Varieties of Special Merit 
QUE general stocks are unexcelled in quality and better seeds cannot be purchased at any price. The following 
recently improved strains, however, are worthy of special consideration and should be grown by every pro- 
gressive market gardener. 
BEETS 
MANNS’ NEW MODEL—Has become a favorite with market 
gardeners supplying the most critical trade. A thoroughly 
established strain, dependable year after year for its uniform 
maturity, deep red color, freedom from light zones, and good 
bunching tops. New Model is no longer “new.” It has been 
grown for nearly ten years in the vicinity of Baltimore, and 
each year our sales of it have increased over the previous 
year. We do not know any beet that will beat New Model 
as a main crop variety for this section. %4 Ib., 25c; Ib., 85c; 
10 Ibs., $7.50. 
CABBAGE 
CHIEFTAN SAVOY—Received the award of Merit, 1938 
All- American selection. Produces well formed, medium sized 
firm heads, outstanding in uniformity and quality. Page 9. 
CARROT 
SUNRISE—A favorite with market garden trade because 
of its fine quality, perfect shape and attractive color. 
Specially valuable for medium and late use, an excellent 
keeper and thoroughly dependable. Oz., 15c; %4 Ib., 30c; Ib. 
$1.00; 10 Ibs., $8.50. 
CAULIFLOWER 
WHITE MOUNTAIN—Selected out of a series of trials as 
the most dependable uniform heading variety for the vicinity 
of Baltimore. Page 11. 
CELERY 
MANNS’ GOLDEN (Special)—A more uniform strain of 
Golden Plume, has better hearts, is earlier and more easily 
blanched than other types. Strictly dependable for com- 
mercial production. Oz., $1.00; 14 lb., $3.50; 1b., $12.50. 
CORN 
MANNS’ EARLY SUPERIOR—This new variety is of 
remarkable size considering its earliness. The ears are 8 
inches long and have 16 to 20 rows of rather narrow deep 
grains. The quality is excellent and the attractive appear- 
ance of the rich, tender, well-filled ears make it a very 
pettemae sort for the Market Gardener. Qt., 35c; pk., $1.75; 
u., $6.00. 
MANNS’ No. 56—The best, largest, most saleable early 
market corn we ever have known. It can be planted ex- 
tremely early without danger of rotting, which makes it 
possible to produce marketable ears at least five weeks ahead 
of Stowell’s Evergreen. Resembles sugar corn, an excellent 
shipper and a money maker. Qt., 50c; pk., $3.25; bu., $12.00. 
LETTUCE 
Four new money making strains, New York (Iceberg) 
types, all adapted to Eastern growing conditions; MANNS’ 
SPECIAL No. 10, IMPERIAL No. 44, IMPERIAL No. 847 and 
COSBERG—see pages 20, 21. 
ASPARAGUS 
1 ounce to 60 feet of drill; 1 pound per acre; 
3,000 plants per acre. 
Sow in spring in drills about eighteen inches apart and 
two inches deep in light, rich soil, planting fifteen to twenty 
seed to each foot of row. Thin to about one inch apart and 
give frequent and thorough cultivation during the summer. 
Set the plants about four inches deep and one to two feet 
apart in rows four to six feet apart. After the plants are 
well started, give frequent and thorough cultivation. The 
next season the bed may be cut over two or three times. 
After the final cutting, give a good dressing of manure, 
ashes and salt. 
MARY WASHINGTON—Resistant to disease, large, early 
and produces remarkably tender dark green stalks with very 
compact purplish green tips. Pkt., 10c; 2 ozs., 15c; %4 Ib., 
25c; lb., 75c. 
PARADISE—New early, extremely strong, vigorous produ- 
cer, rust resistant. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 50c; 14 Ib., $1.50; Ib., $5.00. 
Superior Seeds 
RADISH 
SCARLET GLOBE No. 8—So uniform in its maturity that 
each sowing can be entirely gathered and bunched at one 
pulling, with practically no waste. This means more bunches 
per row, more time saved in bunching, and the ground ready 
for the next crop a week earlier. % lb., 25c; Ib., 75ic; 10 
Ibs., $6.00; 100 Ibs., $50.00. 
RUTABAGA 
NEW CANADIAN—Grown for a number of years in the 
North and held very closely by private individuals, the seed 
of this variety has always been extremely difficult to procure 
in a true and reliable type. After three years of searching 
and checking in our trial grounds, we have found the correct 
strain and offer it with every assurance that it will soon 
become the only Rutabaga grown in this section. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 15c; % Ib., 40c; Ib., $1.25. 
TOMATOES 
IMPROVED ADVANCE—An extra early, large tomato 
of high quality, round or slightly flattened shape, and 
exceptionally smooth for such an early variety. As early 
and hardy as Earliana and yielding more fruit both in the 
first and subsequent pickings. It is more shapely, more 
free from cracks and shows less green about the stem than 
other extra early sorts. With Improved Advance the grower 
can produce a crop which will stand superior in appearance 
and quality, in competition with the other extra earlies and 
command the fancy prices of an early market. Oz., 50c; 
%4 Ib., $1.75; Ib., $6.00. 
RUTGERS tomato has become so popular due to its quality 
and yield that it naturally has had wide distribution and 
publicity. It is very important however that seeds of this 
new variety be purchased from the most reliable sources, as 
some stocks have been grown more carefully than others 
and preservation of the original qualitites has been an expen- 
sive item in its reproduction. Manns’ stock of Rutger’s is 
not only certified but has been produced from stock seed 
which we have proven to be superior to two other certified 
stocks. Oz., 40c; %4 Ib., $1.25; Ib., $4.00. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
From one to two years may be saved by planting Asparagus 
roots instead of seed. Choice, 2-year-old roots, all leading 
varieties. $1.25 per 100; $8.00 per 1,000. MARY WASHING- 
TON, $1.25 per 100; $8.50 per 1,000. 
ARTICHOKE 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE—About 500 plants from 1 ounce. 
The scale-like leaves of the flower heads are used as a salad 
or boiled, making a delicious dish which is very popular with 
ms cone and Italians. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; %4 Ib., $1.50; 
+» $5.00. 
JERUSALEM OR TUBEROUS ROOTED—Grown exclu- 
sively for their large potato-like roots which are valuable 
for feeding hogs. Price, 4 pk., 45c; pk., $1.25; bu., $4.00. 
Expressage extra. 
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