BRAND PEONY FARMS, Inc 
Early Fortune 
Grand Rapids Lettuce 
Hearts of Gold 
Chinese Cabbage 
PE-TSAI. Heads 8 to 10 Inches tall, 
long and narrow. This is a delicious 
salad vegetable of the very finest 
quality. The leaves, tightly folded, 
bleach inside like celery, and be¬ 
come as tender as the leaves of head 
lettuce. Pe-Tsai, boiled like cab¬ 
bage, is especially fine. Try it. Fkt. 
10 c; oz. 20 c. 
Carrots 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; y t lb. 45c. 
CHANTENAY. 71 days. This is one 
of the most popular of all the car¬ 
rots. Roots 5 to 6 inches long, from 
2 Yi -inch diameter taper nicely to a 
blunt bottom, making them easy to 
pull. Flesh deep orange, with little 
presence of core. Good for canning 
and home use. 
NANTES COBELESS HALF LONG. 
69 days. 5 to 7 inches long, bright 
orange without any core, cylindri¬ 
cal, with blunt end. For quality 
this is probably the best and sweet¬ 
est of all the carrots. Best home 
use carrot. 
OXHEABT. 72 days. Very desirable 
for home use and a fine keeper. 
Especially adapted to heavy soils 
as its roots being short and broad 
do not have to penetrate deep. 4 to 
5 inches long. Heart shaped. 
Cauliflower 
EARLY SNOWBALL. 90 days. Very 
early and one of the surest to head. 
For early seed should be sown early 
in March, planted out as soon as 
possible, and large heads will form 
by June. Fine also for a late plant¬ 
ing sort. Pkt. 15c; Vi oz. 60c. 
Celery 
GOLDEN SELF BLANCHING. 110 
days. Rich golden yellow, self 
blanching. Crisp, tender, seldom 
pithy. French seed. Our seed is the 
best. Fkt. 10c; y 2 oz. 25c; oz. 35c. 
Cucumber 
CHICAGO PICKLING. 59 days. One 
of the finest of pickling cucumbers 
and also good for slicing. Fruits 
6% inches long, 2% inches thick; 
light green, square ended, and so 
uniform in size as to be very at¬ 
tractive. Fkt. 10c; oz. 20c. 
LONGFELLOW or VAUGHAN. An 
ideal cucumber for the home gar¬ 
den. A cucumber of excellent qual¬ 
ity. Uniform in size, it is a long 
slender dark green fruit often 12 to 
15 inches and 2 inches thick. Very 
attractive and holds its crispness 
well after picking. Fkt., 10c; oz. 25c. 
DAVIS PERFECT. 65 days. An ex¬ 
cellent, long, midseason variety. Of 
splendid quality and nice to look at. 
Good shipper, fine for home use. 
9 to 10 inches long, tapered at both 
ends. Dark green. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c. 
EARLY FORTUNE. Early, disease 
resistant, and one of the most pro¬ 
ductive of all the cucumbers. Rich 
dark green. 8 inches long, slightly 
tapering; flesh white, very firm, 
crisp, and very few seeds. One of 
the best all around cucumbers. Pkt. 
10 c; oz. 20 c. 
Kohlrabi 
Cooked the same way as turnips 
they are much sweeter and finer in fla¬ 
vor. Sow seed in early spring and 
again in July for late use. Gather 
when not more than 2 inches as they 
grow woody after that. 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA is the best 
of the green varieties. Ready for 
table in 60 days. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c. 
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Lettuce 
For the earliest Lettuce sow in hot¬ 
bed in February or March and trans¬ 
plant to open ground as soon as 
ground can be worked. For later crops 
sow in open ground % inch deep in 
rows a foot apart. 
For good Lettuce, plant head varie- 
ties very early in the spring and again 
about August 1st to get cool weather 
in the fall. 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON. One Of 
the most reliable and easily grown 
of all the varieties. A splendid 
loose or curled leaf Lettuce of the 
finest flavor and desirable both for 
home use and for the market gar¬ 
dener. Large leaves, the inner ones 
p°kt?i n (fe; a ol e T5 1 c! iead - CrisPi tender - 
RAMDS. This Lettuce, al¬ 
though much used under glass, is 
also one of the finest of outdoor va¬ 
rieties. _ Light green. Very tender 
and crisp. Of the very mildest 
piriocf^^si. 0 eat in 42 days - 
^W WONDERFUL or NEW YORK 
The largest heading of all. ~Fre- 
™ eighs two to three pounds. 
Should be started in hotbed and 
transplanted early to open ground 
when monstrous crisp heads are to 
be had. Of very finest quality. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 25c. 
IMPROVED HANSON. This head va¬ 
riety stands the heat well and is of 
the very highest quality, being verv 
A W ^r A nd J oid T?, f any bitter tasted 
A sure header. Plant very early for 
early heads. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c. 
Muskmelon Seed 
n,,2hi, not plant until ground is thor¬ 
oughly warm and danger of frost is 
pa st. Plant seeds in hills 6 feet apart 
each way. Drop 8 to 10 seeds to the 
past a th1n W tn en ^ da 1 lge r of insects is 
past tmn to 3 plants. For melon 
beetles and lice use “Ever Green ’’ 
BENDER’S SURPRISE. 94 days’ A 
of , exc l u isitely fin e fla^ 
vor, weighing eight to ten pounds 
An'Av d nV.i^ e fi. very thick and sweet.' 
rtno.o X Sf 1 ii ent i bome or market melon. 
Does well almost everywhere Sal¬ 
mon flesh. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c. 
HONEY ROCK (Sugar Rock). 90 days 
A new melon which we tried out 
last year and found of the finest 
sweetest quality. A beautiful look- 
mg smooth, practically round mel- 
20 c. Very productive - Pit. 10c; oz. 
HEARTS OF GOLD. 90 days. This 
is still our favorite melon in our 
own garden. Fruits nearly round 
5 inches in diameter The flesh a 
smiii riCh ^ ° range ’ exten ds from’ \ 
Ind Vs of® tv 1 ° ayity , risht t0 the rind 
Ikt.ltte; o h 2 ! S i5o. eteSt ' finest fl^or. 
GOLDEN OSAGE, 95 days. An excel- 
kef This n iV°f h - f ° r home and mar " 
Ket. i his is an immense vielder of 
melons of the finest flavor. Melons 
8 inches long weigh 6 pounds Dark 
fhfck’dV eeply , Hbbed - Flesh very 
Pkt . k 1 0c f o zf 15 f a 1 m ° n ' riCh ' SWe eh 
Watermelon 
COLE S EARLY, (Extra parlv'i on 
days. An excellent variety for both 
home and near markets. 12 inches 
*°ng h 3 ^ 11 inches in diameter. Very 
productive and of finest quality^ 
?/h en ’ ® tnped lighter. Flesh bright 
Pkt.Icfoz? r i y oc? Weet - Black Seeds 
SWEET IMPROVED. 
skin fnr/Vi l r 8 ' i e meI ° n > dark bluish 
sKin, and delicious, bright scarlet 
very sweet flesh. No string&ess’ 
One of the very highest onnlftt 
melons. White seed. Pkt. lOcl oz. 
