SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. ^/j ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 1 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
■ — //ri' Hardiest For All Climes 
May's Garden Plants — Selected, Tried Varieties 
purple color, very close and compact, and of excellent flavor. 
Considered more delicate than the cauliflower 
ounce 25c. 
BROCCOLI 
garden. 
MAY'S Purple Cape Broccoli 
HE BEST variety for our climate. Large heads of a brown 
cellent fla 
Packet 5c 
Beets 
CROSBY'S Improved Egyptian 
THE FINEST and truest strain of Crosby Egyptian 
to be had. Tliis variety is probably sown 
more than any other for an early beet, as it 
reaches the desired size in much shorter time. 
Packet 5c., ounce 10c., ^-pound 20c., pound 
50c 
MAY'S Half Long Beet 
THIS IS ONE OF TUE BEST BEETS Jor winter use. 
Roots only half as long as the Long Blood, 
but weigh as much on account of their thickness. 
Always smooth. Their rich dark red flesh is very 
sweet, crisp and tender. _ It never becomes woody, 
•en in the exposed portions. This is a beet that 
recommends very highly to either the market gardener oi 
EDMAND'S 
EARLY 
TURNIP 
Packet 5c.| ounce lOc., 3^-pound 20c., pound 60c. 
Detroit Dark Blood. Very 
MAY'S Curled Cress 
FINE cuRi-ED. (Pepper Grass). Quick growing. Leaves finely cut and 
feathery like a good parsley; growing dwarf and compact; ornamental, 
crisp and pungent. Very refrcshinp. It should be cut often and it will con- 
tinue to grow. I'acket Sc., ounce lOc, X-pO"nd 20c., pound 55c, 
MAY'S Water Cress 
A BAR 
«0 
CHERVIL 
riety is, greatly superior to the old, plain 
ftome, 
HIGHLY ESTEEMED as a solad during the 
spring and fall. Also used as a garnish 
for meats during the winter. Seeds may 
be started readily in pans or boxes of 
moist earth, and the young plants trans- 
planted to shallow water. Packet lOc., 
ounce 30c. 
MAY'S Chervil 
ARDV ANNUAL, 
orthy of more 
general use for 
flavoring and gar- 
nishing. This is 
a curled variety, 
and is even more 
beautiful than 
Earsley, and can 
c used to great 
advantage in 
beautifying 
dishes of meats 
and vegetables. 
May's curled va- 
bclng- earlier, more hand- 
variety. 
d having fully as fine perfume and flavor. PaxJcet 5c., ounce 10c, 
MAY'S Brussels Sprouts 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS are highly esteemed for boiling d-uring the late fall 
and winter months. The "sprouts" resemble miniature cabbage. 
growing closely on the stalk of the plant. 
May*s Exhibition. The many good qualities 
'■i]^'*^~y^ ^ li-xnibition. Ihe many good qualities 
^^''■'n44^?ji3:^^Kr^' ?^ A ^^^^ recommend it to market gar- 
'■^'^i^f^^T^^^^^^ 1? dencrs and others who wish a first-clasi 
'V^^-^i^^ j\ vegetable that is sure to produce a good 
lod 
crop of highest quality.' Packet "lOc., 
ounce 2Sc., ^-povnd 6Sc, 
Dwarf Improved. A standard variety, 
producing compact heads of fine quality. 
Most delicious and delicate flavor. Packet Sc., 
ounce iSc, ^-pound 45c., pound $1.40. 
Half Dwarf Paris Market. A half dwarf sort, bear- 
ing handsome crops of round, hard sprouts of the 
finest quality. Packet Sc., ounce 15c., ^-pound 
4Sc., pound $1.S0. 
MAY'S Chicory 
RCE-ROOTED. Tkf fOots, dried, 
roasted and ground, used as a i 
cotFee. Leaves make excellent salad ii 
Packet Sc., ounce 15c., ^-potind 40c., 
sliced thin, 
wbstitute for 
early spring, 
pound $1.50. 
MAY'S WiTLOFF CWICORY 
A BUSHY crisp vegetable. 
called French Endl 
ve. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Sometimes 
_ _ _ . Makes one 
of the most deliciows salads. It is also 
an excellent dish when it is boiled. Sure 
to please. Packet 10c., ounce ISc, 
}^-pound 30c. 
Edmand's 
Early Tur- 
— nip, I' Icsh is a 
blooa red and it is 
fi beet that keeps ex- 
ccllenily. Wry supcr- 
\nr sort- Packet Sc., 
ounce 10c., Ji-pound 
25c., pound 75c. 
20c., 
large, flesh bright red. Is 
very good to store. Packet 
Sc., ounce iSc, 3|*Pound 25c., 
Dound 70c. 
May's Early Blood Turnip, Excellent 
for forcing and is a very good keeper 
Packet Sc., ounce 15c,, }4-povmd 40c., 
pound 60c. 
Long Smooth Blood. An excellent late 
variety. Packet Sc., ounce lOc, )4^-pound 
pound S5c. 
Swiss Chard. This is a beet producing leaves only, of a quality superior to 
those of the ordinary beet, and used for greens only. Packet Sc., ounce 
10c., i^-pound 20c., pound SSc. 
MAY'S True Southern or Creole Collards 
TRUE SOUTHERN OR CREOLE. This is the variety so extensively U;:ed in 
the South, where it furnishes an abundance of food for both man and 
beast. Forms a large, loose, open head. They should be sown as for cab- 
bage, in June, July and August, for succession. Transplant when a month 
old in rows a foot apart each way and hoe often. 
Packet Sc., ounce 10c, -pound 25c. 
MAY'S Corn Salad 
A SMALL, hardy salady extensively used 
the winter and spring months a 
for lettuce. 
during 
substitute 
Also cooked and served like spinach. 
Large Seeded. Broad leaved 
lOc., ^-pound 20c., pound 60c, 
Packet Sc., ounce 
MAY'S Chives 
Al-SO CALLED S N ITT L A U C n . Ch iveS 
. are perfectly hardy perennial 
plant* of the onion type. They arc 
grown for their small leaves, which 
arc produced very early in the spring, 
for giving a mild onion flavor to vari- 
ous dishes. The tops appear early in 
the spring, and can be shorn ofl close 
to the ground as needed. They can 
be grown also in pots in a sunny win- 
dow during the winter. Chives can 
be very easily raised from seed. 
Rightly managed, the culture of 
chives can be made very profitable. 
Packet lOc, ounce SOc. 
COLLARDS 
" Your Charleston 
n'ake(ield Cab- 
bage is a wonder^ 
VI any heads 
weighing S, lO 
ana 12 founds, 
as solid as a rock. 
Out 0/ 800 only 
20 failed to head; 
it seems to be a 
cabhage of great 
vitality, and the 
worms and lice 
damage it but lit- 
tle." 
0. B. Slauffer^ 
Rocky Ford, 
Colo. 
CHIVES 
