FENNEL OR SWEET ANISE. 
FLORENCE SELECTED. (Finocchio.) Produces sweet flavored bulb at base. Stalks 
may be eaten like celery. Branching plant with dense feathery foliage. 1 oz. 15c; 4 oz. 
45c; 1 lb. $1.50; 10 lb. $12.50, postpaid. 
EGG PLANT 
CULTURE. While Eggplant is a native of warm countries, they can be grown successfully 
even where the summer is moderately short. A rich, sandy, warm soil produces the best 
plants and yields the highest number of fruits. In order to provide the long growing 
season required by these plants, the seed should be started indoors in boxes, or in a very 
warm, protected spot, some time in January or in February. Keep well watered until the 
plants are ready for setting out. Requires 4 to 6 months to mature. 4 ounces of seed is 
sufficient to plant an acre. 
BLACK BEAUTY. Very desirable sort for 
the market. Color very dark purple. 1 oz. 
50c; Vi lb. $1.10; 1 lb. $3.75, postpaid. 
NEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE (Spine¬ 
less). The favorite market variety. Plants 
large and spineless, producing 4 to 6 large 
oval fruits of dark purple color. 1 oz. 40c; 
Vi lb. $1.10; 1 lb. $3.75, postpaid. 
BLACK BEAUTY 
LETTUCE 
Our selected Head Lettuce Seeds are all of our own grown stocks, most carefully and 
strictly rogued by personal attention from our men, who have experienced and specialized 
in that line for over 30 years. Every year all of our mother stock seeds are grown on new 
ranches situated in different sections, its dis tances being ten to sixty miles out of Hollister. 
Its quality and superiority are dependable. 
CULTURE. May be sown in either summer or winter in furrows 14 to 16 inches apart. Fur¬ 
rows should be 38 to 40 inches wide and 8 to 10 inches high. Thin out 14 to 16 inches 
when the sixth or eighth leaf appear. Will not form head if planted in too hot weather. 
Requires about 2 pounds of seed if sown in summer and about \]/\ pounds if sown in win¬ 
ter. A rich pliable soil is best. Lettuce needs considerable moisture applied often but not 
too freely. Frequent cultivation is; necessary to obtan best results. 
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