. Annual circular and retail catalogue of warranted vegetable and flower seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs. Longfellow's Field Corn. This fine field corn I have thought worthy to have its portrait taken. It is the result of careful selection in a family of Massachusetts farmers for forty-five years. The ears are re- markably long, some of them fifteen inches, and oftentimes two or more good specimens grow on one stock. The cob is quite small. It is the largest kerneled variety of yellow fi
. Annual circular and retail catalogue of warranted vegetable and flower seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs. Longfellow's Field Corn. This fine field corn I have thought worthy to have its portrait taken. It is the result of careful selection in a family of Massachusetts farmers for forty-five years. The ears are re- markably long, some of them fifteen inches, and oftentimes two or more good specimens grow on one stock. The cob is quite small. It is the largest kerneled variety of yellow field corn that I have ever found it safe to plant in the latitude of Massachusetts. Per package, 10 cts.; per quart, by express, 35 cts.: by mail, 55 cts. per peck. $ ; per bushel, | Log-of-Wood Melon. This new melon is a variety of the yellow-fleshed musk mel- on. It grows to the enormous length of from two to three feet. the form and general appearance of most of the specimens being very well shown in the above engraving, which was taken from a photograph. Early and prolific, and in quality resembling the common Mnskmelon. Per package 20 cts. Excelsior Melon. This new melon is early, of large size aud fine quality ; rind, thin ; flesh, of a bright red color ; yery delicate and sweet. Samples have been grown the past season weighing over forty pounds. It took the first premium at the annual exhi- bition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society this season. Per package 15 ner 35 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original James J. H. Gregory (Firm); J. J. H. Gregory & Son; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Marblehead, Mass. : James J. H. Gregory
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