Parsnips 
1 oz. to 150 ft. 
4 lbs. per acre 
All American Hollow Crown 
Sow in early spring in deeply prepared well drained 
soil. Thin to stand 3 to4in. apart. It is sometimes sown 
late in the summer for early spring use. 
Parsnips are well known as a delicious table vegetable 
but their value for the purpose of feeding cattle and stock 
is but little appreciated. The parsnip is rich in saccharine 
food which adds greatly to the richness of the milk when 
fed to cows. The roots can be left in the ground all 
winter and improve in quality by the continued freezing. 
Special Market Garden Strain (1°. 997 
smooth 
perfectly shaped selection privately held for many years. 
It produces roots nearly 100% true hollow crown, an ex- 
tremely important characteristic always indicating high- 
est edible quality. 
PRICES 
PARSNIPS PEt. Oz. %Lb. Lb. 
All American 
Hollow Crown ......... 9 10 $ 15 $ .50 $1.50 
Special New Market 
Garden Strain ........ 10 .30 85 2.50 
PUMPEINS 
Connecticut Field ....... 10 15 .40 1.25 
Cushaw, or CrookKneck 
Goldene s sei ce teres s 10 .20 50 1.50 
Cushaw, Green Striped... .10 :20 50 1.50 
King of Mammoths...... 10 :20 50 1.50 
Sugar Pie Pumpkins...... -10 15 45 1.25 
All American Hollow Crown (‘11° days) A 
specially  se- 
lected stock, developed for uniform well-shaped smooth 
roots of excellent quality. 
Pumpkins 
1 oz. to 15 hills; 4 lbs. per acre 
Sow in good soil in May, when the ground has become 
warm, in hills 8 to 10 feet apart each way, or in fields of 
corn about every fourth hill; always avoid planting near 
other vines, as they will hybridize. 
(110 days) Grown for 
Cushaw, or Crookneck pies and stock feed- 
ing. Fruits 2 feet in length, with long, solid neck. Flesh 
rich, creamy yellow, tender and of exceptionally fine 
flavor. Weight 15 to 25 lbs. 
(110 days) Excellent for pies, pear- 
Sweet Potato shaped, creamy white, sweet and 
delicious; first-class keeper. Weight about 15 lbs. 
= = (115 days) Best of all 
Sugar Pie Pumpkins Pumpkins for pies. Small 
to medium size, solid and fine grained, and a splendid 
keeper. 
= (115 days) Enormous, deep 
King of Mammoths yellow, Often weighs 75 to 
100 lbs. 
Squash Pumpkin—Boston Marrow 
See Squash, Page 33. 
Sugar Pie Pumpkin 
Superior Seeds + 
J. MANNS & CO., BALTIMORE 2, MD. 29 
