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THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY’S 
Corn--Varieties for Field Culture. — Continued 
Westbranch Sweepstakes Ensilage. Early big-eared Dent silage corn recommended 
for Connecticut and north. It is very important to secure seed of known quality pro¬ 
duced only in limited areas of Northeastern Pennsylvania. This stock grows 12 to 14 
feet high, and produces in 100 days, silage of high food value, containing a large amount 
of grain in the glazed stage, considered ideal . 
Eureka Ensilage. One of our specialties, an extra large southern corn grown and 
selected with great care to keep the true vigorous stock. White seed, luxuriant and 
heavy in stalk and foliage. Will ordinarily produce more tons of ensilage than any 
other. We have had stalks 17 feet, 10 inches tall . 
Quart Bushel 
(56 lbs.) 
20c. 2.75 
20c. 2.75 
Corn Salad or Fetticus 
Corn Salad or Fetticus. 
Ackersalat—Madia o Valerianilla 
—Valerianello o Insalata 
It is sown on the first opening of spring in rows 
one foot apart, and is fit for use in six weeks from 
the time of sowing. If wanted for very early 
spring, it may be sown in September and covered 
as soon as cold weather sets in, and is wintered 
over the same as spinach. 
Large Leaved. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 
15c.; per %-lb., 45c.; per lb., $1.50. 
Cress or Pepper Grass. 
Kresse—Berro o Masteurso—Crescione 
Extensively used as a small salad. Sow early 
in the spring, very thickly in shallow drills. The 
sowing should be repeated at intervals, as it soon 
runs to seed. One ounce of seed will sow a bed 
of sixteen square feet. 
Extra Curled. Fine curly-leaved. Price per 
pkt., 10c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., 80c. 
Upland. Resembles the water cress in flavor; 
same culture as spinach ; a perennial plant. Price 
per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 15c.; per lb., $1.50. 
Cress - - Water. 
Wasser Kresse—Crescione Acquatico 
This is a well-known hardy, perennial aquatic 
plant, growing abundantly along the margins of 
WATER CRESS. 
running streams, ditches and ponds. WJiere it 
does not grow naturally it is easily introduced by 
planting, and it increases, both by spreading of 
the roots, and by seeding. 
True Water Cress. Price per pkt., 10c.; per 
oz., 40c.; per lb., $4.00. 
EARLY FORTUNE CUCUMBER 
Cucumbers. 
Gurken — Pepino—Cetriolo 
Make rich hills 'of well-rotted manure, tw.o feet 
in diameter, and plant a dozen or more seeds, 
covering half an inch deep. When all danger from 
insects is over, pull all but three or four of the 
strongest plants. The middle of June is early 
enough to plant for pickling. Make the hills about 
six feet apart. For early cucumbers the hot-bed 
is necessary. 
EARLY AND SMALL PICKLING VARIETIES 
Early Cluster. Very early; short and sets close¬ 
ly. Price per pkt., 10c.; per oz., 20c.; per %-\b., 
65c.; per lb., $2.25. 
Boston Pickling or Green Prolific. Medium 
long, smooth, good color. Price per pkt., 10c.; 
per oz., 20c.; per %Ab., 65c.; per lb., $2.25. 
