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The Largest Wholesale and Retail
Store in Delaware
Parcel-Post Rates as
Follows:
1st and 2d Zones, 5 cts. first lb., 1 ct. for every additional
lb.
3d Zone, 6 cts. first lb., 2 cts. for every additional lb.
4th Zone, 7 cts. first lb., 4 cts. for every additional lb.
5th Zone, 8 cts. first lb., 6 cts. for every additional lb.
6th Zone, 9 cts. first lb., 8 cts. for every additional lb.
€| All plants are packed in nice, cool moss and
great care is taken to so pack each package as to
have it reach you in good condition.
We pay postage on all seeds bought by the
packet, ounce, quarter pound, pound and five
pounds; over five pounds, purchaser pays postage
or express charges.
<J We have Strawberry Plants in the spring and
Cabbage, Celery, Pepper, Tomato, and Sweet
Potato Plants always ready at the right time.
READ THIS LIST
The flowers listed herein will give the planter a
perpetual bloom, in various parts of their flower gar-
den, from early planting until frost. These shrubs
attain a height of from four to nine feet. The height
listed below is the size of the plant when shipped.
KIND HEIGHT
BLOOMS
PRICE
ALTHEA or ROSE OF SHARON
(A) (Jeanne d’Arc) Pure White
3
ft.
July — Frost
75c
each
(B) (Boule d’Feu) Pure Red
3
ft.
” ”
75c
each
(C) (Peoniaflora) White, Red Center 3
PHILADELPHUS or MOCK ORANGE
ft.
75c
each
(A) (Gordonia) White
3
ft.
June — July
75c
each
(B) (Coronarius) White
3
ft.
May — June
75c
each
SPIREA
(A) (Billardi Rosa) Pink Spikes
2V2
ft.
June — August
75c
each
(B) (Billardi Alba) White Spikes
2V2
ft.
”
75c
each
(C) (Von Houtti) White Clusters
2Vz
ft.
May — June
75c
each
CaJyeanthus or Old Fashioned Shrub
3
ft.
June — July
75c
each
Hydranges Aborescens (White Heads)
3
ft.
July — August
75c
each
DEUTZIA
(Pride of Rochester) White Bells
2
ft.
May — June
75c
each
The price of 75c per plant covers postage. If you
are a garden lover and can use A COMPLETE SET
OF ONE OF EACH we will ship a complete set, by
express or parcel post, for $7.00 which is very cheap
considering the value of a set.
Ordering a complete set makes quite a saving to
the buyer. We can sell a set at that price because
the trouble to pack and ship a dozen is no greater
than packing and shipping a single plant. Order
quick while they last.
CALEB BOGGS & SON,
Cheswold, Delaware
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TO OUR OLD AND
NEW CUSTOMERS
WE thank you, our
old customers, for
all the orders you have
sent us. We have
always tried to please
you by sending you
good seeds and plants,
and we have gone fur-
ther for some of you,
for when the express
companies have failed
to deliver the goods we
sent you, we have cheerfully duplicated the
order. We are proud of our successful busi-
ness, and we know you are pleased with our
seeds and plants, for you send your orders
year after year — some for more than twenty
years. We shall endeavor in the future to
give the same good service as we have in the
past, and trust we shall have the pleasure of
again serving you this season.
To those of you who have never used our
plants or seeds, we make this request — Just
give us a trial order; results are more convinc-
ing than mere words. Our new customers al-
ways become our old customers in time.
We extend a cordial invitation to all our
customers to visit our farm and trial-grounds,
where all our plants and seeds are tested.
If a variety proves undesirable, it is at once
discarded, which insures the customer receiv-
ing only the best. We will be glad to show
you how carefully our plants and seeds are
selected.
CALEB BOGGS & SON,
Cheswold, Delaware
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CALEB BOGGS & SON
Strawberry Plants
We have selected seven Strawberries which follow as the
best out of a hundred varieties, and they cannot be beaten.
There may be some as good, but none better.
We pay postage on Strawberry plants in 100 lots;
customer pays express charges on larger quantities
Chesapeake. The late money-maker. The berries are
large, finely flavored, and deep brilliant red in color.
The plants are very large, with nice long roots and heavy
stems that hold the fruit well off the ground. The
Chesapeake is so far superior to the old Gandy that we
have discarded that variety entirely. It is the best late
berry on the market today. $1.25 per 100, postpaid;
$8 per 1,000, by express.
Campbell's Early. The best early berry on the market.
The plant bears a profusion of nice-sized, sweet berries
which hold up better than any early berry we have tried
— and we have tried them all. It is in good condition
to eat as soon as any of the early varieties, and earlier
than some. Campbell’s Early is a money-maker to the
shipper, and you cannot go wrong if you put out a large
patch of them for market. Give them a trial. $1 per 100,
postpaid; $7.50 per 1,000, by express.
Success. Medium early. This is a good, all-round old
variety, and particularly so for the man who grows for
canneries and the like. It is not so good a shipper as
some of the others, but is fine for home market. It
makes a fine bed of plants, with perfect blossoms, and
produces a profusion of berries which always meet a
ready sale. Put in plenty of Success. $1.25 per 100,
postpaid; $8 per 1,000, by express.
CHESWOLD, DELAWARE
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Continued
Joe Johnson (Big Joe). Another fine medium to late
berry which is of large size and a good shipper, carrying
well as the Chesapeake. It is a fine table berry, and we
class it as one of the best medium-late sorts. $1 per 100,
postpaid; $7 per 1,000, by express.
Mascot. A good late variety which makes a strong,
healthy growth and is very productive. The berries are
of good quality, very large, rich glossy red, and always
bring good prices. $1 per 100, postpaid; $7.50 per 1,000,
by express.
Tennessee Prolific. Has been on the market for thirty
years and is still in as great demand as ever. The berries
are large and rather light in color, with fine-grained
flesh that is firm enough to make it a good shipper.
The blossoms are perfect, making it one of the best
varieties to plant with the early or midseason, imperfect
sorts. In every large berry-patch you will find Success
and Tennessee Prolific. $1 per 100, postpaid; $7 per
1,000, by express.
Progressive. Everbearing. One of the best everbearing
^ sorts. If all blossoms are removed until about July 15,
the plants will bear an abundance of fruit from August
until freezing weather. The berries are of medium size
and delicious in quality. We can furnish these in 100
lots only. $1.50 per 100, postpaid.
Blackberries
Everybody wants a few Blackberry bushes giThe home
garden, and we offer the best two varieties — Eldorado
and Lovett, both good old sorts that bear a profusion of
luscious fruit. $1.50 per 100; add 15 cts. per 100 for
postage if to be sent by mail.
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CALEB BOGGS & SON
Vegetable Plants
We pay postage on Vegetable Plants in 100 lots; in
larger quantities, by express , customer pays charges
CABBAGE, Large Charleston, Early Flat Dutch,
Winnigstadt, and Copenhagen Market. 35 cts. per
100, postpaid; $2 per 1,000, by express.
CABBAGE, LATE, Surehead, Danish Ballhead, Flat
Dutch, Drumhead, and Copenhagen Market. We
can supply all the best late varieties from May 20 to
September. 35 cts. per 100, postpaid; $2 per 1,000,
by express.
SWEET POTATO, Yellow Nansemond, Gold Skin,
and Yellow Jersey. Ready M&y 10. 30 cts. per 100,
postpaid; $2.25 per 1,000, by express.
CAULIFLOWER, Early Snowball and Autumn Giant.
$1 per 100, postpaid; $5 per 1,000, by express.
CELERY, Golden Self-blanching, the best early;
White Plume, next early; and Giant Pascal, the best
late. You can always depend on getting large, stocky
plants from us, for we always have a good supply of
them on hand. 35 cts. per 100, postpaid; $2.50 per 1,000,
by express; extra-fine, transplanted plants, $5 per 1,000,
by express.
TOMATO, Earliana. Strong, hardy plants which have
been transplanted early. $1.50 per 100, postpaid;
$10 per 1,000, by express.
Tomato Plants for Late Crop
We are the largest growers of Tomato Plants in Dela-
ware, planting over 400 pounds of that seed alone. Some
days we load a carload or more for one man, and day after
day, starting June 1, we pack two to three hundred
thousand plants. We can furnish New Stone, Matchless,
and Red Rock, all grown from our carefully selected seed
on our own seed-farm, and harvested by our men, so we
know exactly what we are selling. 35 cts. per 100, postpaid;
$1.50 per 1,000, by express. We give a special price on
50,000 or more. Do not wait until you are ready to set
out your plants and then order them from us by mail or
phone. Order early and be sure of them. We pack our
plants in light crates and never had them carry better
than they did this year.
CHESWOLD, DELAWARE
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Detroit Dark Red Turnip Beet ( See page 6)
Nnn-Warrantv We exercise the greatest care in the
nun tt ai i diiij » seIection apd purchase of all the seeds
and plants we offer, but we give no guarantee, expressed
or implied, as to the description, purity, or quality of
seeds or plants, nor do we guarantee results. If the pur-
chaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are
at once to be returned, and we will refund the purchase
price.
Vegetable Seeds
This is the first time that we have offered Vegetable
Seeds to our patrons, but we have received so many re-
quests for them from our plant customers, that we decided
to add a line of them to our stock. We have a complete
collection of new Vegetable Seed of high germination and
of the best quality. We have found that it always pays to
get the best, even if it does sometimes cost us more, and
you will find that the seeds offered are the best every time.
We invite you to visit our seed-stores, the largest and
most up-to-date in Delaware. We always have seed in
test to show to our visitors.
Asparagus
Argenteuil. Largely grown in France for the Paris market.
The stalks grow to a mammoth size, sometimes weigh-
ing as much as 4 ounces each. The head is somewhat
pointed and the scales with which it is covered are very
closely set. It is an early variety and remarkably healthy,
being able to resist disease. The stalks cook tender and
quality is superb.
Palmetto. An early, prolific and very desirable variety.
The stalks are uniformly large in size and are of tender,
delicious quality.
Pkts. 5 and 10 cts., oz. 10 cts., 35 cts., lb. $1
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CALEB BOGGS & SON
Improved Rust-Proof Golden Wax Bean
Beet
Early Blood Turnip. Dark red; fine flavor; good for
winter.
Detroit Dark Red Turnip. Round; skin dark bIood-red>
flesh bright red.
Extra-Early Egyptian. A good flat variety.
Pkts. 5 and 10 cts., 2 ozs. 20 cts., 141b. 35 cts., lb. SI. 25
Beans, String
Improved Rust-proof Golden Wax. A carefully selected
strain of the well-known Golden Wax. Pods long, nearly
straight, broad, flat, and clear yellow. The vines grow
erect and bear the pods well off the ground, thus pre-
venting them from getting soiled. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts.,
qt. 50 cts., 4 qts. $1.65.
Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod. Positively stringless
and remains tender and crisp a long time after maturity.
The pods are pale green, long and straight; perfectly
round and meaty. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts.,
2 qts. 75 cts., 4 qts. $1.35, pk. $2.50, bus. $9.50.
Long Yellow Six Weeks. A well-known variety which is
mostly grown for market, as it is hardy and may be
planted early. It matures quickly and is very productive.
Pods are long, flat, green and quite tender and good
quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 45 cts., 2 qts. 80 cts.,
4 qts. $1.50, bus. $10.
If Beans are to be sent by mail, add for Parcel-Post as
follows: To points east of the Mississippi, 8 cts. per qt.; west
of the Mississippi, 12 cts. per qt.
CHESWOLD, DELAWARE
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BUSH LIMA BEANS
Fordhook Bush Lima Bean. This variety is a perfected
form of Dreer’s Bush Lima, which variety it resembles
in form of pod and shape of Bean, but both are larger,
and the plant is of a strong, upright growth. Lb. 45 cts.,
2 lbs. 80 cts., 10 lbs. $3.50.
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima Bean. Pods and Beans
are large. Plant grows more erect than Burpee’s Bush
Lima. Lb. 40 cts., 2 lbs. 75 cts., 10 lbs. $3.25.
POLE LIMA BEANS
King of the Garden Lima. Beans large and of rich flavor.
A favorite variety with market gardeners. Lb. 40 cts.,
2 lbs. 70 cts., 10 lbs. $3.
Dreer’s Improved Lima. A very superior early variety
of excellent quality and great productiveness. This is
without doubt the best variety and will shell out more
quarts of Beans to the bushel of pods than any other
Lima Bean. Also called Challenger, or Potato Lima.
Lb. 50 cts., 10 lbs. $4.
If to be sent by Parcel-Post, add postage as follows: To
points east of the Mississippi, 7 cts. per lb.; points west of
the Mississippi, 12 cts. per lb.
Celery
Perfected White Plume. We offer a choice strain of this
valuable and popular variety. It is ready for use
ahead of all other varieties and is unsurpassed for fall
and early winter use. The leaves are bright green with
white tips and as the plants grow to maturity the inner
stalks and leaves turn white, thus making very little
earthing up necessary to thoroughly blanch it. The
flavor is good and it is a fine Celery for early marketing,
for which purpose it is largely used. Oz. 30 cts., }4\b.
85 cts., Ib. $2.50.
Golden Self-blanching. A splendid early sort, requiring
but little labor to blanch. The plants grow to a medium
size and make a very stocky growth; heart is rich golden
yellow, with light yellowish green outer leaves; quality
and flavor excellent. American-grown seed. Oz. 35 cts.,
MIb. 90 cts., yib. $1.50, Ib. $2.50.
Giant Pascal. A superior keeping sort. The stalks are
thick, solid, crisp and of rich nutty flavor; it blanches
very easily and retains its freshness a long time. Oz.
25 cts., yA\b. 70 cts., Ib. $2.25.
All seed is sold in 5- and 10-ct. packets
Cauliflower
Extra-Early Paris. Heads of medium size; first-class.
Pkt. 10 cts., y\b. $2.50, Ib. $8.50.
Veitch’s Autumn Giant. Vigorous in growth; very large;
late. Pkt. 10 cts., }4\b. $2.50, Ib. $8.
Carrots
A wholesome and nutritious table vegetable, and forms
a fine winter feed for milch cows.
Long Orange Improved. A good sort for the table or
stock-feeding. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15 cts., }4\b. 45 cts., Ib. $1.50.
Ask any berry-grower if the seven varieties we offer are
not the best.
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CALEB BOGGS & SON
Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage
Cabbage
EARLY VARIETIES
Early Jersey Wakefield. A popular early variety with
very solid heads of pyramidal shape.
Large Charleston. A good variety with very large, solid
heads.
Early Flat Dutch. A well-known variety with flat heads.
Early Summer. Produces large, solid heads of finest
flavor. Second-early.
Pkt. 5 cts., V2OZ. 20 cts., oz. 30 cts., 2 ozs. 40 cts.,
i/4lb. 75 cts., lb. $3
LATE VARIETIES
Late Flat Dutch. Of fine quality and flavor. A well-
known variety.
Surehead. A sure-heading variety that is in great demand.
Danish Ballhead. A very round, solid, winter sort. A
fine shipper.
Drumhead. A good late sort.
Pkt. 5 cts., Vfeoz. 20 cts., oz. 30 cts., 2 ozs. 40 cts.,
y4lb. 75 cts., lb. $3
Corn
SWEET, or TABLE VARIETIES
StowelPs Evergreen. A popular variety; sweet; tender.
Country Gentleman. A late variety producing good-
sized ears; sweet; tender.
Pkt. 10 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $2.60, bus. $10
POP-CORN
Every home should grow some Pop-Corn.
Golden Queen. A good yellow variety. Pkt. 10 cts.,
J^Ib. 25 cts., Ib. 50 cts.
CHESWOLD, DELAWARE
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Field Corn
We make a specialty of Seed Corn. Write for prices on
100 ears, also 3^2 bushel and bushel, shelled.
Yellow Dent. Ears medium size; finest quality.
Gold Mine. Dent. Deep grain; ripens in 90 days.
Johnson County White. A good white variety.
We take great pains in selecting our Seed Corn, and you
will find that it pays to buy pure-bred stock.
Cucumber
A few hills well tended will supply the table the entire
season and enough to make pickles for winter.
Long Green, Improved. Long and crisp. Good for
pickles.
Boston Pickling. Another good pickling variety.
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., V^b. 30 cts., lb. 90 cts.
New York Improved Eggplant
Eggplant
New York Improved. Oval; deep purple; early and
productive. Largest and best.
Black Beauty. About 10 days earlier than the preceding
variety. Very rich purplish black.
Pkt. 5 cts., V20Z. 15 cts., oz. 25 cts., V^b. 75 cts., lb. $3
Kale
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. Gives the very best greens
in spring and fall. Very dwarf and spreading. Pkt. 10
cts., oz. 25 cts., }4\b. 80 cts., Ib. S2.50.
Onion Sets
Yellow Onion Sets. Qt. 40 cts., 4 qts. SI. 50. Write for
prices on larger quantities.
We pay the postage on Strawberry plants in 100 lots — you
pay the expressage on larger quantities.
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Big Boston Lettuce
Lettuce
LOOSE-LEAF VARIETIES
Grand Rapids. Best known of all. Large; tender.
Simpson. Early Curled. A leading early sort; very tender.
HEADING VARIETIES
Big Boston. Large solid heads; crisp; tender.
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., ^lb., 85 cts., lb. $2.50
Muskmelon (cantaloupe)
A delicious fruit that is easily grown if proper soil is
selected.
Rocky Ford and Netted Rock. The best two varieties
for market and home use. Seed saved from the best
melons. Every melon had to cut sweet to justify us in
saving the seed. If you wish selected stock, we have it.
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 3^Ib. 45 cts., Ib. $1.50.
Peas
Little Gem. Best early wrinkled Pea; very sweet and
desirable. Pkt. 10 cts., Ib. 40 cts.
Alaska. Earliest of all; productive. Pkt. 10 cts., Ib. 40 cts.
Gradus. The best of all; pods large; Peas large, but very
tender. We consider this the best Pea to eat or for the
market. Do not fail to have some of this variety in your
garden. Pkt. 10 cts., Ib. 50 cts.
Pepper
Ruby King. For fifteen years we have been growing this
grand Pepper for the best seed-houses in the country and
we now offer our customers any amount they wish to
purchase in addition to their other plants and seeds.
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 35 cts., 3^Ib. $1.25, Ib. $4.50.
Parsnip
Yellow Crown. A fine sort in every respect. It is uniformly
half-long, heavy at the shoulders, and tapers evenly to a
small root. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., ^^IL>. 60 cts., Ib. $2.
CHESWOLD, DELAWARE
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Parsley
Extra Double Curled. A beautiful variety for garnishing.
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., }4\b. 45 cts., Ib. $1.50.
Pumpkin
Green-striped Cushaw. A splendid striped crookneck
variety.
Connecticut Field. Grown in cornfields for stock.
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., V^lb. 40 cts., lb. $1.25
Radish
Early Scarlet Turnip White-tipped. A very excellent
variety and deservedly a great favorite with market-
gardeners for early planting outdoors.
White Turnip. Flesh pure white; sweet.
Early French Breakfast. Pink and white.
Early Scarlet Turnip. Very early. A great favorite.
Pkt. 5 cts., 141b. 35 cts., lb. $1
Squash
Golden Hubbard. The flesh is deep orange-color, dry,
fine-grained, and of delicious flavor. This is an excellent
keeper and can easily be held over for spring use. Pkt.
5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 341h. 50 cts., Ib. $1.50.
Boston Marrow. A very prolific fall and winter Squash
of medium to large size and oval shape. The thin skin
is orange-yellow in color; flesh rich salmon. Pkt. 5 cts.,
oz. 10* cts., 341b. 30 cts., Ib. $1.
Early Scarlet White-tipped Radish
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New Stone Tomato
Tomato
Earliana. Carefully selected for extreme earliness as well
as size, shape, color, and quality. It is a settled fact that
the Earliana is the best early Tomato, and we have
selected for our trade some of this seed that is, without
a doubt, as good and pure as any Earliana seed on the
market, as it is taken only from the very best Tomatoes.
Pkt. 5 cts., MIb. $1, lb. $3.
New Stone, Red Rock, Matchless. All these varieties
are selected stock, put up in 3^2-Ib. and lb. boxes, with
our guarantee on each box. Lb. $2.50.
Turnip
Yellow Globe. A yellow-fleshed, globe-shaped variety of
medium to large size; smooth and of light yellow color
with small green crown. A fine keeper and a heavy crop-
per. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., %lb. 50 cts., Ib. $1.50.
Watermelons
For field culture hills should be laid off 8 feet apart each
way. Well-rotted manure must be used freely. The ground
should be dry and warm and well drained. Melons will not
succeed on hard ground.
Mountain Sweet. Red flesh; late; dark green; long, tapers
to stem end.
Florida Favorite. A superior strain; oblong; red flesh;
intermediate.
Georgia Rattlesnake. Oblong; dark, and striped; bright
red flesh; late.
Tom Watson. Deep red, crisp flesh, melting and of
finest flavor; dark green rind; long.
Dixie. Excellent quality; very large and solid; red flesh;
long.
Kolb Gem. Large; bright red flesh; oval; intermediate.
Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 141b. 25 cts., Vfelb. 45 cts., lb. 80 cts.
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