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WILSON S. BROWER COMPANY, Inc., CATALOGUE OF SEEDS 
SWISS CHARD 
Pkt. 5c — oz. 15c — '/4 lb. 45c 
LUCULLUS _ 
Desirable for home and market garden use. Upstanding in habit 
of growth; leaf color yellowish green; heavily crumpled; stems 
thick, broad, light green in color; most popular of the Chards. 
White Silver __ 
A medium tall sort with broad, smooth, yellowish green leaves. 
The leaf stem is fleshy, broad, white with greenish tinge, and is 
frequently cooked and used as Asparagus. The double use makes 
this a popular variety. 
A medium tall sort with broad, smooth, yellowish green leaves. 
MANGEL WURZEL 
1 oz. 10c — |4 lb. 25c 
Giant Half Sugar, White 
Roots long, oval, with white skin; flesh white; a good feeding 
variety. 
Long Yellow Mangel-Wurzel. Good for general crop. 
MAMMOTH LONG RED 
The most popular and the best cropper of all the Mangels; yields 
run from thirty to fifty tons per acre. Roots extremely large, 
slightly tapering; grow half above ground. Color light red; 
flesh white with rose tinge. 
BROCCOLI 
Pkt. 10c — ‘4 oz. 25c — 1 oz. 75c 
CHRISTMAS CALABRESE, GREEN SPROUTING 
The leading variety for shippers, also used largely by market 
gardeners and in home gardens. A tall branching plant forms a 
central head of bluish green flower buds resembling a loose head 
of Cauliflower. After the main head is removed, side branches 
continue to develop throughout the season, and frequently form 
small heads, which, with the stems, are cut and served in the same 
way as Asparagus. It is a highly desirable, delicious vegetable, 
steadily gaining in favor. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Pkt. 10c — 1 oz. 35c 
Half Dwarf Improved 
Highly desirable for home and market garden. Plants 24 to 28 
inches tall; stems thickly set, with firm Cabbage-like balls of 1% 
inch diameter, maturing successively. 
CABBAGE 
Pkt. 10c — Vi oz. 15c — Oz. 45c 
Diameter Weight 
of head of head 
inches pounds 
Early Varieties 
CHARLESTON WAKEFIELD ... 6 to 7 4 to 4 % 73 to 75 
Used in the South for winter shipping to northern mar¬ 
kets; excellent for home garden and truckers. Nearly a 
week later than Jersey Wakefield, with heart shaped 
heads, a half larger; 7 to 8 inches long. 
COPENHAGEN MARKET _ . . ..... 614 314 to 4 70 to 75 
Dependably early and uniform, used largely as an early 
shipper; desirable likewise for early kraut. Few outer 
leaves, short stem; heads round, solid, and of superior 
quality. An excellent variety. 
Days 
from setting 
of plants 
to market¬ 
able heads 
Days from 
setting of plants 
ttf first cutting 
55 to 65 
Days from 
sowing 
seed to cutting 
50 to 60 
50 to 60 
