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PRICE

LIST

FEBRUARY,

1926

Comstock,

Ferre

&

Co.,

Growers,

Importers,

and

Wholesale

Dealers in

SEEDS,

WETHERSFIELD,

CONN.

Telephone Hartford Valley 82 Telegraph Address Hartford, Conn.

Thesequotationsarebasedonour present or

estimated supply.

We

reservetheright to decline

ordersor toadvancepriceswithout notice.

COMSTOCK,

FERRE

&

CO. giveno

warranty, express or implied, as to description,

quality, productiveness, or any other matter, of

anyseeds,bulbsorplantsthey send out, and will

notbeinanywayresponsibleforthecrop.

When

mentioned,purityandgerminationtestsare for

2

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ARTICHOKE.

Per lb.

Green

Globe, 2.50

ASPARAGUS.

Conover's Colossal, Palmetto, Barr’s

Mammoth,

Giant Argenteuil,

Columbian

Mammoth

White

Mary

Washington.

Martha Washington

Washington

.40 .40

45

45

•50 2.00 1-25 1.00

ASPARAGUS

ROOTS.

Giant Argenteuil, (2 year)

Palmetto, (2 year)

Mary

Washington

Washington

Per 1000 8.00 8.00 12.00 11.00

BEANS

Approximate

weights: 1 Bu. 60 lbs.

Dwarf

Green

Podded.

... .

Black Valentine,

.. .. Black Valentine, stringless .. .. Boston Favorite or

Goddard

. ..

.

Bountiful,

. .. . Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod, ....

.. .

.

Dwarf

Horticultural

. .. .

French

Dwarf

Horticultural,

. .. .

Extra Early Refugee,

. .. .

Extra Early

Red

Valentine,

... . Full Measure, . .. . Longfellow, .. . .

Long

Yellow

Six

Weeks,

. ...

Low’s Champion,

. .. .

Mammoth

Stringless

Green

Pod, .. .

.... Masterpiece . .. .

Red

Kidney, ... . Refugee, or 1000 to 1, .... Stringless Refugee Per 100 lbs. 12.00 13.00 16.00 15.00 15.00 25.00 12.00 I4.OO I4.OO 14.00 16.00 25.00 16.00 15.00 15.00 15.0° 15.00

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Quantities

BEANS

—

Continued.

. Tennessee Green

Pod

. .

.

White

Kidney,

.

White Marrow,

.

White Pea

(Robusta)

. Yellow

Eye

. Broad Windsor.

BEANS.

Dwarf

Yellow

Podded, or

Wax.

, Brittle

Wax,

. Burpee’s

New

Kidney

Wax,

. Currie’s

Rust

Proof Black

Wax

. Davis’

White

Wax,

. Golden

Eyed Wax,

.

Hodson

Wax,

.

Improved

Golden

Wax,

. Pencil

Pod

Black

Wax,

. Prolific Black

Wax,

. Refugee

Wax,

.

Round Pod

Kidney

Wax,

. Sure

Crop

Stringless Black

Wax

. . .

Ward

well’s

Kidney

Wax,

.

Webber Wax,

Prices Per 100 lbs 12.00 15.00 15.00 13.00 14.00 20.00 24.00 14.00 15.00 14.00 14.00 15.00 15.00 14.00 15.00 24.00 15.00 16.00 14.00

Dwarf

or

Bush

Limas.

Burpee’s

Improved

Bush

Lima. ..

Burpee’s

Bush

Lima,

Dreer’s

Bush

Lima

Early Giant

Bush

Lima,

Fordhook Bush

Lima,

Henderson’s

Bush

Lima,

BEANS

—

Pole Lima.

Burpee’s Giant

Podded

Lima,

Carpenteria Lima,

Challenger Lima,

Dreer’s

Improved

Lima,

Early Leviathan Lima, Extra Early Jersey Lima, Henderson’s Ideal Lima,

King

of the

Garden

Lima,

23.00 20.00 24.00 25.00 25.00 16.00 19.00 21.00 21.00 19.00 19.00 19.00

4

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Quantities

BEANS—

Continued Large

White

Lima,

Siebert’s

Large

Early Lima, Sieva, or Small Lima, ...

BEANS—

Pole.

Burger’s Stringless,

(Ky.

Wonder,

white seed), Early

Dutch

Case Knife,

Horticultural Cranberry,

Lazy

Wife,

Mammoth

Pod

Horticultural

Old Homestead

(Kentucky

Wonder),

Scarlet Runner,

White Dutch

Runner,

Dreer’s

Golden

Cluster

Wax,

Kentucky

Wonder

Wax,

BEET.

Early

Wonder,

Crosby’s Egyptian,

Dark

Red

Egyptian, Eclipse,

Early Flat Bassano,

Lentz,

Early Blood Turnip, Early Model,

Crimson

Globe

Detroit

Dark

Red,

Dewing’s

Improved Blood

Turnip, .

Edmand’s

Early Turnip,

Half

Long

Blood,

Smooth

Long

Blood

SWISS

CHARD

Green

or Perpetual Spinach,

Smooth

Leaf

Dark

Green

Prices Per 100 lbs. 19.00 17.00 15.50 15-50 14.00 15.00 14.00 18.00 17.00 18.00 18.00 Per lb. •50 •40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 •45 .40 .40 .40 •45 •30 •30

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SWISS

CHARD—

Continued .... Curled Leaf

Dark Green

....

Smooth

Leaf

Yellow

or Light Green .... Giant Lucullus, curled

MANGEL

WURTZEL

AND

SUGAR

BEET

... . Klein

Wanzleben

Sugar,

... . Imperial

White

Sugar,

.... Giant Half

Sugar

Mangel, White, . .

.... Giant Half

Sugar

Mangel, Rose, .. .

Mammoth

Long

Red, .... Norbiton Giant

....

Red

Globe,

.... Danish

Red

Eckendorf, .... Danish Yellow Eckendorf

....

Champion Yellow

Globe,

.... Golden Tankard,

. .. . Giant

Yellow

Intermediate,

... .

Improved Yellow

Sludstrup,

BROCCOLI.

.... Early White, .... Early Purple Cape,

.... Early

White

Cape,

.... Early Green (Italian)

BRUSSELS

SPROUTS.

....

Improved

Dwarf,

....

Improved

Half

Dwarf

(Paris

Mar-ket),

....

Improved

Long

Island (Half Dwarf)

.

.... Tall, (extra, select)

....

Improved

Long

Island (L. I. grown)

CABBAGE.

.... Early Jersey Wakefield,

.... Charleston Large Wakefield,

.... Early Winnigstadt

.... Golden Acre,(Earliest

Roundhead)

..

Copenhagen Market

Enkhuizen

Glory,

.... Danish Ball Head,

Prices Per lb. •30 •30 .30 .25 .25 •25 .25 •25 •25 .25 •25 .25 •25 .25 .25 •25 2.50 3-50 3-50 6.co 1.00 1.00 2.00 1-25 12.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 8.00 1.50 1-25 i-35

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Quantities Prices

CABBAGE.

—

Continued

Perlb.

Danish

Round

Head,

Short Stem, .

.

Early Spring,

Early

Summer,

Volga,

All

Head

Early,

Early Flat

Dutch

(Stein’s), Succession,

Surehead

Fottler’s Brunswick,

All Seasons,

Premium

Flat Dutch,

Large Late

American Drumhead,

.

.

Stone

Mason,

Autumn

King,

Large

Red

Dutch,

Zenith,

Red

Mammoth

Rock

Red,

Perfection

Drumhead

Savoy

Vertus

Savoy

Extra Early

Ulm

Savoy, Chinese Cabbage, Pe-Tsai,

Chinese Cabbage, select strain ...

1-25 i-25 1.40 1-25 1-25 1-25 1.25

125

1-25 1-25 1-25 1-25 1-25 i-35 i-35 i-35 1.50 1.00 1-25

175

175

CARROT.

Amsterdam

Forcing

... Berlicum,

stump

root

Carentan Half

Long

Early

French

Forcing,

Early Scarlet Horn,

Guerande

or Oxheart,

Early Half

Long

Scarlet (pointed) .

Early Half

Long

(stump

rooted), ..

Early Half

Long

Nantes,

Half

Long

Rubicon, Half

Long

Chantenay, Hutchinson

Improved

Danvers,

Improved

Long

Orange,

St. Valery,

Improved

Short

White

White

Belgian,

Yellow

Belgian 1-25

75

75

.60 .60 •50 •50 .50 .60 .60 .60 1-25 .60 •50 •50

45

45

45

Quantities

WETHERSFIELD, CONN.

Prices

CAULIFLOWER

Early Snowball, (Choice Select

Strain)

Extra Early

Dwarf

Erfurt.

Dry

Weather, or Danish Giant

Early Favorite,

Early Paris, Large Algiers,

Veitch’s

Autumn

Giant,

CARDOON.

Large Smooth,

CELERY.

London

Red

Pink Plume,

White

Plume,

Easy

Blanching,

ParisGoldenSelf Blanching (French)

old strain,dwarf.

Paris GoldenSelf Blanching (French)

new

strain, tall

Golden Self Blanching Special

American

Golden Self Blanching (American), Golden

Plume

Boston Market, Columbia, Giant Pascal,

Kalamazoo,

Broad

Ribbed,

Schumacher,

Winter

King,

Winter

Queen,

Wonderful.

Cutting

Turnip

Rooted

(Celeriac) Giant

Prague,

CHERVIL.

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CHICORY.

Large

Rooted Magdeburg,

Large Brussels or Witloof,

Common

(Italian Dandelion)

CHIVES

Chives oz. .40

COLLARDS.

Georgia,

CORN

SALAD.

Broad Leaved

Large Seeded,

CRESS.

Curled,

Water, Upland,

CORN.

Approximate

weights: 1 Bu. 45-50 lbs.

Extra Early Varieties. .... Columbia, (Earliest White) .... Peep

O

Day

. .. . Early

Dawn,

.... Mayflower,

. . . . Pocahontas

.... Extra Early Cory, red cob, .... Extra Early

White

Cory,

. .. .

Mammoth

White

Cory,

.... Golden

Bantam,

.... Crosby’s Extra Early,

. .. . Early Minnesota

. .. . Whipple’s

White

. .. . Whipple’sYellow

Second Early Varieties.

. .. .

Champion

Sugar,

Kendel’s Early Giant,

Prices Per lb. .60 I.OO •50 .60 .60 .40 2.50 •75 Per 100 lbs. 18.00 12.00 14.00 11.00 11.00 14.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 11.00 [1.00

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Prices Quantities

CORN

—

Continued.

Howling Mob,

Metropolitan, ... Black

Mexican

Morse’s Golden Cream.

Sweet

Orange,

Bantam

Evergreen, .. . Golden Giant, Golden

Rod

Late Varieties.

Squantum,

Potter’s Excelsior, . . Early Evergreen, .. . Stowell’s Evergreen,

Mammoth

Early,

Mammoth

Late,

Long

Island

Beauty

.

Country

Gentleman, .

Adams

Early ...

Adams

Extra Early, .

Pearl

White

Flint, .

. a Per 100 lbs. 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 12.00 7.00 7.00

POP

CORN

Black

Beauty

Golden Queen,

White

Rice,

Field and Ensilage

Corn

quoted on request.

CUCUMBER.

Boston Pickling,

... Chicago Pickling (

W

esterfield’s) .

.

Cumberland

Early Cluster, ... Early Russian, Everbearing,

Fordhook

Pickling Per lb. •50 •50 •50 •50 *50 •50 •55

LO

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CU

CUMBER—

Continued. ... Giant Pera,

Green

Prolific, Jersey Pickling,

.

Long

Green

Turkey,

...

Improved

Long

Green,

... Parisian Pickling,

Snow’s

Pickling

... Arlington

White

Spine,

Bennett’s

White

Spine,

... Cool

and

Crisp, ... Davis Perfect,

Early Fortune,

.... Evergreen

White

Spine .... Extra

Long

White

Spine,

....

Fordhook Famous,

Henderson’s Perfected

White

Spine,

...

Improved White

Spine,

.... Klondike

White

Spine,

Livingston’s

Emerald

,. .

White

Wonder,

. Woodruff’s

Hybrid

Japanese Climbing Gherkin or Burr

Lemon,

Serpentor

Snake

DANDELION.

Improved

Thick Leaf,

American

Improved

ThickLeaf, Imported

French or

Common,

DILL.

Common

...

Mammoth

EGG

PLANT.

Improved

New

York

Purple

Thorn-less,

Black Beauty,

Florida

High

Bush,

Black Pekin,

Early

Long

Purple,

Prices Per lb. •65 •50 .5o 1-25 1-25 .60 •50 •50 •50 •50 .90 •65 .60 .60 .60 .60 •50 •55 •65 •65 .60 •75 •75 i-75 4.00 2.00 •35 .40 3.00 3.00 3-50 2.50 2.50

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Quantities Prices

ENDIVE.

Green Curled

Batavian

Broad

Leaf (Escarolle) . .

White

Curled,

Moss

Curled, ... Per lb. .60 .60 .60 .60

FENNEL.

...

Sweet

or

Common,

... Florence or Naples •75 .85

LAWN

GRASS

Per

100 lbs.

... C. F.

&

Co/s Special Mixture

Approximate

weight 1 Bu. 20 lbs.

Special Mixturefor

Shady

Places... .

White Dutch

Clover,

Write

for quotationson all varieties Grass,

Cloverand Field Seed.

34.00

36.00 60.00

KALE.

Dwarf

Green

Curled Scotch, Tall Green Curled Scotch,

Dwarf

Purple,

Siberian

(German

Greens),

Sea Kale

(Crambe

Maritima)

KOHL

RABI.

Early

White

Vienna, short leaf, . . .

Early Purple Vienna, short leaf, .. . Per lb. •50 •55 •50 •35 2.25 1.00 1.00

LEEK.

Broad

Scotch,

American Broad

Flag,

Extra Large Carentan,

Large Musselburg, .. . 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.10

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LETTUCE.

Curled Varieties. Boston Curled,

Early Curled Silesia,

Grand

Rapids Forcing,

Prizehead,

Simpson’s Early Curled(white seed)

Simpson's Early Curled(blackseed)

Tomhannock,

Per lb. .60 •75 •75 •70 •75 •75 .70

Heading

Varieties. All Seasons,

Big Boston (Select),

Big Boston, B. S. (The Preferred). . .

Boston Market, Brittle Ice,

...

Cream

Butter,

... Crisp as Ice (Bronzed), Deacon,

Denver

Market,

Drumhead

or Malta,

Early

White

Cabbage

or Butter, . . .

Giant Crystal

Head,

Golden Queen, ...

Hanson,

Hubbard

Market, *Iceberg,

Mammoth

Big Boston

Mammoth

Black Seeded Butter, .. .

May

King, Mignonette,

*New

York

orWonderful Salamander,

Tennisball (white seed),

Tennisball (black seed),

Unrivalled,

Way

ahead,

*Thelettuceshippedtoeastern markets under the misleading

name of “Iceberg” is known toSeedsmenasNewYorkor

Won-derful. .60 •75 •65 •65 .65 •75 •65 .65 •65 •65 1.00 i-75 •75 •65 1.00 •65 .70 .90 1.00 1.50 .90 .70 .90 1 25 •65

Quantities

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Prices 13

LETTU

CE

—

Continued. Per lb.

Cos

or

Romaine

Trianon

White

Cos,

White

Paris Cos, .

. 1-25 i-25

MUSKMELON.

Baltimore

Market, Banana,

Bay

View

Bender’s Surprise, Burrell’s

Gem,

Delicious Gold Lined EarlyGreen

Nutmeg

Eden

Gem

Edwards

Perfecto,

Emerald

Gem,

*Extra Early Hackensack, .

.

Fordhook,

Gold Lined

Rocky

Ford

Hearts of Gold (Imp.

Hoodoo)

Hackensack,

Honey

Ball

Honey Dew,

Green

Fleshed,

Honey Dew,

Salmon

Fleshed,

Hybrid

Cassaba,

Hoodoo,

Improved

Christiana, *Jenny Lind,

Knight

Lake Champlain

Long

Yellow

Canteloupe, . .

.

Miller’s Cream,

Montreal

Nutmeg,

Netted Rock

Osage

Salmon

Fleshed,

Paul Rose,

Pollock No. 10-25,

Rocky

Ford,

. Surprise

Tip

Top

Nutmeg,

Vegetable Peach,

. Yellow

Meated

Japan, ...

.60 .65 .60 .65 .65 .60 .60 .60 .65 •65 .60 .65 •65 .60 .70 .7o •65 .65 •65 .60 1.00 .60 •75 •65 .60 •75 •65 •65 .60 •65 .65 •75 .60 GreenFleshed

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WATERMELON.

Alabama

Sweet, Black Spanish, Cole’s Early,

Cuban

Queen,

Dark

Icing or Ice Rind,

Dixie, Florida Favorite,

Fordhook

Early,

Gray Monarch,

Halbert

Honey,

Hungarian

Honey,

Ice

Cream

(white seed), Irish Gray,

Kleckley’s Sweet,

Kolb

Gem,

Long

Light Icing,

Mammoth

Ironclad

Mclvers, or

Wonderful

Sugar

Mountain

Sweet,

Peerless,

Phinney’s Early, Rattlesnake,

Round

Light Icing,

Sweet

Heart

Tom

Watson,

Citron for Preserves

(Red

Seeded),

Colorado Preserving(Green Seeded)

MORNING

GLORY.

Convolvulus Major, Japanese

Mixed

Colors,

MUSTARD.

Fordhook

Fancy,

Southern Giant Curled,

Ostrich Plume, Chinese, Elephant

Ear

White

or English,

Brown,

Prices

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Quantities Prices

NASTURTIUM.

... Tall, Choice

Mixed

Colors,

Tall,

Named

Varieties

Mixed

...

Lobbianum,

Tall, Fine

Mixed

Dwarf

Choice

Mixed

Colors

Dwarf,

Named

Varieties

Mixed

See FlowerSeedListfornamedvarieties.

OKRA.

...

Dwarf

Green, ...

Tall Green,

White

Velvet,

Perkins’

Mammoth

Long

Podded,..

ONION.

Extra Early Red,

Wethersfield

Large

Red,

.... Southport

Red

Globe,

... Southport

Yellow

Globe ... Southport

White

Globe,

...

Ohio Yellow

Globe ...

Yellow

Globe Danvers,

Yellow

Flat

Danvers

Yellow

Strasburg, .

... Prizetaker .

Ailsa Craig, .. .

Australian

Brown,

... Japanese, or Ebenezer,. ,

Mammoth

Silver Kins* ...

New

Queen,

Paris

White

Silver Skin,

Sweet Spanish

White

Barletta, ...

White

Portugal, .

White

Lisbon

White Welsh

Giant Gibralter,

ONION

SETS.

Red,

Yellow,

Market

Price

White, Per lb. .40 •65 •50 .40 .70 •35 •35 •35 •35 2.50 2-75

275

1.50 2.50 3-5o 2.50 5.00 2.25 i-75 *•75 3-50 i-75 3.00 *•75 1.50

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PARSLEY.

Plain or

Common,

Curled or Double,

Champion Moss

Curled, .

Fern

Leaved

Triple Curled,

Hamburg

Turnip

Rooted,

PARSNIP.

Champion

Hollow Crown,

Guernsey

Half

Long

PEAS.

Approximate Weights:

*

Wrinkled

Peas, i Bu. 56 lbs.

Smooth

Peas, 1 Bu. 60 lbs.

Extra Early Varieties. First

and

Best,

Prolific Early Market,

Market

Surprise,

Alaska,

...

Ameer,

...

*Gradus

(Prosperity),

Pilot (extra early)

*Thomas

Laxton, .

Superb,

*World’s Record

Early

Dwarf

Varieties.

American

Wonder,

Carter’s Eight

Weeks,

(Extra Early)

*Carter’s

Premium Gem,

*Little Marvel,

Nott’s

Excelsior, *Blue

Bantam,

^Hundredfold .

Laxtonian,

*Peter Pan, *Pioneer,

Sutton’s

Excelsior Prices Per lb. •35 .40 .40 .40 .40 .40 •35 •35 Per 100 lbs. I4.OO 14.00 13.00 13.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 I 15.00 15.00 17.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 22.00 20.00 16.00

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Quantities

PEAS

—Continued.

Medium

and

Late Varieties.

*Dwarf Champion,

*Dwarf

Defiance,

*Dwarf

Telephone,

^Everbearing, ^Heroine,

*Horsford’s

Market

Garden,

*Juno,

^McLean’s

Advancer,

*Potlatch,

*Yorkshire Hero,

Tall Late Varieties.

... *Alderman,

*Champion

of England, ... *Prince

Edward,

... *Quite Content ^Telephone, Telegraph

Long

Island

Mammoth,

Dwarf

Gray Sugar

(Edible pod), . .

Giant Luscious Sugar,

Melting Sugar, ... .

Canada

Field

PEPPER.

... Chinese Giant, ...

Crimson

Giant, Harris Earliest,

... Large Bull Nose, hot. Large Bull Nose, sweet

... Large Squash, hot

... Large Sweet Cheese. .

Large

Sweet

Mountain, ...

Neapolitan (Sweet Italian),

Prices Per 100 lbs. iq.OO 15.00 15.00 15.00 16.00 15.00 I4.OO 14.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 14.00 15.00 25.00 15.00 I4.OO I4.OO 14.00 20.00 20.00 5-75 Per lb. 5.00 4.00

3oO

2-75

275

3.00 3.00 2-75 2.50

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PEPPER.

—

Continued. Per lb. Pimento,

Royal

King,

Ruby

Giant,

Ruby

King, Sweet Spanish Worldbeater

Long

Red

Cayenne, large

Long

Red

Cayenne, narrow, hot

Red

Cherry,

Red

Chili,

Red

Cluster Tobasco 2.50

275

2.75 2.50 2.50 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.50

PUMPKIN.

Connecticut Field, Golden Oblong, Japanese Pie,

King

of the

Mammoths,

or Potiron,

Large

Cheese,

Livingston

Cushaw,

Mammoth

Tours,

Quaker

Pie,

Small

Sugar

Tennessee

Sweet

Potato,

Green

Striped

Cushaw,

Winter

Luxury,

Yellow

Cushaw,

Mammoth

Yellow Cushaw,

RADISH.

Early

Deep

Scarlet Forcing

Non

Plus Ultra,

Saxa, select

Early Scarlet Globe, select,

Early Scarlet Turnip

White

Tip

(Forcing),

Early Scarlet Turnip

White

Tip, .

.

Early

Deep

Scarlet Turnip

•30 .65 •75 .40 •55 •75 •55 •50 •55 •55 •55 .65 •50 .40 •55 -45 •45 .40 .40

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Quantities

RADISH

—

Continued.

... Early Scarlet Turnip,

. Cooper’s Sparkler

White

Tip,

Crimson

Giant Forcing,

... Philadelphia

White

Box, French Breakfast,

Olive

Shaped

Scarlet

Early Short

Top Long

Scarlet, ...

Long

Brightest Scarlet,

... Chartier,

White

tip,

Cincinnati Market,

...

Long

White

Icicle,

...

Long

White

Vienna, ...

White

Summer

Turnip,

Golden Globe (Yellow

Summer),

..

...

White

Strasburg,

... Giant

White

Stuttgart, ...

Long

White

Spanish,

...

White

Chinese or Celestial,

California

Mammoth

(Large

White

Winter),

...

Rose

Colored China Winter,

Round

Black Fall Spanish,

... Half

Long

Black or Gray,

Long

Black Fall Spanish,

RHUBARB.

Myatt’s Victoria,

SALSIFY.

...

Mammoth

Sandwich

Island, ...

SCORZENERA.

Scorzenera or Black Salsify,

SORREL.

Large Leaved,

Perpetual Spinach

(Rumex

Patientia

or Patience Dock)

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SPINACH.

Perlb.

Savoy

Leaved, .

Savoy

Leaved, Special Reselected. .

.

Early GiantThick Leaf

Eskimo

Giant,

King

of

Denmark,

Large

Viroflay,

Long

Standing,

Long

Seasons,

Princess Juliana (Imp.

Long

Seasons)

Victoria, Prickly Seeded,

New

Zealand, -•15 •17 •15 •15 .22 •15 •15 •15 •15 .16 •15 •25

SQUASH.

Early

Bush

Summer

Crookneck, .

.

Giant

Summer

Crookneck,

White Bush

Scallop,

Mammoth

White

Bush,

Yellow

Bush

Scallop,

Golden Custard,

Bay

State, Boston

Marrow,

Chicago

Warted

Hubbard,

Delicata, Delicious,

Des

Moines, or Table Queen, Early Prolific

Orange Marrow,

Essex Hybrid, Faxon,

Fordhook

Bush

Fordhook, running

Symmes

Blue

Hubbard,

Golden

Hubbard,

Hubbard

Mammoth

Chili

Mammoth

Whale

Marblehead, Sibley, Winter Crookneck

Cocozelle, (GreenBush)

Zucchini (Grey Cocozelle)

Vegetable

Marrow,

running

.60 75 55 55 75 50 75 60 70 75 70 70 70 65 65 80 65 75 •75 70 70 55 70 75 65

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Prices Per lb. . .. .

Mammoth

Russian,

SWEET

PEAS.

. .. .

SpecialSpencer Blend,

Named

vars.

.

. .. .

Spencer Finest Mixed, ...

. .. . Eckford Mixed,

Special Mixed,

SeepagesNo. 30and31 fornamedvarieties.

.08 I.10 .70 •35 .40

TOMATO.

Early Varieties.

Avon

Early

Bonny

Best, ... Burbank,

... Chalk's Early Jewel, .. . Comet, Earliana (Spark's), Early Detroit FloridaSpecial

John

Baer June Pink, Sterling Castle Sunrise

Wayahead,

(Potato Leaf)

Main

Crop

Varieties.

Dwarf

Ponderosa,

Dwarf

Champion,

...

Dwarf

Stone,

Acme,

... Cooper’s Special

Crimson

Cushion,

Enormous

Imperial, Greater Baltimore,

Gulf State

Market

... Livingston's Beauty, . . . ... Livingston’s Favorite, . . Livingston’s Globe, ... Matchless, 2.50 2.25 2.50 2.00 4.00 2.50 2.25 2.50 2.50 2.50 4.00 4.00 4.25 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.75 4-25 4.00 2.50 2.00 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.50 2.25

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Continued. Paragon, Perfection, Ponderosa,

Red

Rock, Stone, Trucker’s Favorite,

Yellow and

Small Fruited

Yellow

Ponderosa,

Golden Queen, (large yellow)

Yellow

Cherry,

Yellow

Peach,

Yellow

Pear,

Yellow Plum,

Red

Cherry,

Red

Currant,

Red

Peach,

Red

Pear,

Red

Plum,

Strawberry, Per Oz. •35 •25 •30 •30 •30 •30 •30 •35 •30 •30 •30 •30

TURNIP

... Early Purple

Top

Milan,

Early

White

Milan,

Early Six

Weeks

or

White

Stone,.

.

Early Snowball,

... Early

White

Flat Dutch,

Golden Ball,

Large

Amber

Globe,

Large

Yellow

Globe,

Large

White

Globe,

...

Long

White, or

Cowhorn,

... Purple

Top

Strap Leaf Flat

Purple or

Red Top White

Globe ..

Seven

Top,

Strap Leaf

White

Flat,

White

Egg,

Yellow

Aberdeen,

Green

Top,

Yellow

Aberdeen, Purple Top,

Per lb. 2.00 2.00 4-25 2.00 2.00 2.50 4.25 3.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 •55 •55 •35 •35 •30 •30 •30 •30 •30 •30 •30 •30 .70 •30 •30 •30 •30

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RUTA

BAGA.

American

Purple Top,

Laing’s

Improved

Purple Top, . .

.

Long

Island Purple Top,

Improved

Purple

Top

Yellow,

Budlong,

Sweet German,

White

Rock,

Macomber,

TOBACCO.

Connecticut Seed Leaf,

Havana,

Kentucky

Yellow

HERBS.

Anise, Balm, Borage, Caraway, Catnip, Coriander, Dill,

Common

Dill,

Mammoth.

Horehound,

Hyssop, Lavender, (Spica). ..

Rosemary,

Rue, Saffron,

Sage,

Broad

Leaved,

Summer

Savory, .. .

Sweet

Basil,

Sweet

Fennel,

Sweet Marjoram,

. .

Thyme,

Broad

Leaf,

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Ageratum

Mexicanum, Blue

Imperial Dwarf Blue

Alyssum, Sweet^

_

Martinum, White

Compactum, Little

Gem

Procumbens, Carpet of Snow

Amaranthus

Blood Red (Prince’s Feather)

Tricolor, Joseph’s Coat

Various sorts mixed

Antirrhinum (Snapdragon)

Tall, verychoice mixed

Semi-dwarf, very choice mixed

Dwarf or

Tom

Thumb, mixed

Aquilegia (Columbine)

Single, Long spurred hybrids

Single, mixed

Aster

Queen of theMarket, veiyearly,choice mixed

White; Rose; Flesh Pink; Lavender...each! Deep Blue; Dark Scarlet each Semples Branching, mixed colors

Pure White; Lavender; Crimson ... each

Shell Pink, Rose Pink; Purple each

Giant Crego Comet

White; Rose Pink; Shell Pink; Purple; ea.

Lavender, mixed Royal

White; Shell Pink; Rose Pink; ... each

Lavender; Purple; Mixed; each

Paeony Perfection, splendid mixed

Victoria, finest mixed, large flowered

Finest Tall Late Varieties mixed

Early Beauty, Mixed i

American Beauty, Rose

j

American Beauty, Mixed

California Giants, Mixed

HeartofFrance, brilliantred

Per Per lb. oz. 2.00 .15 2.60 .25 1.40 .15 2.60 .25 3.20 .25 .80 -10 2.00 .15 .90 .10 2.40 .20 2.80 .25 7.00 .55 1.40 4.00 .30 5.60 .50 6.40 .50 6.40 .50 6.00 .50 7.00 .60 7.00 .60 7.50 .60 7.50 .60 9.00 .70 9.00 .70 8.00 .60 8.00 .60 6.00 .50 1.00 .80 10.00 .80 1.80 10.00 .80 Balsam

Double, finestmixed 1-40 .15

Double Camelia flowered mixed 2.80 .25

Bellis Perennis (Daisy)

Giant Double, rose .

.

Giant Double, white .

.

Choice double mixed .

1.50 1.50 .80

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Calendula (Pot Marigold)

TheBall, Florists strain

Lemon Queen

Orange Giant, select

All varieties finest mixed

Calliopsis

Finest mixed, annual

Coronata Maxima, annual

Lanceolata, Grandiflora (Coreopsis), yellow

perennial

Campanula Medium (Canterbury Bells)

Single flowered mixed

Double, finest mixed

Cup and Saucer (Calycanthema),mixed

CanaryBirdVine Candytuft

White Empress

Dunnett’s Dark Crimson

T.ilac

Finest mixed ...

Canna

Indica

Crozy’s Hybrids, mixed

Cardinal Climber

Carnation

Earlyflowering, double, dwarf mixed

Chabaud’s Everblooming, mixed

(Margaret) Perpetual, half dwarf, fine mixed

Celosia

Thompson!* Magnifica, mixed

Childsii (Chinese Woolflower) Crimson ....

Childsii,

New

shades mixed

Chrysantheflora, mixed

Centaurea Cyanus (Cornflower)

Double flowered mixed

Double Blue

CentaureaImperialis (Sweet Sultan)

Mixed

Centaurea Gymnocarpa (Dusty Miller)

Chrysanthemum (Annual Varieties)

Coronarium, double mixed

Lord Beaconsfield, white and rose

Clarkia Elegans

Double mixed Cobaea Scandens

Blue, climber

Cockscomb

Empress, dwarf crimson

Convolvulus Major (Morning Glory)

Tall or climbing, fine mixed

Imperial Japanese, single mixed

Cosmos

Double mixed Giant Flowered

LadyLenox,shellpink

WhiteLady Lenox

Crimson Mixed Per Per lb. oz. 8.00 .65 1.20 .10 1.60 .15 .75 .10 1.20 .10 2.60 .25 2.00 .20 2.00 .20 8.00 .60 12.00 .90 1.60 .15 2.00 .15 1.60 .15 1.60 .15 1.00 .10 1.60 .15 8.00 .60 .90 .90 6.50 .50 3.00 .25 11.00 .90 11.00 .90 1.50 2.00 .20 2.00 .20 4.00 .30 4.00 .30 1.50 .15 1.80 .15 3.00 .25 3.20 .25 12.00 .90 .45 .05 .90 .10 6.00 .50 1.40 .15 1.40 .15 1.40 .15 1.00 .10

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Giant Early Flowering

Crimson Dawn, white Pink Mixed Cypress Vine Scarlet, climber Dahlia

Single varieties, finest mixed

Extra Double, large flowered,finestmixed ..

.

Cactus, double mixed

Paeony Flowered, mixed

Daisy

Shasta Alaska

Delphinium (Perennial Larkspur)

Belladonna, light blue

Formosum, Sky-blue, extra

Hybridum, double mixed, extra

Dianthus (Pinks)

China, single finestmixed

Heddewigii, Double mixed

Single mixed

Plumarius, Clovepink, double mixed

Didiscus(BlueLace Flower)

Digitalis (Foxglove)

Finest spottedvarieties mixed

Dolichos

(Hyacinth Bean) mixed

Eschscholtzia (California Poppy)

Golden West, yellow

Mandarin Deep Orange

Waller’s Crimson

Choice varieties mixed

Gaillardia

Grandiflora, large flowered, finest mixed, per.

Double mixed, annual Godetia

Tall varieties, choice mixed

Gourds (Ornamental Fruited)

Apple Shaped Calabash Dipper Shaped

Hercules Club Japanese Nest Egg

Mock Orange

Ornamental Pomegranate

Pear Shaped Sugar Trough Gypsophila

Elegans, ParisMarket, purewhite

“ _Rosea

Paniculata, white(perennial)

Per Per lb. oz. 2.40 .20 2.40 .20 2.40 .20 2.00 .20 2.00 .20 3.50 .30 15.00 1.10 2.00 2.00 1.20 1.80 1.80 14.00 1.00 2.00 .15 4.00 .30 3.00 .25 12.00 .90 8.00 .60 3.00 .25 .60 .10 1.10 .15 2.20 .15 3.50 .30 1.00 .10 3.00 .25 3.00 .25 2.80 .25 1.25 .10 1.25 .10 1.25 .10 1.25 .10 1.25 .10 1.25 .10 1.25 .10 1.25 .10 1.25 .10 .75 .10 1.00 .10 3.00 .25

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Helichrysum Monstrqsum

(Everlasting Flower) double mixed ...

Heliotrope

Large flowered, sweet scented ...

Hollyhock

Chaters double choicest mixed

Alleghany, Single mixed, annual

Kochia Tricophylla

Summer Cypress ...

Lantana

New

Hybrids, mixed ...

Larkspur

Dwarf Double, Hyacinth Flowered, mixed ..

.

Tall Branching, Stock Flowered, mixed

Lavatera

Trimestris Rosea

Lobelia

Emperor William, Dwarf bright blue

Marigold

African tall double mixed, extra choice

LemonBall

Prince of Orange, double yellow .. .

French, dwarf double mixed, extra choice ..

.

Legion ofHonor, single ...

Mignonette (Reseda Odorato)

Common

sweet

Machet Ruby, large flowering, new

New

varieties mixed

New

YorkMarket,Florists strain

Mirabilis (Marvel of Peru) (Four O’Clock) mixed

Moonflower (Ipomoea Grandiflora)

Giant WhiteClimber, white seeded ... ...

Myosotis (Forget-me-not) Indigo Blue

Finest mixed

Nasturtiums,

Dwarf

or

Tom

Thumb

Aurora

Bright Chrome Yellow, Veined Carmine ....

Cloth of Gold

Leaves Golden Yellow, FlowersBright Scarlet

Chameleon

Cream White, Spotted Bright Scarlet

Empress of India

Rich Salmon Scarlet

Golden King

Golden Yellow, Dark Leaved ... King Theodore

DarkFoliage, Flower Rich Crimson ...

Kingof

Tom Thumbs

Bright Scarlet, Extra Dark Leaved ...

Per Per lb. oz. 3.20 .25 10.00 .80 8.00 .65 5.00 .40 .80 .10 2.00 .20 2.60 .25 2.40 .20 3.50 .30 1.00 3.40 .30 4.00 .30 4.00 .30 2.40 .20 2.40 .20 .70 .10 2.40 .20 1.50 .15 1.00 .85 .10 2.80 .25 4.80 .40 4.80 .40 .80 .10 .80 .10 .80 .10 .80 .10 .10 o 00 .10 .80 .10

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Nasturtiums,

Dwarf

or

Tom

Thumb

(Continued)

Pearl

Creamy White, Tinted Primrose

Rudolph Virchow

Light Rose

Variegated Leaved mixed

Golden Leaved mixed

Spencer, mixed

Dwarf named varieties mixed

Dwarf, choicemixedcolors

.10 .80 .10 .80 .10 .80 .10 .80 .10 .70 .10 .40 .10

Nasturtiums, Tall or Climbing Chameleon

Cream White, Spotted Bright Scarlet .

Crimson

Velvety Crimson

Deep Scarlet

Bright Scarlet, Dark Leaved

Giant of Battles

Light Yellow, SpottedRed .

.

Jupiter

Rich Golden Yellow

Moonlight

Flowerslarge, Light Straw Yellow

Regaleanum Violet Crimson ... . Rudolph Virchow Light Rose Salmon Queen

Salmon Rose, very choice

Lobbianum

Fine Mixed, extra choice .

.75 .10 .75 .10 .75 .10 .75 .10 .75 .10 .75 .10 .75 .10 .75 .10 .75 .10 .50 .10

Madame

Gunther

Dark Leaved Hybrids .75 .10

Variegated Leaved mixed

Ivy Leaved mixed

Tall named varieties mixed

Tall,choicemixedcolors ..

.

.75 .10

.75 .10

.65 .10

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Nigella (Love-in-a-Mist)

Miss Jekyell, double sky-blue

Pansy

Masterpiece, waved edge, beautiful colors ..

.

Cassier’s Superb Strain very choice large

flowered . .

Superb Mixture.

An

extra quality mixture

ofthelargestandfinestcoloredstrains ..

.

PrinceHenry, very large darkblue

Madam

Perret, rich shades of red

FireKing, Brilliant yellowand red

CanaryBird, Bright goldenyellow

Snowflake Pure white ...

EmperorWilliam, Deep Blue, very showy ..

.

Orchid-flowered, Beautiful light colors

Yellow with Eye, Dark center

White with Eye, Blue center

Lord Beaconsfield, Deep Blue, shaded white.

.

King of the Blacks, Jet black

Special Mixture, containing all the above

varieties

Giant Parisian, mixed

Giant Trimardeau, mixed

Choice Mixture, large flowered French

Petunia

Single choice mixed colors

“ _{Howard’s Star, very choice strain}

“ _Rosy

_Mom,

_{RoseWhite Throat}

California Giants

Double, extra choice

Phlox Decussata

(Perennial) Choice new varieties, fine mixed

Phlox Drummondii

Grandiflora, mixed

White; Pink; Scarlet; Primrose each

Poppy (Papaver)

Danebrog, single, very showy

Improved Shirley, choice mixed

DoubleQueen (Double Shirley) mixed ...

Single flowered, finest mixed

Double flowered, finestmixed

Carnation flowered, double mixed

Nudicale, Icelandpoppy (perennial)

Oriental, finest mixed (perennial)

Portulaca

Large flowering double fine mixed ...

Large flowering single fine mixed

Pyrethrum

Hybridum, finest mixed

Golden Feather, edging plant

Ricinus (Castor-Oil Bean)

Zanzibariensis, enormous leaves

Ail varieties mixed

Per Per lb. oz. 1.20 .10 2.00 1.75 40.00 3.00 16.00 1.20 16.00 1.20 16.00 1.20 14.00 1.00 14.00 1.00 14.00 1.00 2.00 14.00 1.00 14.00 1.00 14.00 1.00 14.00 1.00 13.00 1.00 12.00 .90 10.00 .80 7.00 .55 4.60 .40 16.00 1.25 20.00 1.40

(H

oz.3.50) (1000 seeds 1.00) 1.75 5.00 .40 8.00 .65 1.00 .15 1.40 .15 4.40 .40 .80 .10 .90 .10 .90 .10 .70 .70 18.00 1.40 4.00 .30 .80 .30 1.20 .15 1.00 .10

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Salpiglossis

New

varieties, finest mixed

Salvia (Scarlet Sage)

Splendens, bright scarlet

Bonfire, brilliant scarlet

America

Scabiosa (MourningBride)

Tall double, finest mixed

Statice Sinuata

TrueBlue

Rosea Superba

White

Stocks

Ten Weeks, dwarf German double mixed ..

.

Giant Perfection, double mixed

Sunflower (Helianthus)

Dwarf double

Sweet William

Single, finestmixed

Dunnett’s Dark Crimson

NewportPink

Double, extra fine mixed

Auricula-flowered,white eyeandborder,single

TagetesSignata

Pumila

Thunbergia (Finest Mixed)

Verbena

Large flowering, finest mixed Vinca

Mixed I

Wallflower

Single flowered mixed

Parisian Forcing, mixed

Zinnia

Giant DahliaFlowered

CrimsonMonarch,giantdeep crimson

Dream,deeplavender

Exquisite,lightrose

Oriole,orangeandgold

Polar Bear,pure white

Mixed

Picotee,doublemixed

Giant Double Crimson Purple Rose Pink Scarlet White Golden Yellow Mixed

Elegans,talldoublemixed

DwarfDouble,mixed

Per Per lb. oz. 7.00 .60 20.00 1.40 26.00 1.80 40.00 3.00 2.60 .25 3.50 .30 3.50 .30 2.00 .20 10.00 .80 1.50 1.40 .15 2.00 .20 3.00 .25 6.00 .50 4.00 .30 4.00 .30 4.00 .30 5.00 .40 5.60 .50 8.00 .60 2.00 .20 2.80 .25 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 13.00 1.00 .75 7.50 .60 7.50 .60 7.50 .60 7.50 .60 7.50 .60 7.50 .60 6.00 .50 1.80 .15 3.50 .30

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Aurora,creamwhite,flakedorange

Austin FrederickImproved,giantlavender....

ColneValley,lavender blueself

CommanderGodsall,violetblue

ConstanceHinton,largewhite,black seeded.

.

CrimsonKing,richdeep crimson

Edna

May

Improved,giant pure white

ElfridaPearson, largeshellpink.

George Shawyer,giantsalmonrose

HawlmarkPink,rose pink, flushedsalmon... .

Hawlmark;Scarlet,

Hercules,

mammoth

rosepink

JeanIreland,creamybuffedged carmine

King Mauve,largestwaved mauve

MarksTey,rosy maroon, wings deepmauve.

.

Matchless,deepcream

Mrs. Cuthbertson,rosepink,wingswhite

Picture, fleshpinksuffused apricot

Renown,carminerose

Rosabelle,large light rose

RoyalPurple,richpurple

RoyalScot,orangescarlet

Senator, chocolate,flakedwhite

Warrior,deepmaroon

Youth,largewhite,pinkpicotee

SpecialSpencerBlend,namedvarietiesmixed.

SpencerMixed

Winter FloweringSpencers,mixed

31 Per lb. 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.60 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.60 1.10 .70 2.50