17th annual catalogue of the Germain Seed and Plant Co (1902) (16664239792)

Title: 17th annual catalogue of the Germain Seed and Plant Co
Identifier: 17thannualcatalo1902germ (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Germain Seed and Plant Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Greenhouse plants Catalogs; Poultry Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Germain
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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NOS. 326-330 S. MAIN ST., LOS ANGELES. 5 WATER MELON "ALABAMA SWEET" The Shipping Melon of the South. This new variety is one of the very best of late introductions, and is without doubt one of the best all around melons known; while as a shipper it is especially valuable. As an illustration of its popularity, in Houston, Texas, out of 1100 cars of water melons shipped, 820 were "Alabama Sweet.7' It is of large size, melons have been grown weighing 75 lbs. each, though the average weight is less. In shape it is long; color dark-green; flesh red and absolutely stringless. Extremely early and prolific. Per pkt. 10c; per oz. 20c; per lb. $2.00.
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New English Marrowfat Pea Extra Early Large Podded "THOMAS LAXTON Marrowiat Pea, "Thomas Laxton.' The finest Early Pea yet introduced Award of Merit, Royal Horticultural Society, London, England. This grand new early pea is a hy- brid between Gradus and a seedling of the Earliest of All type, being earlier and of hardier constitution than the Gradus. The height is from 3 to S1^ feet, and the pods are long, of a dark green color, which contain on the av- erage 7 to 8 large marrowfat peas of the richest possible flavor. This is without a doubt, the finest early pea ever introduced. Per pkt.-15c. The Journal of Horticulture says: "The pick of the lot is, however, 4 Thomas Laxton,' an early marrowfat that attains to a height of about 3 ft. It is a really grand cropper and the peas within the pods are of splendid color and excellent flavor. . . . Pods become well filled and the average number of peas grown from a number would be very high. One of the best vegetable growers in the country said of ' Thomas Laxton' recently ' It is undoubtedly the best early marrowfat pea of its height that I have grown.7 " Per pkt. 15c. The allusions to methods of culture, time of planting, etc., mentioned briefly here and there in this catalogue, apply chiefly to California conditions. Planters in other sections, particularly in the northern eastern and southern states, obviously, will modify these suggestions to correspond with their local con- ditions of soils, climates and practices,