NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 
1 
The News for 1936 
The important news to vegetable growers is the fact that 
seeds of Sweet Corn, Cucumbers and Onions are in short 
supply. Lack of moisture and exceedingly high temperatures 
were the causes of short crops and in many cases of absolute 
crop failures. Because the supply of many items in the above 
named vegetables is an uncertain problem we are not quoting 
such seeds in larger lots. We assure you that if you will 
write for prices we will do our very best to supply RELIABLE 
stocks at the lowest prices possible. 
As to the supply of flower seeds there are ample stocks 
with very few exceptions. 
Our catalog contains everything new and worthwhile in 
vegetables and flowers, that we were able to unearth. 
We have added 16 new items in vegetables and 68 new 
items in flowers. 
We are doing our best to render serviee, we do not spare 
effort to locate the new and supreme. Offers from seed 
growers, seed specialists, florists, market gardeners, located in 
all parts of the world reach us, are carefully studied and con¬ 
sidered by us, whenever anything new of promise is offered 
we try it, whether it comes from California or from Patagonia 
If found worthy we offer it and praise it as it may deserve. 
That means that we are doing our duty as seedmen. We 
are doing everything that can be done in order to DESERVE 
your patronage. 
McCREA’S BUSH LIMA BEAN 
New. Of vigorous growth yielding heavily under unfavor¬ 
able conditions. Pods small which, however, are filled with' 
large beans that are green tinted even when cooked. Unusu¬ 
ally sweet and highly flavored, thin skinned retaining the 
green color when cold packed or canned. Dry seed small, 
somewhat shrivelled. Pkt. 10c; lb. 40c. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. 
$3.50; 100 lbs. $32.00. 
ORIENTAL SPROUTING BEAN 
BEAN SrBOCTS: These you can get in any grocery 
store or you can grow your own. Sow the seed in hills, foot 
apart three seeds to a hill in June and up to middle of July. 
The seed germinates in 24 hours and the plants grow like a 
streak of lightning and soon are loaded with pods which are 
ready to gather when they turn black. Thresh the pods and to 
get sprouts for table use this is the route to take: Soak the 
beans over night, in the morning place a wet cloth in the 
bottom of a dripping pan, place the beans on the cloth, cover 
with another cloth and keep moist. The beans sprout almost 
instantly. In a few hours when the sprouts are about three 
inches long they are ready to be fried, used in Chop Suey in 
salads, soups, etc. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c, postpaid. 
CABBAGE SHORT STEM HOLLANDER 
Special Strain 
Grow it for trial to And it the best strain. What makes 
our strain of such high value? The fact that it forms ex¬ 
tremely tight heads with practically no hollow spaces, that it 
is perfectly globe shaped and of perfect size, namely of me¬ 
dium size. This is an important item, making it desirable 
for shipping to centers of population where cabbage is sold 
by weight. Heads of cabbage larger than is needed for im¬ 
mediate use are not desired because that means waste. The 
city people are careful spenders and buy what looks to them 
as most for the money. 
Our Hollander keeps for months in storage. Other cab¬ 
bages do the same. But here is the difference. Our Hollander 
will come out of storage in better shape than other cabbages 
because it has several layers of dark green outside leaves. 
You remove one, you remove another layer of the outside 
leaves and you still have a head of cabbage as fresh looking 
as if it was cut recently, when, in fact, it was laying in storage 
for several months. 
To a purchaser shut up in a big city a cabbage head en¬ 
veloped in fresh looking green leaves looks mighty good and 
prompts him to buy. That’s what counts. There are several 
strains of Hollander. Because a slight difference in a strain 
makes a big difference in returns it will pay you to find the 
strain that pays best. We are pretty sure that ours is the best. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; lb. $2.60, prepaid. 
I CAULIFLOWER 
SUPER DANAMERICA 
Super Danamerica is the finest second early cauliflower iD 
existence. It forms a head that is unusually high, solid, heavy 
UV and snow white. Perfectly fixed as to type, yielding under 
normal growing conditions practically 100% grade one heads. 
In season only 10 days later than Early King. It heads uni¬ 
formly throughout the field and the whole crop is ready to cut 
inside of two weeks. The stalk of Super Danamerica is shorter 
than in any other variety, the leaves are not spaced but grow 
as closely together as cabbage, forcing the inner leaves to curl 
over the head providing perfect protection from unfavorable 
weather. A very valuable variety to all growers wishing to get 
a crop of cauliflower just about the time the crop of Early King 
cauliflower is marketed. Pkt. 20c; oz. $2.00; lb. $24.00. 
CABBAGE EARLY MARVEL 
You will make some extra profit by growing Early Marvel. 
Positively the earliest cabbage, with large heads, in existence. 
The heads are ball shaped, slightly elongated, very hard, very 
white inside, of fine quality, weighing 5 to 8 lbs. per head. The 
crop comes almost all at once, and every plant that you will 
set out will make a head. Early Marvel can be marketed long 
before fully developed. If left standing in the field when fully 
developed, will not burst for several weeks. Heads very hard, 
leaves have small midribs, eating quality very high. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 40c; % lb. $1.00. 
CABBAGE TRIUMPH 
New. An extra early, pointed white cabbage. Of ALL cabbages 
the tenderest and finest flavored. Those that tried this cabbage say 
it Is more tender and more delicate in taste than cauliflower. If 
you are after quality try Triumph. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 
BROCCOLI WHITE ROSE 
New. Two weeks earlier than St. Valentine, of very high 
quality, more like cauliflower in quality and taste than any 
known broccoli. Heads very firm, deep, heavy and fine texture. 
Hardy and sure heading. The best of all broccolis of cauli¬ 
flower type at present. Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; lb. $6.00, prepaid. 
CUCUMBER LINDEN’S MARVEL 
An extremely handsome new variety a strain of white 
spine, the fruit averaging 10 in. in length, smooth straight of 
well balanced shape, the ends not pointed of very dark green 
color. Strong grower, blight resisting immensely productive 
and quite early. As long as Linden’s Marvel is on the mar¬ 
ket the buyers are leaving other cucumbers alone. This is 
because Linden’s Marvel is highly attractive in appearance 
and of the size everybody is favoring. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % 
lb. 45c. 
CHOP SUEY GREENS 
Used in the preparation of the famous dish, Chop Suey, or 
can be used like any other greens. Of distinct flavor not found 
in any other vegetable, truly Oriental and impossible to de¬ 
scribe. Those that tried it, prepared like spinach, proclaimed 
it a superb dish. Of upright growth with leaves cut like those 
of a fancy fern. Ready to use when about a foot high. Sow 
early in the spring in rows foot apart. The seed germinates 
unevenly. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c. 
