. Burpee's farm annual written at Fordhook Farm. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. BURPEE'S VEGETABLE SEEDS. 67 THE ORIGINAL GENUINE MAMMOTH PUMPKIN. GENUINE MAMMOTH, or TRUE POTIRON (also called KING OF THE MAMMOTHS, Large Yellow Mammoth, Mammoth $ Pumpkin, and Jumbo Pumpkin). The pride taken in growing the largest pumpkin, and the great demand for the seed, explains the multitude of names which this, the Genuine Mammoth Pumpkin (which we have al- ways sold under its original name),
. Burpee's farm annual written at Fordhook Farm. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. BURPEE'S VEGETABLE SEEDS. 67 THE ORIGINAL GENUINE MAMMOTH PUMPKIN. GENUINE MAMMOTH, or TRUE POTIRON (also called KING OF THE MAMMOTHS, Large Yellow Mammoth, Mammoth $ Pumpkin, and Jumbo Pumpkin). The pride taken in growing the largest pumpkin, and the great demand for the seed, explains the multitude of names which this, the Genuine Mammoth Pumpkin (which we have al- ways sold under its original name), has received. It grows to an enormous size, three feet or more in diameter, and one hundred to two hundred pounds or more in weight. In 1885 Mr. Chas. Hewitt, Lunen- burg, Nova Scotia, won our cash prize with a specimen weighing two hundred and six and a half pounds. In 1884 our prize was won by Jos. Dunn, Bryantsville, Ky., with a pumpkin of two hundred and twenty= six pounds. It has a salmon-colored skin; flesh bright yellow, fine-grained, and of good quality. Per pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 2 ozs. 25 cts.; % ft) 40 cts.; per ft> , postpaid. BURPEE'S GOLDEN OBLONG. The pumpkins grow very uniform, from fifteen to twenty inches in length; the outer color is a rich -âJ golden-orange, or old gold; the skin, while /CjA thin, is tough, making it almost as good a I \Ar^) keeper for wmter use as the hard-shell winter \~^~y squashes. The fruit, when young, is dark ^â green, and changes to a rich golden-yellow as it ripens. The flesh is light yellow in color, of very rich, fine quality. It is very prolific. Per pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; >4 ft) 35 cts.; per"ft> §, THE GENUINE MAMMOTH PUMPKIN. New Watermelon,-" KLECKLEY ; Decidedly the SWEETEST=Flavored of all Large Watermelons. H V V shou,d the Sweetest of All Melons This is a question that will doubtless occur to many TV II I ⢠t,e described among Pumpkins ⢠of our customer
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