BOOK OF VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 
32 
SOME OF THE NEW CREATIONS 
MAMMOTH FRUITED GROUND CHERRY 
ROSELLE 
(The Lemonade Plant 
of Queensland) 
This is by far the most prolific of all Ground Cherries, besides the 
fruit is about double in size to that of any other variety, some of the 
fruit measuring from V/j to2 inches in diameter, of a dark purple Egg 
It has been found superior to any 
Plant-colored skin with green flesh, 
other Ground Cherry or Husk Tomato for preserving purposes, and the 
flavor is sweet and delicious. The plants grow about 2 feet high, 
about the same in width and are heavy bearers of fruit in any ordinary 
garden soil. The fruit when picked with the husk on is a splendid keep¬ 
er, remaining in good condition for several weeks if kept in a cool place. 
It i3 a very early fruit to grow in any garden, and the greatest pro¬ 
ducer of fruit of anything we know of. Try it. 
Pkt., Oc.; 3 pkts., 15c.; 6 pkts., 25c. 
This is a plant that will 
soon be very popular as it 
has great value and should 
be cultivated very extensive¬ 
ly. It is used mostly 
making jelly and jam, 
claiming it superior to 
rent or Guava jelly. It if 
cultivated very largely in 
stralia and shipped as jelly 
etc., to all parts of 
The fruit resembles 
Podded Okra and is very 
namental, easily grown 
seed, and resists 
It is very easy to raise 
the fruit requires no 
ing or other labor after 
ing. 
It is a very worthy 
tion to your garden and 
will find it one of the best 
and cheapest fruits for pre¬ 
serving. 
Do not fail to try this nov 
elty this year. 
Our seed comes from a re¬ 
liable grower. 
Packet 8c., 3 pkts. 20c. 
GARDEN 
I1UCKLE- 
BERRY 
Webave grown 
this fruit on our 
grounds and 
pleased with 
and can 
mend it for 
preserves, jams, etc., when fully matured, but not good for any use in a raw or 
state. It is easily grown from seed and bears an abundance of fruit that ripens 
the fall. It is not a hardy plant and should be planted and treated the same as 
planting seed in a box or pan in the house and putting out of doors when danger 
has past. After the fruit has matured, which are jet black in color, it is claimed that 
frost will improve its quality and that it will cook up much finer and with much 
flavor. The plants are enormous yielders, and are a great curiosity while growing 
the garden. Our illustration was made from plants taken from the field when growing 
Pkt. Oc., 3 pkts. 15c., 6 pkts., 25c. 
GARDEN HUCKLEBERRIES 
THE WONDFf;BERRY—If any of our customers would like to obtain 
Bced of the Wondcrberry we can supply it, having grown a crop of the fruit the 
past season. This is the berry that was so largely advertised the past year as a 
remarkable Pew creation of Luther Burbank. The introducer claims that it is 
adapted to pot as well as open ground culture and that it will produce fruit in from 
three to four months from sowing the seed, and that its fruit is more like a great 
rich, luscious Dewberry than anything else; blue-black in color, fine in flavor and unsurpassed cooked, canned or preserved in any form. It is 
plant tc grow from the seed and all those wishing to try it we will furnish the genuine seed as follows: Pkt., 5c.; 3 pkts., 12c.; 6 pkts., 22c. 
a 
THE JAPAN¬ 
ESE SALAD 
PLANT, UDO, is 
a vegetable which is 
prepared for the 
table in the same 
PL ANTS IN AUG I ST 
THE WONDERBERRY 
very easy 
as parsnips 
or asparagus, it may 
also be served raw 
like celery. The 
growing of this veg¬ 
etable forms an im- 
rtant part of mar- 
gardening in Jap- 
and this plant also 
when fully grown, 
forms a splendid or¬ 
namental plan t 5 to 6 
Japanese Salad Plant, *‘Udo” 
feet high with large leaves in bush form. Our illustration shows a full sized plant, 
also blanched young shoots more than 2 feet long. Sow seed in spring in rich soil 
and when 6 inches high transplant the young plants in rows 4 feet apart. Allow 
plants to grow all summer when they will attain a height of 4 or 5 feet if soil is rich 
and given plenty of water. In September cut down the plants level with the 
ground and mound earth up over the roots, making a mound 18 inches high by 2 
or 3 feet broad at the base. The roots will force new shoots up through the mound 
and in 40 to 60 days shoots 12 inches long should b< produced. These can be har¬ 
vested by partially removing the earth and cutting with a sharpe knife close to 
the root. After all forced roots have been cut, cover up the roots with a heavy, 
warm mulch of earth and straw to protect them during the winter and in spring 
remove the mulch. A bed of Udo should yield increasing crops for 8or 10 years 
without removal just as : ii asparagus bed does. We believe our customers will 
find this new Japanese V egetable very profitable and we have a supply of im¬ 
ported seed to oiler as Tollows: Per pkt., 5c.; 3 pkts., 12c.; 6 pkts., 20c. 
