82 VEGETABLE SEEDS— (Continued.) 
State Nursery and Seed Co. 
FOR PRICES ON ALL VEGETABLE 
SEEDS— SEE RED INSERT— PAGE 80 
CRESS 
Oex, — Karten-Kxesse. Scand. — Xai<ie. 
CBESS, OB FEFFEB GRASS — This salad is much used with 
Lettuce to the flavor o£ which its warm pungent taste raaltes 
an agreeable addition. 
CBESS — (Water) — Hardy perennial aquatic plant; sow seed along 
water's edge, preferably near running springs. 
CUCUMBER 
Ger. — Gnrken. Scand. — Hanrk. 
(One ounce will plant fifty hills; two lbs., to an acre.) 
Comberland — The best picliling sort yet introduced being very 
handsome and productive, with flesh firm, but very crisp and 
tender. Vines sturdy and prolific. 
Davis Perfect — Tlie best northern market Cucumber of the e.Ktra 
long white spine type. It is a new variety, and since its intro- 
duction has jumped into such prominence that it may riglit- 
fully be regarded as the most popular variety of its type today! 
The Davis Perfect has been most carefully selected by a vet- 
eran outdoor and greenhouse grower of Cucumbers for length, 
slimness an;l its darlc green color. 
Fordliook Famous — A long White Spine variety growing from 10 
to 12 inches. Earlier and fully as long as Long Green and of 
equally good quality. 
Cool and Crisp — A fine garden variety, deep green and crisp, and 
is of the White Spine type, pure white when ripe. 
Early White Spine — Earliest of the White Spine varieties. E.\cel- 
lent for table use. 
Early Frame or Short Green — A very productive variety having 
fruits of good length and handsome form. Desirable for pro- 
ducing pickles of medium size. Fine quality when sliced for 
table. 
Early Bnssian — Bright green, crisp and tender flesh; excellent 
for table use or pickling. 
Cucumber — Early White Spine. 
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Cucnmlier — lions' Green 
Improved Iiong' Green — Not quite so early as the above named 
sorts but admitted to be the best general crop Cucumber for 
this climate; good color, very prolific, crisp and tender. 
Everbearing — Small size, very early and , enormously productive 
and valuable as a green pickler. It continues to flower and 
produce fruit until killed by frost whether the Cucumbers are 
picked off or not. Remarkably solid with very few seeds and 
of fine quality. Invariably of perfect form even when small. 
Boston Pickling — 
Very productive, 
ftrown largely for 
pickles. Fruit 
m e d iu m sized, 
very smooth bright 
green. 
Cucumber — Boston Pickling. 
Japanese Climbing — A strong and vigorous grower, and while all 
Cucumbers are running or creeping vines, this variety attains 
nearly twice the length of ordinary sorts and can be grown 
on trellises, fences or poles. The fruits from ten to twelve 
inches in length, are of excellent quality either for slicing or 
piclJling. 
Bollinson'3 Telegraph — For forcing. Long green Cucumbers of 
excellent flavor, very tender and solid. We have grown this 
variety under glass to a length of 25 inches. 
Vaughn's Forcing — For forcing. This is a great favorite with 
the Chicago and Eastern growers for forcing under glass for 
the early and winter markets. Of medium size, very prolific, 
of good color and most excellent quality. 
EGG PLANT 
oz. to 100 feet oC row. V4, lb. to 
acre.) 
One oz. will produce 1000 to 1500 
plants. 
Improved New York — Tliis selection 
is vastly superior to the old type. 
The habit of the plant is low and 
branching, and is quite free from 
spines. 
ENDIVE 
1 oz. to 
100 feet of row. Four 1I3S. 
to acre. 
Ger. — Endivren. Scand. — Endive. 
White Curled — Leaves pale green; 
should be used when young. 
Egg Plant — Improved. 
Sew York. 
Oxeeu Curled — 
For fall and 
winter use; also 
largely used for 
garnishing; 
crisp and curly; 
easily blanched. 
Broad Iieaved 
Bataviau — A 
very wide 
leaved variety, 
leaves with 
straight edges, 
thick and fleshy 
of a dull green 
color. Quality 
excellent. 
Endive — Green Curled, 
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Garlic. 
GARLIC 
G er. — Knoblauch. 
SCAND. — Hoidloeg. 
[1 (1 lb. to r,n feet of drill. 200 
lbs. to aci-e.) 
GABilC— The Garlic is the 
most pungent of all the on- 
ion family. The root or 
bulb is composed of many 
small bulbs called "cloves", 
which are planted in the 
spring six to eight inches 
apart, and in August the 
tops will die when the bulbs 
are ready to gather; they 
do best in light rich soil. 
HERBS 
Ground Cherry — (See Tomato.) 
HEBBS — (Sweet, Pot and Medicinal) — The seeds should be sown 
in spring, in shallow drills, 12 inclies apart, and the young 
plants thinned out or transplanted to about 4 inches. They 
should be harvested on a dry day. Just before the blossoms 
develop, dried quickly and bottled, or closely packed in dry 
boxes, with the air entirely excluded. Those prefixed by an * 
are Perennials. 
Anise — Used for flavoring 
*Balm .... 
Basil 
Borage 
Caraway — Tlie seeds of this herb are usei 
*Horehound 
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