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PORT B. MELLINGJSR 
SWISS CHARD 
CULTURE—Sow seed in the Spring as soon as the ground can be worked 
in drills 18 to 24 inches apart. Cover the seed with 1 inch of soil. Thin to stand 
8 to 12 inches apart in the rows. Use a packet for 25 feet of row, ounce to 75 feet, 
5 to 6 pounds per acre. Cultivate freely. 
Pkt. 1 oz. 4 oz. 1 lb. 5 lbs. 10 lbs. 
Lucullus .05 .10 .25 .75 $3.00 $5.50 
TOBACCO 
CULTURE—Sow seed in a hot bed in February or March and treat same as 
tomatoes. Use wood ashes on seed bed. When plants are large enough and weather 
settled, transplant in rows 3 or 3% feet apart each way, and cultivate frequently. 
A packet will produce about 200 plants; an ounce produces about 5,000 plants, 
sufficient for an acre. 
Pkt. y 2 oz. 1 oz. 4 oz. 1 lb. 
Connecticut Seed Leaf.05 .25 .40 $1.30 $4.00 
TURNIPS 
CULTURE—Sow early flat varieties in April 
in drills 12 to 18 inches apart. Cover seed 
\'2 inch and thin out to 4 to 6 inches in the 
row. Cultivate frequently. For succession, sow 
at intervals until the last week in May. For 
Fall and Winter crop, sow in July or August 
in drills or broadca. t. A packet will sow about 
50 feet of drill; an ounce about 250 feet; 1V6 
pounds to acre in drills or 2 ^ pounds broad¬ 
cast. Ready to use in 45 to 75 days. 
Purple Top White Globe 
Purple Top Strap Leaf 
Golden Ball 
Long White Cow Horn 
Extra Early Purple Top Milan 
Pkt. 1 oz. 4 oz. 1 lb. 5 lbs. 10 lbs. 
Above Varieties of Turnips .05 .08 .20 .50 $2.25 $4.00 
Shogoin (Japanese).05 .08 .25 .65 2.75 4.50 
The best turnip for greens, very much superior to Seven Top. The turnips 
are white, flat and of fine quality. The tops are light green of good 
quality and grow in clusters. 
WATERMELONS 
• C UL ™ E p lant the seed as soon as the weather is really warm and settled 
i" “\\\s 8 9 f eet apart each way. A packet will plant about 10 hills, an ounce about 
oU mils, o or 4 pounds of seed to the acre Allow two nr t hron rvlo n f o ♦ A wamain 
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