. Dreer's garden calendar : 1897. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Crosby's Egyptian Beet. An improved strain of the Egyptian Beet. It is much thicker than the original strain, quite as early, of better color and quality, besides being smoother. This variety is extensively grown by the market gardeners around Philadelphia and Boston, and stands foremost among Blood Beets. Pkt- 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. Brussels Sprouts. Dreer's Select Matchless. A sma
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1897. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Crosby's Egyptian Beet. An improved strain of the Egyptian Beet. It is much thicker than the original strain, quite as early, of better color and quality, besides being smoother. This variety is extensively grown by the market gardeners around Philadelphia and Boston, and stands foremost among Blood Beets. Pkt- 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. Brussels Sprouts. Dreer's Select Matchless. A small-leaved variety of this notable vegetable, which through careful selection has been brought to perfection ; grows freely during the summer, and is fully developed by the early frosts, at which time the stems are thickly set with sprouts the full length The cultivation, as described for the Brussels Sprouts on page 2;!. should be followed closely. Pkt. 10 cts ; oz. 25 cts.; J- lb. 75 cts. CABBAGE LUPTON, A new winter- variety of excellent quality and distinct character; a little earlier than the Flat Dutch, but will maintain shape and solidity for storing; of compact growth, color dark green and very uniform head. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 ots.; } lb. 75 cts. Brussels Sprouts. Extra Early Sugar Corn— WHITE COB CORY. An improved variety of the Cory Corn, with uniformly white cobs. It is as early as the ordinary C ry, and pre- ferred by many who object to the red cob sorts. We par- ticularly noticed its productiveness among our trials, and its character throughout shows card ul selection. Pkt. 10 cts.; pint 15 cts.; quart 25 cts.; \ peck 00 cts.; peck $ SPINACH "; This variety is an acquisition to the list of spinach ; it matures later than the oilier varieties, but is of remark- able fine texture, of the deepest given, heavily crimped, thick, fleshy leaves, deep red stem ; it is new grown ex- tensively by the truckers of our markets, who would not be withou
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