. Catalogue of choice flower and vegetable seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Mercersburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 18^ J. M. Pliilips^ Sons,. Improved Early White Spine. The best soit for the table; the fr u i t, in turning white at ma- turity, retains its fresh appearance much lon- ger than any of t h e yellow varieties; on this account it is a fa- " ' - vorite with men; good 7/ ^=- for forcing and a great bearer. Pk. 5c. oz. IO3. lb. 'Mo. i.\Ji'K0VKi> \\ uite Spine C!ucu:\rBKH. Glierkisi iy Burr. A very small, ovel van


. Catalogue of choice flower and vegetable seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Mercersburg Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 18^ J. M. Pliilips^ Sons,. Improved Early White Spine. The best soit for the table; the fr u i t, in turning white at ma- turity, retains its fresh appearance much lon- ger than any of t h e yellow varieties; on this account it is a fa- " ' - vorite with men; good 7/ ^=- for forcing and a great bearer. Pk. 5c. oz. IO3. lb. 'Mo. i.\Ji'K0VKi> \\ uite Spine C!ucu:\rBKH. Glierkisi iy Burr. A very small, ovel vanetv. it is grown exclusively for pickling; is the smallest of all the varieties and should be pickled when verv voung and tender. The seed is slow to germinate. Pkt. 5c. oz. 15c. The Egg Plant will thrive well in any good garden soil but will repay good treatment. The seeds should be sown in hot-bed or warm green-house in March or April, and when :!l)0ut an inch high pot in two-inch pots. Plant out about 'uue 1st, two and a half feet apart. If no hot-bed is at hand I liey can be grown in any light room where the temperature ill average 75 degrees. Early Lom^ Pirple. This is one of the earliest and most productive varieties; fruit long, dark rich purple and of fine quality. Pkt. 5c. oz. 25c. The best variety in cultivation, being early, a sure crop- per and of tine quality. Plants large, ^dgorous wdth light green lea^-es; fruit large oval, deep purple, with occasional dash of green about the stem; tlesh white, tender and of superior quality. Pkt. 5c. oz. 40c. _ .-,| "iirple. /V. This is a hardy vegetalde, cultivat>»l principally . for a winter salid. Sow from May until August for a isuccession of crops; tie the leaves loosly togather to -'olanch them. Moss C-lirled. From the den- Moss Curled. sity of its foliage,, this variety is heavier than the Green Curled, but is equally agreeable as a salid or appearance either green or blanched. Pkt. 5c. oz. 20c Broad Leaved Batav


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