BRAND PEONY FARMS, Inc 
New York Lettuce. 
Grand Rapids Lettuce. 
Hearts of Gold Muskmelon. 
Kohl-rabi. 
Celery 
GOLDEN SELF BLANCHING. 110 days. 
Rich golden yellow, self blanching. 
Crisp, tender, seldom pithy. French 
seed. Our seed is the best. 
Pkt., 10c; y 2 oz., 25c; oz., 35c. 
Cucumber 
CHICAGO PICKLING. 59 days. One of the 
finest of pickling cucumbers and also 
good for slicing. Fruits 6 y 2 inches long, 
2V 2 inches thick; light green, square 
ended, and so uniform in size as to be 
very attractive. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c. 
LONGFELLOW or VAUGHAN. An ideal cu¬ 
cumber for the home garden. A cucum¬ 
ber of excellent quality. Uniform in 
size, it is a long slender dark green 
fruit often 12 to 15 inches and 2 inches 
thick. Very attractive and holds its 
crispness well after picking. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c. 
DAVIS PERFECT. 65 days. An excellent, 
long, midseason variety. Of splendid 
quality and nice to look at. Good ship¬ 
per, fine for home use. 9 to 10 inches 
long, tapered at both ends. Dark green. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c. 
EARLY FORTUNE. Early, disease resistant, 
and one of the most productive of all 
the cucumbers. Rich dark green. 8 
inches long, slightly tapering; flesh 
white, very firm, crisp, and very few 
seeds. One of the best all around cu¬ 
cumbers. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c. 
Kohlrabi 
Cooked the same way as turnips they 
are much sweeter and finer in flavor. Sow 
seed in early spring and again in July for 
late use. Gather when not more than 2 
inches as they grow woody after that. 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA is the best of the 
green varieties. Ready for table in 60 
days. Pkt., 10c; oz,, 20c. 
Lettuce 
For the earliest Lettuce sow in hotbed 
in February or March and transplant to 
open ground as soon as ground can be 
worked. For later crops sow in open 
ground y 2 inch deep in rows a foot apart. 
For good Lettuce, plant head varieties 
very early in the spring and again about 
August 1st to get cool weather in the fall. 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON. One of the most 
reliable and easily grown of all the va¬ 
rieties. A splendid loose or curled leaf 
Lettuce of the finest flavor and desirable 
both for home use and for the market 
gardener. Large leaves, the inner ones 
forming a semi head. Crisp, tender. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c. 
GRAND RAPIDS. This Lettuce, although 
much used under glass, is also one of 
the finest of outdoor varieties. Light 
green. Very tender and crisp. Of the 
very mildest flavor. Ready to eat in 42 
days. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c. 
NEW WONDERFUL or NEW YORK. The 
largest heading of all. Frequently 
weighs 2 to 3 pounds. Should be started 
in hotbed and transplanted early to 
open ground when monstrous crisp 
heads are to be had. Of very finest 
quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c. 
IMPROVED HANSON. This head variety 
stands the heat well and is of the very 
highest quality, being very sweet and 
void of any bitter taste. A sure header. 
Plant very early for early heads. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c. 
EARLY WHITE SELF-FOLDING COS. Cos 
Lettuce has long, narrow, upright, 
smooth edged leaves which are self 
folding. The inside blanches and if the 
tops are tied loosely the blanching is all 
the better. Makes a pleasing salad, and 
is quite a change from other Lettuces. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c. 
Muskmelon Seed 
Do not plant until ground is thoroughly 
warm and danger of frost is past. Plant 
seeds in hills 6 feet apart each way. Drop 
8 to 10 seeds to the hill, and when danger 
of insects is past thin to 3 plants. For 
melon beetles and lice use “Ever Green.” 
BENDER'S SURPRISE. 94 days. A large 
melon of exquisitely fine flavor, weigh¬ 
ing 8 to 10 lbs. Round. Flesh very thick 
and sweet. An excellent home or mar¬ 
ket melon. Does well almost everywhere. 
Salmon flesh. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c. 
HONEY ROCK. (Sugar Rock). 90 days. A 
new melon which we tried out last year 
and found of the finest, sweetest quality. 
A beautiful looking smooth, practically 
round melon. Very productive. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c. 
HEARTS OF GOLD. 90 days. This is still our 
favorite melon in our own garden. 
Fruits nearly round, 5 inches in diam¬ 
eter. The flesh, a deep rich orange, ex¬ 
tends from a small seed cavity right to 
the rind and is of the sweetest, finest 
flavor. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c. 
GOLDEN OSAGE. 9 5 days. An excellent 
melon both for home and market. This 
is an immense yielder of melons of the 
finest flavor. Melons 8 inches long weigh 
6 lbs. Dark green, deeply ribbed. Flesh 
very thick, deep pink-salmon, rich, 
sweet. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c. 
Golden Self-Blanching 
Celery. 
lJuvis Rerfect Lucumoer. 
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