. Dreer's garden calendar : 1897. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Asparagus Lettuce. 5 cts; oz. 10 cts.; £ lb. LETTUCE "; The largest Cabbage Lettuce we have seen, having been grown to six pounds in weight; the average size, how- ever, with ordinary cultivation is from two to three pounds. The heart is very solid, of pale green color, very tender, very crisp, and without the slightest trace of the bitterness found in the majority of lettuces. As an ex-
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1897. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Asparagus Lettuce. 5 cts; oz. 10 cts.; £ lb. LETTUCE "; The largest Cabbage Lettuce we have seen, having been grown to six pounds in weight; the average size, how- ever, with ordinary cultivation is from two to three pounds. The heart is very solid, of pale green color, very tender, very crisp, and without the slightest trace of the bitterness found in the majority of lettuces. As an ex- ample of its "standing" properties, perfect lettuces were cut from the same bed, for upwards of seven weeks during the past hot and dry season, while for exhibition purposes this variety stands unrivalled. Pkt. 15 cts.; 2 for 25 cts. EXTRA EARLY WHITE TIPPED SCARLET FORCING RADISH. An extra early short top variety, clear bright-red, with white tip. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts:; \ lb. 40 cts. WHITE DELICACY RADISH. A very early, half-long, snow-white variety of the Stras- burg type; quite smooth, crisp and tender. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.: i lb. 40 THE "CASSABAH" MUSK MELON. We take pleasure in offering again to the public this remarkable melon, which is the largest and finest on the market. This variety was introduced bv us in 1872. The seed was brought from Smyrna (Asiatic Turkey), about the time of the introduction of the melon known as the "Ispahan," brought over bv the Hon. Bavard Tavlor. Dr. Thurber, of the American Agriculturist, wrote, at that time, as follows about the Cassabah : "Mr. Henry A. Dreer, Seedsman, of Philadelphia, has sent us specimens of a melon, the seeds of which he received under the above name. It is evidently one of the Persian melons. One of the specimens weighed twelve pounds, and if there is a more sugary, tender fleshed, and altogether good melon than this, we should like to see it.'' This variety at the ti
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