Helena, Montana. 
VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES 71 
Vegetable Seed Novelties 
Cucumber 
TOMATO 
Ascrow Scarlet Dawn 
"Gold Medal Award" 1935 
Northwest Adapted All America Selection 
This new variety is a cross of Clark’s Early and 
MargTobe; considerably earlier than either parent. 
Vines of medium growth and very prolific. Fruit 
medium large with thick wall structure. Globu¬ 
lar, smooth, free from flat sides and puffiness. 
Bright scarlet—especially attractive. Very desir¬ 
able for home garden, shipping and early canning. 
Pkt., 25c. 
Parsley 
Peerless —Of good bunching size, very dark green, 
fine curled type, about eight inches tall. Its 
characteristics are hardiness and holding its 
color through the winter, which makes it excel¬ 
lent for market gardeners as well as for home 
gardeners. A good strain of good quality and 
fair uniformity. Pkt., 10c. 
Radish 
Glowing Ball —First gold medal winner in 1934. A 
round, forcing, short-top Radish, very bright 
scarlet with almost an orange glow. It can be 
used for greenhouse plantings as well as for the 
open. It has a very attractive color and a 
smooth, silky skin, short topped, very small tap 
roots, ball shaped and one inch or less in diam¬ 
eter. Pkt., 15c. 
CUCUMBER, STRAIGHT EIGHT 
The Barteldes —A dark green, white-spine Cucum¬ 
ber. It is about ten inches by three inches in 
size, of good quality and appearance. It seems 
smoother and darker green than Clark’s Special 
of the 1933 selection, but not as prolific. It is 
claimed to be especially valuable to the shipper 
because of its very dark green color. Pkt., 10c. 
Beet 
Asgrow Wonder —Second gold medal winner in 1934. 
A deep red, large, semi-flat Beet with rounded 
bottom, tops reaching about fifteen inches. Judges’ 
reports show it to be very uniform, exceptionally 
dark interior, good flavor and a fine Early Won¬ 
der type Beet with smooth exterior, medium tops 
and collar and good tap root. Pkt., 15c. 
Little Marvel —A dark red. early flat forcing va¬ 
riety with shortest foliage, resembling Early 
Egyptian but darker, earlier and shorter topped. 
Pkt., 10c. 
Cabbage 
Penn State Ballliead— It is a short-stem, dark blu¬ 
ish green Ballhead type, twelve inches high, pro¬ 
duced by the Pennsylvania State College, Dept, 
of Horticulture. It is claimed that it will out- 
yield in weight other varieties in sections adapt¬ 
ed for a heavy late Cabbage, that heads are ex¬ 
tremely heavy and hard with small core. Pkt., 
10c. 
Carrot 
Morse’s Bunching —A gold medal winner in 1934. 
A cylindrical, half-long Carrot, of ideal size and 
shape for bunching. Color is a fine deep orange 
throughout, cores small and indistinct. Tops are 
short, rather bushy and strong, but not coarse 
at the neck. Quality fine, flesh tender and 
sweet. It was developed as a bunching Carrot 
for long-distance shipment, but is equally desir¬ 
able as a home garden variety. Pkt., 15c. 
Endive 
Batavian Full Heart —Judges’ reports on this show 
that it grows off slower than Giant Batavian but 
increases its full heart after approaching its 
large, full size. It has short, wide leaves of good 
quality, and is very attractive. About six inches 
high and rather uniform. Pkt., 10c. 
Sweet Corn 
Kingscrost- —An early and uniform Sweet Corn, 4% 
to 5 feet tall, yellow grained; judged to be ear¬ 
lier, more uniform and of better quality than 
Golden Bantam. Pkt., 10c. 
—Gold Medal Award 1935 
Northwest Adapted All America Selection 
This new outstanding variety Straight Eight produces symmetrical almost cylindrical fruits, well 
rounded at both ends quite straight regularly eight inches in length and from 1% to 2 inches in diam¬ 
eter The color is deep green and free from objectionable pale striping. Vines are vigorous, remark¬ 
ably productive and of fine quality. Makes an ideal slicing variety for the home garden or market. 
Pkt., 15c. flower SEED NOVELTIES—SEE PAGGES 48, 49 AND 50 
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FOR SEED ORDERS AT CATALOG PRICES 
