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Vegetables 



CUCUMBERS, continued 



JERSEY PICKLING. Wonderfully productive, and the 

 fruits are rich, deep green; small and very uniform in size. 

 Pkt. s cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 30 cts., lb. $1.10. 



CHICAGO, or WESTERFIELD PICKLE. Fruits 

 are deep green, of medium length, pointed at ends. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 30 cts., lb. Si. 10. 



EVERBEARING. A small-sized, early and very pro- 

 ductive variety. Fine for pickling. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 j41b. 30 cts., lb. Si. 10. 



CUMBERLAND. Fine for pickles. Fruit thickly set 

 with fine spines. Early and very prolific. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., Mlb. 30 cts., lb. $1.10. 



JAPANESE CLIMBING. Fruits almost straight, large 

 and from 12 to 16 inches long; skin dark green, flesh thick. 

 Pkt. s cts., oz. 15 cts., Mlb. SO cts., lb. $1.75. 



WEST INDIA GHERKIN. Small, rough, prickly 

 fruits, used for pickling. Pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 15 cts., 341b. 

 -45 cts. 



English Frame Cucumbers 



These varieties are used for forcing. They can be grown 

 in hotbeds or houses where the temperature does not fall 

 below 65 degrees at night. The fruits are long, smooth and handsome, 

 frequently growing from 20 to 30 inches long. 



Improved Telegraph. Lockies' Perfection 



Each, packet 25 cts. 



CRESS (Sreffe) 



The leaves form excellent spicy spring salads, and are also used 

 for garnishing. Pepper Grass should be sown thickly in shallow drills 

 in early spring, and at intervals for continued supply, as it soon 

 Tuns to seed. 



WATER CRESS. Small, oval leaves; very tender, crisp and pleas- 

 antly spicy when young. Plants of prostrate habit. A perennial 

 aquatic, which grows well in anv running streams. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 40 cts., Mlb. Si. 25. 



UPLAND. Seed of this species may be sown anywhere in moist 

 places in spring or fall. Leaves broad, crisp, tender and good for 

 salads; plant a perennial. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., 341b. 90 cts. 



EXTRA CURLED, or PEPPER GRASS. Of pleasant, pungent 

 flavor; the leaves can be cut several times. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 341b. 25 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



DANDELION (sparbe&ium) 



An early spring salad. Sow early in spring in 

 apart, and thin out to 6 inches in the rows. 



IMPROVED FRENCH. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. so cts. 



drills 12 inches 

 341b. Si. 75- 



T AWN fiRASS SlFFn If you desire a perfect lawn, use out 

 Q&CU. EVERGREEN LAWN SEED. FOR 

 SHADY PLACES, sow our Shady Nook Lawn Seed. Both kinds, if 

 sown early in spring, will produce a good lawn by midsummer. See 

 inside of back cover for same and for directions how to make a lawn. 



New York Improved Thornless Eggplant 



EGGPLANT (giettflanje) 



Sow the seeds in hotbeds early in March, transplant to small pots, 

 and plunge them in the same beds; this is to make them strong and 

 stock}-. They should not be planted out until May or June when the 

 weather becomes warm and settled, as cool nights and wet weather 

 will check their growth. Set the plants in rows 3 feet apart each 

 way and give them thorough cultivation, drawing the earth up to 

 the stems when they are about a foot high. Repeated sowings are 

 sometimes necessary, as the seed does not germinate freely without 

 strong and uniform heat. An ounce of seed will produce 1,000 plants. 



NEW YORK IMPROVED THORNLESS. Strong and produc- 

 tive. Fruits deep purple, large, smooth, free from thorns; flesh white, 

 tender, of delicate flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts., 341b. $1.40. 



BLACK BEAUTY. Fruit broad and thick; lustrous purplish 

 black color; very productive of excellent quality; Slightly earlier 

 than the preceding. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts., Mlb. S1.40. 



ENDIVE (gnbtoie) 



Large Green Curled Endive 



This is an important fall and winter salad. For early, the seed 

 should be sown in April, in drills, 15 inches apart, and the seedlings 

 thinned to stand 12 inches apart in the rows. Sowings for the main 

 crop may be made in June and July, as the vegetable is used prin- 

 cipally in fall and winter. The inner leaves are blanched by tying 

 the tips of the outer ones together, or by laying boards over the 

 plants. An ounce of seed will sow 150 feet of drill. 



LARGE GREEN CURLED. Dark green leaves, beautifully 

 curled, and when blanched, very crisp and tender; ready for use 

 earlier than other sorts. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., 341b- 75 cts. 



BROAD-LEAVED BATAVXAN. The broad, thick leaves make 

 excellent salads when blanched. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., 341b. 60 cts. 



MOSS CURLED. This variety has very finely curled leaves. 

 Tender and excellent quality. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., 341b. 60 cts. 



WHITE CURLED. Has tender, curlv leaves of silvery green. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., 341b. 60 cts. 



KALE, or BORECOLE (Srau§fofii) 



The leaves are of delicate flavor; quite hardy, and 

 mproved by frost. Will grow in almost any soil. An 

 ounce of seed will sow about 200 feet of drill. 



DWARF GERMAN GREENS (Siberian 

 Kale). Generally sown broadcast, but can be 

 sown in drills a foot apart in August; treated 

 like spinach; ready for use in fall or early 

 spring. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 341b. 25c, lb. 75c. 



DWARF CURLED GREEN SCOTCH. 

 Seldom exceeds 18 inches in height, but 

 rounds out to a diameter of 3 feet under 

 good cultivation. The leaves are bright 

 green, tender and elegantly curled. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



TALL CURLED GREEN SCOTCH. 

 Unusually hardy, growing 2 feet or more 

 in height, with recurved, spreading, deep 

 green, curly leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 341b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



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