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TALKS (ON ASN Gee ee.
By JOSEPH HARRIS, M.1S.;
MORETON FARM, - ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Price, Pre-paid by Mail, $1.50.
These ‘‘ Talks on Manures,” by Mr. Harris, are just what progressive farmers at
this particular time are wanting. Mr. Harris is a practical, working farmer, on a 300
acre farm, near Rochester, N. Y. He is not a ‘‘fancy ” farmer, nor a ‘‘ book farmer,”
but a working, reading, studying, practical farmer, and who has a reason for every-
thing he does, and a happy faculty for telling others what those reasons are.— New
England Farmer, Boston, Mass.
‘Talks on Manures,” by Joseph Harris, M.S. & vo., pp. 356. Mr. Harris may
well feel proud of this work. It is kindly conceived and admirably executed. We
dare honestly to say that no reading farmer should be without this book.—Scientifie
Farmer.
Mr. Harris is himself a working, practical farmer, and it is needless to say to those
who are familiar with his writings in the American Agriculturist and other journals,
he is in full sympathy with all who earn their bread from the farm.—Prof. Shelton,
Kansas Ag. College.
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REARING, BREEDING, MANAGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT.
By JOSEPH HARRIS,
MORETON FARM, - ROCHESTER, NN. Y.
Price, Pre-paid by Mail, $1.50.
‘*Harris on the Pig,” is « new and valuable book. It is written by one intimately
acquainted with the subject, and knows well how to treat it.—Hon. Lewis F. Allen, in
American Agriculturist.
To say that this work on the Pig is by Joseph Harris, the genial philosopher-farmer
of Rochester, N. Y., who writes the ‘‘ Walks and Talks on the Farm,” in the Agré-
culturist, is to insure the book at once a large circle of delighted readers.—Springfield
Republican,
Here is a book written by a practical farmer, who has brought to the aid of his own
large experience and observations, the most extensive acquaintance with the science
of breeding, and, as might reasonably be expected, we have from his pen the best
book on the pig ever written.— Western Stock Journal.
Mr. Harris is one of the best agricultural writers. He takes the trouble and the
time to inform himself thoroughly in regard to subjects on which he writes, and tells
whatever he has to say with great clearness, great method and great directness of
speech. His book ‘On the Pig,” will confirm what we say and is by far the best
manual on the subject of which it treats which is now before the American public.—
Donald G. Mitchell.
Mr. Harris has long been known as one of the best informed writers on agricultural
subjects. An able theorist, he is yet thoroughly practical in whatever he undertakes,
aud a hearty despiser of shams. As a breeder of Sheep, and more particularly of
Essex Pigs (of which fine sort he has perhaps the finest herd anywhere to be found),
he has long been favorably known. He will doubtless prove equally successful in
this specialty of Farm Seeds, which we see ranges from winter wheat down through
the vegetable and well into all the beauties of the flower garden.—N. Y. Heangelist.
Hin: Sie AED. AND WHSGRIRT IWS
CATALOGUE
MORETON FARM SHEDS,
BOR toSU:
A SELECT LIST OF CHOICE VARIETIES OF
Fresh Farm, Garden and Flower Seeds, Potatoes, &c,,
FOR SALE BY
JOSEPH HARRIS
Moreton Farm, - mel Geociwester, (Ni ¥.
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Last Sprine I issued my first seed catalogue, and distributed thirty thousand
copies of it. It was well received by my old friends and customers, and by the press.
I feel grateful for their kind and flattering expressions of interest and regard. I am
well aware, however, that my customers are more interested in the quality of my
seeds than with the character of my catalogue. I have written to several of my cus-
tomers in different parts of the country, and from their replies I feel warranted in
concluding that my seeds last year gave very general satisfaction. This is a source
of great pleasure to me. Seed growing is a difficult and rather uncertain business.
It is not easy to raise or to purchase perfect seed. I pe to do still better the coming
spring.
The farmer, when he sows wheat, barley, oats, rye, buckwheat, &c., desires to
grow seed. This is a simple operation. But the gardener, when he sows the seed
of onions, carrots, parsnips, beets, turnips, cabbage, lettuce, &c., does not, as a rule,
expect or desire seed. He does not want seed that will produce a large yield of good
seed. His object, for instance, in raising cabbage seed is to get plants that will form
good ‘“‘heads.” But the plants that have the greatest tendency to head have the least
tendency to produce seed. I know this to be so from actual experience. Last year
and the year previous I selected the largest, finest and best heads of cabbage for seed.
The cabbage that I saved for seed would have sold for more money than the seed
raised from them would sell for at wholesale. And such really splendid and exceed-
ingly costly and reliable seed will not be as plump and bright and probably not germi-
nate as freely as the seed raised from inferior cabbage of the same variety. You can
raise common scrub cattle more abundantly than you can Duchess Shorthorns, and
you can raise more plants from an ounce of poor cabbage, onion, lettuce, carrot, pars-
nip and beet seed than you can from an ounce of the best and choicest and really
most valuable seed. If you buy good seed, sow it thicker than you would common seed.
2 JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
My aim is to send out the dest seeds that I can grow. But I know quite well that
such seed will not stand adverse circumstances, such as poorly prepared land, or a
cold, wet seed-bed, or drouth, as well as inferior seed.
I have concluded to put in an unusually large number of seeds in my packets and
at the same time charge little or no more than last year. The cost of seeds is so slight »
compared with the pleasure and profit of having a good garden and also as compared
with the cost of preparing and enriching the land and the cost of cultivation, that it
is poor policy not only to sow poor, cheap seeds, but to sow them so sparingly as to
run the risk of not having plants enough to fully occupy the ground.
Better sow seed enough to insure an abundance of plants; and though I do not put
any varicty in the catalogue that is not proved to possess good qualities, yet as difference
in climate and the character of the soil greatly affect the productiveness and quality
of garden plants, I would suggest that my customers get packets of several different
varieties. The cost is a mere trifle, and the advantages very great. I give large
packets of seed, and if you take one of each of the leading varieties, you will have
enough for an ordinary sized garden. But take my advice, and do not be sparing of
seed. This is one great secret of having a good garden that will be a source of pleas-
ure and profit to you and your family.
GUARANTEE OF SEEDS.
I GUARANTEE MY SEEDS to be fresh, pure and good. If they do not prove to be
what I represent them to be, I will refund the money paid for them. I guarantee all
my seeds to this extent, but I will not be responsible for any real or imaginary loss
exceeding the price paid for the seeds.
SEEDS SENT PREPAID BY MAIL.
IN COMPARING PRICES, it should not be forgotten that at the price given in my
catalogue, I send the seed prepaid by mail or express.
You KNOW JUST WHAT THE SEEDS ARE GOING TO cost. When you send me a
dollar for seeds, that ds all they will cost you. The seeds will be done up ina strong
package and will be sent to you free of all charge, by mail or express.
SAFE DELIVERY OF ALL SEEDS GUARANTEED.
I GUARANTEE THE SAFE DELIVERY OF THE SEEDS. The Post Office Department
disclaim all responsibility for the safe delivery of matter sent through the mails. The
express companies are to a certain extent responsible. If they lose or damage the
seeds on the way they will pay the loss. But whether sent by mail or by express, I
guarantee the safe delivery of the seeds and in good condition.
SEEDS LOST OR DAMAGED ON THE WAY ARE MADE Goop. In ninety-nine cases
out of a hundred, seeds sent by mail or express, if carefully done up, will reach their
destination in good condition. But should the seeds fail to arrive at the proper time,
I should esteem it a favor if my customers will notify me of the fact, and I will dupli-
cate the order free of all charge.
Or, should any of the packages be broken open, I will replace the lost seed with-
out charge.
I am very anxious not only to furnish my customers good, fresh, reliable seeds,
but to deliver them promptly, in good condition and without any additional charge.
For this reason, I assume all the risk.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 3
HOW TO SEND THE MONEY.
Money not exceeding one dollar may be sent in an ordinary letter at my risk. Or
any sum, not exceeding ten dollars, may be sent in a registered letter, at my risk and
at my expense. Larger sums—and the larger and more of them the better—may be
sent by draft or Post Office money order at my risk and at my expense.
SMALL ORDERS ARE VERY ACCEPTABLE.
If you see anything in the catalogue that you want, send for it. If it is only a
six-cent package, send for it. Do not hesitate because it is a small order. If the
seeds give satisfaction, you will order more. I want you to try my seeds. I find
my old customers are my best customers, and I am always pleased to get an order,
however small, from a new customer.
POSTAGE STAMPS TAKEN.
In sums of less than one dollar, postage stamps are just as acceptable as silver.
But send whatever is most convenient, gold, silver, greenbacks, bank notes, fractional
currency or postage stamps. They are all good and are wanted in exchange for good
seeds. Send the money, and I will send the seeds.
‘THE EARLIER YOU SEND IN THE ORDER THE BETTER.
I desire to give my letters and orders direct personal attention. This I can do,
unless all the orders come in a rush late in the Spring. I should esteem it a favor if
my friends and customers would try to send in their orders as early as poss‘ble.
NOT NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE ORDER AT ONCE.
It often happens that you do not know what kinds and quantities of seeds you will
need. Donot wait. It is not necessary to get all the seeds at once. Send for what
you want now and complete the order afterwards. It will cost no more to order at
twice than at once.
CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS.
I desire to call special attention to my Flower Seeds. Whatever else you may
conclude to do without or to get elsewhere, I hope you will favor me with an order
for Flower Seeds. I want youto trythem. Do not think that, because I am a
farmer, I know nothing about flowers. My neighbor the Deacon, thinks I know
more about flowers than about farming! Be this as it may, I do like flowers and think
my list includes the very best and choicest annuals adapted to general cultivation.
They are easily grown and are almost certain to give great satisfaction. Try them.
DIRECTIONS FOR CULTIVATING FLOWERS.
I have taken special pains to give my method of growing annual flowers One
great secret of success with many kinds is to start the plants early. This is especially
true of Verbenas, Phlox, Pansy, Balsam, Sweet Peas, etc.
Order the seeds Now and sow at least a portion of them in a hot bed, or in a box
in the house. ;
LARGE PACKETS OF FLOWER SEEDS.
My desire is to be very liberal in sending out flower seeds. Before I raised seeds
for sale, I used to sow at least a dozen packets of mixed Phlox Drummondii and
several packets of pure white and brilliant scarlet. And I do not recollect a year
when I had more plants than I needed.
You can put a great many plants in a moderate sized bed, and the larger the bed
and the better it is filled the more pleasing will be the effect.
4 JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
If I had not a seed to sell I should say; ‘‘do not, for the sake of saving a few cents,
run any risk of being short of plants.” But, as I have the seed for sale I will merely
drop a hint that, while my packets contain an unusually large number of seeds, I hope
my customers will order a good many packets! You will not regret it. A large, well
filled bed of choice annual flowers is the delight and admiration of all beholders.
Even an Essex pig, should he accidentally find his way into the garden, must lack that
refinement for which the breed is so preéminently distinguished if he does not, while
he is cracking the cherry stones under the trees, stop to admire a beautiful bed of
Phlox, Verbenas or Petunias; should he disturb them there would be just grounds for
distrusting the purity of his breeding. The roughest man in a village must feel the
refining influence of a beautiful flower garden.
ORDERING SEEDS NOT IN THE CATALOGUE
My object is to grow and sell only afew of the choicest and best varieties. But we
have a large country with a great diversity of soil and climate. If any of my custo-
mers wish for a variety of seed not in the Catalogue, I can obtain it for them at the
price charged by any reliable seedsman.
CATALOGUES FREE TO ALL.
Last year my customers were kind enough to send me the names of many of their
friends whom they thought might like to see my catalogue. I distributed 30,U00
copies of the catalogue. This year I shall print 50,000 copies, and as long as the
supply lasts, I shall be happy to send a copy, postage paid, free of charge, to any
one wishing to examine it.
The catalogue and postage amounts to a good deal of money, and like most farmers
I have no special desire to throw away money. I distribute the catalogues because I
have good seeds to sell and want to let people know that such is the case. I should
be glad if you would send me the names and post office address of such of your friends
as you think might buy a few choice flower and vegetable seeds.
CLUBBING TOGETHER TO BUY SEEDS.
Last year and the year before, some of my friends, when about to order seeds for
themselves, spoke to their neighbors and got up a club.
The plan is an excellent one, and I will do everything I can to facilitate the work,
so that the lady or gentleman who gets up the club shall have as little trouble as possi-
ble.
If the names of the different members of the club are furnished me, I will do up
their seeds in separate packages, and forward them by mail, prepaid. Or, the
packages for the different members of the club, with their names written on the out-
side, can be put in a box and forwarded by express prepaid, to the person getting up
the club. When the box arrives, he will have nothing to do but open it and hand out
the addressed packages to the different members of the club.
HOW TO GET UP A CLUB FOR SEEDS.
Precisely in the same way as you get up a club for a newspaper.
You want the newspaper and your neighbors want it. You tell them that you are
getting up a club and ask them if they do not wish to join.
Do the same thing in regard to seeds. Take a dozen of my catalogues and tell
them, 1f such is the case, that last year you or some of your neighbors, tried my seeds
and found them good, and that this year you propose sending for some seeds and ask
them if they do not want to send for some also? If they say yes, enter their name and
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 5
post office address on the order sheet, with the amount of money paid for each variety.
Add up the order and give total amount in the proper column. Take the money and
forward it to me and I will send on the seeds.
This I am aware is some trouble.
But I am willing to pay for the trouble.
I offer the following premiums, to be paid 7” cash to any and all who get up clubs
for my seeds at regular catalogue rates.
A good plan would be, to send me the names and post oftice addresses of the per-
sons you intend to call upon, and I will mail a catalogue to each of them.
CASH PREMIUMS! CASH PREMIUMS!!
PAID TO ALL WHO GET UP CLUBS.
I will pay zn cash the following premiums to those who get up clubs for my seeds,
at the regular catalogue rates. I will prepay the postage on the seeds or send them
prepaid by express, whichever is thought best.
The following are the premiums:
1st.—To any lady or gentleman getting up a club for my seeds at regular catalogue
rates, amounting to six dollars, I will pay in cash, $1.00.
2nd.—To any lady or gentleman getting up a club amounting to thirteen dollars, I
will pay in cash, $3.00.
8rd.—To any lady or gentleman getting up a club amounting to twenty dollars, I
will pay in cash, $5.00.
4th.—To any lady or gentleman getting up a club amounting to twenty-seven dol-
lars, I will pay in cash, $7.00.
5th.—To any lady or gentleman getting up a club amounting to thirty dollars, I
will pay in cash, $8.00.
6th.—To any lady or gentleman getting up a club amounting to thirty-six dollars,
I will pay in cash, $10.00.
7th.—To any lady or gentleman getting up a club amounting to fifty dollars, I
will pay in cash, $14.00.
8th.—To any lady or gentleman getting up a club amounting to one hundred dol-
lars, I will pay in cash, $30.00.
9th.—To any lady or gentleman getting up a club amounting to three hundred dol-
lars, I will pay in cash, $100.00.
It is, of course, not necessary to make the amount just six dollars. If you get
nine dollars instead of six dollars, the premium paid, instead of $1.00, will be $1.50,
and so with the other premiums. If you send twenty dollars for seeds, I pay you
$5.00; if you send $25.00, I pay you $6.25. If yousend me $100.00, I pay you $30.00.
If you send me $150.00, I pay you $45.00. If you send $200.00, I pay you $60.00, and
at this rate till you reach $300.00, when I pay $100.00, and all over that sum at the
same rate.
NOT NECESSARY TO GET THE WHOLE CLUB AT ONCE.
Additions can be made at any time, and the premium allowed on the total
amount sent. For instance, you send $6.00 and we pay you $1.00. Afterwards, you
send $7.00 more and we pay you $2.00, or $3.00 in all.
I do not in this offer bind myself to fill an order for seed the supply of which is
exhausted. I shall send as long as I have the seed. Should a particular variety be
ordered that I am out of, I will return the money. Iam a farmer and seed grower,
not a speculator. I will do my best, however, to accommodate all my customers,
6 JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
WHAT THE CASH PREMIUMS MEAN.
1st.—They mean that I spend a great deal of time, labor and money in raising,
cleaning and putting up seeds; and that I spend a good deal of money in printing
catalogues and in paying postage.
2nd.—It means that after doing all this, I send three hundred dollars worth of good
seed to the members of the club; of this three hundred dollars I get two hundred for
the seeds and you get one hundred dollars for selling them!
3rd.—It means good pay for your labor and little or no profit to me. But I am de-
sirous of introducing my seeds. Whether this is the right way of doing it we cannot
tell till it has been tried.
Will the reader tell some one in his neighborhood of this offer and show him how to go to
work ?
ORDER LISTS FOR CLUBS.
Order Lists, Catalogues, etc., will be sent to anyone who is willing to take hold of
this matter.
NO DISCRIMINATION—ALL TREATED ALIKE.
No matter how small the club is, or who gets it up, the premium offered will be
paid. Anyone sending an order for six dollars worth of seeds at reguiar catalogue
rates can deduct one dollar for commission or discount.
SENDING SEEDS BY EXPRESS C. O. D.
Asarule, I expect the full amount of money less commission or discount, with
the order. This is best for both parties. But when the order amounts to $20 or over,
if desired, only one quarter of the money need be sent in advance with the order.
The seeds will be sent by express, balance due, C. O. D. In other words if the order
amounts to $20, only five dollars need be sent with the order. The seeds will be for-
warded by express, marked C. O. D., $15. In this case I will pay the return charges
on the money.
At the prices named in the catalogue, the seeds will be sent prepaid, by mail or
express, to any address in the United States or Canada.
DO NOT FORGET TO GIVE YOUR NAME.
On the 10th December, I received the following letter:
‘* ALBION, December 5, 1879.
DerAR Sir:—Enclosed please find the money for the following seeds:
1 lb. White Spine Cucumber seed.
1 oz. Salsify.
1 oz. Parsley—Extra Double Curled.
1 oz. Early Bush Scallop Squash.
1 paper New York Egg Plant
1 paper Sweet Majoram.
1 paper Sage.
1 paper Thyme.”
The money, a one dollar bill and 70 cents in postage stamps, was carefully enclosed
in an extra sheet of paper. The letter was well and plainly written. But the above is
all there was of it. The writer did not sign his name, or give the name of his county or
State. On the envelope was a three cent stamp, with five strokes of the pen across
the face, the post master doing his full duty in erasing the stamp, and he had also
written with the pen the name ‘‘ Albion ” on the letter.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 7
And that was ail. J have spent considerable time in trying to get some clue as to
where the letter came from, but to no purpose. I print this letter in hopes that the
writer may see it and send me his address, when the seeds will be immediately for-
warded.
NEAREST EXPRESS OFFICE.
The post office will not take a parcel weighing over four pounds. Packages
weighing from two to five pounds can often be sent cheaper by express than by
mail. I should esteem it a favor if, in ordering your seeds, you would give me the
nearest express office, and whether it is the American, United States, Adams, National,
New Jersey, Central Union, or Delaware, Lackawanna & Western. State also
whether it will be as convenient for you to have the seeds come by express as by
mail. In either case, I prepay the charges.
DO NOT FORGET MY FLOWER SEEDS.
I love flowers, and I want every farmer to have a good flower and vegetable gar-
den. I have taken great pains to select just such kinds and varieties as will be sure
to give satisfaction.
My list of flowers is larger than last year, but it is none too large. It contains noth-
ing that is not desirable. I would advise all my friends and customers to order the
entire list.
BOWKER’S AMMONIATED FOOD FOR FLOWERS.
This is a superior article. I know of nothing equal to it. I will send a package,
containing sufficient quantity for twenty plants for three months, for twenty cents; or
a package containing double the quantity for 35 cents. These are the lowest manu-
facturer’s prices. It will be sent post paid to any address, together with directions for
use. Each package contains a little book on the Culture of House Plants, by Prof.
MAYNARD, Professor of Horticulture in the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Send
for a package and try it on your house plants. ;
OFFICE IN ROCHESTER.
I live on my farm, but I have found it necessary to open an office where my seeds
can be obtained in Rochester. It is No. 81 Exchange St. When in town I shall be
glad to see my friends.
CHEAP COLLECTIONS OF FLOWER SEEDS.
I am very desirous of having my choice flower seeds extensively tried. I will
have two collections put up, ready for instant transmission by mail.
_ No. 1 CoLLection, contains a packet of every kind and variety of flower seeds in
my Catalogue. There are twenty-four packets. The price at catalogue rates is $2.50.
I will send the whole to any address, prepaid by return mail, for $1.75.
CoLLEcTION No. 2,—Contains a packet of the best varieties of each kind of flowers,
viz.: one packet each of Sweet Alyssum, Aster, Balsam, Candytuft, Convolvulus,
Dianthus, Mignonette, Pansy, Petunia, Phlox Drummondii, Portulaca, Ten Wecks
Stock, Sweet Pea, Verbena and Double Zinnia. At catalogue rates, the price is $1.55.
This fine collection will be sent, prepaid by mail, for $1.00.
Send on the orders and the seeds will be forwarded by return mail.
Address,
* JOSEPH HARRIS,
Moreton Farm, Rochester, N. Y-
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
SMa HOD (it Sr
OF
MORETON FARM VEGETABLE SEEDS.
THE following list of Vegetable Seeds contains only such varieties as I would sow
or plant myself.
send for a packet of every kind and of every variety in the list.
seed catalogues of which this can be said.
ASPARAGUS.
This delicious vegetable is not as com-
mon in farmers’ gardens as it should be.
Sow the seed this spring in rows, fifteen
inches apart, in
rich, mellow soil.
Keep the bed free
from weeds by the
frequent use of the
hoe. Next spring
set out the plants
in a deep, well-en-
mon mistake is to set out old plants and to
set them too thick.
Asparagus, Conover’s Collossal, the
largest and best. Per Ib., 70 cts.; 14 Ib.,
20 cts.; per oz., 10 cts.; per packet, -- -
BUSH BEANS.
For early Bush Beans, select warm,
sandy, well-enriched soil in a sheltered
situation. Early Beans should be sown
thicker and on-richer land than the later
varieties. Where a horse-hoe is used,
plant in rows two feet to two and a half
apart. Sow the seed in the row about an
inch apart, and cover two inches deep with
loose, warm, mellow soil. If the svil is
rather heavy, do not cover so deep. Ina
small garden where the horse-hoe is not
used, take a marker with teeth fifteen’
inches apart. Mark off the rows one way
and sow the beans in the row, about one
5
Any one who wishes a good garden might do a worse thing than to.
I think there are few
and a half inches apart. Or, mark off the
land as before, in rows fifteen inches.
apart, and then draw the marker across
them at right angles. This will leave the
land marked off into rows fifteen inches
apart each way. Where the lines inter-
sect plant a hill of beans, putting five or
six beans in each hill. Cover about two
inches deep and press the soil flat and
smooth with the back of the hoe. The
advantage of planting beans in this way
is, that the land can be kept clean and
mellow by the free use of the hoe on all
sides of the bunch of plants.
If there is danger of frost, just as the
beans are cracking the earth in the hill,
draw a little light sdil over them with
the hoe.
It is quite an object to get Beans as
early as possible, and it is worth while
running a little risk of losing the seed by
early planting. I would get two packets
of early Beans, say one of Early Valen-
tine and one of Wax or Butter. Plant one
packet just as early as the land is dry and
warm, and plant the other packet a week
later. If the first beans are cut down by
a frost, you have another chance with the
later planted packet.
For the main crop, plant the Wax, or
Butter Bean in rows or hills, as most con-
venient. For succotash, or for shelling
green or dry, plant the White Kidney or
Royal Dwarf. It is well to plant them
early, but not before the ground is quite
warm, say about the time corn is planted.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 9:
Beans, Early Valentine, the earliest
good string bean. Per pint, 30 cents;
permpackets. 2201s.) Ree, eee eee cee
Wax, or Butter, the best and most
popular variety; pods solid, stringless,
tender and almost transparent; it can-
not be too highly recommended. Per
quart, 60 cts.; per pint, 35 cts.; per
- large packet,
White Kidney or Royal Dwarf,
one of the best beans for succotash or
for shelling green or dry; also unsur-
passed for baking. Hardy, medium
early and very productive. Per quart,
55 cents; per pint, 30 cents; per packet,
POLE or RUNNING BEANS:
The large Lima Bean is so delicious and
so productive that it is well worth while
taking a little trouble to raise it in perfec-
tion. It is a tender plant, easily destroyed
by frost or its growth retarded by a cold,
wet soil.
It is desirable to plant the Lima Bean
early, so as to get a full season’s growth,
but nothing is gained by planting before
the soil is warm enough to insure speedy
germination. A good plan is to select,
early in the spring, the place where the
beans are to be planted. It should have a
good exposure to the sun. The land should
be dry and rich. The hills should be
about four feet apart each way. The
plan I suggest is to make the hills early in
the spring. If it is necessary to manure
the land, get some well rotted horse-dung
and put two or three shovelfuls to each
hill, Let this manure be thoroughly
worked into the soil to the depth of six
inches. Work over the soil and manure
with a hoe or potato hook, in a space, say
two feet in diameter, till you can hardly
see any of the manure left.
The earlier this work is done after the
‘soil is dry enough in the spring, the better.
But do not plant the Beans. Let the hills
be exposed to the sun, and during dry,
warm days stir the soil three or four inches
deep with a hoe. This is to let in the
sun’s rays. The object is to warm the
soil, A little increase of temperature will
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be a great gain. If the hills are on the
south or south-east side of a wall or tight
board fence, the soil will be decidedly
warmer and the beans can be _ planted.
earlier.
It is a good plan to put the poles firmly
in the hill at the time or before the beans
are planted. The poles should be six feet
long. Plant four or five beans around the
pole in the hill, and say four or five inches.
from it. Plant the beans with the eyes
down and cover with two or three inches.
of warm, fine, mellow soil.
PoLE OR RUNNING BEANS.
Large Lima, the most delicious bean
in the world. Per quart, 95 cts.; per
pinteeo0 Cts: per. packet, > - see). 22 15;
Speckled Cranberry, or London
Horticultural, a very useful and pop-
ular variety; excellent for snaps in the
green state and also for shelling. Per
pint, 40.cts; sper packet... 2 22 ae. 15
Scarlet Runner, useful and orna-
mental; very popular in England;
grows from eight to ten feet high and
produces a constant succession of scarlet
flowers and delicious string beans; oft-
en used to form a quick growing and
ornamental screen. Per pint, 40 cents;
Per; Pace tee sew ee eon A il ee
BEETS.
Beets delight in a good, strong soil. If
well drained and thoroughly worked, even
a clay soil will produce good beets. But
it must be rich and mellow.
For early beets, the soil should be of a
warmer and more sandy nature than for the:
latecrop. Rapid growth is desirable. The
land should be liberally manured and the
manure thoroughly worked into the soil.
A dressing of superphosphate, say two lbs.
to the square rod, sown broad-cast will be:
very beneficial. Mark out the land in
rows fifteen inches apart, and drill in or
sow the seed in the rows, say one seed to
each inch. This may be considered thick.
seeding; but it is a great nuisance to have
land only half occupied. Better sow thick
enough to insure a full crop. If too thick,
as they probably will be, thin out the
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plants and use them for ‘‘ greens.”
smaller ones to
If this is carefully done, a small
plat of Early Bassano or Dewing’s Im-
proved Blood Turnip
great supply.
them out, leaving the
grow.
furnish
will al
Beet, Egyptian Blood Turnip, early
and delicious when young; later in the
season no better than Bassano, and
sometimes not as good. I find it very
difficult to raise the seed of this vari-
ety. Perlb., $1.00; per 4 Ib., 30 cts. ;
per oz., 10 cents; per packet, __-_.... 5
Extra Early Bassano, (Fig. 4), the
standard variety for home use; early,
tender and delicious. Per l]b., 75 cts. ;
per 4 lb., 20 cents; per oz., 8 cents,
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Early Blood Turnip, (Fig. 2), the
most popular early variety for market;
handsome, tender and of excellent
quality; it does well in all sections, and
is more extensively grown throughout
the United States and Canada than any
other*beet; it grows rapidly and is soon
fit for the table; and when sown late
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
As} it keeps well and is valuable for win-
soon as any are large enough for use, thin | ter use.
Per lb., 75 cents; per 4 lb.,
20 cents; per oz., 8 cents; per paper, -
Dewing’s Improved Blood Turnip,
(Fig. 5.) This excellent variety is ear-
lier than Blood Turnip, but not so
dark colored; grows more out of the
ground ; excellent
for the table, for
home use, and a
profitable variety
to grow for mar-
ket. Per 1b.,70 cts.;
per 4 lb., 20 cents;
per oz., 8 cts.; per
paper,
Long Smooth
Blcod Red. (Fig.7).
This is the best and
most popular of the
long beets, either
for market or for
home use. Per lIb.,
75 cents; per ly Ilb.,
20 cts.; per oz., 8
cents; per paper, --
Imperial Sugar,
(Fig. 3.) I have
grown this variety
more or less for
It is the sweetest of
seventeen years.
sugar beets, easily raised, and consid-
ering the amount of sugar it contains,
quite productive. Per lb., 75 cents;
per lf lb., 20 cents; per oz., 8 cents;
per packet,
MANGEL WURZEL, OR STOCK BEETS,
These immensely productive beets are
grown almost exclusively for stock. Their
true place is in the field, where they can
be kept clean by the use of the horse hoe.
But they may, nevertheless, be profitably
grown in the garden. Make the land very
rich. Drill in the seed in rows fifteen
inches apart, as early as the soil can be
properly worked, but not earlier. As soon
as the plants appear, clean out the weeds
between the rows with a hoe, and a few
days later hoe again, and at the same time
thin out the ‘plants in the row, leaving only
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER
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one plant in a place and not nearer than
eight inches apart.
fairly started there is no further trouble.
If the land is rich enough it is an easy
matter to grow, when sown as thick as
here stated, 100 bushels on ten square rods,
or say a piece of land five rods long and
two rods wide. A milch cow will be very
grateful for these mangels in the spring,
and show her gratitude in the pail and in
the churn. Drill in not less than one
pound of seed on twenty square rods, or at
the rate of eight pounds per acre.
Improved Yellow Globe.—This variety
has proved eminently satisfactory. I saw
nothing better in England. In fact, when
I left home in July, my own Yellow Globe
Mangels were larger and better than any I
saw abroad. I am satisfied that our cli-
mate is admirably adapted to the growing of
Beets and Mangel Wurzels.
If you are not prepared to grow them
extensively as a field crop, sow a few
in the garden. Per lb., 75 cts.; 14 Ib.,
40 cents; $ lb., 20 ane per 02., 8¢.;
per packet,
Carter’s Orange Globe Mangel, one
of the best English Mangels. It is sup-
posed to be represented in the annexed
engraving (Fig. 6). I do not wish to
hurt the artist’s feelings, and will only
say that the Mangel is better than the
picture. Per lb., 75 cts. ; 44 lb., 40 cts. ;
Yy Ib., 25 cts. ; per oz. eer : per packet,
eee Improved ime Sugar
Beet. The seed of this variety is not
of my own growing. I get it «irect
from Mr. Lane, and it is undoubtedly
pure and good. Per lb., 75 cts.; ¥g
lb., 40 cts.; 14 Ib., 20 ish per 0z., 8
gents-iper packet, U) J223. 28. Ute ae
Mammoth Long Red. Some of my
correspondents who tried both kinds
last year report favorably of this vari-
ety. They think it produces a larger
yield per acre. In this they are prob-
ably right. But much depends on the
soil. It is best suited to deep, rich
soils. The land can hardly be made
too rich. On such land the yield is
sometimes enormous. Per Ib., 75 cts.;
After the plants get | ct
| 1b., 40 cts.; 4 1b., 25 cts.;
s., per packet,
per 0z.,
BEETS FOR SUGAR.
The United Siates will sooner or later
raise a large quantity of sugar from the
Beet, and it may be much sooner than
we expect. There can be no doubt of our
ability to grow the beets, and the manu-
facturers tell me that the only thing that
stands in the way of the successful and
profitable manufacture of beet sugar in
this country is the difficulty of inducing
farmers to grow the beets.
Try a few of them in the garden, and
in this way get acquainted with the
plant. A little experience is worth a
cart-load of beet literature. My seed
is imported from the very best Ger-
man growers. Per lb., 70 cts.; 4 1b.,
40 cts; $ 1b., 25 cts.; per oz., 8 cts.;
per packet,
CABBAGE.
In my catalogue last year I said, ‘‘ The
longer I raise Cabbage as a field crop the
better I like them. I raise more and more
every year, and find them very profitable.
We can afford to grow them for milch
cows and for well-bred sheep, but J would
not raise them for this purpose alone.
Grow them largely, and if there is a de-
mand for them in market, sell them; if
not, feed them out to the stock. Last year
I set out 30,000 Cabbage plants to fill va-
cancies in my field of roots. They cost
me nothing except the seed and the labor
of setting out the plants and harvesting
{the crop. Cabbage were scarce last Fall
and I sold them, on the farm, for 3 and 4
cents a head, and for 4 and 5 cents in the
city by the wagon load.”
Last year (1879) I raised over 100,000
Cabbage of one variety, the Harris Short-
stem Drumhead. I do not think I should
raise Cabbage merely as food for stock.
In this country, Indian corn is so cheap
that it is difficult to grow anything that,
so far as mere nutriment is concerned,
will compete with it. But taking into
consideration the fact that you can al-
most always sell at least a portion of
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your crop at a fair price, and that what
you cannot sell will prove very acceptable
to your cows, sheep, pigs, &c., I feel more
and more convinced that Cabbage can be
raised on many farms with great advant-
age. This is especially true of those farms
where improved stock is kept fcr breed-
ing purposes. Farmers would often raise
more cabbage if they had the plants; and
the reason they have not the plants is be-
cause they do not sow the seed.
Seed is cheap, and the labor of sowing
it not worth taking into consideration.
I sow my seed with a garden drill in
rows fifteen inches apart; and that is all
there is to it. As soon as the plants ap-
pear hoe the ground between the rows
und keep hoeing.
Of course, it is desirable to select good,
rich mellow land for the seed-bed. And I
usually sow on it, broad-cast, two lbs. of
superphosphate to the square rod, and
harrow it in and roll or rake the land
smooth and level before drilling in the seed.
When the plants are large enough to
set out, select, if possible, a rainy day.
Or better still, keep an eye on the weather
reports, and when a heavy rain is pre-
dicted, go over the seed-bed with a hoe,
potato-hook or fork, and break up the soil
between the rows as deep as the roots of
the cabbage plants extend. Then when
the rain comes it will go down to the roots.
Take up the plants with a fork. The
object is to let as much soil as possible
adhere to the fine roots. If there is not as
much soil on the roots as you desire, make a
‘‘puddle” of thick muddy water in a pail,
wash-tub or half-barrel, get a handful of
the cabbage and dip the roots in this mud-
dy water.
In setting out the plants, be careful to
press the soil firm around the roots. The
plants should be set so deep that the lower
leaves will be a little below the surface of
the ground. This will leave a little hol-
low or depression round the plant. The
most important point, however, in trans-
planting cabbage, is to see that there is no
hole below the roots and that the soil is
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JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Some writers tell us that we should test
the work by taking hold of the plants and
see how hard a pull they will stand. If
they come up easily it is evident that the
men are not setting them out carefully.
This is all very well as far as it goes. But
a man may press the soil so firmly around
the stem that the cabbage would stand
quite a pull and you would suppose it was
properly transplanted, while in fact there
might be a hollow space about the roots.
This is like leaving your feet bare and try-
ing to keep them warm by putting on a
pair of garters.
As to the best soil for cabbage, much de-
pends on the season and still more on the
preparation, manuring and cultivation.
Last year I had good cabbage growing on.
a light sandy loam, a clay loam and on a
black mucky soil. There was little or no
difference. You can grow splendid cab-
bage on any land if it is drained, well
prepared and abundantly manured, and the
weeds are kept down by the free use of
the cultivator and hoe. The time of sow-
ing the seed depends on the variety and
on the time you wish to market the eab-
bage.
For early cabbage, the earlier the seed is
sown in the spring the better. And it is
well to sow «a little in a hot-bed. Those
who grow early cabbage for market sow
the seed in the fall, and winter over the
young plants. These are set out in the
spring as early as the land can be properly
worked. The plan is an excellent one
and the profits are sometimes quite large.
One of my neighbors who is a market
gardener still sticks to the old method of
sowing the seed early in the spring in a
hot-bed, and he gets cabbages in market
full as early as I can get them from plants
wintered over. He buys his seed from me
and thinks I can raise seed better than I
can raise early cabbage for market!
For second early cabbage I would sow
Fottler’s Drumhead as early in the spring
as the frost 1s out of the ground. The
cabbage will be ready to cut by the last of
July,immediately following the Early York
pressed tightly on all sides of the roots. | or Early Wakefield.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
For a fall cabbage, I would sow Fott-
Jer’s Drumhead, two weeks later, say
about the time or a little before you plant
corn.
For winter cabbage, sauer-kraut, &c.,
sow the Premium Flat Dutch a little be-
fore the time you plant corn.
In regard to varieties, however, much
depends on the character and richness of
the soil and the object for which you raise
the cabbage.
For my own use I prefer Early York tu
Early Wakefield, but for market Early
Wakefield is far more profitable than
Early York.
If your land is not very rich and you
have difficulty in making cabbages form
good heads the Winningstadt is the variety
most likely to give satisfaction, both asa
summer, fall and winter cabbage.
On richer land and with good cultiva-
tion, there is no better general cabbage
than Fottler’s Drumhead.
For late fall and winter Stone-Mason is
-excellent.
For winter cabbage Premium Flat Dutch
is a universal favorite.
An ounce of seed, it is said, will produce
1500 to 2000 plants.
Be sure to sow seed enough, for it is
rare that any one has more plants than he
-can profitably use or dispose of. I could
give away several thousand plants every
Spring to my neighbors.
Cabbage, Early York, the earliest
and best Cabbage for home use, but
too small and too good for market.
Per oz., 15 cents; per packet, ..____-
Early Jersey Wakefield, the most
popular and earliest market Cabbage;
good size and sure to head. Per oz.,
40 cents; per 4 0z., 25 cents; per pack-
Winningstadt, conical; second early,
coming immediately after Early York
and Early Wakefield; much larger and
sure to head; excellent quality; one of
the very best Cabbage for general cul-
tivation; good for summer,autumn and
winter use. Per oz., 30 cts.; per packet,
Fottler’s Drumhead, or Improved
Brunswick, a large, handsome, second
early variety; excellent for home use
or for market; can be grown also as a
winter variety. Per oz.,35 cents; per
4 oz., 20 cents; per packet,
Harris’ Short-stem Drumhead, sec-
ond early; large heads; very white,
crisp and solid. I grow it both as a
summer and winter variety. It isa
very profitable market kind to follow
the Jersey Wakefield.
small quantity of seed, raised from a
few of the best selected heads. Last
spring, some of the seed-growers and
market gardeners wanted to take all
the seed I had. I wish to have it gen-
erally tested and will sell it only in
small quantities. It is pure stock seed.
Per packet,
Stone-Mason, (Fig. 7), a very hardy
winter variety; sure to head; good qual-
I have only a-
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10
20
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ity. It sometimes rots at the stem, but
I have raised many thousands of them
and never lost more than one or two
in a thousand from this cause. It isa
good market variety. Per lb., $2.75;
ly lb., $1.00; 0z., 30 cts.; per packet,
Premium Flat Dutch, (Fig. 6), ex-
cellent quality; good size; one of the
very best late Cabbages; sure to head,
and the head very firm and tender. It
is the most profitable of all Cabbages
for market late in the autumn. I
think the seed I offer will be found
unusually good. Try it. Perlb., $2.50;
per + lb., 75 cents; per oz., 25 cents;
large packet,
10
10
Drumhead Savoy, (Fig. 8), the larg-
est Savoy Cabbage yet introduced. Per
0Z.,.20 Cents: per packet, _.-..-...... 5
Red Pickling, very fine. Per oz.,
SU. Gentss per packets. 22s see ees
CARROTS.
Carrots are one of those crops which a
farmer can often raise to good advantage.
They are good for the table, good to sell
and good for his own stock.
My friends in the city often ask if I have
carrots for sale. They want them for
their horses. There is a good demand for
carrots for this purpose.
When a horse hoe cana be used, sow in
rows two feet apart. The land should be
rich, deep and mellow. Make the rows
straight; drill in plenty of seed, say one
pound of seed to 2500 feet of row, or 50
rows 50 fect long.
I advise thick seeding, not because I
want to sell the seed, but because I feel
sure this is the better plan. If the carrots
are thick in the row, they check the growth
of weeds. And the weeds between the
rows can be killed with the horse hoe.
More or less thinning will be required.
The larger varieties of carrots, such as the
White Belgium, are thinned out to five or
six inches apart in the row. This requires
considerable labor and skill.
For my own use, I decidedly prefer the
smaller varieties. They are much more
delicate for the table, and they are somuch
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
more nutritious than the larger varieties
that I think it quite probable that quite as
much actual food can be raised on a given
area With the Early Short Horn or the
Half Long, as with the White Belgium.
And besides this, it is far less work to
tend a crop of Short Horns or Half Longs,
than a crop of the larger kinds, for the
reason that it is not necessary to take much
pains in thinning them out. They can be
left in bunches of four or five together.
They will crowd each other laterally like a
bunch of onions, and you will, if the soil
is rich enough, and the weeds are kept out
in the rows, have a great yield of carrots.
The Short Horns or Half Longs, too, are
easily harvested. These varieties do not
grow out of the ground. They can be left
till the ground is crusted over with frost
without injury.
I harvest my carrots when the ground is
crusted over with frost. Go along the
rows and gather all the leaves that can be
easily stripped off by handfulls. We do
not aim to get them all off—merely the
biggest of them. An energetic man can
strip off four-fifths of the leaves nearly as
fast as a slow man would walk.
We then pull out the carrots with potato
hooks and pitch them into bushel baskets,
one man to a basket, and pile them in
heaps in the field, just as we do potatoes.
Cover with plenty of dry straw, say
eight or ten inches thick, and six inches of
soil on top. The straw will absorb the mois-
ture from the carrots and the few leaves
that are left will do no injury.
The work can be done in one-tenth of
the time required to twist the leaves off
each carrot separately. The carrots re-
main in the pits till wanted for the horses
or milch cows, when a cart load or two are
taken into the root cellar.
Carrot, Early French Short Horn.
For table use no other carrot can com-
pare with this. Short; nearly as thick
at the bottom as at the top; very ten-
der, delicate and delicious, and so nu-
tritious as to be well worth raising for
stock. Per lb., $1.25; per oz., 15 cts. ;
per packetyi.su. 0.20) 22 c0luG2_ Bee 5
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Half Long, a very choice variety.
Deep red, very firm and solid, nearly
coreless. Larger and longer than early
Short Horn. Very productive and a
desirable variety both for the table and
for stock. Per 1b., $1.50; per oz., 15
cents; per packet,
Long Orange, good for market, for
stock and for the table, for the field
and for the garden. Per lb., $1.25;
perwoz. 1a cents; per packet;{22252—~
or
Large White Belgium, the largest
carrot grown. The most popular and
productive variety for field crop. Per
Ib:; %o Cents; per oz., 8 cents; per
packet,
CAULIFLOWERS.
I do not raise cauliflower seed. It is
rarely if ever, grown in this country. The
seed I offer is imported from the best and
most reliable growers, and I think will be
found good.
There is much poor cauliflower seed
sown and a good deal of poor cultivation,
and either from one or the other of these
causes a fine patch of cauliflower is by no
means common.
Cauliflowers, to grow them to perfection,
require a very rich, deep, moist (but well-
drained) soil.
For very early cauliflowers, the seed is
sown in the Fall and the plants wintered
over and set out inthe Spring. But cauli-
fiowers can be obtained nearly, and some-
times quite as early, by sowing the seed in
a hot-bed and pricking them out into a
cooler hot-bed or cold frame with room
enough to let them become strong, stocky
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plants. The soil in the cold frame should
not be too rich.
Set them out on very vich land. It is al-
most impdssible to make the land too rich
for early cabbage or early cauliflower.
The manure should be well rotted and
thoroughly worked into the soil. A ton
of manure to two square rods is none
too much, and if a teaspoonful of super-
phosphate is applied to each plant and
mixed thoroughly with the soil immediate-
ly in contact with the roots, you may ex-
pect a great crop.
For the main crop of cauliflower, sow
the seed in the open ground about the
time you plant corn, or from ten days to
two weeks earlier. Select good, warm,
rich soil and spade it deep, and rake it till
very fine and mellow. Scatteron it broad-
cast, two or three pounds of superphos-
phate to the square rod and sow the seed
in rows fifteen inches apart, and run a
hand roller over the bed or make it smooth
and firm by tapping it with the back of the
spade. Sow three or four seeds to the
inch, so that the black beetle can eat
half the plants and still leave them thick
enough.
Hoe frequently and suffer not a weed to
grow.
Thin out the plants to three inches apart
and set them out before they begin to
crowd. You want good, strong, stocky
plants, with short stems and a good bunch
of fine roots.
Set in rows two and a-half or three feet
apart, and two feet in the rows.
Cultivate and hoe thoroughly and keep
the soil clean and mellow.
Cauliflowers require moisture. There is
water enough in the soil if you do not suf-
fer it to escape. Keep the soil well mulch-
ed with an inch or two of loose, fine earth,
on the surface; in other words hoe or rake
the surface frequently, and never let it
form a crust. And recollect that weeds
pump up large quantities of water from
the soil which would otherwise be useful
to the cultivated crop.
Cauliflower, Early Paris. I have
grown this variety for over a quarter of
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a century. When good seed can be
obtained we need nothing better. It
is very early and very good; and, if
sown late, it is a very useful variety,
for the late or main crop, being more
likely to head in an unfavorable season
than the larger or later kinds. Per
oz., $1.50; per 4 oz., 80 cents; per
packet
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Erfurt, Earliest Dwarf, the earliest
and most popular new variety; short
stem; large, white head; tender and
delicious. Per oz., $1.75; per 4 oz.,
90 cents; per packet, 20
Large Lenormand, the largest and
best for the late or main crop. I rais-
ed 3,000 head of this variety in 1878,
and with better results than any other
kindI have ever grown. Tryit. Per
oz., $1.50; per 4 oz., 80 cents; per
packet, 20
Walcheren, very popular, very
hardy and very good. Per oz., $1.00;
per 4 0z., 60 cents; per packet,-....-- 15
CELERY.
This is one of the most healthful and
delicious of vegetables. Everybody likes
it; nobody has enough of it. And yet it
is not difficult to grow or to keep or to
market.
After selecting a good variety and secur-
ing good seed, the real point is to get
strong, stocky plants. With such plants, it
is an easy matter to raise a fine crop of
celery.
For early crop, sow a few rows in the
hot-bed, or in a box or flower pots in the
house. When the plants are an inch or so
high, transplant, to give them more room,
either into another hot-bed or into the open
ground.
For the main crop, select a light, warm
soil, on a sunny border sheltered from the
wind. It cannot be too rich. A good
plan is, not to spade the soil and thus turn
up the cold subsoil, but to hoe and rake
till the surface is fine, and if you have
plenty of leaf mould spread it on the bor-
der two or three inches thick and hoe it
into the fine mellow soil.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Then sow the seed in rows five or six
inches apart, or wide enough to admit the
use of a narrow hoe. Never sow broad-
cast, as the seeds are slow in germinating,
and the plants will stand a good chance of
being smoothered by the weeds. Sow as
early as the frost is out of the ground.
Set out the young plants into rows 15
inches apart and two inches apart in the
row. The great point is to get good, strong,
stocky plants.
I usually plant celery where we have
had early peas. But if the land had been
plowed and kept free from weeds with no
crop on it, it would be more moist and thus
better for the celery. But a crop of early
potatoes or early peas will be a better pre-
paration for celery thaa a rank crop of
weeds.
CELERY—BOSTON MARKET.
Plow the ground deep and well, and
work it thoroughly with the harrow and
cultivator. I then plow deep, double fur.
rows, four feet apart, and put in a liberal
dressing of well-rotted, moist manure, say
from an old hot-bed. Work this thorough-
ly into the soil in the trenches or furrows
and cover it three or four inches deep with
rich surface soil. Harrow or rake or roll
until the surface is smooth and fine.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
The great point is to keep in the moist-
‘ure. The plants in the bed should be taken
up with care, so as to retain as much
moist earth about the roots as possible.
‘Trim the leaves a little and set out the
plants in the row or trench
six or seven inches apart
and press the earth very
firm about the roots.
The best way to keep
celery is to dig a narrow
trench, on dry land, like
an under-drain. You want
a sharp bright spade, so
as to cut a clean trench.
Then put in the celery, as
shown in the accompany-
ing illustration, standing
up as it grew. Place the
celery plants two or three
side by side, or enough to
fill the trench. Press the
roots firm together, and if
any soil remains on the
roots, so much the better.
The soil will help to keep
INCOMPARABLE the celery fresh and sweet
DWARF. and prevent decomposition
during warm weather in winter. When the
celery plants are allin, cover the trench with
boards, running lengthwise of the trench.
We usually put on the top and sides of the
boards some bundles of corn stalks, and
<over the whole with leaves, straw, or any
other material that will keep out frost. I
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Celery, Turner’s Incomparable
Dwarf White. For my own use I
grow this variety exclusively; I know
of nothing better. It is of Dwarf habit
and is sure to blanch: it is white, crisp,
solid, handsome and delicious. Per
oz., 20 cents; per packet,
Carter’s Incomparable Dwarf Dark
Crimson, similar to the above, except
that before blanching it is red. It is
a very desirable variety, none more so.
Per oz.. 20 cents; per packet,
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Boston Market, a favorite with
market gardeners. Per oz., 35 cents;
per packet wes... sees ee =. 10
Sealey’s Leviathan, very large,
white, solid and excellent flavor. The
best of the large kinds. Per oz., 20
cents; per packet,
Turnip Rooted Celery. I either do
not know how to raise this variety or
it is not worthy of much attention; it
is useful, perhaps, for flavoring soup,
ete. .Peroz.; 20'cents; per packet, "= ~~ 5
CORN, SWEET.
For early sweet corn, select a dry, warm,
sandy soil. If the land was plowed in the
fall, I should not plow again—merely cul-
tivate, harrow, hoe and rake the surface.
The surface soil that has been exposed to
L8 JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER; N. Y.
variety in New England, and well
the sun for some days or weeks is much |
| worthy of more extensive cultivation.
warmer than the soil six or eight inches
deep, and it is a mistake to turn up this} Per pint, 30 cents; per packet, ---.-.-- 10
cold soil for early corn. Crosby’s Early Eight-Rowed Su-
A little superphosphate in the hill orrow | gar. (Fig. 4). A little later than Rus.
will give the corn a start and favor early | sell’s Prolific; sweet and good. Per
10
miuturity. My own plan isto plant early | pint, 30 cents; per packet, ....-.-.---
corn in rows 8} fect apart, and three or| Stowell’s Evergreen. (Fig. 5).
four kernels of corn in hills, 15 or 18} Late; and when ‘‘ well-bred” a most
inches apart in the row. Plant half your | uscful variety, affording excellent and
Early Minnesota seed just as soon as the | delicious sweet corn late in summer
land is in good condition, and a week }and autumn, The best and most pop-
later plant the other half. And at the|ular kind for drying. Per quart, 45
cents; per pint, 25 cents; per packet, 10
same time plant some Russell’s prolific.
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green. Make the land rich, and keep it| Agricultural Seeds.
well cultivated and free from weeds.
PARCHING OB POP CORN.
Sweet Corn, Early Minnesota —
(Fig. 1). The earliest and best; sweet, Charley’s Pop Corn. (Fig. 6). A
tender and good flavor. Per pint, 380 desirable variety; very productive and
cents; per packet, —.... 3. sees 10/sure to pop. Try it. Per pint, 30
Russell’s Prolific. (Fig 2). A lit- cents; per packet, .....--.--.-------- 10
tle later than Early Minnesota; ears
larger, sweeter and better; avery supe- CRESS OR PEPPERGRASS.
rior variety. Per pint, 380 cents; per To bring out its real merits as a mildly
packet, ---.-.--..-.---------------. 10| pungent salad, cress should be grown
Moore’s Early Concord. (Fig. 3). rapidly and cut before it begins to run up
A little later than Russell’s Prolific, to seed. Make the land rich and sow in
but thicker and larger; a very popular shallow drills, wide enough apart to admit
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
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the use of the hoe. Sow as soon as the| in each hill and mix thoroughly with the
frost is out of the ground and at intervals
soil at the time of planting. Keep the
afterwards of a week or ten days. land free from weeds. The sooner you
cut the cucumbers the less will the vines
the productiveness of the vines.
Cucumber, Early Russian. Thisis
the earliest cucumber; grows from
three to four inches long; hardy and
productive. Per oz., 10 cents; per
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Early Green Cluster, early and
Cress, Extra Fine Curled. This eae” productive. Per oz., 10 cents;
is the best variety. If the land is rich SE ee
and moist two or three cuttings may Early White Spine or Boston
be obtained from one sowing. Per | Market. (Fig. 3). Good size, straight,
OveeLO cents; per Packet; 7... -)-- 2" 5 | handsome, good flavor and very pro-
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dence, pronounces it ‘‘ the best for fore-
salad. It can be grown ina moist soil, : ;
ing or for out-door culture. It isa
but it flourishes best in a ditch or i ‘aE a F
; : very popular market variety
stream where tire is, at least part of ery Hie =e : Nets t ‘
: ucumbers keep fresh and green <¢
the year, shallow, running water. Per cue eee | ree an
= : = 7 do not turn yellow. There is no bet-
oz., 50 cents; per 4 oz., 30 cents; per J J
packet 10 | ter variety for both market and family
3 Ee BT ee Vas iuse. Per Ib., $1.00; per oz., 10 cents:
| per packet, 6. 2485 eee eee. 2
CUCUMBERS.
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Select a warm, well-drained, sandy soil, |
andif it is somewhat of a mucky character |
all the better. Plow the whole land early
in the season and keep it well cultivated or
harrowed to keep down the weeds. Then
when the soil is well warmed and there is
little danger of frosty nights, make holes 4
feet apart each way and put in them a good
shovelful of well-rotted manure. Work
the manure into the soil by tearing or chop-
ping it to pieces with a hoe or spade, thor-
oughly mixing it with the soil in the hill. |
Put in ten or twelve seeds in each hiil |
about an inch deep, and when the plants)
appear keep down the weeds and draw a |
little fresh earth about the plants. Thin | Improved Long Green. (Fig. 1)
out gradually, and ultimately leave only | This is my favorite variety; it is dark
three or four of the strongest plants in| green, long, straight, handsome, solid
each hill. | and very productive; good for the
I find superphosphate an excellent man- ‘table and excellent for pickles. Per b.,
ure forcucumbers. Put a tablespoonful | $1.25; per oz., 15 cents; per packet, -
be exhausted. If you allow even one cu-
cumber to go to seed it will greatly reduce
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EGG PLANT.
There is no difficulty in raising this deli-
cious vegetable in the open air, after you
have got the plants. But the plants must
be raised in a hot bed or in boxes in the
house. Sow the seed in this latitude the
first or second week in April; set out the
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June, in a loose,
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three feet apart
and two feet in
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Mi) . warm, sheltered
HW situation, and
keep the ground
is, mcllow and free
from weeds. Hill up a little as the plants
grow, and keep off the potato bugs.
Egg Plant, New York Improved
Purple. Very large, early and hardy;
best for the northern States. Is much
larger and of a deeper color than the
old variety, and far superior in every
respect. I feel confident that it will
please you. Try it. Per oz., 60 cts.;
per half oz., 35 cents; per packet,.... 10
KOBL BABE.
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This is classed among the ‘‘ root crops,’
such as beets, mangels, turnips, carrots,
parsnips, &c. In point of fact, however,
it has many properties of the cabbage as
well as of the turnip. Its root or ‘‘bulb”
is entirely out of the ground. It has all
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the qualities of the Swede turnip or ruta
baga, and possesses several decided ad-
vantages in addition. It is grown pre-
cisely like the turnip, but it will stand
our dry climate far better. It is very nu-
tritious; cows and sheep are very fond of
it and, unlike turnips, it does not impart
any unpleasant flavor to the milk or
butter.
Its cultivation is similar to that of the
turnip, with this exception: it should be
sown earlier—say about the same time you
sow beets or mangels. It has one advant-
age over the mangel wurzel. It is excel-
lent for the table as well as for stock.
It is one of those crops which a far-
mer can raise either for market or to
feed out on the farm to stock. If there is
a good demand for it in market, sell it; if
not, feed it out. The Kohl Rabi grower,
like the cabbage grower, has two strings to
his bow; with mangel wurzel he has only
one. I can confidently recommend this
crop as well worthy of trial.
I am not myself in the habit of trans-
planting Kohl Rabi, preferring to sow it in
rows where it is
intended to re-
main and thin out
the plants twelve
inches apart*as we
do turnips and
mangels. But it
may be well to
state that the =
plants can be transplanted as safely as cab.
bage. We give an illustration of the plant.
Kohl Rabi, Large Green or White.
Per lb., $2.00; per oz., 20 cents; per
packet,
LETTUCE.
The varieties of lettuce are innumerable,
but they are divided into two classes-—the
Cos lettuce, which has long, erect, narrow
leaves, and the Cabbage lettuce. The for-
mer do not show any inclination to head,
but the latter when grown in perfection
has a firm, solid head like the cabbage.
In our dry, hot climate, the cabbage
| varieties, for ordinary cultivation, are de-
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
servedly preferred. Living near me, is an
industrious German woman, who some
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years ago was left a widow with several |
LETTUCE—CABBAGE.
young children. The relatives of the hus-
band tried to get the small farm away
from her, but with the advice and assist-
ance of my friend and neighbor ‘‘the
rel
The seed was offered for sale last year
for the first time. I have written to many
of my customers who tried it and the re-
| ports are highly favorable. The ionger I
raise it the better I like it. The Deacon
| still thinks there is no lettuce to be com-
pared to it.
| Ihave only a small quantity of the seed,
| and the market gardeners would like every
|pound of it. But I will sell it only by the
| ounce and by the packet, as I wish to dis-
tribute it as widely as possible. I feel sure
that it will give good satisfaction.
Sow early in the spring, on very rich,
mellow, well-drained but moist land. A
good plan is to sow in rows 12 inches
|apart, and as soon as the plants are two
inches high remove the plants from every
other row for use. This will leave the
Deacon,” the widow was enabled to hold | yows two feet apart, and if the plants are
the farm, and since then she has been a | thinned out in the row a foot apart you
very successful and prosperous market | will have some large, spleadid lettuce.
gardener. She is especially noted for her
large, fine lettuce, for which, no matter
how overstocked the market may be, she
always manages to find customers willing
to pay her a good price. She is very care-
ful to save her own seed from the best
plants, and has done so for years, till she
has now undoubtedly got a very superior
lettuce. Out of gratitude to the Deacon,
she has from year to year given him a lit- |
tle of the seed, and the Deacon has always
beaten me in lettuce. I never quite liked
to acknowledge this. I was obliged to
admit that he had larger and handsomer
heads of lettuce than any to be found in
my garden, but then,
as to quality, as tastes
differ, there was a
chance for argument!
And so the matter has
stood. Finally the wid-
ow was kind enough
to give me a little of
her selected seed also,
and I am obliged to
admit that I have nev-
er raised any lettuce
that gave so much sat-
isfaction. On this farm it goes by the
name of the ‘‘ Deacon’s Lettuce.”
LETTUCE-—COS.
_Keep the ground well hoed and entirely
| tree from weeds.
| A little super-phosphate sown in the
rows, and well mixed with the soil, say at
the rate of 3 pounds to the square rod, will
| prove a very valuable manure for the let-
tuce crop.
Cabbage Lettuce—The Deacon—
|The best variety for main crop; large,
a rapid grower, hardy, vigorous, sure
| to head; of good quality, crisp, tender,
buttery and excellent flavor. Every
body should try it. Per 4 0z., 50 cts.;
per packet,
10
Early Tennis Ball. My correspond-
ents speak highly of this variety; very
early, and one of the best heading vari-
eties. Per oz., 25 cents; per packet,
Malta Drumhead, or Ice Cabbage.
Very large and every way excellent;
one of the earliest and best of the cab-
bage varieties that issure to head. Fine
flavor, crisp and tender. I have some
choice seed. Per 4 1b., 75 cents; per
oz., 20 cents; per packet,
Early Curled Silesia. This is val-
uable for its earliness. It does not
head, but affords crisp, good flavored
leaves for salad in a very short time
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after sowing. Deservedly popular.
Per + lb., 75 cents; per oz., 20 cents;
per packet eocuce.s oc. ye oe, bo 5
Cos Lettuce—Paris White. Best
and most popular of the Cos lettuce; to
bleach it, tie up the heads,
30 cents; per packet,
MANGEL WURZEL.,
See Beets, page 10, and also Agricultural
Seeds.
Per 0z..,
MELONS.
Much time and skill can be spent in
growing Melons, or they can be grown
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JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
sun, shining through the glass has warmed
the soil, put in a dozen or more seeds,
I have raised fine melons in this way,
but it is more work than farmers are will-
ing to bestow. The glass has to be shaded
when the sun is very hot, and ventilation
must not be neglected. Still, it pays well
for the labor, when the labor is a pleasure
/and a recreation.
But ordinarily, on a farm where the
the land is abundant, the better plan is to
put in a large patch of melons and trust to
a favorable season for a good crop.
Select a warm, light, mellow soil, in the
sunniest and most sheltered part of the
with little more labor than is required to
put the seed into the ground and after-
wards keep the land free from weeds.
I have practiced both plans, I have dug
holes in the ground four feet apart each
way, and into these holes, which should
be about fifteen inches deep and eighteen
inches in diameter, put some warm stable
manure and tread it down firm. Let the
manure be two or three inches above the
ground. Then draw on five or six inches
of fine, rich mellow soil. Cover this hill
with a hand glass, or wooden box witha
glass on top. After a few days, when the
garden or field. Make the hills four feet
apart. Put in a little well rotted manure
and work it thoroughly into the soil. Then
put in a dozen or more seeds, and when
they are well started, thin them out, leav-
ing not more than four plants in a hill.
Keep down the weeds and draw up a little
soil around the plants, making a good flat
hill. A tablespoonful of superphosphate
in each hill, well mixed with the soil, will
be found of great benefit.
James Craib, one of our most successful
gardeners and seed growers, sows his
melons with a drill, in rows five feet apart.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM,
Melon seed is cheap and he sows it freely.
‘IT sow my melons,”
turnips.
he said,
‘“as I sow
I want to be sure of having
plants enough for the worms and the bugs. |
I set the drill to drop a seed every inch
and sometimes it will drop two or three in
an inch. No matter.
As the plants grow,
thin out the weak ones and all that have
been attacked by the bugs.”
He does not thin out all at onec:2
leaves enough for casualties.
eighteen inches to two feet apart.
MUSK MELONS.
Nutmeg, Fine Green. (Fig. 1.) One
of the oldest and best melons, medium
size; flesh green and of fine flavor.
Per lb , $1.00; peri1b., 30 cents; per
oz., 10 cents; per packet,
Musk Melon. HEarly Christina.
The best early melon; flesh yellow,
sweet, juicy, and good flavor. Seed of
this variety is scarce. Last year I
found it difficult to fill all my orders.
I have now some choice seed. Order
eatly. Per oz., 15 cents; per packet, -
Prolific Nutmeg, (Fig. 4.) This is
our favorite musk melon; when well
grown it is unsurpassed in sweetness
and flavor; fruit medium size; netted;
flesh firm, green and thick. I have
some very choice seed. Try it. Fer
lb., $1.25; per $1b., 75 cents; per 1b.,
40 cents; per oz., 15 cents; per packet,
Green Citron. A very popular mar-
ket Musk Melon; fruit nearly round
but flattened at the ends; deeply ribbed;
skin green and thickly netted ; flesh
green, thick, very juicy, and of the
richest and sweetest flavor; an abund-
ant bearer and very hardy. Per Ib.,
$1.00; 4 1b., 80 cents; per oz., 10 cts.;
DCRPAGKEE 2b 522) 5 Gt OS gt ae
White Japanese (Fig. 2), when well
grown, a delicious melon, but to my
taste, somewhat deficient in flavor.
Per oz., 12 cents; per packet, ...._._-
Cassaba, (Fig. 3,) a very large ob-
jong and delicious melon; one of the
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ROCHESTER, N. Y. 23
A little later than the Pro-
It is the
largest musk melon grown. Per lb.,
$1.25, per 4 1b., 75 cents; per Ib. 40
cents; per oz., 15 cents; per packer ee 5
WATER MELONS.
Water Melon, Mountain Sweet,
(Fig. 6,) one of the earliest and best
Water Melons; a long, oval variety;
| large, productive and hardy; rind very
thin; flesh scarlet and solid to the cen-
ter; a very popular market variety.
| Per lb., 80 cents; per 4 Ib., 45 cents;
per + lb., 25 cents; per oz., 10 cents;
per packet,
Black Spanish, (Fig. 5.) Thisis one
of the most satisfactory varieties; fruit
large, roundish; skin dark and ribbed;
flesh deep red, firm, fine-grained, sweet
and delicious flavor. I know of noth-
ing better. It is hardy, very product-
ive, and, if it has half a chance, is sure
to mature its fruit. Per 1b., 90 cents;
per 3 1b., 50 cents; per 2 lb., 25 cents;
per oz., 10 cents, per packet,
CITRON.
‘No farmer can get along without Citrons.
They are absolutely indispensable to the
health, happiness and peace of the family.
If you doubt it forget to plant them.
Green Citron—for Preserves, (Fig.
7,) round, smooth, striped and marbled
with light green; very handsome, hardy
and productive. Per + lb., 40 cents;
per,oz., 12 cents per packet, = _- -. 5
MUSTARD.
The best and strongest Mustard of com-
merce is made from black or brown Mus-
tard. The white Mustard is much milder,
and it is this variety that is sown in the
garden for salad. It is also grown exten-
sively in England asa green crop to feed
on the land to sheep or to plow under as
manure. I have grown it here with de-
cided success as a field crop, and should
grow it much more largely if it was not for
the high price of the seed.
JOSEPH
HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Those who wish to try white Mustard as
a farm crop should sow a pound or so of
seed in the garden
and raise their own
. seed for another
\. year.
Wg The seed should
be sown in drills as
early as the land can be got into proper
condition. If for seed, sow in rows fif-
teen inches apart and one or two seeds to
the inch. Keep the crop well hoed. For
salad, sow in drills wide enough to admit
the use of a narrow hoe. Cut the leaves
when two or three inches high. It grows
very rapidly after it is fairly up, and sev-
eral sowings may be made two or three
weeks apart in succession.
White Mustard, best for salad or
for farm crop for sheep. Per lb., 50
cents; per oz., 10 cents; per packet,.. 5
ONIONS.
Good Onion seed is very scarce and I
have had offers for my entire crop at high
prices. I prefer to sell it to my own cus-
tomers. I shall make the price as low as
possible. But good, fresh seed, such as
this I offer, is in great demand. It is the
growth of 1879. Old seed can be sold at
one-quarter the price, and still leave a
higher percentage of profit to the seeds-
man than I can make on my new seed.
I make these remarks because I am
obliged to charge double the price I asked
last year. My crop was better than in
1878, and the seed is large, plump and
good. It will all grow.
Taking one year with another, onions
are a very profitable crop, provided you
have, 1st, well drained, clean land; 2nd,
a little experience and a good deal of com-
mon sense, and 8rd, a command of the
necessary labor to hoe and weed the crop.
The earlier Onion seed can be sown in
the spring, the better. We drill in the
seed at the rate of five or six pounds per
acre, in rows fifteen inches apart. I like
to sow thick, because a thin, gappy Onion
crop is an aggravation. If the plants are
thick, it is less trouble to weed, and it is
rare that the crop is so thick that much
thinning out is required. If the land is
rich enough, the Onions will grow and
bottom in clusters and push each other
sidewise; one Onion will ride on top of
two others, with its roots running down
between them to the soil underneath. The
practice of thinning Onions is now nearly
obsolete.
This year onion seed is so scarce that I
shall be inclined to sow only four pounds.
per acre.
As soon as the rows can be distinguished
run through them with a hoe—and keep.
hoeing. Do not let the weeds get the
start of you, if you do, the labor will be
doubled and the crop be halved. If the
crop is thick, keep hoeing, and do not
spend much time in weeding till you have
got the weeds thoroughly subdued be-
tween the rows; then weed and hoe at
the same time.
Onions, Wethersfield Red. For mar-
ket, taking into consideration hardi-
ness and vigorous growth, keeping
qualities and the yield per acre, the
Wethersfield Red is the most profita-
ble variety; at any rate, it is the vari-
ety I would recommend to those who
have had little experience in growing
Onions for market. Per lb., $2.50;
4 lb., $1.50; 4 1b., 80 cents; per oz.,
25 cents; per packet, 10
Danvers Yellow. This has been
my standard variety for the past six-
teen years; it yields well, keeps well
and sells well; it is a round, hand-
some, yellow Onion; mild, firm and
of excellent flavor. My crop of seed
this year is of far better quality than
last year. I think it will prove emi-
inently satisfactory. Per lb., $4.50; 4
lb., $2.75; 4 1b., $1.50; per oz., 40 cts. ;
per packet,
White Globe. A large white Onion,
about the size of Danvers Yellow; mild
and very sweet; grown largely at the
South and does equally as well at the
North. Per lb., $4.00; 4 lb., $2.25;
4 lb., $1.25; per oz., 40 cents; per
packet,
15.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
PARSLEY.
In private gardens Parsley is sown on
a warm border, where it can remain for
two years, or till the new crop sown the
next spring is large enough to use. Sow
in rows fifteen inches apart, and five or
six seeds to the inch.
The seed is remarkably slow in germ-
inating and should be sown as early in the
spring as possible. A good plan is to sow
half the seed dry, and take the other half
and soak it in hot water, say 120°, for
forty-eight hours.
Then sow as above.
The ground should be made as rich and
mellow as possible. If you have no old
parsley in the garden for use this spring, |
sow a little seed in the hot-bed or in a
window box in the house. Transplant
when the ground is warm.
Parsley, Hxtra Double Curled, the
handsomest and best. Per oz., 10 cts.;
per packet,
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PARSNIPS.
Of all root crops the Parsnip is the most
delicious. It is very nutritious, more eas-
ily raised than the Carrot and can remain
in the ground all winter without injury.
Sow as early in the spring as the land can
be got in perfect condition, but not earlier.
A good crop can be obtained if not sown
till June, but it is better if sown earlier.
The Parsnip will do well either on clayey
or sandy land, provided it is well drained,
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deep and rich. It can hardly be made
too rich. I have raised enormous crops.
on land which received the water from a
sheep yard. The Parsnips were very large,
smooth and of excellent quality. I men-
tion the fact, not to commend the practice
|of letting any of the manure be carried
off by our heavy rains, but to show that
Parsnips do not object to rich land.
Sow in rows fifteen inches apart. Sow
thick, say three seeds to an inch. The
| seeds are slow to germinate, and you must
_hoe the moment the rows can be traced.
‘Hoe once or twice before you weed or thin
out. A skillful man can do most of the
weeding and thinning out with a small
hoe. Thin out to about four inches.
apart.
Parsnip, Long Hollow Crown.
I have raised this for many years,
both for stock and for the table.
It is large, sweet, tender and very
productive; there is nothing bet-
ter. Per lb., 80 cents; per d Ib.,
= _20 Cts. ; per oz., 8 cts.; per packet, 5
Long Dutch. A well known
and popular variety. Large, long,
* smooth, of good quality for the
table, and very productive. Per
lb., 75 cents; per + lb., 20 cents;
| per oz., 8 cents ; per packet,
PRPPErve:
It is desirable to start Pepper plants in
a hot bed and transplant as soon as the
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over. Peppers, however, may be success-
fully raised by sowing the seed in the open
ground at the same time cucumbers and
melons are planted. Sow in rows fifteen
or twenty inches apart, and thin out the
plants to twelve or fifteen inches apart.
Select the dryest and warmest soil and a
well sheltered southern exposure.
Large Bell Pepper, or Bull Nose.
This is the largest variety, and I think
the best. Early, comparatively hardy,
bright red, thick flesh and very mild.
per + oz., say 1000 seeds, 10 cts.; per
PAGkel; 2220 ose. asso Le eee 8 5
Cayenne Pepper, very pungent; the
Cayenne pepper of commerce. Per 4
oz, 10 Gents: “peripacker sass 99. seen 5
PEAS.
Asarule, I do not grow my own seed
peas. In this section peas are affected by
the ‘‘ bug,” and we get our seed peas from
more northern latitudes, where the bug is
less troublesome.
Last year I purchased my seed peas
from well known and experienced growers
—men in whom I thought I could place
the utmost confidence.
I have heard nocomplaints. But, when
I came to sow the seed myself, I found it
no better than it should be.
This year I have some Little Gem peas
of my own growing that I think will give
great satisfaction.
Our peas are in great demand in England
and the wholesale price is nearly or quite
double what it was last year. I have only
advanced my price from ten to twenty per
cent.
Early peas especially, require rich land.
It is better to manure the land the fall pre-
vious. I generally plant on land that has
been heavily manured the year previous
for celery. Then sow as soon as there is
soil enough thawed out to cover the peas,
say three or four inches. Mark out the
rows three and a half to four feet apart.
Make the rows four or five inches wide,
and three or four or five or six inches deep,
and scatter in it Some good superphosphate
or other artificial manure, say a table-
spoonful to each foot, but two or three
times the quantity will dono harm, Mix
this thoroughly with the soil with the hoe
and rake, and then sow the seed. Sow
the early peas very thick. The old rule is
‘‘ not to let any two peas touch each other,”
but they may come pretty near it, say
from a quarter to half an inch apart in a
row four inches wide.
I have tried varieties by the dozen.
There was a time when Carter’s First Crop
was the best early pea. Now it is one of
the poorest. <A good strain of Early Kent
is far preferable. Waite’s Caractacus is
with me as early as Carter’s First Crop;
more vigorous, more productive, pods
larger and better filled and the peas sweet-
er. It is my favorite variety.
Kentish Invicta is a good early pea of
excellent quality. It is a great favorite
with market gardeners and with those who
grow peas for canning. It ripens up all
together and can be picked at once and
the ground used for some other crop. For
private families this is not desirable.
Champion of England still holds its own
as the best variety for main crop of peas.
Of the dwarf kinds that do not need
poling, McLean’s Little Gem has no supe-
rior. It is good enough for any one.
Extra Early Premium Gem has warm ad-
mirers who contend that it is far better
than Little Gem; but the latter is good
enough for me.
In this climate peas must be sown as
early as the land is in good working con-
dition. It is, of course, very desirable to
have peas in succession. We want them
as early and as late and as long and as
constantly as possible. But we must get
the succession not by sowing early and
late, but by sowing early, medium and
late varieties. It is a great mistake to sow
a late variety of peas late. They are al-
most sure to mildew, If you want to sow
peas late, sow the Little Gem or Early
Kent.
Peas, Extra Early Kent, the stand-
ard early variety for market; popular;
earliest and every way excellent; grows
about 24 feet high; if sown in double
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 27
rows does not need poling. Per quart,
60 cents; per pint, 389 cents; per packet, 10
_Waite’s Caractacus. I have tried
this variety side by side with many of
the earliest and most popular sorts,
and found it as early as any other, and
of better quality; the pods are large
and well filled. I know of no better
sort for home use. It is productive
and of excellent quality. Grows about
24 feet high. Per quart, 60 cents;
per pint, 35 cents; per packet,
Kentish Invicta. One of the very
best and earliest blue peas; grows only
about two feet high; very popular
with market gardeners. Per quart, 70
cents; per pint, 40 cents; per packet, -
McLean’s Little Gem. A dwarf
variety that does not need poling; very
early; keeps green for some time;
sweet; wrinkled, with a fine marrow-
fat flavor. Per quart, 65 cents; per
pint, 85 cents; per packet,
10
10
asian eee 10
Extra Early Premium Gem. A
dwarf variety; dark colored; luxuri-
ous foliage; a very productive and ex-
cellent pea. Itisa ‘‘dwarf Champion
of England.” I cannot recommend
this variety or the Little Gem too
highly. Per quart, 75 cents; per pint,
“ONCCntS) per PaCKeb, --2-2-----24--—. £5
Champion of England. For main
crop there is no better variety; vines
luxuriant, and four to five feet high;
pods very large and well fiiled; peas
green, wrinkled, sweet and of unsur-
passed flavor; there is nothing better
either for market or home use. Per
quart, 60 cents; per pint, 3d cents,
per packet,
POTATOES:
For early potatoes in the garden, select
warm, dry soil, and make it rich. Then
plant in rows two feet apart and put the
sets one foot apart in the row.
I know of no earlier or better variety
than Early Vermont.
The best second early potato for the
garden is the Snowflake. It is of splendid
quality, remarkably handsome, yields well
and keeps well. It will stend rich land
and heavy manuring.
My crop of Snowflakes last year in the
field yielded 278 bushels per acre and there
was not a diseased potato amongst them.
I cannot recommend it too highly. It is
growing rapidly in popularity as a very
profitable market potato.
Whipple’s Seedling is a new variety
originating in this county. It is remarka-
bly productive and of very superior qual-
ity. It is well worthy of trial.
Of the late varieties, such as Brownell’s
Beauty, Compton’s Surprise, Late Rose,
Perfection, Genesee County King and Cen-
tennial, the last three are the best.
Last year Compton’s Surprise rotted far
worse than any other variety. I shall not
plant this variety or Jones’ No. 4 the pres-
ent season.
For the garden, I would recommend
Extra Early Vermont, Whipple’s Seedling
and Snowflake. These are sure to give
good satisfaction.
I will send one pound of any of the fol-
lowing varieties, prepaid by mail to any ad-
dress, for 40 cents, or 3 lbs. for $1.00, viz. :
Extra Early Vermont, Snowflake, Whip-
ple’s Seedling, Brownell’s Beauty, Comp-
ton’s Surprise, Thorburn’s Late Rose,
Perfection, Centennial and Genesee Co.
King.
Brownell’s Beauty, Compton’s Surprise,
Late Rose, Early Vermont, Snowflake and
Whipple’s Seedling, per peck, 50 cents;
per bushel, $1.25; per 14 bushel in two
bushel bag, $2.00; per barrel, $2.75. Pur-
chaser to pay freight or express.
Perfection, Centennial and Genesee Co.
King, per peck, 75 cents; per bushel,
$1.75; 14 bushel in two bushel bag, $2.50;
per barrel, $3.50. Purchaser to pay freight
or express.
For further remarks on potatoes, see Ag-
ricultural Seeds.
RADISH.
New land, or a soil containing more or
less vegetable mould, is best for radishes.
To have them in perfection they must
grow rapidly.
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The soil should be light, warm and mel-
low. For an early crop, select a well-
sheltered spot in the garden with a south-
eastern exposure.
Prepare the soil the fall previous by
carefully spading, working in a liberal
dressing of well decomposed manure. Do
not spade the land in the spring, but work
it mellow with a hoe and rake. Drill in
the seed in rows wide enough apart to ad-
mit the use of the hoe. Two or three
lbs. of superphosphate to the square rod, |
=
im
ns
worked into the land before sowing the
seed, will be found exceedingly beneficial.
It will push the young radish plants for-
ward so rapidly that the black beetle or
‘turnip fly” will do them comparatively
little damage.
It isa good plan to sow a little radish
seed on the asparagus bed. The land is
rich, and the radish will not hurt the as-
paragus.
Round Red Turnip Radish. An
excellent variety; round, good size;
quick grower, crisp, tender, white
flesh and good flavor. Per Ib., 75
cents; + lb, 80 cents; oz., 10 cents;
per packet, ° hie oa es 4 soe eee
Round White Turnip Radish.
(Fig. 1). Similar to the above, except
that the skin is white and not so pun-
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
gent. It is an excellent radish. Per
‘Ib., 75 cents; + lb., 30 cents; oz., 10
cents; per packet, .....2..<5 65s
Rose Olive-Shaped Radish. (Fig.
2). Oval; about 14 inches in length,
very crisp, tender and mild flavor.
Excellent. Per lb., 75 cents; } 1b.,
30 cents; oz., 10 cents: per packet, -. -
New French EPreakfast. (Fig. 3)
Scarlet with white tip; a delicious and
| beautiful radish. Perlb., $1.00; #1b.,
| 385 cents; oz., 10 cents; per packet, - - -
Long Scarlet Short Top.
Six inches long; a favorite
market gardeners.
(Fig. 5).
with the
Per lb., 75 cents,
41b., 30 cents; 0z.,10cts.; per packet, 5
Long White Naples. (Fig. 4). An
excellent variety for growing late in
the season. Per lb., $1.00; 3 1b., 38
cents; oz., 10 cents; per packet,..... 5
WINTER RADISH.
There are several excellent varieties of
winter radish. Their cultivation is simi-
lar to that of turnips, except that it is
not necessary to thin them out so far
apart.
Sow in July or August, in rows fifteen
inches apart. The land shouid de rich,
‘fine, moist and mellow. Keep we radishes.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
well hoed and free from weeds.
quality of tbe radish depends much on
rapid growth. Preserve them for winter
use in pits in the garden. Cover with
straw and earth as you would turnips and
carrots. In this way they will keep fresh
and crisp. Soak them in water a few
hours before eating.
Chinese Rose. (Fig. 9). one of the
best sorts. Per lb., $1.00; 4 lb., 35
cents; 0z., 15 cents; per packet, _-_--
Chinese White Winter. (Fig. 7).
A little larger than the Chinese Rose.
White and crisp. Per ]b., $1.25; +1b.,
45 cents; 0z., 15 cents; per packet, ---
Black Spanish Turnip Radish.
{Fig. 8). One of the best known win-
ter varieties. Per lb., 75 cents; + 1b.,
80 cents; oz., 10 cents; per packet, -- 5
California Mammoth White Win-
ter. (Fig. 6). Grown largely by the
Chinese in California. Per lb., $1.25;
41b., 45 cents; per oz., 15 cents; per
packet,
10
10
SALSIFY, OR VEGETABLE
OYSTER.
This delicious vegetable is rarely grown
in perfection, and yet it is admirably
adapted to our climate. Aside from get-
ting a poor strain of seed, there are two
reasons why Salsify is usually so small
and so poor. The land is not rich enough
and the plants are left too thick.
I like to apply the manure to the land in
the fall, and plow itin. Let the work be
well done. If the soil is sandy, it is not
necessary to plow again in the spring. If
of a somewhat compact character, plow
it again in the spring, and harrow and roll
tillit is fine and mellow. If you havesome
good superphosphate, or guano, sow broad-
cast two pounds to the square rod, and har-
row or rake it in.
Then mark out the land in rows, fifteen |
inches apart, or if a horse hoe is to be
used, in rows twenty inches to two feet
apart, and sow the seed, say one or two
seeds to each inch. Roll or Rake to cover
the seed.
The
| later.
au
Assoon as the rows can be distinguished,
go through them with a hoe or cultivator.
Continue to hoe till every weed between
the rows is destroyed. Then thin out the
plants, just as you do turnips. I use a
small hoe and leave the plants about six
inches apart. Leave only one plant in a
place. Hoe frequently, not only between
the rows, but between the plants.
The effect of this thorough cultivation
and thinning out the plants is wonderful.
Very few people ever see a really good
vegetable oyster. I raise them three to
four inches in circumference.
Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster. Per
lb., $2.50; per 4+ 1b., 75 cents; per oz.,
20 cents; per packet,
SPINACH.
For summer use, sow as early as possi-
ble in the spring, in rows fifteen inches
apart. For early spring use, Spinach must
Select a
be sown early in the autumn.
sheltered location.
Make the soil very
rich—the richer the
better. Drill in the
seed in rows fifteen
inches apart. Sow
plenty of seed and
thin out the plants from four to six inches
apart in the rows. These young plants
that you thin out are excellent for use.
When winter sets in cover the bed with
some litter or straw. _ If the land is rich
and the work properly done you will have
a splendid crop.
Spinach, Prickly, or Winter, the
hardiest and most, popular variety for
sowing either very early in spring or
in the autumn. Per lb., 75 cents. ; per
+ lb., 20 cents.; per oz., 10 cents; per
Packet aero Sb de tae oy) oe 5
SUMMER £QUASHES.
Squashes need a rich, mellow soil. Do
/not plant before the soil is warm, or the
'seed may rot in the ground. We plant
summer squash about the same time as
melons and cucumbers, or a few days
The Summer Bush Squashes are
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usually planted in hills three and a half
feet apart, and a dozen or more seeds in a
hill. Thin out as soon as the plants begin
to crowd each other, leaving three or four
of the strongest plants ina hill. My own
plan is to sow the summer squashes in
rows four feet apart, and the plants about
one foot apart in the row. This allows
the use of the horse hoe.
Summer Squash, Barly Bush Crook-
neck. (Fig. 4). The
earliest, most pro-
ductive and sweetest.
Per lb., $1.00; per 4
Jb., 80 cents; per 0Z.,
10 cents; per packet,
5 cents.
Early Bush Scal-
lop. A delicious
squash, nearly or quite §
as early as the Crook-
neck. It has a more
compact habit of
growth, and does not
occupy so much Jand.
It may be planted in
hills three feet apart,
or in rows three feet
apart, and the plants
ten to twelve inches
apart in the rows,
Per lb., $100; per?
lb., 30 cents; per oz., 10 cents; per
packet,
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
WINTER SQUASHES.
Winter Squashes are a profitable crop for
the farmer to grow. They usually com-
mand a good price in market. But if not
they can be profitably fed out to milch
They are very nutritious and im-
part a rich color and pleasant flavor to the
butter.
COWS.
This at any rate is the case with the Mar-
blehead squash, the shell of which is nct as
as thick or hard as the Hubbard, and I feel
sure that this crop might be more exten-
sively grown by farmers. If there is a
demand for them in market, sell them.
If not, they can be profitably fed out to
milch cows.
Winter squash need rich land.
are rank feeders.
They
Plant in hills six to
eight feet apart. Plant a dozen seeds in
each hill and thin out to four of the
strongest plants. Keep the ground well
cultivated as long as you can get through
without disturbing the vines. Hoe fre-
quently round the hills and keep out the
weeds. Draw a little fresh soil up to the
plants.
Winter Squash, Hubbard. (Fig. 1).
5| The sweetest and best of all the win-
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
ter squashes. Per lb., $1.20; per + 1b.,
45 cents; per oz.,15 cents; perpacket, 5
Marblehead. (Fig. 2.) A very prof-
itable variety to grow, as it produces
largely, is of good quality; nearly if
not quite equal to the Hubbard. Per
1b., $1.00; per 41b., 40 cents; per oz.,
LOsCents-perpacket,-eeepees = et
TOMATOES.
I have known an earlier and better crop
of tomatoes obtained from seed sown in
the open ground than from plants raised
in a hot bed, but ¢f the plants are properly
managed there is much to be gained by
3d]
were removed to another hot bed and set
out in rows five inches apart, and the plants
three inches apart in the rows. As soon
as the plants began to crowd each other
they were transplanted into pots and placed
in the hot bed, the pots being plunged into.
the soil level with the surface. This last
point should not be overlooked. it gives
the roots of the plants the needed ‘‘ bottom
heat,” and the heat is much more uniform
than if the pots are simply placed on the top
of the soil inthe hot bed. The plants were
allowed plenty of air and soon were harden-
ed off.
| The last week in May, the plants we
sowing the seed ia a hot bed in March, or
in a box in the window of the kitchen. As
soon as the plants are two inches high,
transplant and give them more room.
Thisis very important. You want strong,
hardy, stocky plants. During warm days,
for a week or more before the plants are
set out in the open ground, the sash may
be taken off the hot bed so as to harden the
plants.
The best crop of tomatoes I ever raised
was treated in the following manner:
Seed sown in hot bed in March, in rows
three inches apart, and four or five seeds to
the inch. When two inches high the plants
set out in the open ground, in rows three
and a half feet apart each way. The land
was mellow and moderately rich. We
made good sized holes with a spade where
the plants were to be set out, and then with
a rake or hoe filled these holes with fine,
warm surface soil and put a tablespoonful
of superphosphate in each hole, and work-
ed it thoroughly into the soil with a hoe.
Give the plants a thorough watering be-
fore removing them from the pots. Set
the plants deep, or say till the first leaves
are on a level with the surface. Press the
loose, mellow soil firmly around the ball of
earth and roots. Keep the ground very
Ba
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
loose and mellow on the surface by the
constant use of the cultivator and hoe.
Tomato, Hubbard Curled Leaved.
(Fig. 6). The earliest of all varieties,
medium to large in size; plant dwarf
in habit; the leaves cur] as though the
plants were drying up, hence the re-
markable early maturity of this varie-
ty. Per oz., 25 cents; per packet,... 6
Persian Yellow. (Fig. 2). At one
time highly recommended, and still
occasionally grown. But we have
now so many better sorts that it is not
worth while to grow this for general
use. Itisa large, rather coarse tomato,
of a creamy yellow color. Per packet,
cr
General Grant. (Fig. 4). An ex-
cellent, rather large, very smooth,
round, deep red tomato, of superior
quality; medium early and ripens
thoroughly. The best and most profit-
able tomato for canning. Per oz., 30
cents; per packet,
Hathaway’s Excelsior. (Fig. 3).
One of the very best and handsomest
varieties I have ever grown. Last
year my main crop consisted entirely
of this kind. Large, smooth, of splen-
did quality; hardy and a good bearer.
Per oz., 40 cents; 4 0z., 25 cents; per
packet,
Trophy. Very large, smooth, firm
and solid; good color; later than the
preceding, but a good bearer and
very desirable. Per oz., 50 cents; 4
0Z.,*50 Cents; per packelsec tye" a ee) | 25
Early Smooth Red. (Fig. 5).
This was formerly my favorite tomato.
It is early, smooth, solid and very pro-
ductive, medium in size and of fine
flavor. Per oz., 80 cents; per packet, 5
Acme. A new variety with me but
a very good one. Many experienced
gardeners pronounce it the best and
most profitable tomato, I have only a
small quantity of choice seed. Per
oz., 50 cents; per 4 0z., 30 cents; per
;acket,
Red Cherry. (Fig. 1). For pick-
ling and preserving; best variety for
this purpose; hardy and good bearer.
Per oz., 35 cents; 4 0z., 20 cents; per
packet,
TURNIPS.
Turnips may be divided into two distinct
classes. We may designate them as early
and late. In England the first class is
called ‘‘ common turnips” and the latter,
‘¢Swede turnips.” With us, the Swede
turnips are called Ruta Bagas.
In each of these classes there are a great
many varieties, and there is also a sort of
intermediate class, very useful on the farm
for feeding to stock. (See Agricultural
Seeds.)
For summer use, select a piece of rich,
mellow, well-drained but moist soil. Sow
on it two pounds of superphosphate to the
square rod and drill inthe seed in rows fif-
teen inches apart and four or five seeds to
the inch. It is necessary to sow very thick
on account of the ravages of the black
beetle or ‘‘ turnip fly.” Thick sowing and
the use of superphosphate are the best
remedies for this pest.
When the plants get into the rough leaf,
the danger from the beetle is about over.
Then thin out the plants with a hoe, leav-
ing only one plant in a place seven or eight
inches apart. Hoe frequently and keep out
the weeds, and that is all that is necessary
to insure a crop.
For the main autumn crop of common
turnip it is not necessary to sow till July,
and we have had a good crop sown as late
as the first of September. In the garden,
sow any land that has just been cleared of
a crop, with turnips. But Jet it be plowed
10 | deep, thoroughly worked until it is moist
| JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
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and mellow.
I am aware that it is easier | Cultivate and hoe and keep entirely free
to say this than to do it, but it can be done. | from weeds.
- Then drill in the seed in rows fifteen inches
apart, or if a horse hoe can be used, in The earliest of all the turnips
rows two and a half fcet apart.
is the best of all manures for common tur-
nips.
| dium;
It cannot | market gardeners.
be too often repeated that superphosphate | t 1b., 20 cents; per packet,
Turnip, Early White Flat Dutch.
; size me-
grows rapidly and matures
early; fine flavor, not stringy, and ex-
cellent fortable use. Perlb., 75 cents;
2 Ip. 20 cents: per packet, =. ---_
Purple Top Strap-Leaf. (Fig. 1).
The best of all the turnips for late
sowing. I havehad a goodcrop sown
as late as the first of September. Ex-
cellent for the table and for market.
Per lb., 75 cents; + lb., 20 cents; per
packet, 3.) oe ME ee es ee
Early Yellow Stone.
low, excellent;
Round, yel-
very popular with
Per lb., 75 cents;
Yellow Aberdeen. An excellent
| intermediate ‘sort of great value for
The Winter turnips or Ruta Bagas, must | stock. Per lb., 75 cents; per } Ib., 20
be sown earlier than the common or autumn
turnip, and the land should be richer and
the plants allowed more room. There is
nothing better than well-rotted manure,
supplemented with superphosphate of
cents; Per packet,
RUTA BAGA, OR SWEDE TURNIP.
White Sweet, or French Turnip.
Large, white, solid; a good keeper,
lime. Sow the last week of May till the | Sweet and productive; excellent for
first of July. Ihave had a good crop of
Ruta Bagas sown on the 4th of July, but it
is rather toolateasarule. Driilin the seed
at the rate of twoor three pounds per acre,
in rows two and a half feet apart, and thin
out to single plants a foot apart in the
rows, or if you wish larger bulbs, thin out | a good keeper.
to fifteen or eighteen inches in the rows. | lb., 20 cents; per packet,
the table or for stock. Per lb., 75 cts;
4 lb., 20 cents; per packet,
Imperial Purple Top Swede. Fig.
4). This is my favorite variety; I
know of nothing better for the table
and for stock; hardy, productive and
Per lb., 75 cents; +
—_—_—___—<4 + 4 =—__—_
PES TEIMOWN TEAS.
DARLINGTON, Pa., 11, 4, 1879.
The seeds we received from you proved
satisfactory; they germinated and proved
true toname. The beet and turnip seed
produced nicely formed bulbs, showing
that the seeds have been produced from
selected stock. Such seed is necessary,
as we found to our sorrow last year in a
lot of Ruta Baga seed, which produced
long stringy roots instead of bulbs.
ELDER BROS.
AUBURN, Me., Nov. 15, 1879.
The Yellow Globe Mangel Wurzel seed
I purchased of you gave good satisfaction.
I raised 225 bushels of Imperial Ruta
Bagas, and find them an excellent variety
for table use or for stock. I shall sow a
piece to Blood Turnip Beets for market,
and feed to the cows what I can’t sell.
EUGENE H. LIBBY.
The seeds proved eminently satisfactory.
Pror. WM. C. WHITE.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
AROMATIC AND
Sow on a warm, mellow soil, early in the
spring, in shallow drills, wide enough apart
to admit of the use of the hoe. Hoe light-
ly and keep clean. Thin out or transplant
to the proper distance. The following herbs
should be grown in every good garden:
SWEET HERBS.
Summer Savory, (Fig. 3), perpacket,. 5
Sweet Marjorum, per packet, ----_-- 5
Sage, “i (epee Gee D
Thyme, (Fig. 2), ‘0 a eee 5
Borage, (Fig. 1), “Sie Vike dae 2 BY
Rosemary, (Hig. 4) eee 5)
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LES DEMOI IA TS:
Nyack, Rockland Co., N. Y., )
Jan. 21, 1880. ,
Dear Sir:—Will you please send me
three copies of your seed catalogue for
1880, as 1 expect to send you an order in
the spring. I neverhad such success with
any seeds as I had with those purchased
of you last year. JOHN RYLEY.
Stowe, Vt.
The seeds gave entire satisfaction, espe-
cially the Short-horn Carrot, White Sweet
Turnip and Purple-top Swedes. The Yel-
low Mangels were the admiration of all
who saw them. My neighbors who used
your seeds are all pleased with them, and
are going to order more.
J. M. DODGE.
GENEVA, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1879.
We have harvested our beets, and must
say we like the looks of yours better than
any yellow varicty we have ever seen.
MANCHESTER, N. H.
The seeds I received of you last spring
were first-class. From your Yellow Dan-
vers Onion seed I raised at the rate of six
hundred bushels per acre, and while many
of the onions in this section grew bull
necked, mine ripened down fine. I bought
14 lbs. of seed in town to finish out the
piece. I saved one dollar on the seed; I
am out at least seventy-five bushels in the
crop. CHARLES FRANCIS.
MAPLE SHADE FARM,
FRIENDSVILL, Ill., Nov. 17th, 1879.
The seeds we received from you gave
good satisfaction, especially the Deacon
Lettuce and Radishes. The Melons were
delicious. The Mangels did well. Will
give you an order in the spring.
O. H. WOOD. »
OscEOLA, Pa., Dec. 8, 1879.
From the peck of Perfection Potatoes, I
They are large and solid, grow on top of | got 12 bushels; from the peck of Genesee
the grcund with very small root, and are | Co. King, 19 bushels.
very eusily gathered.
T. C. MAXWELL & BRO.
yield.
The weather was
very dry or we should have had a larger
W. A. BOSWORTH.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
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In my Catalogue last year I said: ‘I
am not ashamed to own that I am very
fond of flowers, but I do not want a great
number of kinds. I confine myself to a
list of about a dozen sorts. Of these I
want a liberal supply. Flowers are scat-
tered everywhere in countless millions.
Look at a cherry tree or a locust in blos-
som, or at an apple or pear orchard! I
like te see them in equal profusion in the
garden. We should have great masses of
them.
We want flowers in such abundance that
we should thank any one who will cut
them. The more you cut away of annual
flowers, so as to prevent them from going
to seed, the more you will have. Fill the
house with fresh flowers every day. Noth-
ing makes a home so cheerful as children,
sunshine and flowers.”
Mr. Otto Ernst, of South Amboy, N. J.,
writes that‘ from the difficulty of excluding
poultry, dogs and other intruders from our
door-yard, my folks have for years given
up all attempts at keeping regular flower
beds around the house, and were quite
sparing of the flowers kept in pots or vases
out of reach of miscreants.
But this year we had a never failing
abundance of flowers for boquets, wreaths,
etc., in consequence of acting on one of
your suggestions. We sowed one of your
Dollar Collections of flower seeds on a bed
in our vegetable garden, and I wish to as-
sure you of the great satisfaction I person-
ally derived from your suggestion, to say |
nothing of the satisfaction it gave to the
rest of my household.”
Mr. John F. Grant, of Traverse City,
Mich., writes:
‘“The seeds I had from you did remark-
ably well, particularly the Petunia seed. I
never in my life had as much pleasure out
of the amount invested as I had out of your
flower seeds. I took your advice, cut
liberally, gave to my friends, would have
given bouquets to my enemies, but I have
none. From the first flowering till now
(October 30), we have never been without
a large flower-stand full on the centre
table. They are still in full bloom, though
we have had a slight frost.
‘““T sowed the seeds early in boxes in the
house, early in spring, and I do believe
that for every hundred seeds you sent me
I had a hundred and fifty nice thrifty
plants. [This is Mr. Grant’s statement,
not mine. The plants were vigorous and
threw out runners].
‘“ And so it was with your Phlox Drum-
mondii, your Sweet Alyssum and Portu-
lacca. When they were large enough I
planted them out in the flower beds myself;
watered them through the hot, dry sum-
mer, and the more I fussed with them the
more I liked them and of course the more
pleasure they gave me.”
The following list of Annual Flowers,
though considerably larger than last year,
contains only the best and most beautiful
sorts. Nearly all of them are easily raised
and are free growers and profuse bloomers.
I would advise my friends and customers
to sow every one of them, and raise them
in the greatest profusion. This is the
secret of having an attractive flower gar-
den.
Of all annual flowers, nothing exceeds
the Phlox Drummondii in brilliancy and
beauty. A large bed of them is a charm-
ing sight. We sow Phlox in the hot-bed,
and when the weather becomes settled and
the soil is warm, prepare a large bed by
spading in some well-rotted manure and
mixing it thoroughly with the soil; or, if
you have no manure, sow on the bed after
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JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
it is spaded, three or four pounds of super- | with the lightest of earth and press it down
phosphate or guano, to the square rod, and
hoe and rake it in. Make the soil as mel-
low as possible. Then take a marker,with
the teeth from twelve to fifteen inches
apart, and mark off the bed both ways.
Then take up the plants in the hot-bed. It
should have been thoroughly watered a few
hours previous, and watered so that the
earth is saturated. Then take up the
plants, leaving as much earth as possible
on the roots. Then set out the plants in
the bed at the intersection of the marks.
Press the soil firmly around the roots. — If
the sun is hot, place a piece of paper over
each plant. In this way you will save
nearly every plant, but if any die fill up the
vacancies. This is all there is to be done,
except to hoe frequently and keep out the
weeds. When the plants begin to flower,
cut the flowers and stop them from going
to seed. This will add vigor to the plants
and they will soon cover the bed and afford
great satisfaction and delight.
If you have no hot-bed, sow the seed in
a box in the house, or select a warm, shel-
tered spot in the garden, and sow in fine,
sandy soil; cover not more than half an
inch deep.
These remarks will apply to all the other
annuals in the list. Every one of these
can be sown in a hot-bed or warm border
and transplanted. Or they may be sown
in the bed where they are intended to re-
main.
Sweet Alyssum is usually sown in a shal-
low drill where it is intended to remain. It
is often used for edging. Thin out the
plants four or five inches apart.
The other annuals, if you do not wish to
transplant them, may be sown in hills, just
as we plant corn. Mark the rows both
ways fifteen inches apart, and sow half a
dozen seeds in the hill, and stick a label or
small piece of wood in the hill, so that be-
fore the plants appear you can hoe out the
rows and keep down the weeds. I call
them ‘‘ hills,” but in fact there should be
no hill. Keep the ground level. Let it be
made as fine and mellow as possible. Cover
the seeds not more than half an inch deep
firm to enable it to retain moisture.
Recollect that you cannot have good
flowers unless you keep down the weeds.
There is not a flower or variety in my
whole list that I would not sow myself,
and sow liberally. If you sow a packet of
each yon will have none too many.
ALYSSUM.
Sweet Alyssum grows about six inches
high. It has a small, but beautiful white
flower, and a delicate fragrance.
Alyssum, Sweet. Flowers in clus-
ters; small, white, sweet. Paper,-... 5
ASTER.
The Aster has been greatly improved.
It is now worthy a place in the smallest
collection. The asters transplant easily.
They may be treated as recommended for
Phlox, or they may be sown in hills twelve
or fifteen inches apart, as previously de-
scribed. Make the soil rich and mellow.
Thin out the plants so as to leave but one
plant in a hill. Hoe frequently so as to
keep the bed moist and clean. It is a good
plan to cover the ground between the
Aster plants with the grass from the lawn,
or other mulch, this keeps the bed moist
and stimulates the growth of the Asters.
Aster, Truffaut’s Pzeony-flowered
Perfection. Mixed colors. Paper,.. 15
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New Rose. Mixed colors. Paper, -
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BALSAMS—PLANTS AND FLOWERS.
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338 JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
BALSAM.
The Balsam, or ‘‘ Lady-Slipper,” has
been wonderfully improved. The flowers
are large and beautiful, and the plants less
coarse than formerly. They are very
easily raised, and deserve a place in every
garden. They are easily transplanted and
should be grown as recommended for
Phlox and Asters. By pruning, Balsams
can be trained to any desired shape. We
give some illustrations showing the effect
of pruning. Figs. 1 and 2 are two varie-
ties of Balsams, showing natural growth
of plants. Fig. 3 shows a plant trained to
one branch. Fig. 4, a plant pruned to
three branches; alsoa plant trained to five
branches. Fig. 5 shows the flowers on the
branch, about half the natural size.
Balsam, Camellia-flowered. Mix-
ed colors; very beautiful and a profuse
bloomer. Paper.) .- 2s... 3n- 15
Rose-flowered. Mixed. Paper,--. 15
Fine Double. Mixedcolors. Paper,_ 10
CANDYTUFT.
The Candytuft is an old favorite, very
hardy and very pretty. It can be trans-
planted, but not
without some
care. Better sow
the seed in shal-
low drills where
the plants are in-
tended to remain,
or sow them in ay
hills, as previous. /
ly described. The
seed may be sown
in Spring or Autumn.
Candytuft, Sweet Scented. Pure
whites “Ber paper); . --Gbge*2 cee 5
Mixed colors, very fine. per paper, 5
CONVOLVULUS.
Convolvulus major is the well known
Morning Glory; a rapidly growing climb-
/er; the improved varieties of which are
free bloomers and very showy. ‘They are
universal favorites.
Convolvulus minor, is simply a dwarf
Morning Glory, growing from a foot to
eighteen inches high.
Sow the seed in the
open ground early in the spring, in hills
fifteen to eighteen inches apart, as pre-
viously described. Hoe repeatedly and
keep free from weeds till the plants cover
the ground. A bed of dwarf Morning
Glories is very showy in thesunshine. We
give an illustration of the dwarf plant and
of the flower. The flowers close in the
early in the morning. Nothing can be
more attractive than a fine bed of dwarf
Morning Glories.
Convolvulus Major. Mixed colors;
very, beautiful. Papernype: _....-saees 5
Convolvulus Minor. Mixed colors;
very fine. Paper,
DIANTHUS, OR CHINESE
PINK.
These beautiful flowers have been great-
ly improved. They are universally ad-
mired. We cannot do without them. The
cultivation is similar to that recommended
for Phlox. Sow the seed as early as
possible.
Dianthus Chinensis. Very popu-
lar and very good. Choice seed, of
mixed double varieties. Per paper,. 5
Dianthus Heddewigii. Very choice
seed of the best single and double va-
rieties, mixed. Per paper,
evening, and open out fresh and beautiful’
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y. Bes
MIGNONETTE. PANS Y -
Mignonette is indispensable. Very pret-| ultivate as recommended for Phlox.
ty and delicious; sweet and fragrant. I
cultivate it in hills fifteen
inches apart; manure
highly and -cut freely.
If you can prevent the
flowers from going to
seed it will keep green
and produce large blooms till cut down by |
frost in the autumn.
Mignonette, Sweet. Paper,_____- 5)
PETUNIA. |
I like to see Petunias in a large bed.
Sow in hills fifteen to eighteen inches apart. |
Keep the ground well hoed and free from |
weeds. Thin out to one plant ina hill. |
The ground can hardly be made too rich.
The more vigorous
the plants the larger
will be the flowers.
% My Pansy seed is
7 ~ grown with great
s=very satisfactory.
attay: it:
Pansy, Mixed. Seed of choice va-
micelles; sveryeune-, Fer paper. 2 15
PHLOX DRUMMONDII.
This is my favorite annual. I like to
_see a bed of several square rods in size and
entirely filled with Phlox. I would sow
-at least one large paper of Briiliant Scar-
let, two papers of Pure White and two or
‘three papers of choice mixed varieties.
|For cultivation, see preceding remarks.
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The Petunias will soon cover the ground, | Scarlet. Large and beautiful. Large
and you will have.a dense mass of showy | PAPE, -------------2--2--s---5575775 10
brilliant flowers. I havesomeremarkably| Flore Albo. Pure white. You can-
choice seed. not havetoo much of it. Large paper, 10
Petunia, Choice Mixed Sorts. Re- | Mixture of many choice and beau-
markably fine and choice. Paper,... 10 |tiful varieties. Large paper,.------- 10
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PORTULACA—PLANT AND FLOWERS.
PORTULACA.
For Portulaca you cannot have the soil
too rich, or too warm, or to light. Like
its reprobate and troublesome brother,
Purslain, it will stand exposure to the
hottest sun. Sow in hills a foot or fifteen
inches apart, and keep entirely free from
weeds.
Portulaca, Double Rose-flowered,
a perfectly double variety, resembling
a perfect Rose. Mixed colors. Very
beautiful. Per paper, .os25.2-- 45505 20
Mixture of several choice and
beautiful varieties, per paper,
STOCK, TEN WEEKS.
This beautiful and popular flower is
easily grown in perfection. Cultivation
similar to Phlox, except that it does not
transplant so readily, when the plants are
large. Transplant when the plants are
quite young and with as much earth ad-
hering to the roots as possible. It will
then grow without check and give great
satisfaction. Set the plants a foot or fif-
teen inches apart.
Stock, New Largest- flowering
Dwarf. Flowers very large and dou-
ble. Mixed colors. The best variety;
very choice. Per paper,
SWEET PEAS.
The great secret of success in raising
Sweet Peas is to sow the seed very early.
Sow the moment the frost is out of the
ground. It is a good plan to soak the seed
in warm water, say i20°, for twenty-four
or forty-eight hours. Sow in a single row.
The seed should not be over half an inch
apart. On light, sandy soil, cover three
or four inches deep; on heavier soil not
quite so deep, say from two to three inches
deep. As soon as the peas are up, another
row may be sown parallel with the first
row, and three or four inches from it.
Make the row carefully, so as not to dis-
turb the roots of the peas. Sow the peas
and cover a little deeper than the first row.
The object is to secure a constant suc-
cession of flowers. As soon as the first
row of peas begins to fail, the second crop
will be in full blossom. The land should
be rich and mellow. Keep the land well
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
hoed for at least two feet on each side the
row of peas, but do not disturb the roots.
No weeds should be suffered to grow and
rob the soil of moisture.
Sweet Peas. A mixture of the best
and most fragrant kinds and most
beautiful colors. They are sure to
please. Per pint or lb., $1.00; 4 Ib.,
30 cents; 0z., 10 cents; per paper, --- 5
VERBENA.
Sow the seed in a box in the house or in
a hot-bed, early in the spring. Transplant
once or twice so as to secure strong plants,
and set out in the open ground as soon
as the soil is thoroughly warmed and al
danger of frost is past.
Verbena hybrida. My seed isgrown
with great care and from the choicest
| Per paper,
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and best varieties. I can confidently
EecOmmend, 1b. | Perpaper,._.2------ 20
ZINNIA.
The Zinnia was never a favorite of mine.
It is, however, decidedly popular. It is
easily grown, and is a profuse bloomer.
I have some very choice seed that will be
sure to show nearly all large double flow-
ers. The plants grow about two fect high.
Cultivation similar to Phlox. Set out the
plants fifteen inches apart. This is thicker
than is necessary, but there will be a few
plants with single flowers which can be
pulled out, and still leave enough plants
to cover the bed.
Zinnia, Blegans, flore-pleno. Double
flowers,mixed colors; very choice seed.
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Gi, COLLECTIONS OF FLOWER SEEDS:
Collection No. 1—Contains 24 papers, or one paper each of every kind and
variety of the above choice and beautiful flowers.
Catalogue price, $2.50. It will be
sent, prepaid by mail, to any address, for $1.75.
Collection No. 2—Contains 16 papers, or a paper of the best variety of each
kind of the above flowers.
for $1.00.
Catalogue rates $1.55.
Will be sent, prepaid by mail,
These Collections will be put up separately and ready for instant transmission by
mail.
I should esteem it a favor if my friends would order early.
I can confidently
recommend these collections. I do not think there is a poor seed among them. They
are choice, pure and good. Send for them at once.
They will come by return mail.
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42 JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
AGRICULTURAL OR FARM SEEDS.
SPRING WHEAT.
I do not raise any spring wheat. But
last year I had so many calls for it, that I
asked my friend, Prof. Charles Y. Lacy,
professor of Agriculture in the University
of Minnesota, to get me the best variety of
spring wheat grown in that State. He
kindly consented to do so. I will send a
sample of the wheat free of charge to all
who wish to examine it. Price, per peck,
75 cents; bushel, $2.30; two bushels, $4.50.
No charge for bags.
BARLEY.
The indications now are, that barley will
command a good price the coming fall.
I propose to sow over fifty acres this
spring. Barley is usually a_ profitable
crop with me. The great point in raising
barley is to get it of the best quality. The
land must be dry, clean, mellow and rich.
Last year I used superphosphate on my
barley with decided advantage. It not
only increases the yield, but improves the
quality. Sow as early as the land can be
got in good condition. I sowfrom two to
two and one-half bushels per acre, but if
the land is very rich and the crop is sown
early and the season proves favorable one
and a half bushels per acre is enough.
Six-rowed Barley is the most profitable
kind to sow, as it almost always brings
from ten to fifteen cents per bushel more
than the Two-rowed. My crop last year
was very good. I will send a sample free
to all applicants. Price, per peck, 50 cts. ;
per bushel, $1.30; 2 bushels, $2.50. No
charge for bags.
Two-rowed Barley. This is a few
days later than the Six-rowed. It is a
heavier barley than the Six-rowed, and
would be a more profitable crop than the
Six-rowed if the barley brought the same
price in market. But as I said before,
the Six-rowed, if of good quality, usually
brings from 10 to 15 cents per bushel more
than the Two-rowed. Still, even at this
reduced price, many of our best farmers
contend that the Two-rowed is the more
profitable variety. It produces more straw
and a heavier grain, and as it is a little
later than the Six-rowed, we can finish
cutting winter wheat before the two-
rowed barley is ready for the reaper.
I do not raise any two-rowed barley,
but can get it from a reliable grower and
shall be happy to send to any who wish to
try it. Price, per peck, 50 cts. ; per bushel,
$1.25; 2 bushels, $2.25. No charge for
bags.
INDIAN CORN.
I make no special claims for my corn.
It is simply a good eight-rowed yellow
variety.
My neighbor, the Deacon, raises the
Eight-rowed WaAdte Corn and thinks it
will produce more and better corn.
Hight-rowed Yellow Corn. From se-
lected ears. Per peck, 50 cts.; per bushel
of 60 lbs. shelled corn, $1.25; 2 bushels,
$2.25. No charge for bags. Sample free.
The Deacon’s Bight-rowed White Corn.
Same price as the Yellow. Sample free.
Stowell’s Evergreen Sweet Corn. This
is the best variety for canning. It is quite
extensively grown for this purpose. I also
sow it largely for corn fodder. I know of
nothing better. Price, per peck, 75 cents;
per bushel, $2.75; 2 bushels, $5.00. No
charge for bags. Sample free.
FIELD PEAS.
I have raised peas and oats sown togeth-
er for many years. They are, with me, on
rich land, a very profitable crop. But
owing to the ‘‘bug” or beetle I seldom
I get peas from Can-
raise my own seed.
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JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
ada. This year good seed peas are scarce,
and I should be glad if my customers
would order early. Price, per peck, 75
cents; per bushel, $2.25; 2 bushels, $4.00:
No charge for bags. Sample free.
BEANS.
In this neighborhood, beans are exten-
sively raised, and many farmers have
grown rich by their cultivation. Beans
ety of soils. The great point is to select
a soil that is well drained, in good condi- |
| very valuable variety, and on good land
tion and clean. Weeds are the great
enemy of the bean grower. They not only
reduce the yield, but greatly injure the
quality of the sample, rendering a resort |
to hand-picking absolutely essential.
The most profitable crop of beans I ever
raised, though not the largest, was on a
clover sod plowed in June, and the land
then rolled and harrowed and rolled again,
and the beans immediately drilled in at |
the rate of one bushel per acre in rows
2 ft. 5in. apart. We went over the land
hoe. As soon as the beans came up we
went through them with a horse-hoe and
cultivated them repeatedly, and we went
over them once, rapidly, with the hand
hoe, and that was all the expense till the
beans were ready to pull. I sold the crop
without hand-picking for $3.25 per bushel. |
This was during the war, and it is not | grower, and consequently not seriously
‘injured by the bugs. For the main crop it
I have grown a)
often that we get a large crop and a large
price at the same time.
larger crop on stubble land, but the beans
was required. Here, where beans are
planted on a large scale—many farmers
have bean-planters that plant two rows at
in hills from ten to fifteen inches apart in
the rows. Many farmers, however, sow
their beans with a common grain drill.
Medium Bean. This is the leading,
most popular and productive varicty.
Price, per peck, 80 cents; per bushel,
| potatoes.
| Perfection, Genesee County King, and
'last year for the first time.
| by Mr. Harrison Strong, of Ontario Co.,
after the drill, and wherever there were jy Y., from seed balls of the Early Rose.
a little mellow earth on to them with a put is larger and far more productive.
‘and will ripen in 90 days.
et OEE ‘
were not so clean, and some hand-picking | dently recommend the Centennial as one
| of the most promising new seedlings. I
_wish my friends would try it.
growing from 10 to 100 acres a year—we disappoint them. Price, per peck, 75 cts. ;
| per bushel, $1.75; 14 bushels in two bushel
a time 2 ft. 5 in. apart, and drop the beans | bag, $2.50; per barrel, $3.50. No charge
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$2.50; 2 bushels, $4.75. No charge for
bags. Requires from two to three pecks
of seed per acre.
Boston Marrow or White Mountain.
Larger than the Medium and a little later.
Brings a higher price in market. Per peck,
90 cents; bushel, $3.00; two bushels, $5.75.
No charge for bags.
Pea Bean. A popular, productive and
profitable variety. Per peck, 85 cents;
ett 9.75. + 5 Os
can be successfully grown on a great vari- | PUShel, $2.75; two bushels, $5.25.
No
charge for bags.
White Kidney or Royal Dwarf. A
exceedingly profitable. Per peck, $1.25;
bushel, $4.25; two bushels, $8.25. No
charge for bags.
POTATOES.
Last year we had a very fine crop of
Early Vermont, Snowflake,
Centennial were particularly good.
Centennial. This new seedling I grew
It was raised
With me they are a week or ten days later
than the Early rose, but Mr. Strong claims
that if you dig Early Rose and Centennial
on the 4th of July, the Centennial will be
the larger potato.
The Centennial is a large, handsome po-
tato of excellent quality. It is a vigorous
can be planted as late as the 10th of June,
I can confi-
It will not
for bags or barrels.
Perfection still holds its own as a seed-
ling of great promise. It is vigorous and
very productive, and of good quality. It is
a profitable variety for the main crop.
Same price as Centennial.
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Genesee County King. This is the best
substitute for the Peachblow I have yet
found. It is very vigorous and produc-
tive, and of the very highest quality in the
spring. Price, same as Centennial.
Extra Harly Vermont. This is the dest
early variety I have yet raised. Last year
it did remarkably well, and I have some
very choice seed. Price, per peck, 50 cts.;
per bushel, $1.25; 14 bushels in two bushel
bag, 2.00; per barrel, $2.75. No charge
for bags or barrels.
Whipple’s Seedling is a popular and
ity. Medium early; skin bluish purple;
flesh very white and solid. An excellent
and profitable variety for main crop.
Same price as Early Vermont.
Snowflake is a splendid variety that
cannot be too highly recommended. Last
year it was particularly fine and good.
Medium early. Skin remarkably white and
handsome. Same price as Early Vermont.
Brownell’s Beauty, Compton’s Surprise,
-and Thorburn’s Late Rose did not do as
well as usual last year. But I am unwill.
ing to abandon them as yet. Same price
very productive variety, of excellent qual-|as Early Vermont.
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JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
MANGEL WURZEL OR
FIELD BEET.
Of all root crops, Mangel Wurze. 1s best
suited to our climate. In my catalogue
for 1879, I gave my method of raising
them, and it is not necessary to repeat the
directions. Sow, as early as the land can
be put in good condition, in rows 23 feet
apart, and thin out to 12 or15 inches apart
in the rows. Cultivate repeatedly between
the rows, and hoe lightly between the |
Mangels in the rows so as to keep down |
the weeds. Harvest before frost.
For varieties and price see page 11. I
may say here that I saw nothing in Eng-
Jand superior, if equal, to my own Im-|
proved Yellow Globe Mangel Wurzel. I |
sent some of my seed to Dr. Lawes, and |
he told me that his foreman said it was'
the finest seed he ever saw. I saw the}
crop growing, but have not yet heard how |
it compared in yield and composition with |
the English varieties.
I think the Mammoth long Red will |
produce a greater quantity of gross pro-
duce per acre. For rich, deep, alluvial
soil it is probably the most profitable vari-
ety to grow.
. PRICE PER TEN POUNDS OR OVER SENT BY |
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TURNIPS.
Now that superphosphate of lime is so
extensively. introduced, there is no reason
why turnips should not be largely grown
as a field crop. Superphosphate has a
wonderful effect on turnips.
Turnips are one of those crops that a
farmer can well afford to grow, either to
sell or to feed on the farm to stock.
The Ruta Baga or Swede Turnip is a
winter variety of great value, either to feed
or to sell. It is very nutritious, yields
largely, and commands a good price.
Sow on rich, well prepared, mellow soil,
from the middle of May to the middle of
June. Sow in rows 2 feet to 24 feet apart,
and thin out the plants to 12 inches apart
in the rows. I usually drill in two pounds
of seed per acre.
The Imperial Purple-top Swede Turnip
or Ruta Baga is my favorite variety; while
my good neighbor, the Deacon, likes the
| White Sweet or French turnip.
The Yellow Aberdeen is an excellent
turnip, that can be sown later than the
Ruta Bagas. It yields well and keeps in
good condition well on towards spring.
Of the stubble turnips, that can be sown
from August to the middle of September,
EXPRESS. Perlb. | the purple-top strap-leaf is my favorite.
Improved Yellow Globe, .--.------ $0 50 For other good varieties, prices, &c., see
Carter’s Orange Globe,-_.__________- 45 | page 33.
Mammoth Lone Red, . 2-2 2__. 2... AQ |
Lane’s Taiserisl Sugar Beet, ....-__- 45 | PUMPKINS.
Geman ‘Sugar Beet, S08 2k) ie) 45| Pumpkin seed this year is very scarce
Early Blood Turnip Beet,__.___.__- 45 |and high. I have some very good Con-
Dewing’s Impr’d Blood Turnip Beet, 45|necticut Field seed. I know of nothing
Long Smooth Blood-Red Beet, ---.-- 45 | better. Price, prepaid by mail, + 1b., 20
Extra Early Bassano Beet,-.._____-_- 50| cents; 1 1b., 50 cents; 3 Ibs., $1.25.
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TEHESTIMONTIALS.
HALLSVILLE, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1879.
The seeds gave entire satisfaction.
far as my experience goes in raising roots
for stock, I prefer your Yellow Globe
Mangel Wurzel. They yield well, have a
small top, and are easily harvested; they
also keep well. I fed some in June that
were in fine condition. W. G. HALL.
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REPUBLIC, O., Nov. 3d, 1879.
The Musk Melon seeds I bought of you
last spring proved very satisfactory. The
| Green Prolific and Green Citron are very
good varieties, but the Christiana is far su-
perior to either. The dealers pronounced
it the best musk melon they ever handled.
G. N. AISEY.,
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JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Kry WEst, Florida, Nov. 17, 1879.
The cabbage and beet seeds ordered
from you some time since came duly to
hand by mail. The cabbage sown by my-
self and three of my neighbors came up
very well; in fact, some of them came up
in three days and the balance in four days
from the time of sowing. I did not sow
my beet seed till the 12th, and this morn-
ing it is up (in five days).
WM. S. ALLEN.
Austin, Minn., Nov. 11, 1579.
All the seeds I ordered from you gave
the best of satisfaction. This is the first
year I have been able to raise all the
cauliflowers I wanted from seed. The
Deacon’s lettuce surpassed anything I have
seen, and the pansies were one of the
finest collections grown here. Indeed,
every kind I ordered gave thorough satis.
faction. { would like one of your new
catalogues. C. D. BELDEN.
LowELL, Mich., Nov. 10, ’79.
The seeds procured from you proved
highly satisfactory, and I shall want more
this year. SAM’L HOUGHTON.
GRAND JUNCTION, Green Co., Iowa, )
Nov. 28, 1879. y
The seeds you sent me proved satisfac-
tory; the beets are the best we ever raised.
The pig I got from you I weighed the
other day; his weight is 420 pounds.
GEORGE W. REESE.
So. CovenTRY, Conn., Nov. 14, 1879.
The garden seeds that I had of you last
spring, and the seed wheat that I had this
fall, all proved to be first-class in every
respect. ARNOLD WARREN.
PouLTNEY, Vt., Dec. 23, 1879.
The seeds came on time and in good
shape. We found them true to name and
good seeds. Never had my roots come
better nor do as well.
by iG
Dover, N. H., 11, 10, 1879.
The seeds I had were all A 1. The
Deacon’s Lettuce can’t be beat.
“W. B. DENNIS.
SPALDING.
) isfaction.
Hermon, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1879.
The seeds I purchased of you were of
uniform excellence, and seemed well ad-
apted to this locality. In regard to varie-
ties, will say that the Winningstadt Cab-
bage is the kind now generally raised
here; it proved good with me this season.
I have had some experience in growing
beets for cattle, and like your Yellow
Globe Mangel the best of any kind, and I
have raised most kinds.
W. W. MATTESON.
WARREN, Pa., Nov. 3, 1879.
The Early Fottlers Cabbage proved an
entire success, and I must say is the best
variety that I have tested. I had heads
early in August which weighed 10 pounds,
and some of them sold as high as twenty
cents apiece. Although this may not be
uncommon with regular gardeners, yet I
am sure there had been nothing equal to
them seen in this section before.
ALSON ROGERS.
LOvISVILLE, Ky.
I planted two acres of Cantaloupe Mel-
ons last spring, including eight varieties,
and I found your Green Prolific Nutmeg
decidedly the dest in every respect.
JNO. C. PEARCE.
[I can well believe this. My seed of
this variety has an interesting history, that
sometime I will publish. It came origin-
ally from the lamented A. J. Downing,
and has been raised here ever since. I
am glad to know it does as well with
others as with me.—J. TH. ]
Wixson, N. C., October 31, 1879.
The seed we purchased of you proved
of good quality.
PALMER & GREEN.
PiITTsBURGH, Pa., Nov. 18, 1879.
The Corn we had of you gave entire sat-
B. A. ELLIOTT.
Racing, Wis., Nov. 17th, 1879.
I am happy to inform you that the Man-
gel seed you sent me proved satisfactory.
RICHARD RICHARDS.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
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WuiteEssoro, N. Y., Oct 28, 1879.
The Yellow Globe Mangel seeds came
up finely, and I would have had a good
crop had it not been for our unprece-
dented drouth. Asit was, I got about 27
tons per acre on my moistest land. I also
planted some Ovoids, which make a more
bulky yield, but are not as heavy by equal |
measure. I want 25 pounds of your Yel-
low Globe seed next spring. Yours for
industry and progress in agriculture,
L. L. WHITE.
Mitton, Vt., Dec. 21, 1879.
I have had seeds from quite a number
of houses, and your seeds have done all
that I could ask. The wheat you sent me
came up well, and looked very nice when
the snow covered it. I never had seeds
all grow like yours, and when I am in
want of good seeds you will hear from me
again. GEO. W. PHELPS.
PLAINFIELD, Vt., Nov. 22, 1879.
The Harris Yellow Globe Beet is the
best beet for cows giving milk I ever
raised. It is worth one-third more than
the Long Red Mangel Wurzel. Shall buy
my seed of you next year. Your carrot
seed gives good satisfaction.
EK. J. COLBY.
ALTON, Ill., Nov. 11, 1879.
The seed sent us was entirely satisfac-
tory. We never before raised such Kohl
Rabi. We were particularly pleased with
the Green Prolific Nutmeg Melon.
HOLLISTER & CO.
JERSEYVILLE, Il., Oct. 30, 1879.
The seeds you sent me gave entire satis-
faction, and I shall want more next spring.
CC, BARNETT.
East KEnt, Ct., Nov. 28, 1879.
The seeds received from you proved to
be good. ELIJAH FRY.
Nortu Lyme, Conn., Nov. 8, 1879.
The seeds we had from you last spring
gave very good satisfaction. In fact, we
never had seeds come up as well before.
M. J. STARK.
| proved Yellow Globe Mangel.
Boscawen, N. H., Nov. 4, 1878.
The Yellow Globe beet seed you sent
me last spring has proved very satisfac-
tory. I planted it beside some other kinds
which proved quite inferior. My hogs
prefer a foddering a day of them to corn,
and will even leave the corn for them.
The onion seed all came. The cabbages I
planted on light land and got some splen-
did heads. FRANK L. GERRISH.
East Puutney, Vt., Nov. 3, 1879.
I received one-half pound of your Imn-
I sowed it
in strong clay soil. I have just gathered
the crop. Some of the mangels weighed
16 lbs. each. They are the best beets I
eversaw. I cannot speak too highly of
them. They are far superior in shape and
quantity to any other beets I have grown.
WW CLAY:
Lyons, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1879.
The seed which I procured from you
last spring has given entire satisfaction.
The Yellow Globe Mangel Wurzel were
the largest and best Globe beets I ever
raised. The Hollow Crown Parsnips did
well; they were the largest I ever saw, and
of very fine flavor.
GEO. W. DUNNING.
East JAFFREY, N. H., Sept. 24, 1879.
The seeds that I bought of you were the
best I ever sowed.
FRED I. STEVENS.
CURWENSVILLE, Clearfield Co., Pa., )
November 10, 1879. j
All the seeds I got from you last spring
proved good, and gave satisfactory crops.
MILES WALL.
Rock Fauus, Cero Gordo Co., Iowa.
The seeds proved very satisfactory, and
I shall want some more this spring.
J. C. McLEOD.
WEBSTER City, lowa, Nov. 8, 1879.
The seeds were all perfectly satisfactory.
They were pure and fresh. I want noth-
ing better. The Mangels are the nicest
thing for stock that I ever raised.
EA GV PERRY:
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BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Oct. 27th, 1879.
I have been much pleased with your
seeds the past season. They have proved
very satisfactory, and true to name, which
is of great importance to us market gar-
deners. My foreman has got so that if we
have a failure in any crop he will say,
“That seed did not come from Joseph
Harris.” I felt very proud of my beets,
also of my onions. I have not tried to
raise much seed this year myself as I was
so well pleased with yours. I shall want
some 15 or 20 lbs. of your Yellow Danvers
onion seed. You may look fora liberal
order from me. HENRY HASKINS.
Brockport, N. Y., Nov. 1st, 1879.
The Snowflake potatoes which you sent
me in the spring came in excellent order.
We ate a few at the time and thought they
were the best. we had ever eaten at that
season of the year. I planted some and
gave some to my neighbors, and all are
loud in their praise. The potato seems to
unite many of the good qualities of both
the Rose and the Peachblow, combining
the earliness of the former wi'h the white-
ness, dryness and rich flavor which have
made the latter so justly celebrated. For
a potato, good at all seasons of the year, I
do not know its equal. E.G. WICKS.
HomeEmr, Mich., Jan. 26th, 1880.
I tried your Yellow Globe Mangels last
year as my first experiment in root grow-
ing. I raised over 150 bushels from less
than one-fifth of an acre, and am so well
pleased with them that I shall sow more
another year. C. C. WORTHINGTON.
BoscawEn, N. H., Jan. 27, 1880.
I am feeding out some of the YeNow
Globe beets, the seed of which I procured
from you. I never had pigs grow so well
as they do on them and shorts.
FRANK L. GERRICK.
READSVILLE, Mo.
All the seed I got from you proved to
be good. One of the beets, although the
scason was very dry, measured 19 inches
in circumference. H. M. GRISHAM.
JOSEPH HARRIS, MORETON FARM, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
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FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 29th, 1879.
The Snowflake Potatoes proved to be
delicious. They are the finest potato I
have ever eaten, of good size and each one
smooth and handsome. Shall want more.
Was also very much pleased with the Dea-
con lettuce ; my affections were divided
between that and the Cos. One day would
have one and the next the other, and I
could not decide which I preferred. They
are both perfection, and I shall want sev-
eral packages of the former to distribute
among my friends, as they do not seem to
know it. EK. A. WYETH.
East Rockport, Ohio.
The seeds obtained from you came up
well and proved very satisfactory. Your
Yellow Globe Mangel Wurzel was very
smooth and solid. I shall do what I can
to introduce your specialties.
O. M. HOTCHKISS.
Dirneéy HI, Ind.
The seeds you sent me did well. Dry
as the season was, I raised cabbage that
weighed 20 Ibs. each. I was particulary
pleased with your Premium Flat Dutch
cabbage, and your Yellow Globe Mangel
W urzel. ANDREW COOK.
AvusBourn, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1879.
The seeds I received from you were
eminently satisfactory. The Parsley was
some of the finest and most double I ever
WILLIAM H. HARRIS.
saw.
Montrcomery City, Mo., Nov. 17, ’79.
The seeds I received from you this
spring did well and I am well satisfied.
JOHN TAYLOR.
Sperry STATION, Ia., Nov. 6, 1879.
The seeds purchased of you last spring
They were strictly as
E. F. JACKSON.
grew splendidly.
represented.
CoLuMBIA, Pa., Nov. 12, 1879.
The seed you sent me proved to be all
right. W. H. BRADFORD.
GRAND ISLAND, Hall Co., Nebraska,
Nov. 8th, 1879.
All the seeds I received of you proved
satisfactory.
J. D. SCHULLER.
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