Unusual and Interesting Vegetables 
From Foreign Lands 
Some are unique. Several will appeal to the home gardener who desires some¬ 
thing different and distinctive. Others are recommended because of their outstand¬ 
ing home table qualities. All are grouped on this page that you may not overlook 
including a few in your garden. 
Celery Cabbage—Improved Pekin or Chihli 
Also Called Chinese Cabbage 
Celery Cabbage 
A Wonderful Salad Plant. 
will find Celery Cabbage 
real pleasure. Delicious in 
taste—valued highly by epi¬ 
cures, Celery Cabbage resem¬ 
bles Celery, and yet is like 
Cos Lettuce. Finn, crisp heads, 
easily blanched and palatable 
as lettuce. Boiled like cab¬ 
bage it is of equal flavor and 
many people who do not like 
ordinary cabbage enjoy this 
Celery Cabbage. Excellent 
cooked as greens or as a salad. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20 c; X A lb., 60c; 
lb., $1.80, prepaid. 
All 
a 
Mustard Spinach - Tendergreen 
This vegetable is all the name implies, a very mild Mus¬ 
tard with a creamy Spinach flavor. Is of quick growth, 
the leaves are ready for cutting three to four weeks after 
planting. All who like Mustard or Spinach will enjoy this 
new vegetable. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; X A lb., 20c; lb., 55c, pre¬ 
paid. 
Radish - Sakurajima 
who like to try new things in the vegetable kingdom 
Mustard 
Spinach 
The Largest Radish in the World. This is an in¬ 
troduction from Japan. The root grows to enormous 
dimensions, sometimes over three feet around and 
two feet long, yet the white flesh is always crisp 
and tender, can be eaten like other radishes or 
cooked like turnips. Pkt., 10 c; oz., 20 c; X A lb., 60c; 
lb., $2.00, prepaid. 
Preserving Tomato ''Hundredfold" 
From Italy. Immensely productive and very delicious for pre¬ 
serving, for canning and sugaring. Will grow quickly and easily 
from seed sown in the garden, requiring practically no care 
whatever. Fruit is egg-shaped, about one inch in diameter, 
bright red, with solid flesh of fine flavor. Pkt., 10c; *4 oz., 30c; 
oz., 50c; X A lb., $1.50. 
Hundredfold 
Preserving 
Tomato 
Cucumber—Mammoth Chinese 
A really fine Cucumber of Chinese origin. Vigorous 
grower with long vines, producing fruits often reaching 
a length of two feet. Excellent for slicing. Pkt., 15c; 
oz., 30c. 
Chopsuey Greens—Shungiku 
In the Orient this is a very important variety 
of “greens,” highly valued because of ^its aro¬ 
matic flavor. When the plant is 4 to o inches 
high, it is ready to use and is cooked like 
spinach. Of easy culture, requires no special 
care. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c. 
Squash—Golden Macaroni 
or Spaghetti 
Entirely Different Sort From the Orient 
Grows readily and thrives any place where 
other varieties of squashes are grown succes- 
fully. Each vine produces six to ten fruits 
which are oval in shape and 8 to 10 inches long. 
When ripe they are a bright orange-buff color. 
They keep remarkably well in storage and can 
easily be kept nearly all winter. The fruits 
when fully ripe are cooked by boiling whole 
for 30 minutes and then cut in half. The meat 
separates from the rind and comes out in the 
form of strings like spaghetti. Seasoned with 
salt, pepper and butter and served hot it is a 
very tasty dish. It is also served hot with to¬ 
mato sauce or ketchup. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 
*4 lb., 75c, prepaid. 
1 Packet each of all the above seeds, 80c, prepaid. 
Muskmelon—Early White Pear 
This pear-shaped melon comes to us from Japan, 
where it is highly prized. The melons measure 
about six inches in length and four inches in dia¬ 
meter. Skin is yellow and smooth; flesh white and 
very juicy and aromatic. A prolific yielder. Pkt., 
15c; oz., 30c. 
Bunching Onion—One-A-Meal 
Gigantic green Onion from China and so big you 
can hardly believe it. Grown on rich soil the stem 
will grow 2 feet long and about two inches in dia¬ 
meter, the green onions weighing up to 2% pounds 
each. Of mild flavor. Pkt., 15c; oz., 35c. 
SQUASH, 
Golden 
Macaroni 
or Spaghetti 
Complete Alphabetical Index is on Page 88 
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