VEGETABLE SEEDS 
ENDIVE 
Sow about the middle of April, in rows l x k feet apart, and 
thin out to about 9 inches apart. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; J4 lb. 50c, 
postpaid. 
Broad-leaved (Escarolle). Leaves long:, broad, and succulent. 
Fine for Winter salads and cooking. 
Green Curled. Standard variety for Fall and Winter crop. 
White Curled. For early use. 
EGGPLANT 
Sow in mild heat, about the middle of March, and transplant 
on June 1, setting the plants 2% feet apart. Pkt. 5c; oz. 65c; 
X A lb. $2.00, postpaid. 
Black Beauty. The fruits of this variety are large and sym¬ 
metrical. Retains its glossy black-purple coloring for a long 
time. This lasting quality makes it distinctly popular. 
New York Improved. Best known variety for home and mar¬ 
ket garden. Plants spreading, spineless, bearing 4 to 8 glossy 
black-purple fruits which are broad, oval and very large. 
MUSKMELON 
In sections where the Summers are short, seed can be 
planted indoors or in hot beds in small boxes. The young 
plants can be transferred to the garden when danger of frost 
is past. If practicable, spade in a liberal forkful of well rotted 
manure at the bottom of each hill. The rows should be at 
least 6 feet apart and the hills 3 feet apart in the rows. In 
general, the culture is the same as that for Cucumber. Pkt. 5c; 
1 oz. 15c; lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.50, postpaid. 
Hearts of Gold. This popular medium sized melon follows the 
earlier varieties. It is fine to plant for succession as it ripens 
in about 100 days. The fruits are 5 to 6 inches in diameter. 
The smooth orange salmon flesh is exceptionally thick and 
fine flavored. 
Persian. This melon has a distinctive flavor. It measures 8 
to 12 inches in diameter and is usually rounded in shape. This 
flesh is bright orange, very thick, and juicy. It requires warm 
weather and is not pleasing to the taste unless allowed to 
ripen thoroughly on the vines. There are no ribs on the sur¬ 
face, but it is heavily netted. 
Rocky Ford Pollock 10-25. An improved strain of the popular 
Rocky Ford with salmon tinted flesh. It eliminates every 
defect of all other strains. Perfect in size, shape, netting, 
flavor, and long keeping and good shipping qualities. 5% 
inches. 
Small Green Nutmeg. This is also an early melon that is fine 
for home and market gardeners. Green flesh that is fine¬ 
grained, sweet, rich and tasty. Different than other varieties 
of Muskmelons. 
WATERMELON 
Black-Seeded Ice Cream. The melon is almost round, with a 
thin rind of medium green. The inside flesh is pink and ex¬ 
ceptionally sweet and fine flavored. This variety matures 
early and is a fine keeper. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 30c; 1 lb. $1.00, 
postpaid. 
Kleckley Sweet. A medium size melon, rind very green and 
flesh deep red. Delicious flavor. An excellent melon for either 
home garden or shipping. Weighs about 30 pounds. 
Klondike. An early sort, a good shipper and popular in 
Western home gardens. Fruits oblong, slightly tapered, medium 
sized with slight ribs; rind medium hard. Flesh bright deep 
red, very sweet; unequalled eating quality. 
KOHL RABI 
The delicious flavor of this turnip-shaped bulb combines 
both Cabbage and Turnip. As early in Spring as possible, sow 
the seed in light rich soil in rows IV 2 feet apart. When plants 
are well established, thin to 6 inches apart in the row. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 20c; *4 lb. 65c, postpaid. 
Early Purple Vienna. Standard early sort. Plants small; 
leaves dark green with profuse purple staining. Bulbs flat¬ 
tened globe shape, best for use when 2 to 2% inches in diameter 
but become larger; exterior purple, but flesh white; mild, crisp, 
and tender. 
Early White Vienna. For forcing. The best table sort if used 
when the bulbs are 2 inches in diameter. It matures very early 
and produces medium sized, light green bulbs with white flesh 
of excellent quality. 
KALE, Borecole 
The culture is practically the same as that of late Cabbage, 
but as the plants will withstand several degrees of frost they 
can grow late into the Fall. Many think Kale best after the 
first heavy frosts. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; lb. 45c; 1 lb. $1.25, post¬ 
paid. 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. Plants have wide-spreading, 
finely furled blue green plume-like leaves. Relished as a 
vegetable green and useful as an ornament. 
Emerald Isle. Grows to medium height and is exceedingly 
hardy. Best for greens because of their very fine flavor. Pro¬ 
duces new shoots as fast as leaves are used. The leaves are 
closely curled. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch. Hardy plants with leaves deeply 
cut. Curled at the edges, light green in color; very tender and 
finely flavored after touched with frost. 
Cow Kale or Thousand Headed. Called Chicken or Cow Kale. 
Vigorous branching plants with enormous, Cabbage-like leaves. 
Relished by poultry and livestock as Winter greens. Pkt. 5c; 
1 oz. 10c; X A lb. 20c; 1 lb. 60c, postpaid. 
LETTUCE 
Sow the seed in hotbeds during February until the middle 
of March, afterward pricking off into flats or coldframes, leav¬ 
ing about 6 to 8 inches between the plants. As soon as weather 
becomes suitable, transfer to open ground and set out in rows 
1 foot apart, leaving 9 inches between the plants in the rows. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; X A lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25, postpaid. 
Black Seeded Simpson. Early. Dependable in all parts of 
America and widely grown in home and market gardens. Plant 
large, attractive, compact; broad, frilled light green leaves that 
are of fine crisp texture and splendid quality. 
Early Curled Simpson. Early, hardy and dependable. Non¬ 
heading with large, crumpled, frilled, light green leaves, form¬ 
ing a compact bunch. Tender, sweet and of excellent quality. 
Grand Rapids. Very early. Hardy, disease resistant; the most 
widely used and best adapted variety for greenhouse forcing. 
Plants large, upright, compact, and handsome; bright solid 
light green; leaves large, broad; margin much frilled; very 
tender and sweet when grown under glass. 
Hanson. A very hardy Lettuce, excellent for a Summer crop 
as it withstands heat. Forms a large, light green head which 
is very hard. An excellent variety for the home gardener for 
it is very sweet, crisp and tender. 
New York No. 42. A comparatively recent selection of the 
New York type; an early variety and does well in midsummer. 
It is lighter in color than the regular New York and is popular 
with shippers and large growers. 
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