Summer 
A packet of seed of summer varieties will plant 6 to 8 hills; an ounce 30 hills. 
GIANT SUMMER STRAIGHTNECK. See page 12. This improved 
variety has become very popular. The squash is the same as Early 
Giant Crookneck but does not have the curved neck of that variety. 
Our seed is of our own growing and will produce a higher percentage of 
squash with straight necks than any strain we have ever seen. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 20c; % Lb. 60c; Lb. $1.90. 
Early Giant Crookneck. This variety is an improved strain of the old 
Yellow Summer Crookneck Squash. It is just as early as that variety 
and the fruit grows nearly twice the size. The squashes are deep golden 
yellow and very warty. Dwarf or bush vines. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; */ 4 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25. 
Mammoth White Bush Scallop. (Called “Cymling” in the South.) 
The fruit is saucer shaped, pure white and scalloped around the edges. 
This squash is of excellent quality for summer use. Our strain is the 
improved Mammoth, which is much larger than the old kind and 
equally early. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; x / 4 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25. 
Early Yellow Bush Scallop. The same as White Bush Scallop, except 
that the fruit is yellow and has yellow flesh. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; */ 4 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25. 
Vegetable Marrow. (English.) This squash is very popular in England. 
The fruit is 8 in. to a foot long, 4 to 5 in. in diameter and of a creamy 
white color. It is used when half grown, the same as any summer 
squash. The vines are of the runner type growing about ten feet long. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; % Lb. 45c; Lb. $1.40. 
“/have wonderful luck with your seeds, and my garden and vegetables are the best 
around this part of town.” Margaret A. Green, Auburn, N. Y. Feb. 25, 1933. 
Cultural Directions 
To help you have a successful garden we have prepared a pam¬ 
phlet “The Cultivation of Vegetables and Flowers,” which will be 
sent free with any order of $1.00 or more if requested. 
Sorrel 
Sauerampfer (Ger.) Acetosa (It.) 
Improved Broad-Leaved. Used as greens, or for soup flavoring. Sow 
outdoors in spring, thin to 4 in. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 20c; y 4 Lb. 50c; Lb. $1.65. 
Narrow-Leaved. The leaves are narrow and grow more upright than the 
Broad-Leaved. This kind is demanded on many markets. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; l / 4 Lb. 90c; Lb. $3.00. 
Squash 
Italian Vegetable Marrow 
ITALIAN VEGETABLE MARROW. (Cocozelle.) Italian Vegetable 
Marrow is becoming more and more in demand each year and market 
gardeners find it a profitable crop to grow. It is also an excellent kind 
to grow for the roadside stand. This is the most delicate and fine 
flavored summer squash we have ever grown. The plant is of bush type 
without runners and the fruit is long and slender, mottled with dark and 
light green. It is used when 10 or 12 inches long and while perfectly 
green. It can be cooked like summer squash or cut in slices and fried 
in butter. Try it. Our stock is very fine being uniform in shape and of 
dark green color. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; y 4 Lb. 45c; Lb. $1.50. 
or Vegetable Oyster 
Sassefrica (It.) 
A packet will sow 15 ft. of row, an ounce 75 ft. 
“Oyster Plant,” as it is often called, is easily 
grown and is used in the late fall and winter 
when there are very few fresh vegetables to be 
had. Market gardeners find this a profitable 
vegetable to grow. 
The best roots are grown on rather light 
soil, but good ones can be produced on almost 
any good garden land. Sow the seed in May 
in rows 2 feet apart and thin the plants to 3 
inches apart. The roots can be used any time 
in the fall and winter. They may remain in 
the ground all winter. Before the ground 
freezes a supply of roots should be dug and 
placed in moist sand in the cellar for use in 
the winter. 
MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND. The 
Best Strain. An improved variety that 
grows very large often measuring 4 to 5 
inches around, and is of the best quality. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 20c; y 4 Lb. 65c; Lb. $2.00. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island 
Salsify 
Haferwurzel (Ger.) 
Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard 
“ Your seeds last year were as usual, excellent. Long Season Beet ran as high as 5% 
lbs. each. Danvers Onions best crop I ever raised. You do not lay enough stress on Boston 
Marrow Squash as a summer squash. When about 3-5 inches in diameter, boiled whole, 
then slice, there is no squash to compare with it.” Maxwell Peabody, Saugerties, N. Y. 
Feb. 21, 1933. 
SWISS CHARD or Spinach Beet 
Beisskohl (Ger.) Bieta (It.) 
A packet of seed will sow 15 feet of row; an ounce 50 feet. 
Swiss Chard is a beet grown for its leaves. The mid-rib when boiled makes 
delicious greens. Leaves may be boiled and served as spinach. Sown in the 
spring the leaves are soon ready to eat and will continue to grow all summer 
and fall. If given a little protection it will survive the winter and make 
excellent greens early in the spring. 
FORDHOOK GIANT. The Best Variety. The leaves are dark green, 
very large, much curled or “Savoyed,” thick of texture and quite tender. 
The stems are pure white, broad and thick and make an excellent vegetable 
when cooked separately. The leaves make excellent boiling greens. 
Pkt. 8c; Oz. 12c; y 4 Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00. 
Lucullus. This is the old standard variety still preferred by many people. 
A very large variety with curled leaves like a Savoy cabbage. The plants 
grow nearly 2 feet high and the stems and leaves are very large and of fine 
quality. The color is light yellowish green. 
Pkt. 8c; Oz. 12c; y 4 Lb. 30c; Lb. 95c. 
Silver Leaf. Large, smooth, green leaves with silvery white ribs and stems. 
Pkt. 8c; Oz. 12c; V 4 Lb. 30c; Lb. 90c. 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO., Inc., 
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HARRIS’ SEEDS —1934 
COLDWATER, N. Y. 
