. Vick's floral guide. PERFECT GEM. Perfect Gem, small, flattened, slightly ribbed;of a creamy white color ; flesh fine grained,dry, sweet, and of good flavor; sets its fruitsnear the root. Very productive, as many astwenty-four Squashes having been grown on asingle vine. Good for summer use, bnt betteras a winter Squash; per lb. $; oz. 20 cents, ESSEX HYBRID. Essex Hybrid, or Hard Shell Turban. A cross between the Hubbard and AmericanTurban, having the color, shape and fine quali-ty of the Turban, with the dryness and hardshell of the Hubbard. A good keeper; fleshvery thick, fine grained
. Vick's floral guide. PERFECT GEM. Perfect Gem, small, flattened, slightly ribbed;of a creamy white color ; flesh fine grained,dry, sweet, and of good flavor; sets its fruitsnear the root. Very productive, as many astwenty-four Squashes having been grown on asingle vine. Good for summer use, bnt betteras a winter Squash; per lb. $; oz. 20 cents, ESSEX HYBRID. Essex Hybrid, or Hard Shell Turban. A cross between the Hubbard and AmericanTurban, having the color, shape and fine quali-ty of the Turban, with the dryness and hardshell of the Hubbard. A good keeper; fleshvery thick, fine grained and solid ; very pro-ductive ; very early, and of rapid growth ; per lb. $; per oz. if, 10 Turban, or Turks C. , a good fall and earlywinter Squash, greenish color, striped withwhite; in form it somewhat resembles a tur-ban; flesh orange; almost as good ;s Hub-bard, and weighing about six pounds ; tb., $ ;oz. 10 cem<;,. M ARBLEH BAD. Boston Marrow, a good, tender, rich variety, forfall and winter ; per lb., $; per oz., 10 cents, Winter Crook-Neck, of fair quality, very hardyand a good keeper ; per t>. £ j per oz. 10 cts. ~& J a m e s ? if i c + j5 e e d s m a n,-s*~ 10g TOMATOES.
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