. Catalogue of home grown seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs; Grain Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. SUGAR. This is the pumpkin for the tra- ditional Yankee pumpkin pie. All others (the Gibson excepted) are coarse and barbarous when com- pared with this; and to bring them, when prepared in any way, to the table is to rob the stock and wrong the family. Not so with this gem of the pumpkin tribe; while if fed to the cows it increases and gre
. Catalogue of home grown seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs; Grain Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. SUGAR. This is the pumpkin for the tra- ditional Yankee pumpkin pie. All others (the Gibson excepted) are coarse and barbarous when com- pared with this; and to bring them, when prepared in any way, to the table is to rob the stock and wrong the family. Not so with this gem of the pumpkin tribe; while if fed to the cows it increases and greatly enriches the quality of the milk, imparting to it a rich yellow. It is also excellent as a good table delicacy, either simply boiled or when entering into the composition of the traditional pumpkin pie. It is about as fine grained as the average squash, grows to average five pounds, and yields enormously, the ground covered with the golden fruit being a sight not soon forgotten when once seen. There is quite a call for the Sugar pumpkin in our city markets, where they bring from half to two thirds as much as the best of squashes. Price, per pound, postpaid, 75 cents; per i pound, 23 cents; per ounce, 10 cents; per package, 5 cents. MICHIGAN MAMMOTH. This crops abundantly for so large a variety, and grows as large round as a barrel, weighing, with us, from twenty to forty-five pounds. We have raised as high as twelve tons to the acre. We sometimes plant it among early dwarf peas, by omitting every fourth row, having the hills ten or twelve feet apart. In this way we get two crops from our land, being careful to manure liberally. It is a soft-shelled variety, and, therefore, excellent for feeding to stock. To get the largest size, leave but one vine to each hill. Price, per pound, post- paid, 00 cents; per J pound, 18 cents; per ounce, 10 cents; per package, 5 cents. GIBSON'S This valuable new pumpkin did not receive half the praise it deserved in our last catalogu
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