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CARTERS TESTED SEEDS— CHOICE VEGETABLES. 
CUCUMBER, OUTDOOR — Continued. 
480* Carter* Outdoor. — The longest hardy Cucumber. Fruit of a 
good sliHiKf ami colour, and of fine flavour. 
492 Davis Perfect.— Excellent variety, of good habit; colour dark 
g-eeu. 10 to 12 in. long. 
488 Arlington White 8plne.— A strain of White Shine that has 
been improved through careful selection with a few of use for 
starting in hothouse or frames. 
489 Japanese Climbing:.— Cau be grown on a trellis for decora* 
tlou ; very prolific. 
491 Improved Long: Green.— This is a late sort, of great length. 
and the fruit is very crisp and tender. 
Price of the above $ oz. 1 oz. J lb. 1 lb. 
.10 .25 .75 2.50 
483 Carters Prickly Ridge. — A hardy variety, of easy culture. 
485 Gherkin . — Very extensively used for pickling. 
490 Everbearing. — Of medium size, good shape, early and pro- 
ductive. 
482 Carters Miniature Cluster . — The best for pickling or salad. 
493 Paris Pickling.— Fruit very long, prickly, and a deep rich green 
in colour. 
494 Chicago Pickling. — Very crisp and tender. 
Price of the above . . J oz. 1 oz. i lb. 1 lb. 
.5 .15 .45 1.50 
C|k|ri|\/P Two First Class Certificates awarded by the Royal 
w Horticultural Society for our stocks of Kndive. 
The Cultivation of Endive .— Sow for early crops in middle 
of April, and for succession to beginning of August: thin out 
to about 10 in. apart. A simple method of blanching is to put an 
inverted pot over each plant and cover it with leaves or straw. 
1 os. of seed will sow 150 ft. of drill. 
655 Carter* Model. — The moat beautiful and perfect form of 
Curled Kndive yet introduced, it is exceedingly ornamental, of 
a distinct colour, and bleaches admirably. Carters Model 
Endive was greatly admired in our Cold Medal Collection of 
Vegetables at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Exhibition In 
Chelsea Cardens. May. 1913. 
Price . . . . 1 oz. £ oz. 1 oz. J lb. 
.10 .15 .25 .75 
ENDIVE — Continued. 
No. 
559 Carters Green Curled. — Dwarf, and beautifully curled. 
556 Carters White Endive.— Superbly curled and laclnlated; 
easily blanched, very tender. 
OVAL op PLAIN-LEAVED. 
567 Carters Round-loavod Batavian.— Very compact and 
hardy ; forms good heart. 
568 Green Batavian or Escarolle.— Tender broad leave*. 
crisp; of good flavour. 
Price of the above 
£ oz. 
.10 
Jib. 
.45 
PLANT The Cultivation of Egg Plant . — Sow in 
" gentle heat early in April, transplant 
towards the middle of June, setting the plants 3 ft. apart each 
way. I oz. of seed produces about 1,500 plants. 
574 Black Beauty. — Fruit jet black ; good form and solid. 
I/AUI RADI __ A useful vegetable, not nearly so much 
rvv ^" 1 or cultivated in this country in gardens as 
KftOL KHOL. it would be were its merits known. Used 
as a substitute for Turnips, especially in 
hot dry seasons. The bulb grows entirely out of the ground. 
Included in our Gold Medal Exhibit at York Gala Show. 1914. 
The Cultivation of Kohl Rabi . — Prepare a breadth of good, 
well-manured soil. Drill the seeds in rows, about 15 in. apart, in 
May. and thin out to about 9 in. apart. They are ready for use 
when they attain the size of a small Turnip. 1 oz. of seed will 
sow 150 ft. of drill. 
Va rietiea . — There are two varieties in general cultivation, the 
white and the purple. 
I Carter* Earliest White. — Garden Kohl Rabi. 
3 Carters Earllost Purple. — Garden Kohl Rabi. 
nf the above 
£ oz. 1 OZ. 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS , Inc ., 102-106 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BLDG., BOSTON , MASS. 
