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complete y EGETABLE seeds 
LIST OF 
SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT, (r os. to 75 feet of drill.) 
Long White French. A most nutritious and delicious winter vegetable. Dig in 
November and store the roots in sand or earth for winter use. 
5c. 
15c. 
35c. 
SI.00 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. ( See Specialties, page 46.) . 
SCORZONERA, or BLACK OYSTER PLANT. 
10c. 
20c. 
50c. 
1.50 
The skin is black, flesh white; properly cooked it is most delicious. 
SEA KALE. 
The blanched leaf stalks are eaten boiled as Asparagus, having a fine, agreeable 
flavor From seed they will be fit to cut the third year, continuing to bear 
10c. 
25c. 
75c. 
2.50 
for 8 or 10 years. The roots may be forced in a 'warm cellar for a winter supply. 
SORREL. Broad-Leaved French. The best of the Garden Sorrels; large, pale 
10c. 
30c. 
90c. 
3.00 
green leaves of mild, acid flavor; esteemed as salad, cooked as “greens/’ etc. 
SPINACH. ( 1 oz.for 100 feet of drill; 10 to 12 lbs. in drills for an acre.) 
(Varieties prefixed * may be sown in the fall in latitude of New York for 
spring crop.) 
5c. 
20c. 
55c. 
1.75 
Round-Leaved or Dutch. (See Specialties, page 46 .) . 
♦Thick-Leaved, Henderson’s. Produces large, thick, bright green crumpled 
leaves of fine quality; very slow in running to seed; one of the best market 
5c. 
10c. 
15c. 
. 
35c. 
10c. 
10c. 
15c 
40c. 
50c. 
Long Season, Henderson’s. (See Specialties, page 46 ) . 
5c. 
20c. 
Norfolk Savoy-Leaved. Large, fleshy, dark green leaves, closely crumpled.... 
Long-Standing. An excellent, compact variety; thick, fleshy, dark green 
5c. 
10c. 
15c. 
35c. 
leaves; grows slowly but remains a long time fit to use before going to seed. . 
5c. 
10c. 
15c. 
35c. 
♦Viroflay, Large Round-Leaved. A large, very hardy variety. 
♦Hardy Winter, Henderson’s. A superior Spinach, either sown in spring for 
early summer use or fall sown for winter use, being very slow to run to 
seed and very hardy; plant compact-growing, with short-stemmed, thick 
5c. 
10c. 
15c. 
35c. 
and rich green fleshy leaves. 
Victoria. Very heavy, broad, deep green, crumpled leaves; of fine, succulent 
quality; it stands in prime condition long after other varieties have bolted to 
5c. 
10c. 
15c. 
40c. 
seed, rendering it especially valuable for spring sowing and summer use. . . . 
New Zealand. Produces leaves in abundance throughout the summer; may 
5c. 
10c. 
15c. 
40c. 
be raised in heat and transplanted three feet apart each way into good soil. . 
SQUASH. SUMMER VARIETIES. (Bush varieties , 1 oz.for 50 hills; 5 to 6 lbs. 
per acre. Running varieties, 3 to 4 lbs. in hills per acre.) 
Yellow Bush Summer Crookneck. A bush variety, early and prolific; sur- 
5c. 
10c. 
30c. 
90c. 
face deep yellow, densely warted; quality and flavor good. 
5c. 
10c. 
30c. 
90c. 
Mammoth Bush Summer Crookneck. (See Specialties, page 46 .) . 
White Bush Scalloped. The white “Patty Pan” or “Cymling”; creamy-white 
10c. 
15c. 
35c. 
1.10 
skin; fine quality, free cropper. 
5c. 
10c. 
30c. 
90c. 
Long Island White Bush. (See Specialties, page 46 .) . 
Golden Custard, Henderson’s. A mammoth golden, scalloped bush Squash, 
10c. 
15c. 
35c. 
1.00 
often 1 foot in diameter; wonderfully productive and of extra quality. 
Vegetable Marrow Bush. A favorite English variety, bearing freely oblong, dull 
yellow fruits 10 to 15 inches in length by 4 to 5 inches in diameter; flesh, be- 
10c. 
15c. 
35c. 
1.10 
fore being quite ripe, tender, marrowy and delicious. 
AUTUMN AND WINTER VARIETIES. 
Boston Marrow. A popular second early Squash for autumn use; skin thin, 
10c. 
15c. 
40c. 
1.25 
reddish-yellow; flesh dry, fine grained and delicious. 
5c. 
10c. 
30c. 
1.00 
Delicious. Resembles Hubbard; it excels in flavor. 
10c. 
15c. 
40c. 
1.25 
Early Prolific Marrow. (See Specialties, page 47.) . 
5c. 
10c. 
30c. 
1.00 
Delicata, Henderson’s. (See Specialties, page 47.) . 
Essex Hybrid. One of the best for fall and winter use; a good keeper, of good 
10c. 
20c. 
50c. 
1.50 
size, bright orange; flesh thick, dry and most delicious. 
5c. 
15c. 
35c. 
1.10 
Heart 0 ’ Gold, Henderson’s. (See Specialties, page 47.) . 
10c. 
20c. 
55c. 
1. 75 
Hubbard. (See Specialties, page 47-) . 
5c. 
15c. 
40c. 
1.25 
Large Warted Hubbard. (See Specialties, page 47.) . 
Golden Hubbard. Similar to the old Hubbard excepting the skin is of a rich 
10c. 
20c. 
50c. 
1.50 
orange-red and heavily warted; flesh of extra fine quality. 
Mammoth Chili. The largest of all Squashes, often weighing 200 lbs. or over; 
flesh rich and fine flavored. 
10c.. 
lOe 
15c. 
20c. 
15c. 
40c. 
50c. 
40c. 
1.25 
1.50 
1.25 
SWISS CHARD. (See Specialties , page 46 .) . 
TOMATO. (1 oz.for 1,500 plants; M lb. for an acre.) (for plants, see page 176.) 
Acme. An old, well-known, early variety, medium in size, smooth, solid and 
5c. 
prolific; color, purplish-pink. 
Beauty. Early, prolific; medium sized, smooth and solid; color, purplish-red; 
5c. 
25c. 
80c. 
2.75 
fruits until late in the season; the best of the “purple” varieties. 
Chalk’s Early Jewel. One of the best early varieties; about a week later than 
Earliana. The fruit of Jewel, however, averages larger, is uniform, smooth, 
5c. 
30c. 
90c. 
3.00 
solid, of fine quality, and brilliant scarlet; a heavy cropper. 
10c. 
35c. 
SI.00 
3.25 
Crimson Cushion, Henderson's. (See Specialties, page 50.) . 
Dwarf Champion. Of dwarf, stiff, uoright growth, scarcely needing support; 
10c. 
50c. 
1.75 
early and prolific, smooth, medium-sized fruits of pinkish-purple color. 
10c. 
35c. 
1.00 
3.25 
Earliana. (See Specialties, page 50.) . 
10c. 
35c. 
1.10 
3.50 
Freedom. (See Specialties, page 50.) . 
Golden Sunrise, Henderson’s. Large, smooth fruits, of a beautiful golden 
10c. 
40c. 
1.25 
4.00 
color; quality excellent; attractive for mixing sliced, with red sorts. 
June Pink. An extra early selection from Earliana, differing chiefly 
in outside color, which is of the purplish-pink preferred in some sections to 
scarlet. The fruit runs uniform in shape and size, about 3 inches in dia- 
10c. 
35c. 
1.00 
3.25 
meter, almost round, and borne in clusters. Flesh solid and fine. 
10c. 
35c. 
1.10 
3.50 
PRICES 
Delivered free in the U. S. 
(excepting otherwise noted.) 
Pkt. I Oz. \H Lb. I Lb. 
LONG WHITE FRENCH SALSIFY 
HENDERSON'S THICK-LEAVED SPINACH 
BOSTON MARROW SQUASH 
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