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NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 
VICK'S GARDEN AND FLORAL GUIDE 
THE NEW WINTER SQUASH “DELICIOUS” 
If anyone asks why the name “Delicious” was given 
this new extra fine squash, our answer would be, “ Because 
this is the one adjective most frequently used to express 
opinions of quality.” The Delicious is the work of years 
in careful selection, crossing, and isolating. 
Its color is almost uniformly of a green shade. In size it 
resembles the Hubbard. In thickness of flesh it surpasses 
nearly every variety. The color is a dark orange. Tor 
table use no other variety compares with it, in its remarkable 
combination of fineness and compactness of grain, dryness, 
sweetness, and exceeding richness of flavor. It is a fall and 
winter squash. Though at any time excellent, it does not 
acquire its best quality until winter. 
Per packet, 15 cents ; four packets for 50 cents. 
AMERICAN LAVENDER 
The plant forms a symmetrical bush from twelve to twenty 
inches high. Flowers lavender-colored. Yields honey freely 
in warm weather. Blooms all summer, till killed by frosts. 
Both flowers and foliage are very fragrant, and retain their 
pleasant odor after being dried, making the plant very useful 
and delightful for wardrobes, etc. Annual. Packet, 10 cts. 
PERFECTION CURRANT, Reduced in Size 
The Best of All 
PERFECTION CURRANT 
This grand new fruit was originated by C. G. Hooker, of Rochester, N. \ ., 
by crossing the Fay’s Prolific with the White Grape Currant, with the view 
to combine the large size and color of the Fay with the good quality and 
productiveness of the White Grape. 
Awarded the Barry Medal 
The Fifty-Dollar Gold Medal of the Western New York Horticultural 
Society, July, 1901, after three years’ trial. The first fruit to receive this 
grand prize. Also received highest award given any new fruit at the 
Pan-American Exposition. 
The Perfection Currant is very highly indorsed by Prof. S. A. Beach, 
horticulturist of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at 
Geneva, after four years’ trial there, in competition with about sixty varieties. 
The color is a bright red, size as large as the Fay’s, or larger, the clusters 
averaging larger, the size of berry being well maintained to end of cluster. 
Productiveness. The Perfection is a great hearer, superior to Fay, or 
any other large sort. 
Quality. Rich, mild, sub-acid, plenty of pulp, with few seeds. Less 
acid and of better quality than any other large currant in cultivation. 
In order to protect all customers 
from imposition, the originator is 
sending out the Perfection under 
seal. See that each plant bears it. 
Strong 2-year plants, £1.25 
each ; £12.50 per dozen. 
We are the only seedsmen that have the right to offer the Perfection for 
sale this year. 
Uhe NEW KING OAT 
Introduced by us last year, gave such general satisfaction that we are 
giving it more prominence by describing it in these, our specialty pages, 
as well as on page 42. The price is so reasonable that all who want a 
first-class oat should take advantage of this offer and renew their seed 
stock, and thus be assured of a good crop next season. 
The King is a white, side oat, having a strong straw, from five to six 
feet in height, and does not lodge. The grain is plump and heavy, having 
large meat and thin husk. While the oat crops in 1900 and 1901 were 
almost failures, both in quantity and quality, showing much rust, the King 
Oat, owing to its hardiness and vigor, yielded enormously, on both heavy 
and light soils, with only ordinary cultivation. Thoroughly tested on our 
farm, with all leading varieties, it has proven itself a superior variety, both 
in quality and quantity. Pound, 20 cents; three lbs., 50 cents; 
peck, 35 cents ; bushel, £1.00; in lots of over ten bushels, special 
price on application. 
