need bushing. 
Laxton’s Superlative. (New.) (For description see page 12.). nnclr'icyp rmiv 
Popular. (New.) (Eor description see page 12.). 7 . . 7.7 package only 
Forty-fold.- Pods curved ; considered by the English more prolific and an improvement "on "the Champion of England 
A capital sort for market purposes.. 
Dwarf Sugar. A string pea ; pods edible. My variety is of dwarfish habit, with line large pods. Four feet 
q t i , g At 0 1 ’ FT: vo-i ac t.y uj. u. wui nsn imuic, wun line large poas. h our teet.. . 
3. Baxton’s Supreme. (New. p. 14) One of the green marrow class, yielding remarkably long and well-filled pods. Five feet 
3. JLaxton s Quantity. (New.) A wrinkled marrow of fine flavor, characterized by a robust habit and great productive 
ness. -X -0 teet. 
^jampion ngland. An old favorite ; rich flavored and very productive. Four to five "feet. 7 .7 .7 
3. Black Eyed^ Marrowfat. A favorite in the Boston market; large pod ; prolific ; most capital for market. Three to 
3. Missouri Marrowfat. No so tall as Large Marrowfat; very productive and a favorite pea with marketmen. Three tc 
tour teet.....; 
3. Large White Marrowfat. A standard late sort.. ’. *.. ’ ..... ... ’ ’ 777777777 . 777777777777777 . . 
PEPPER. 
n vp e rv P 77 1 w f ;L St 77 e - d in 7 cold fra pe or hot-bed. Transplant the young plants into the open ground towards the close of May 
Snh atlon ’ baling the rows eighteen inches apart; thin plants a foot apart in the rows. The ground should be made very 
nch, either b\ high manuring before plants are transplanted, or by liberal application of guano, or liquid manures afterward . ^ 
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