. New and rare plants, bulbs, fruits. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. STACHYS AFFIXIS. (Chinese Artichoke or Vegetable Whitebait.) Cooked like Whitebait, it is an excellent sub- stitute for that dish. Bulbs are the size and shape given in cut, and taste like tuber of an artichoke, only more delicate. Make the most appetizing pickles, crisp, tender and delicate. Are preeminently an Ideal Pickler, far finer than cucumbers or anything else. Are good cooked in a variety of ways—fried, roasted,
. New and rare plants, bulbs, fruits. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. STACHYS AFFIXIS. (Chinese Artichoke or Vegetable Whitebait.) Cooked like Whitebait, it is an excellent sub- stitute for that dish. Bulbs are the size and shape given in cut, and taste like tuber of an artichoke, only more delicate. Make the most appetizing pickles, crisp, tender and delicate. Are preeminently an Ideal Pickler, far finer than cucumbers or anything else. Are good cooked in a variety of ways—fried, roasted, baked, etc. Valuable for stock, owing to enormous productiveness. Are probably the most valuable feed to raise for swine. With us the past season, planted in ordinary soil, they yielded a bushel of tubers to every ten feet of row. Bulbs sweet, tender and nutritious. They are perfectly hardy, and, like parsnips or artichokes, are best if left in the ground till spring. Price of fine tubers, 15 cts. a doz.; 50 cts. a 100. GOURDS. JAPANESE NEST EGG GOURD.—As they exactly resemble, in color, shape and size, the eggs of hens, do not crack, and are uninjured by cold or wet, they make the very best nest- eggs. The plant is a rapid -grow- ing climber, and is useful for covering screens, etc., being quite ornamental, with the numerous white eggs. Pitt., 5 cts. BRYONOPSIS. — Very pretty and curious oblong fruit marked with white, turning scarlet. Excellent for covering verandas, arbors, etc. Of very rapid growth, with highly ornamental foliage. Pkt., 5 cts. HERCULES' CLUB.—The longest of all the varieties; long, large, club shaped. Pkt., 5 cts. DISHCLOTH GOURD.—Natural dishrag, such as we see for sale at druggists. Pkt., 5 cts. SIPHO OR DIPPER.—Long slim handles, useful for dippers. Pkt., 5 cts. ORNAMENTAL GOURDS. —A fine mixture of many curious and beautiful kinds. Pkt., 3 cts. RHUBARB. MONARCH.—The largest, best and most distinct sort in cultiva- tion. The stalks are ve
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