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LETHERMAN’S SEED HOUSE, Canton, Ohio 
Early Fortune 
EARLY FRAME or SHORT GREEN. Ends are blunt, very 
hardy and fine for a second crop of pickles. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c, lb. $2.25. 
<$>IMPROVED LONC CREEN. One of the best and most 
s/ popular varieties for the home garden. Vines hardy 
and vigorous producing long slender dark green 
fruits in great abundance which average 12 inches 
in length, crisp and tender. Excellent for pickles 
when gathered young. Pkt. 10c, V 2 oz - 18c, oz. 30c, 
1/4 lb| 85e, lb. $3.00. 
JAPANESE CLIMBING. Used for training over trellises. 
Flesh white, crisp and good flavor. Fruits deep green, 
about 9 inches long. Pkt. 10c, V2 oz. 18c, oz. 30c, 
1/4 lb. 85c, lb. $3.00. 
BOSTON PICKLE. One of the most popular varieties in 
use for pickles. Very early and prolific. Fruits are 
smooth, uniform and taper slightly. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
20c, 1/4 lb. 65c, lb. $2.25. 
^CHICAGO PICKLE. One of the standard pickle 
varieties. Early, very productive, with blunt ends. 
Plants are very disease resistant. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 
1/4 lb. 65c, lb. $2.25. 
SNOW’S PICKLE. Similar to Chicago except that it is 
smaller. Very uniform, smooth, early and enor¬ 
mously productive. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 65c, 
lb. $2.25. 
EARLY CLUSTER. Well known variety used for pickles. 
Early smooth and a heavy yielder. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 
l / 4 lb. 65e, lb. $2.25. 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN. Used for pickles. Fruits are 
small, oval, about 1 1/2 inches long and covered with 
spines all over. Color light green. Pkt. 10c, 1/2 oz. 
18c, oz. 30c, i / 4 lb. 85c, lb. $3.00. 
DANDELSON 
A hardy perennial. The broad-leaved cultivated 
form is far superior to the wild growing products. 
Seeds are sown thinly in rows fifteen inches apart and 
covered very lightly. One ounce of seed will sow 
three hundred feet of row. 
IMPROVED THICK-LEAVED. A distinct variety unsur¬ 
passed in thickness of leaf and deep green color. It 
grows compactly, forming a regular upright tuft, 
and making an abundant crop without using much 
ground. Far superior to the Common sort and 
blanches almost naturally. Pkt. 10c, 1/2 oz. 25c, oz. 
40c, 1/4 lb. $1.45, lb. $5.00. 
DILL 
DILL. Sow early in the spring, thinly in rows about 
II/2 feet apart for hand cultivation or 21/2 feet 
apart if to be cultivated with horse. Cover seed 
about V2 inch. Dill is used in large quantities for 
flavoring cucumber pickles; also for flavoring vine¬ 
gar. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 65c. 
Lethernian’s Garland Tomato were fine, in fact the 
very best Tomatoes raised here and “I don’t mean 
maybe.” H. S. Grant, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. 
Crow your own vegetables, none that you 
buy can equal in flavor those you grow your¬ 
self taken fresh from your garden. Besides you 
have the satisfaction of accomplishment and 
the benefit of the best health-giving exercise 
you can take; close to mother nature. 
I just couldn’t call my garden a garden without your 
Holco Emperor Celery. The very best there is. Mrs. 
Edward C. Bixler, New Windsor, Md. 
We have made it convenient and easy for 
you to use Letherman’s Proven Merit Seeds, we 
pay the postage on all seeds listed in this 
catalogue up to ten pounds, and on all orders 
for seeds amounting to ten dollars or more we 
pay the transportation by Express or Freight 
(our option). 
Enclosed find my usual order for Cauliflower seeds. 
The Holco Earliest Cauliflower you sent were extra 
fine. I had heads as large as a peck measure although 
the season was very dry. S. J. Moss, Fulton, N. Y. 
Take advantage of the collections we offer 
they are all selected from the best varieties and 
you effect a saving as they are all priced lower 
than if each item is purchased separately. 
They are selected also to give a succession of 
crops thus extending the growing season. 
Please send the following seeds. I am sending you 
several new customers from this locality and 1 know 
they will receive the same fine treatment that I re¬ 
ceive from you. George S. Dietzer, Homestead Park, 
Pa. 
To get the most from your garden if the 
space is limited, as soon as you have harvested 
a crop plant another in its place. 
