Identifier: seedannual18991899dmfe (find matches)
Title: Seed annual, 1899
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: D.M. Ferry & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Flowers Vegetables Nursery stock Gardening
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : D.M. Ferry & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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- is so greatthat we should be justified by prevailing custom in renaming it. Pkt. 5e; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c: ^Lb. 20c: Lb. 50c Early Wbite....-*^^_Busb Scallop Similar in form to the preceding,but with a cream white skin, andmore tender and delicate flesh.Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c: ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c
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Early Yellow Bush Scallop Squash. «;^W1NTER SQUASHES^^^a* R^e<i#NM Ml .* w^« , -^ fall and winter variety, veryDOSIOn r^ZVrrOW popular in the Boston Market. I)ubbdrd Of oval form: skin tliin. when ripe, bright orange mottledwith light cream color; flesh rich salmon yellow, fine grained,and for sweetness and excellence unsurpassed, but not as dryas the Hubbard. We have an unusually good stock of thissort. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; h. Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c This is a superior variety and one ofthe best of winter squashes: fleshbright orange yellow, flne grained,verj dry. sweet and rich flavoredkeeps perfectly good throughout the winter: boils orbakes exceedingly dry and is esteemed by many to be asgood baked as the sweet potato. We have taken the ut-most pains with this sort, and can recommend ourstock as in all probability the best in the country,and think our customers can plant it in perfect coil-fidence that every fruit will be a pure Hub-bard. Pkt. oc; Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 15c: ^Lb. 20

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