ROCK’S—Kansas City, Mo 
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Select Vegetable Seeds 
CAULIFLOWER 
One ounce of seed will sow 300 feet of drill, 4 ounces 
to the acre. 
Culture.—The same as cabbage. Plants should be 
transplanted not later than April. Pin or tie the leaves 
together as soon as the flower head begins to form. 
8450 EXTRA SELECTED EARLY SNOWBALL. Heads 
early, of medium size, firm, compact, solid, and very 
white; compact in growth, with few short, upright 
leaves. Early variety. Pkt., 25c; *4 oz., 80c. 
8440 BEST EARLY. For either cold frame, or open 
ground culture. Pkt., 25c; X A oz., 80c. 
8445 DRY WEATHER (Danish Giant). Adapted for 
growing in dry location. Heads are large, pure, snowy 
white. Pkt., 25c; *4 oz., $1.00. 
8435 AUTUMN GIANT. Late variety; heads large, firm, 
very white and well protected by large, dark green 
foliage. Best of its kind. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 35c; oz., 
65c. 
CARROTS 
One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill, 2 pounds required 
for an acre. 
Culture.— Carrots require fine, pulverized soil. Sow in 
drills 18 inches apart and cultivate by hand. For early 
crops cover %-inch deep and thin to 4 inches apart in 
the rows. For late crop, cover %-inch deep. 
8460 CHANTENAY HALF LONG. Medium early carrots. 
About 6 inches long, stump rooted, very smooth, deep 
orange, fine-grained, sweet; productive; well adapted 
for winter use. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; *4 lb., 50c. 
8470 EARLY FRENCH FORCING. Earliest of all; 2% 
inches long. Orange-red in color, crisp and almost 
without a core. Remarkably small top and can be 
planted very close in frame. Does well for early out¬ 
door planting. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; X A lb., 50c. 
8465 DANVERS HALF LONG. Adapted to all soils and 
enormously productive. Roots 6 to 8 inches long, tap¬ 
ering to a blunt point; flesh deep orange, tender and 
good quality; the best known second early, half-long 
sort. Also an exceptionally fine variety for winter stor¬ 
age if sown early in June. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; X A lb., 
50c. 
8480 IMPROVED LONG ORANGE. Handsome, smooth 
roots. An excellent intermediate season, standard sort; 
root 12 inches long, about 3 inches broad at the 
crown, tapering regularly to a point; deep orange col¬ 
or. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; X A lb., 40c. 
8485 OX HEART OR GUERANDE. Especially desirable 
for soil so hard and stiff that long-rooted sorts would 
not thrive in it. The root is short, very thick, and a 
small tap root; flesh bright orange; fine-grained and 
of sweet flavor. 4 >4 to 5 inches long. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
15c; lb., 40c. 
CELERY 
One ounce will sow 300 feet of drill, 3 ounces to the 
acre. 
Culture.—Plenty of manure and complete fertilizers, 
moisture and cultivation. For early planting sow seed 
in frames; whrn 3 inches high transplant 4 inches apart 
water and protect until well rooted, then transplant into 
rows 15 inches apart; set the plants from 8 to 12 inches 
apart. To blanch, draw earth around the plants, being 
careful not to cover the tops of the center shoots. 
8500 ROCK’S EASY BLANCHING. Combination of easy 
blanching and long-keeping qualities—make it the 
most valuable of all Celeries, both for an early crop 
and for winter use. The stalks are large, thick and 
solid with shallow ribs and large, firm hearts. 
Blanches a pure white. Pkt., 10c; oz., 65c; *4 lb., $2.25. 
8505 DWARF GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING. Early, 
compact and stocky, with yellow-green foliage; stalks 
perfectly solid, of a fine flavor, and when blanched 
is of a rich golden-yellow color. Pkt., 20c; oz., $1.25; 
*4 lb., $4.50. 
8510 GIANT PASCAL. A compact, productive variety; 
leaves upright, short and dark green; stalks short, 
thick and very broad; blanches a creamy white. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 35c; *4 lb., $1.25. 
8515 SOUP CELERY. (Seeds used for flavoring). Green 
foliage used for soups. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c. 
CELERIAC 
OR TURNIP ROOTED CELERY 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
Culture.—May be sown in the open ground in April 
and the young plants nursed in the same way as celery, 
but in planting out, the ground is manured and dug, 
not trenched, plants are set in shallow drills 12 inches 
apart. 
8530 LARGE SMOOTH PRAGUE. Turnip-shaped roots, 
attaining 3 inches in diameter, white-fleshed, compar¬ 
atively tender. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; X A lb., $1.35. 
CORN SALAD 
One ounce will plant 40 feet of drill. 
Used as a salad. Sow either in spring or fall. If 
sown in August, should be given protection during the 
winter, a mulch of straw or leaves. 
8665 LARGE GREEN. A distinct sort, with short, 
rounded, smooth, almost erect, green leaves, forming 
a compact rosette. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % lb., 60c. 
CRESS 
>4 ounce will plant 100 feet of drill. 
Sow early in the spring in shallow drills and at short 
Intervals, for succession, as it soons runs to seed. 
8715 EXTRA CURLED (Peppergrass). A small curled 
plant, having a fine, pungent flavor and used as a 
salad. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; *4 lb., 45c. 
8720 SWEET WATER CRESS (True). For growing in 
moist positions, where the roots may be submerged in 
water. Pkt., 15c; y 2 oz., 30c; oz., 50c. 
CUCUMBER 
One ounce will plant 50 hills. 
Culture.—For earliest use, sow the seed in the hotbed 
or greenhouse in February or March, in warm loam 
where the temperature is about 90 degrees, cover %-inch 
deep, and when the plants are of fair size, transplant 
in hills, 4 plants in a hill, in the open ground, about 
June 1st, in hills 6 feet apart each way and thin to 4 
plants to a hill. 
8675 EARLY FORTUNE. Early White Spine Cucumber. 
Fruits large, usually 8 to 10 inches in length, nearly 
cylindrical in form, slightly pointed at the ends, very 
smooth, straight and of rich dark green color. Flesh 
white, fine grained, solid, and setting on fruit quite 
early and bearing continuously until frost. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 25c; *4 lb., 60c. 
8692 LONGFELLOW. (New). Dark green Cucumber 
growing uniformly straight, 12 to 14 inches in length. 
White, firm flesh and very crisp. Pkt., 15c; oz., 35c. 
8680 EARLIEST OF ALL. An extra early prolific, White 
Spine. Fruit full and uniform, tapering slightly but 
abruptly at both ends; color deep green. A week to 
ten days earlier than Early Fortune. 7x2% inches. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; X A lb., 60c. 
8685 FORDHOOK FAMOUS. Largest of the White Spine 
family; fruit long, thick and tapering at both ends, 
crisp and solid; color, light green. 14x3% inches. Pkt., 
15c; oz., 35c; X A lb., 95c. 
8690 IMPROVED LONG GREEN. 12 to 14 inches long, 
slender, more or less warted, tapering towards the 
stem end; color dark green, flesh white and firm. A 
late sort. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; X A lb., 75c. 
8695 PERFECTED PICKLE. The best formed and pro¬ 
ductive pickling sort; early, small, square-ended and 
dark green. 5x2% inches. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; X A lb., 
50c. 
EARLIEST OF ALL CUCUMBERS 
