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Specialties And Novelties For 1890.

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New Sibley Squash.

Claimed to be a great improvement on the Hubbard. It originated in Iowa, and was named in honor of the late Mr. Hiram Sibley; is also called Pike's Peak by some dealers. The form, correctly shown by the cut, is obviously entirely new, having the stem at the swelled end. The shell is pale green in color, very hard and flinty, but at the same time so very thin and smooth as to occasion the least possible waste in baking. The flesh is solid and thick, and a vivid brilliant orange in color, dry, and has a rich, delicate flavor, peculiarly its own. In productiveness the New Sibley Squash has decidedly the advantage of either the Hubbard or Marblehead. In its keeping qualities it excels all, remaining, in a good dry cellar, perfectly sound until the last of March, constantly improving in flavor and quality until the very last. Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 1/4 lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.25.

King of the Mammoths Pumpkin.

This magnificent new pumpkin, recently introduced here, came from France, and is an acquisition to our list of Mammoth Pumpkins. The flesh nd skin are of a bright golden yellow, fine grained and of good quality. They are very often grown to weigh from one hundred to one hundred and fifty pounds, and the one from which our cut is made, raised in 1885, reached the enormous weight of two hundred and forty-flve pounds. Henry West, of Rhodes, Iowa, writes us that he grew one weighing one hundred and fifty-eight pounds, and on the same vine had five other pumkins weighing from ninety pounds to one hundred and four pounds each. Over six hundred and forty pounds grown from one seed. Farmers and gardeners, just think of that kind of a crop in spite of dry weather. Will it not pay you to grow the King of Mammoths and exhibit them at your county fair? Per pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 1/4 lb. 65 cts.

New Golden Andalusia Wax Beans.

We gave this variety a thorough test in our trial grounds last season, and were very agreeably surprised with it. It is undoubtedly the finest Pole Bean in existence, and its handsome, large golden pods are borne in great profusion, one half bushel having been picked from a single vine. Pods are entirely stringless, broad, fleshy, and exceedingly rich and delicious. It is quite early, and clings to poles better than any other variety we had on the place. Don't fail to try it. Per pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 40 cts.; qt., 75 cts.; postpaid.

Wonderful Yard Long Beans.

A rare curiosity, and withal a bean of very good quality. The pods grow to the extraordinary length of three feet, are highly ornamental, are used when half ripe, when the thickness of an ordinary lead pencil, being round and altogether stringless; in sweetness, tenderness and superior flavor, equal to that of asparagus, excels all other beans. As a climber for arbors, porticos, etc., it is much admired, attractive and beautiful. Per pkt., 10 cts.; 3 for 25 cts.