What^s New tor 1939? 



XEW VEGETABLE VARIETIES 



hettuce 



Three new money making strains, New York (Iceberg") 



tvpes. all adapted to Eastern growing conditions; MANNS' 



SPECIAL No. 10, IMPERIAL No. 847 and COSBERG— see 

 pages 20, 21. 



Cahhage 



CHIEFTAN SAVOY— Received the award of Merit, 1938 

 All-American selection. Produces well formed, medium sized 

 firm heads, outstanding in uniformity and quality. 



Parsley 



MANNS' SPECIAL TRIPLE CURLED- Page 25. 



Corn 



12 ROWED YELLOW HYBRID BLEND— A mixture of 

 various Yellow Hybrids all very desirable but of varying 

 maturities. With this blend it is possible to grow Hybrid 

 Corn for home use or to be marketed over a longer period 

 than is possible with a straight hybrid which matures all 

 at one time. Page 14. 



Cauliflower 



WHITE MOUNTAIN— Selected out of a series of trials as 

 the most dependable uniform heading variety for the vicinity 

 of Baltimore. Page 11. 



Potato 



CHIPPEWA— Page 32. 



Squash 



EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK— Page 33. 



KEEP THIS CATALOG FOR 

 READY IXFORMATIO]^ 



Crop Rotation Chart — (below). 



How and When to Plant Vegetables, page 2. 



Practical Cultural Directions for all important vegetables. 

 See alphabetical listing of varieties. 



Field Seed Chart, page 41. 



Flower Seeds for Particular Purposes and Various Grow- 

 ing Conditions, page 42. 



Spray Guide, page 62. 



Soil Improvement, page 91. 



Fertilizer list suitable for Various Crops, page 92. 



NEW FLOWERS 



The best out of the New Crop 

 of Novelties 



ASTERS— Comet Giant Light Blue. 

 MORNING GLORY— Scarlet O'Hara. 



PETUNIA— Hollywood Star. 

 PHLOX — Gigantea Salmon Supreme. 

 ZINNIA— Will Rogers. 



See alphabetical listing for descriptions. 



NEW TIME AND LABOR 

 SAVING EQUIPMENT 



ELECTRIC FARM FENCE— Page 87. 



FARM TOOLS— Line of implements, pages 76, 77, 78, 79. 

 PORTABLE POWER SPRAYER— Page 68. 

 TRACTION ROW DUSTER— Page 68. 



ROOTONE — New Root forming chemical in dust form, 

 page 94. 



Many improvements in well known supplies. 



It's Convenient To Buy At Manns^ Plenty of Free Parking Space 



Baltimore's Most Accessible Seed Store 



Suggestions for Rotation and Intercropping of Vegetables 



EARLY CROP 



CRESS 



ENDIVE 



GREEN ONION 



LETTUCE 



MUSTARD 



RADISH 



SPINACH 



SECOND CROP 



No. 1 followed by 3rd crop of 3, 5, 12, 

 13, 15, 19, or 21. 



No. 8 followed by 3rd crop of 19, 21, 

 or 26. 



2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, or 24. 



EARLY CROP 



CABBAGE 



CARROT 



CAULIFLOWER 



PEAS 



BEETS 



KOHLRABI 



BEANS 



(Stringless) 



CORN 



SECOND CROP 



Followed by 

 No. 1, 3, 8, 13, 15, 21, or 35. 



Followed by 

 No. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14. 15, 

 16, 20, 21, or 25. 



Followed by 

 No. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, or 25. 



Followed by 

 No. 3, 6, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, or 25. 



EXAMPLE — First crop Lettuce, second crop No. 1, followed by 21 means 3 successive crops. Lettuce, Beans, Spinach.- 

 See Key below. 



INTERCROPPING 



Scarlet Globe Radish with Parsnips, Carrots or Salsify to 

 mark the rows. 



Scarlet Globe Radish between rows of Beans or Peppers. 



Onion Sets between rows of Cabbage. 



Celery Plants between rows of Onions. 



Lettuce Plants between rows of Cabbage. 



Spinach, Radish, Turnip, Carrots between Cabbage rows. 



Turnips broadcast in Corn before last working. 



Quick growing Annuals in Asparagus beds. 



KEY 



1 Beans, Stringless 



10 Cucumber 



19 Radish 



2 Lima Beans 



11 Eggplant 



20 Rutabaga 



3 Beet 



12 Endive 



21 Spinach 



4 Cabbage 



13 Kale 



22 Squash 



5 Chinese Cabbage 



14 Kohlrabi 



23 Sweet Potatoes 



6 Carrot 



15 Lettuce 



24 Tomato 



7 Cauliflower 



16 Mustard 



25 Turnip 



8 Corn (Sweet) 



17 Pepper 



26 Winter Onions 



9 Celery 



18 Pumpkin 





