SELECTED STRAINS OF SEEDS ADAPTED TO SOUTHERN SOILS AND CLIMATE 
PUMPKIN, SMALL SUGAR 
PUMPKIN 
.One pound per acre. 
Plant from March to May. 
A packet will plant 5 to 6 hills; an ounce, 20 hills. 
Cultural Directions: Plant pumpkins when the ground 
is warm from March to May. Sow at the rate of one 
ounce to 25 hills with hills eight feet apart each way. 
Thin to 2 or 3 plants per hill. 
KENTUCKY FIELD. (70 days). This variety is a very 
popular one in the South for canning and stock 
feed; a good-sized pumpkin, averaging 15 lbs. with 
deep yellow flesh and of good flavor. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 65c. 
KING OF THE MAMMOTH. (75 days). The largest 
of all pumpkins. Fruits are slightly ribbed and 
globular and often weigh 60 to 85 lbs. Flesh is 
solid and coarse but of good quality. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 35c; lb. 90c. 
SMALL SUGAR. (68 days). An early standard va¬ 
riety, most desirable for making pies. The skin is 
deep orange color and the flesh deep yellow. Fruits 
are round and weigh 6 to 8 lbs. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c; lb. 75c. 
GREEN STRIPED CUSHAW. (70 days). An early 
crookneck type, with a skin mottled green and 
white. The flesh is a rich yellow, fine grained and 
of fine flavor. One of the very best for pies. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A lb. 35c; lb. $1.00. 
RHUBARB (Pie Plant) 
Six pounds per acre in field. 
Cultural Directions: Rhubarb succeeds best in deep, 
somewhat retentive and rich soil. Sow in drills an 
inch deep and thin out the plants to 6 inches apart. 
In the fall transplant into a very highly manured and 
deeply stirred soil, setting plants out four feet apart 
each way. 
MYATT'S VICTORIA. A splendid, medium early sort. 
Stalks are large, very thick, reddish in color, almost 
stringless, juicy and tender. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; M lb. 60c; lb. $2.00. 
RADISH 
Plant from August to May. 
A packet will plant 20 feet of row; an ounce, 85 
feet of row. 5 pounds per acre. 
Cultural Directions: Sow radishes in the open ground. 
Seeds should be sown in drills 10 to 12 inches apart. 
Thin out to one inch apart for small and 2 to 4 inches 
apart for large varieties. 
HOWARD'S SCARLET GLOBE. (22 days). The interior 
of the root is pure white, mild, crisp and fine 
grained. Every garden should grow some of these 
radishes. We consider our strain the best of this 
popular kind. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
SPARKLER WHITE TIP. (22 days). Roots are round, 
smooth, bright scarlet-tipped with white. It is a 
rapid grower with a small top. The roots are solid, 
crisp and sweet. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
LONG WHITE ICICLE. (24 days). This variety has 
long white waxy roots five to six inches long and 
tapering. Flesh is very high quality, tender and 
mild. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
CINCINNATI MARKET (Long Scarlet Short Top). (24 
days). Grows a short top, with a scarlet colored 
root 6 to 7 inches long and quite slender. The flesh 
is crisp and white. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
SPINACH 
Plant during October, November, December, January. 
A packet will plant 20 feet of row; an ounce, 75 
feet of row. 10 pounds per acre. 
Cultural Directions: A sandy loam soil or decomposed 
muck soils are best for Spinach. Plant from Novem¬ 
ber to February in rows from 24 to 30 inches apart. 
BLOOMSDALE SAVOY. (40 days). This is a very 
early rapid growing Spinach with curled leaves, 
one of the best fall and winter varieties. The plant 
grows upright with very thick glossy dark green 
leaves. A favorite for southern shippers. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A lb. 15c; lb. 45c. 
NEW ZEALAND. (55 days). Plant from March to 
August. This variety can be grown most success¬ 
fully for summer planting. The plant grows to 
a height of one foot, and spreads to a radius of 2 
to 3 feet. The leaves are small, thick, pointed and 
of a deep green color. Seed should be soaked in 
warm water 24 hours before planting. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 
GIANT NOBEL SPINACH. (45 days). The heaviest 
producer of thick rich green leaves, is quite slow 
in bolting for seed, leaves are large, rounded, 
slightly crumpled, very crisp and wonderful flavor. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 15c; lb. 45c. 
VIROFLAY SPINACH. (45 days). An extremely large 
mid-season vigorous growing variety, with long 
broad pointed thick leaves, of deep green color. Ex¬ 
cellent for market and canning. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 15c; lb. 45c. 
BLOOMSDALE LONG STANDING SPINACH. (42 days). 
A few days later than the regular Bloomsdale. It 
holds 12 to 15 days longer before bolting to seed, 
plants are very uniform and sturdy, with attrac¬ 
tive crumpled and blistered dark green leaves. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; X A lb. 15c; lb. 45c. 
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