PERFECTION BRAND SEEDS 
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Spinach is Good for Tour Health^Plant Perfection Brand 
Bloomsdale Spinach 
A spring plant used for greens. Very hardy and most in demand in 
early spring and late fall. Leaves are large, rich and tender. Very 
easy culture and grows best in cool weather. Rapid growth is desirable 
that leaves may be strong and tender. Soil should be rich and given 
good cultivation. For fall use seed may be sown the middle of Sep¬ 
tember. One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
BLOOMSDALE—This is the most popular variety. The fleshy leaves 
are of true Savoy appearance; very hardy. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; lb. 30c, 
postpaid. By freight or express, lb. 20c; 10 lbs. $1.65. 
NEW ZEALAND—Best for hot weather. Yields continuously from late 
spring to late fall. During the summer months when ordinary Spinach 
bolts and goes to seed, this variety is at its best. It thrives on almost 
any soil and withstands drouth wonderfully well. The plant is bushy 
in form. As the tops are cut off, side shoots develop and in a few days 
another crop may be cut. Seeds should be soaked in warm water for 
24 hours to hasten germination. Plant in March or April, 3 to 4 seeds 
in hills 2 feet apart each way. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; *4 lb* 30c; lb. 80c, 
postpaid. 
SQUASH 
•Squashes require a warm, fertile soil of sandy nature for best growth. 
Summer squashes grow mostly in compact bush form; hills for these 
should be about 4 feet apart; for long trailing fall and winter varieties 
hills should be 8 to 12 feet apart each way. If ground is not very 
rich two or three shovelfuls of well-rotted manure should be worked 
into each hill. Put 8 to 10 seeds in each hill about 1 inch deep. When 
danger from bugs is over thin to three to four of the strongest plants. 
MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH—Not quite as early as the Early White 
Irish, but is very much larger. It makes a strong, bushy growth and 
bears fruit frequently 12 to 14 inches in diameter. The squashes are 
thick with scalloped edges. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c. 
YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK—The plants are very productive 
and early bearing; skin of fruits very thickly warted and of orange- 
yellow color. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c. 
HUBBARD—The most widely grown winter squash. Large and heavy, 
with bright orange flesh ; fine grained, very dry, sweet and richly flavored; 
fine keeper; none better for squash pies. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; ^4 lb. 35c; 
lb. $1.10, postpaid. 
WHITE BUSH OR PATTY PAN—The best early variety. The plants 
are of true bush form and produce fruits very early in the season. 
Largely grown in the South for shipment to Northern markets. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 40c, postpaid. 
GIANT SUMMER STRAIGHTNECK—A distinct improvement on the 
Crookneck strain, as it packs to better advantage for shipping. Popular 
with market gardeners and shippers. Plants are bush type. Fruits thick¬ 
necked, heavily warted, straight, orange yellow; flesh thick, light yellow. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 3 /4 lb. 40c, postpaid. 
Yellow Summer Crookneck 
SALSIFY OR VEGETABLE OYSTER 
So called because of resemblance in flavor to the oyster when cooked. Tap root is long and resembles a parsnip 
and one-half the size of an ordinary parsnip. Requires a deep, rich soil and the whole season to mature in. Plant 
seed about 1 inch deep in drills 12 inches apart, later thin out young plants to 4 or 5 inches. One ounce will plant 
70 feet of drill. Roots may be dug and stored in fall or left in ground over winter. 
MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND—Grows very large; well flavored and mild. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c, postpaid. 
Perfection Brand Selected Irish Potatoes 
Northern Grown 
On account of market fluctuations, we are unable to name exact prices. We will be pleased to have you write 
during the month of January or later and we will then quote prices for prompt or future shipment. 
Clean seed is of vital importance in the production of potatoes. Planting scabby or diseased potatoes in your garden 
will not only produce an inferior crop but will infect the soil with disease spores, and render it unfit for potato produc¬ 
tion in the future. Cut the seed potatoes in four or more sections, each piece with an eye. Dust with sulphur, and plant 
one section in a place and about ten inches apart in the row. Level the land, open a furrow about five inches deep, 
plant, cover, leaving the surface level. As the potatoes grow, draw the soil to them and thus provide an irrigation 
furrow between the rows. 
Our Certified Seed Potatoes were grown in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota and are strictly 
fancy stock. Should not be compared to average stock as offered by grocers and commission houses. 
TRIUMPH—Very early. Tubers are of medium size, round and uniform 
in shape, with but few small ones; eyes slightly depressed; color a 
beautiful light red. Its beauty, productiveness and fine quality make 
it one of the best extra early market varieties, especially for the South. 
EARLY OHIO—Our stock of this variety is grown in the Red River 
Valley of the North. 
IRISH COBBLER—A variety which in recent years has attained pop¬ 
ularity. In many soils is as early or within a few days as early as 
Early Ohio, and the yield is superior. Added to this last the potato is 
chunky, white in color and of large medium size, making it the most 
attractive variety by far on the early market. 
SAGE—One of the most perennial herbs, used principally for flavoring 
and seasoning. Cut the leaves and tender shoots just before the plant 
is coming into flower, and dry quickly in the shade. The plants are 
hardy and will survive the winter. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c, postpaid. 
Irish Cobbler Potato 
