midsummer for fall and winter salads 



Cucumber, National Pickling 



Endive, Full Heart Batavian 



Name 



Days to 

 Table 

 Size 



ENDIVE 





Deep Heart Fringed 



90 



Full Heart Batavian 

 (Escarolle) 



90 



Green Curled Ruff ec, Green 

 Ribbed 



95 



Large Green Curled (Pink 

 Ribbed) 



95 



FENNEL 





Florence 



110 



KALE or BORECOLE 





Dwarf Blue Curled 



75 



Dwarf Green Curled 



75 



Jersey or Thousand 

 Headed 



80 



Siberian or Sprouts 



70 



Tall Green Curled Scotch 



75 



KOHL RABI 





Early Purple Vienna 



60 



Early White Vienna 



55 



LEEK 





American, London, or 

 Large Flag 



150 



Giant Musselburgh 



150 



Monstrous Carentan 



150 



LETTUCE, HEADING 





Bibb 



57 



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 pkt. 10c 



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 P kt 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. " 



tion 



Popular in South Pacific. Our introduc- 

 pkt. 10c 



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