midsummer for fall and winter salads 



Chinese Cabbage, Chihli (See page 35) 



Endive, Deep Heart Fringed 



Name 



Days to 

 Table 

 Size 



ENDIVE 





Deep Heart Fringed 

 Full Heart Batavian 

 (Escarolle) 

 ( Green Curled Ruff ec. Green 

 Ribbed 



90 

 90 



95 



I Large Green Curled (Pink 

 Ribbed) 



95 



FENNEL 

 Florence 



110 



KALE or BORECOLE 



Dwarf Blue Curled 

 Dwarf Green Curled 



75 

 75 



* Jersey or Thousand 



Headed 

 'i Siberian or Sprouts 



80 

 70 



1 Tall Green Curled Scotch 



75 



KOHL RABI 

 Early Purple Vienna 

 Early White Vienna 



60 

 55 



LEEK 



American, London, or 

 Large Flag 

 If- Giant Musselburgh 



150 

 150 



'' Monstrous Carentan 



150 



LETTUCE, HEADING 

 Bibb 



57 



h Big Boston 



76 



< Cornell No. 456 



82 



Great Lakes 



82 



Green Mignonette 



66 



Description — Points You Want to Know — Prices 



All-America Silver Medal, 1940. Our introduction pkt. 10c 



An improved form of Broad Leaved Batavian, Leaves large and broad. Heads compact, 



well-rounded. Unexcelled for salads because of crispness and tenderness pkt. 10c 



Leaves mossy appearing. Center blanches to delicate white. Very good for fall and winter 



use pkt. 10c 



Vigorous and resistant. Outer leaves bright green, midribs tinged with rose. Center leaves 



blanch readily. Attractive salad plant pkt. 10c 



Branching plant with feathery foliage and bulb-like base. Sweet- flavored bulb eaten cooked 

 or raw; stalks eaten like celery pkt. 10c 



Improved strain of Dwarf Curled Scotch. Very popular in vicinity of Norfolk pkt. 10c 

 Low, spreading plant. Finely curled, parsley-like leaves. Desirable for greens and garnish- 

 ing. Exceptionally hardy pkt. 10c 

 Strong growing plants 6 to 8 ft. tall. Smooth leaves. Much used for poultry and stock feed 



pkt. 10c 



Dwarf, spreading plants. Large plume-like frilled leaves. Sometimes called "German greens" 



pkt. 10c 



Light green densely curled leaves on plants 3 ft. tall. Widely grown for greens. Very hardy; 

 improved by light frosts Crop failed 



Bulbs purplish color; flesh white and tender pkt. 10c 



Bulbs light green on outside; flesh white, mild-flavored, tender. Most popular table variety 



pkt. 10c 



Early. Popular gardener's variety with long, thick, well blanched stem 



pkt. 10c 



Long white stem; medium green leaves. Not so hardy as Monstrous Carentan, and stems 



longer and more slender pkt. 10c 



Very popular hardy variety. Pure white stem. Dark, blue green leaves pkt. 10c 



Small, somewhat loose heads with a distinct flavor. Outer leaves deep glossy green, interior 

 rich yellowish waxy green. Very tender pkt. 10c 



Plain edged leaves tinged bronze at margins. Buttery yellow at heart. One of best flavored 

 varieties pkt. 10c 



An excellent new variety of the Iceberg type developed at Cornell University. Similar to 

 Great Lakes in appearance and performance pkt. 10c 



New variety of Iceberg type, introduced by Michigan State College. Highly recommended for 

 planting in the Great Lakes area. All-America Award, 1944 pkt. 10c 



A somewhat larger selection of the older variety; wholly green, no trace of brown. Very 

 crisp. Especially adapted to tropical climates. Popular in South Pacific. Our introduc- 

 tion pkt. 10c 



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