OLDS & WHIPPLE, INC., HARTFORD, CONN. 
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Cucumbers— Con. 
Improved Early White Spine — Popular 
among older early sorts, very good for home 
garden use. Uniform good size and color. 
Pkt. 5c Oz. 15c % lb. 55c 1 lb. $1.40 
Early Fortune—An excellent table sort and 
grown extensively by market gardeners. Vig¬ 
orous plants produce an enormous crop of dark 
green white spined cucumbers. 
Pkt. 5c Oz. 15c % lb. 45c 1 lb. $1.40 
Davis Perfect—A popular slicing variety. 
Deep dark green with white spines. Solid flesh 
of excellent quality. Small seed cavity. 
Pkt. 5c Oz. 15c lb. 45c 1 lb. $1.40 
Longfellow—A variety suited to outdoor or 
greenhouse culture. Very large and extremely 
dark green over entire surface and holds its 
color after pickling. White spined. 
Pkt. 5c Oz. 20c % lb. 50c 1 lb. $1.75 
Improved Long Green—Standard late large 
black spined variety for home garden; excel¬ 
lent for slicing; hardy and prolific, deep green, 
straight, slightly tapered. 
Pkt. 5c Oz. 20c % lb. 50c 1 lb. $1.55 
Dandelion 
Sow in drills 12 inches apart, covering seeds 
about one-half inch deep and thin plants to 4 
inches apart in rows. One ounce will plant 100 
feet of drill, one pound to the acre. 
Improved Thick-Leaved—A highly desirable 
variety with thick broad leaves. Very pro¬ 
ductive. 
Pkt. 10c Oz. 45c lb. $1.50 1 lb. $5.50 
French Garden—Low growing type, early 
and hardy; closely formed center and fairly 
large, cut leaves. 
Pkt. 10c Oz. 25c lb. 85c 1 lb. $3.00 
Dill 
Used for Flavoring Pickles or as a Condiment 
Long Island Mammoth—Grows 2 to 2% ft. 
high, with finely cut leaves. Seeds flat and 
have a strong flavor. 
Pkt. 5c Oz. 15c t4 lb. 25c 1 lb. 75c 
Egg Plant 
Requires 4 to 6 weeks to produce plants for 
field setting. Seed should be sown in hotbed 
during March and when 2 or 3 inches high 
plants should be transplanted to pots. Set out 
in open ground during May in rows 3 feet 
apart, leaving 2 feet between plants. 
Improved New York Purple—The leading 
variety for home and market gardeners. Very 
productive of large smooth, broad oval, black- 
purple, glossy fruits. Very uniform. 
Pkt. 10c Oz. 40c % lb. $1.25 1 lb. $4.00 
Black Beauty—The earliest of all large 
fruited Egg Plants. The large egg-shaped 
purplish black fruits are smooth. And hold 
well after picking. 
Pkt. 10c Oz. 40c 14 lb. $1.25 1 lb. $4.00 
Endive 
For early use, sow as soon as ground can 
be worked in spring in drills fifteen inches 
apart, thin plants to six inches in the row. Any 
ordinary soil will do, but a moist place is pre¬ 
ferred. To blanch the leaves, gather them 
together when dry and tie with matting or 
cover with ordinary flower pots inverted. One 
ounce will produce about 3000 plants. 
Green Curled 
Batavian Full Hearted (Escarolle)—An im¬ 
proved strain of Batavian Broad Leaved, hav¬ 
ing larger leaf, broader, thicker head and 
earlier in maturity. 
Pkt. 5c Oz. 15c t4 lb. 40c 1 lb. $1.25 
Green Curled—Leaves are curled giving 
plants a feathery appearance. Color rich 
green. Very desirable for salads. 
Pkt. 5c Oz. 15c & lb. 40c 1 lb. $1.25 
Moss Curled—Grows more compact than 
green curled, leaf stems often tinged purple; 
blanches creamy white. 
Pkt. 5c Oz. 15c hi lb. 40c 1 lb. $1.25 
