Suggested Home Garden Varieties of Vegetables 



Unfortunately it is quite impossible for us to know personally 

 more than a very small proportion of our customers. Those with 

 whom we are privileged to come in contact personally, very often 

 will ask our advice regarding the best varieties of vegetables to 

 grow for the home garden. There is such a vast difference in 

 the edible quality of certain vegetable varieties, many of which 

 are grown largely for their selling value, that we are often led 

 to believe that there is an imperfect acquaintance on the part of 

 our trade with those sorts which will develop into the most deli- 

 cious when grown and prepared for the table. Very often we 

 will receive orders from home garden planters for varieties 

 which are in no way suited for home consumption. Believing that 

 perhaps we did not express ourselves forcefully enough in our 

 descriptions, and feeling that it surely is our duty as seedsmen to 

 have our customers grow only such varieties as will bring the most 

 satisfactory results, we submit herewith the following list, which 

 has been selected purely from the standpoint of the edible quali- 

 ties of the varieties in question. 

 Asparagus — Washington . 



Beans, Green-Podded Bush — Giant Stringless, Bountiful. 

 Beans, Lima — Fordhook Bush, Dreer's Pole. 



Beans, Wax-Podded Bush — Round-Pod I-udney Wax, Pencil Pod 

 Black Wax. 



Beet — Crosbj^'s Egyptian (Early Summer), New Centurj' (Mid- 

 Summer and Fall). 

 Brussels Sprouts — Improved Long Island. 



Cabbage — Early Jersey Wakefield (Simmier), Danish BaUhead or 

 Hollander (Fall), Copenhagen Market (Summer) Pe-Tsai, Chinese. 

 Carrot — Chantenay. 



Cauliflower — Danish Dry Weather (Giant). 

 Celeriac — Giant Prague. 



Celery — Golden Self -Blanching (Summer), Meisch's Easy-Blanching 

 (Summer), Winter King (FaU), Pink Plume (Fall). 



Chicory (French Endive). 

 Cress — Extra Curled. 



Cucumber — Evergreen White Spine, Green Prolific. 



Eggplant — Black Beauty. 



Endive — White Curled. 



Kale or Borecole — Dwarf Curled Scotch. 



Kohlrabi — Early White Vierma. 



Leek — Carentan. 



Lettuce — AH Seasons, Maj' King, Unrivaled, Iceberg, Trianon Cos. 

 Muskmelon — Early Knight, Salmon Tinted Pollock No. 25, Osage, 



Emerald Gem. 

 Okra — Perkins Long Pod. 



Onions — Ohio Yellow Globe, Southport White and Red Globe. 

 Parsley — Champion Moss Curled (Garnishing) Hamburg Turnip 



Rooted (Flavoring). 

 Parsnip — Hollow CrowTi. 



Peas — Alaska, Ameer, Caxtonian Dark Telephone. 



Pepper — Chinese Giant, Pimiento, Bell or Bull Nose. 



Pumpkin — Small Sugar, Pie or Winter LuxurJ^ 



Radish — Sparkler 'WTiite Tip, Scarlet Globe, French Breakfast, 

 ^^^lite icicle, WTiite Box. 



Salsify or Oyster Plant— Mammoth Sandvsdch Island. 



Spinach — Bloomsdale Savoy, All Seasons, New Zealand. 



Squash — Golden Hubbard, White Bush, Golden Summer, Crook- 

 neck. 



Sweet Corn — Early Malcolm, Golden Bantam, Golden Giant, 



Stokes' Double-Barreled Best, Country Gentleman. 

 Swiss Chard — Giant Lucullus. 



Tomato — Stokes' Bonny Best, Stone, Globe, Yellow Plum. 

 Turnip— Purple Top Milan, Early ^Tiite Flat Dutch, Purple Top 

 Strap Leaf. 



Watermelon — ffleckley Sweets, Harris Earliest, Halbert Honey. 



Suggested Commercial Varieties of Vegetables 



What has been said above applies equally here. The commercial 

 gi-ower, however, must produce with certain fundamental conditions 

 constantly in view. We refer to such matters as the quickness of 

 growth, tonnage of crop, shipping qualities, etc., etc. However, we 

 do hold that the vegetable growers who have made the greatest 

 success, have developed their markets by constantly offering articles 

 that were good to eat and not merely good to look at. The matter 

 of sugar content, as gone into briefly on page seven, is food for 

 thought for every forward-looking grower. Is there not some 

 means by which you can eliminate some of the lost time be- 

 tween your field and the ultimate consumer? You must remem- 

 ber that the more he enjoys your product, the oftener he will want 

 it repeated on his table. We cannot urge too strongly that vege- 

 tables grown merely for their appearance, with no regard to the 

 edible qualities thereof, do not help to popularize vegetables. Make 

 them attractive, deliver them fresh and do not forget that it is 

 the delicious flavor when eaten that will be remembered. We have 

 eliminated varieties from our catalog which we felt were not good 

 advertisements for vegetables. 

 Asparagus — Washington. 



Beans, Lima — Fordhook Bush, Dreer's Pole, Ford's Mammoth. 

 Beans, Green-Podded Bush — Black Valentine, Stringless Green- 

 Pod. 



Beans, Wax-Podded Bush — Currie's Rust-Proof Wax, Pencil Pod. 

 Beet — Crosby's Egj'ptian, Detroit Dark Red, New Century. 

 Beet, Mangel-Wurzel — Mammoth Long Red. 

 Brussels Sprouts — Improved Long Island. 



Cabbage — Charleston, or Large Wakefield, Flat Dutch, Succession, 



Danish Ballhead, American Savoy, Copenhagen Market. 

 Carrot — Danvers Half-Long. 

 Cauliflower — Early Dwarf Erfurt. 



Celery — Golden Solf-Blanching, "White Plume, Meisch's Easy 

 Blanching, Winter King. 



Cucumber — Klondike, Davis Perfect, Evergreen "VMiite Spine. 



Eggplant — New York Improved. 



Endive — Green Curled, White Curled. 



Kale, or Borecole — Siberian. 



Kohlrabi — Early White Vienna, Purple Vienna. 



Leek — Montrous Carentan. 



Lettuce — Big Boston, New York, or Wonderful, Black-Seeded 



Tennis-Bail, Grand Rapids, Hanson, Iceberg. 

 Muskmelon — Netted Gem, Stokes' Sugar-Sweet, or Earlv Knight, 



Sahnon Tinted PoUock No. 25, Osage, Fordhook. 

 Okra — Perkins Long Pod. 



Onion — Southport Yellow Globe, Southport Red Globe, Southport 

 \^Tiite Globe, Yellow Globe Danvers, Yellow Strasburg, Ohio 

 Globe. 



Parsley — Champion Moss Curled, Hamburg Turnip Rooted. 

 Parsnip — Hollow Crown (Guemsej^) 



Peas— Alaska, Ameer, Pride of the' Market, Long Island Mammoth. 

 Pepper— Ruby Giant, Ruby Kmg, Bell or Bull Nose, Plain. 

 Pumpkin — Large Sweet Cheese. 



Radish— Scarlet Globe, Giant Crimson, ^yh^te Box, White Icicle, 



^'^Tiite Strasburg, Chartier, or Shepherd, White Chinese (Celestial), 



China Rose, Long Black Spanish. 

 Spinach — Thick-Leaved Viroflay, Bloomsdale, Long Season. 

 Squash— Golden Hubbard, Boston Marrow, Golden Summer 



Crookneck, Mammoth White Bush. 

 Sweet Corn— Golden Bantam, Stokes' Double-Barreled Best, 



Stowell's Evergreen, Golden Giant. 

 Tomato — Earhana, Bonny Best, Special Stock Bonny Best, Greater 



Baltimore,, Enormous, June Pink, Globe. 

 Turnip— Early White Flat Dutch, Purple Top Strap Leaf, Purple 



Top White Globe, Yellow or Amber Globe, Yellow Rutabaga. 

 Watermelon— Tom Watson, Harris Earliest, Kolb's Gem, Dixie. 



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