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2. SPECIALTIES AND NOVELTIES FOR 1888.

IOWA SEED CO.'S NEW
Vine Peach
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FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.

VINE PEACH.
This splendid novelty which we introduced last year, was first called to our attention by one of our customers in Minnesota. The vine on which they are borne is somewhat similar to the musk melon vine, and requires the same cultivation.
The fruit is about the size of a large peach, oval-shaped and of a bright orange yellow color somewhat russeted. When it first ripens it is quite hard and has very little flavor, but soon they become mellow and sweet, and have a rich flavor. When ripe the fruit falls from the vine, the flesh is very firm with a small cavity in the center, and when peeled and the seeds taken out they much resemble peaches. For sweet pickles, pies, or preserving they are superb. A few pieces of sliced lemon, or a little lemon essence, adds to their flavor and is usually desirable.
We had a jar of them put up in the form of sweet pickles, on exhibition in our store, which have been praised in the highest terms by all who have tasted them. In the west and northwest where fruit is scarce, we feel certain that they will quickly become popular, as they are easily cultivated, wonderfully prolific, and can be used in every way in which you would use a peach, except that they are not usually liked raw, although some consider them excellent simply sliced with a little sugar on. Many of the customers to whom we sold them last season expect to cultivate a large area in them this year, and market gardeners are already having considerable call for them from their customers. Try them, and we know you will be well pleased. Per pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts.
Marshall Wright, of Marshalltown, Iowa, writes: "I would say those seeds I purchased of you were very good. The Vine Peaches are a curiosity here, and they make the nicest sauce I ever saw."

NEW ASTRO CUCUMBER.

[image] NEW DIGNITY MANGEL.

Most of the long foreign varieties of cucumber will not do well in this country. But this novelty we have grown on our place several years with the best of success. It is the largest variety we have ever seen. With common outdoor culture growing fifteen to eighteen inches in length and with very few seeds. Excellent for slicing; flesh white and very crisp. In pkts. only, each 15 cts.

IOWA SEED CO.'S IMPROVED GROUND CHERRY.
Introduced by us last year, and the flattering testimonials we have received regarding it, as well as our own tests, convince us that it is an acquisition deserving a place in every garden in the country. Our attention was first called to it by an article which appeared in the Home Department of the Chicago Inter Ocean, from a correspondent in Minnesota, who had grown and been improving this little vegetable for over twenty-five years, and we will quote from what she says regarding it: "One thing which with me is one of the most important of all the fruits in my cookery, I do not recollect of ever seeing named in the Home, and that is the Ground Cherry (not the wild one). They grow well on almost any dry soil, are easier raised than the tomato, and are prolific bearers, and oh! such luscious fruit. For sauce they are excellent, and for pies I know of nothing that can equal them in flavor and taste. They are just splendid dried in sugar, and they will keep, if put in a cool, dry place in the shuck, nearly all winter. I have never seen them named in any seed catalogue, and from what I learn from friends in different parts of the country to whom I have sent the seeds, they seem to be very little known. No one after raising them once will ever make a garden again without devoting a small portion at least to the Ground Cherry. Mrs. Amy L. Baldwin."
We purchased all the seed that the above lady had, and have this year grown a large crop, so that we could supply all of our customers.
It seems very strange to us that a vegetable possessing so many good qualities to recommend it, has not before been subjected to this improvement, and introduced to the public. We have put the price low so that you can try it.
Levi Bennett, of Carns, Keya Paha county, Nebreaks, says: "In reference to the tame Ground Cherry described in catalogue, we have raised them, and they are all that they are represented to be."
Mrs. H. E. Johnson, of Fairbury, Ill., says: "The Ground Cherry is most excellent for sauce, and made into preserves with sugar, pound for pound, it is fully as good as the strawberry in our estimation."
Per pkt. 10 cts.; 1/2 oz. 40 cts.; oz. 75 cts.

[image] GROUND CHERRY.

NEW "DIGNITY" MANGEL.
Grows to a very large size, weighing thirty to fifty pounds, and will yield forty-five tons per acre with good cultivation.
If you want large crops of large Mangels of good quality, don't fail to try the Dignity. By express 5 lbs. for $3.25; by mail per lb. $1; 1/4 lb. 30 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; pkt. 5 cts.

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