PERFECTION BRAND SEEDS 
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Perfection Brand Improved Carrots 
Carrots grow best in rich, deep sandy loam, well pulverized and deeply cultivated. Sow in March or April, in 
drills 15 to 18 inches apart and about one-half inch deep, thinning out the seedings to 4 inches in the row. One 
ounce will sow 100 feet of row; 3 or 4 pounds to the acre. 
Danvers Half Long Carrots 
CARROTS 
EARLY SCARLET HORN—This variety is the first ready for the 
table in the home garden. The tops are small, dark green. The 
orange-red roots are short and top-shaped, and when picked while young 
they are very tender. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; % lb., 40clb., 95c, postpaid. 
DANVERS HALF LONG—An excellent market variety of medium 
size. The roots are of a rich orange-red color, smooth, and very hand¬ 
some. Produces a very large crop. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; *4 lb. 30c; lb. 
95c, postpaid. 
LONG ORANGE—The best late variety for general field culture. It 
keeps very well, and is therefore excellently adapted for winter use. 
Pkt., 5c; oz. 20c; % lb. 40c; lb. 95c, postpaid. 
OXHEART, or GUERANDE—Of fine table qualities. It is the most 
desirable sort for growing in soils too hard and stiff for the longer 
varieties, as it does not grow over 6 inches long, and is easily pulled 
by hand. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; *4 lb. 40c; lb. 95c, postpaid. 
EARLY CHANTENAY—A fine bunching carrot. One of the best 
early sorts, maturing between the Oxheart and Danvers. The carrots 
grow about 6 inches in length, stump-rooted, very smooth, deep red, 
fine-grained, sweet and sugary. Market gardeners sjiould grow these for 
their main early crop. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; % lb. 40c; lb. 95c, postpaid. 
RICE’S CORLESS—The most strikingly handsome early carrot we are 
acquainted with. Roots are deep orange in color, exceptionally smooth, 
cylindrical in form, 6 inches in length by 1% inches in diameter. Free 
from woody heart or core and of the highest quality. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 
% lb. 50c, postpaid. 
LARGE YELLOW BELGIAN—For stock. Grown exclusively for stock 
feeding. Roots about 20 inches long, broad and pointed; light orange 
below the surface, green above. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 65c, 
postpaid. 
PERFECTION BRAND ENDIVE 
ENDIVE FOR GREENS AND SALADS—Culture: For late spring and 
summer use, sow the seed in open ground during February or March. 
For fall use sow in July or August. Requires about 60 days to make 
a crop. This is a fine salad crop for your garden, and the leaves are 
used for garnishing and flavoring soup; the young leaves are delicious 
when cooked as greens. Use a packet to 26 feet of drill; an ounce to 
160 feet: 4 to 5 pounds per acre. 
IMPROVED GREEN CURLED—Finely fringed leaves of bright green 
color; tender and crisp when blanched. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c, 
postpaid. 
PERFECTION BRAND EGG PLANT 
Seed should be started in February, in boxes in the house. Always 
keep the ground warm and moist, and protect the young plants. Trans¬ 
plant into a rich, loamy soil when all danger of frost is past. One 
ounce will produce about 1,000 plants. 
NEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE—One of the best and largest va¬ 
rieties in cultivation. The plant is robust, low-growing, branching freely, 
. and bears long, oblong- 
I shaped fruits. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 75c, postpaid. 
Kohl-rabi 
BLACK BEAUTY—Ten days or two weeks earlier than the preceding, 
with fruits just as large, of a uniform and rich, lustrous black color. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c, postpaid. 
KALE OR BORECOLE 
Loose, curly leaved type of the cabbage family; particularly noted for 
its hardiness. It makes excellent tender greens for winter use. In the 
South the hardy variety remains in the open ground all winter. Culti¬ 
vated the same as cabbage. One ounce of seed is sufficient for 200 
feet of drill. 
EARLY CURLED SIBERIAN—The plant is dwarf, spreading, and 
very hardy, standing the winter without protection. The leaves are 
green, slightly tinted with purple, and of superior quality. Oz. 15c; 
*4 lb. 30c; lb. 75c, postpaid. By express, 50c per pound. 
KOHL RABI 
Grown for its thick, bulb-shaped stalks, which, while young, are pre¬ 
pared in the same manner as turnips, and which furnish a most de¬ 
sirable vegetable. Sow the seed in the spring in drills half an inch 
deep and two feet apart and when plants are a few inches high thin 
to 15 inches. Cultivate the same as for beets. One packet will sow about 
30 feet in drill. 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA—Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c, postpaid. 
EARLY PURPLE VIENNA—Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c, postpaid. 
HORSERADISH 
Grown for its roots, which have a pungent mustard-like flavor. Small 
pieces of roots, 4 to 6 inches long, are planted for propagation. Plant 
in rich ground—the richer the better. 35c per dozen; $2.50 per hundred. 
Black Beauty Egg Plant 
