1936 SEED 
CATALOGUE 
15 
THOUSAND HEADED OR COWKALE—The 
plant attains a height of from 3 to 4 feet, the 
stem being covered with leaves of quick growth 
after being removed, thus producing a great 
amount of feed, hence it has become very popu¬ 
lar with dairymen and poultry keepers. 
POSTPAID 
Pkt. 1 oz. 2 oz. Za lb. /z lb. 1 lb. 
Kale $0.05 $0.15 $0.25 $0.40 $0.60 $1.00 
Kohl-Rabi 
The Kohl-Rabi is a vegetable intermediate 
between the cabbage and turnip, and combines 
the flavor of each. 
EARLY PURPLE— A very desirable sort for 
forcing or early outdoor planting. Bulbs are of 
medium size, purple, flesh white. Very early 
with small top, the leaf stems being tinged with 
purple. 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA — Is the earliest 
and best for forcing; is very tender, excellent 
for table use. 
POSTPAID 
Pkt. 1 oz. 2 oz. Za lb. / 2 lb. 1 lb. 
Both Kohl-Rabi..$0.05 $0.25 $0.40 $0.60 $1.00 $1.75 
Leek 
LARGE LONDON, OR SCOTCH FLAG— This 
leek is generally considered more delicate than 
the onion for soup, etc. Sow in seedbed middle 
of spring; when the plants are three or four 
inches high, transplant them into rows. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 20c; 2 oz., 35c; Za lb., 60c; i/ 2 lb., $1.00; lb., 
$1.75. 
Mushroom Spawn 
bright green tinged with brownish red, and are 
very crisp, tender and sweet. 
SIMPSON’S EARLY CURLED—(Seed white.) 
A very extensively used early loose leaved va¬ 
riety. The leaves are light green in color, slightly 
frilled and much blistered, crisp, sweet and 
tender. 
Chicken Leltuce 
This lettuce furnishes a great amount of green 
feed and is therefore highly recommended for 
chicken or rabbit feed. It does not form heads, 
but produces stalks three to four feet. 
Early and Forcing 
With intelligent 
care and good 
spawn, mush- 
rooms earn be 
made to pay 
handsomely. They 
can be success¬ 
fully grown in a 
dry cellar or un¬ 
der the benches 
of a greenhouse, 
where the tem¬ 
perature can be 
kept from 50 to 60 
degrees. 
PURE CULTURE 
It comes in bricks, weighing about 20 ounces. 
These are broken up into pieces the size of a 
walnut and put into the bed one foot apart each 
way. Briok, 45c; 5 bricks, $2.00, postpaid. 
Leaflet on Mushroom culture sent with order 
if requested. 
Lettuce 
Loosehead or Cutting 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON—Used for grow¬ 
ing under glass or outdoors. The leaves are 
ruffled and blistered and even the large outer 
ones are very tender. This curly and thin¬ 
leaved variety is uniformly attractive and re¬ 
mains of excellent quality a very long time. 
PRIZE HEAD—(Seed white). A large, non¬ 
heading lettuce, most excellent for the home 
garden. It is too tender, however, to stand ship¬ 
ping. Tfre leaves are finely curled and crumpled, 
Grand Rapids 
GRAND RAPIDS (Seed Black)— As a lettuce 
for greenhouse forcing this variety undoubtedly 
stands at the head of the list, being of quick 
growth, little liable to rot and standing for some 
days after being ready to cut. This plant is up¬ 
right and forms a loose head. 
Heading 
Hanson 
HANSON— One of the most desirable later 
summer lettuces. The plant is compact and 
forms a large, cabbage-like head which remains 
in condition longer than most heading sorts. The 
