Vegetable and flower seeds catalogue : free for all . uced, the combination of sweetness,dryness axid delicious flavor is something really remarkable. Itsouter color is a light blue. A great favorite where known. J. , Wilbraham, Mass., wrote : — The Marblehead Squashseeds 1 had of you produced a large crop of very fine quality offruit. I-had 1200 pounds from 13 square rods of land. Price,per pound, postpaid, ^; per % pound, 30 cts.; per ounce,lo cts.; per package, 5 cts. THE STONE TOMATO. T/ie Sione is excellent for 7naiii crop; it is very large, and ofbright scarlet color; spheri
Vegetable and flower seeds catalogue : free for all . uced, the combination of sweetness,dryness axid delicious flavor is something really remarkable. Itsouter color is a light blue. A great favorite where known. J. , Wilbraham, Mass., wrote : — The Marblehead Squashseeds 1 had of you produced a large crop of very fine quality offruit. I-had 1200 pounds from 13 square rods of land. Price,per pound, postpaid, ^; per % pound, 30 cts.; per ounce,lo cts.; per package, 5 cts. THE STONE TOMATO. T/ie Sione is excellent for 7naiii crop; it is very large, and ofbright scarlet color; spherical in shape; very smooth, with occa-sionally a specimen very slightly octagon shaped ; ripens evenly tothe stem ; exceedingly solid and firm fleshed of hull. IVot Subject to Rot. — Prof. J. L. Budd, of Iowa State AgriculturalCollege, says : It was large enough, smooth, firm fleshed, and, aboveall, not subject to rot. I did not see a rotten specimen, although a badyear for rot. Price, per % pound, 70 cts.; per ounce, 25 cts.; per package, 5 THE MARBLEHEAD EARLY MARROWFAT PEA. An old friend with some of ourcustomers which they will say iswell worthy of being intro-duced to our new will venture to say thatevery one of our customerswho has raised this Marrow-fat pe^ had a heavier cropfrom it than from any othervariety they grew, it mattersnot how many kinds therewere; and, further, that theyget more from it thanfrom any other. This was ourown experience. Having raisedit on a large scale, we are readyto endorse the following pointsclaimed by its originator : — 1.— With ordinary cultivationit will outyield any variety. 2.—It will do better than any varietyon thin land. 3.— It remains along time in bearing. 4. — Itslarge, well-filled pods make itvery valuable as a market gar-deners pea. 5. — The quality isfirst-class: so all who have eatenit testify. Picked early, they are as sweet and delicious as Little Gemor American Wonder. 6.—It is an
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