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Title: 1901 Johnson & Stokes garden and farm manual
Identifier: CAT31294891 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Johnson & Stokes; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Fruit, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nuts, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs; Seed industry and trade, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Johnson & Stokes : Press of Edward Stern & Co. , Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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AN AVERAGE EAR OK NKW METROPOLITAN SWEET CORN. PHOTOGRAPHED ORKES WHEN READY FOR ROILING. NEW EXTRA EARLY SWEET CORN THE METROPOLITAN From our trials the past season we think we are safe in saying that the New Metropolitan com- bines the essential features of earliness, freedom from smut, and line quality to a more satisfactory degree than any first early sweet corn ever intro- duced. The plant grows vigorously to a height of about 5 feet, ears set low about lh feet from the ground, and are produced two and often three on a stalk. They average about 9 inches in length and have the desirable feature of being exceedingly white in color during their eatable condition. Al- though our tests, as stated above, were more than satisfactory, to make assurance doubly sure, before offering it we wrote to Mr. Frank T. Emerson, the well-known and extensive grower of Seed Sweet Corn, and have just received his reply as follows : "I know of no variety in the whole list that can compare with the Metropolitan for the Market Gardener or the Home Garden for an Extra Early variety. The ears are long and well filled out to the tip and have very thick husks, which are most attractive to the consumer for the reason that they are apparently getting more for their money in proportion to that obtained from other early varieties." Prices for 1901: Pkt, 10c; pint, 25c; qt., 45c, by mail, postage paid. By express or freight, qt., 35c; peck, $1.25 ; bushel, $4.50. ....NEW.... MANGEL-WURZEL BEET FRENCH HALF SUGAR ROSE After a most successful trial at Floracroft, we have imported from the originators, Messrs. Vil- morin, Andrieux & Co., the largest seed growers of France, a limited supply of this very valuable new stock feeding beet. As indicated by the name, it is a cross of the Mammoth Red Mangel and Improved French Sugar P>eet, containing more sugar than any other mangel, and in France is now much preferred to either the Sugar Beets or Mangels for feeding cattle. The root is very large and smooth, as shown in our illustration alongside, and of a beautiful light rose tint. Notwithstanding its fine quality, it is a wonderfully heavy cropper. Per pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; ) lb., 30c; lb., $1.00,
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NEW FRENCH HALF" SUGA^ ROSE MANGER BEET,

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