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VEGETABLE SEEDS 
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WHITE VIENNA KOHL-RABI. 
Complete 
List of 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
CUCUMBER ENGLISH FORCING VARIETIES. These produce remarkably 
long and very solid fruits, with few and small seeds. Not adapted for open 
ground culture. Our seed is from the best English strains. 
Blue Gown. Handsome, black-spined fruits, frequently 2 feet long . 
Cuthill’s Black Spine. A prolific variety of medium size . 
Duke of Edinburgh, Daniel’s. Large, thick, dull green fruits, often 30 in. long 
Lockie’s Perfection. Very uniform; color, beautiful green . 
Lord Kenyon’s Favorite. A favorite; uniform in size and perfect in shape 
Telegraph. Clear, green, smooth fruits, 14 to 16 inches long; free bearer. .. . 
DANDELION. 
Common. Popular for “greens” and blanched for salad . 
Large-Leaved. An early, large, broad-leaved variety . 
EGG PLANT. ( 1 oz. for 1,000 plants.) (for plants, see page 172.) 
Black Beauty. A handsome, early, large variety of great merit; a prolific 
producer of uniformly large purple-black fruits of fine quality, developing with 
rapidity and ready about two weeks earlier than other large sorts . 
New York Spineless—Henderson’s Improved. (See Specialties, page 27.) 
Early Long Purple. An earlier, hardier variety with club-shaped, dark pur¬ 
ple fruits 6 to 8 inches long, a shape preferred by some for slicing; flesh firm. 
Black Pekin. A strong-growing variety; medium-sized, almost round, black 
fruits and very solid . 
ENDIVE. “ Escarolle ” and “Chicoree.” ( 1 oz. for 100 feet of drill.) 
One of the best salads, especially when blanched; also much used for garnish¬ 
ing; if boiled makes fine “greens." Successional sowings furnish a supply 
almost the year round. 
Green Curled. A popular sort, with finely-cut, parsley-like leaves . 
French Moss Curled. A smaller, compact-growing variety, with densely 
curled moss-like leaves. . 
White Curled. Finely cut leaves, almost white with yellowish midribs; can be 
used without blanching when young . 
Broad-Leaved Batavian. Large, thick, broad leaves; it forms large hearts, 
which, blanched, form one of tne best winter salads; excellent for “greens" 
and for flavoring soups and stews. 
KALE, or BORECOLE. ( 1 oz. for 150 feet of drill.) Largely grown for 
supplying “ greens " during the fall, winter and spring; used small, like 
Spinach; also useful in garnishing. The plants are hardy above zero; frost 
improves the quality. 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. Beautifully curled, bright green leaves- 
Siberian. Green, curly leaves; tender and of delicate flavor . 
Brown German Curled, or Purple. Purplish, curly leaves . 
KOHLRABI. A bulbous-formed vegetable; when cooked, before fully grown,] 
is tender and excellent, combining the flavors of Cabbage and Turnip. 
Early White Vienna. Large, quick-growing; greenish-white skin and tender 
white flesh . 
Early Purple Vienna. The outside color is purple; flesh white and delicate. 
Short-Leaved Early White Vienna. Early and rapid growing, with few and 
small leaves; the most delicately flavored; indispensable for frames and 
forcing; can be planted closely . 
LEEK. (1 oz. will sow 100 feet of drill.) 
Large American Flag. This very superior variety produces white, uniformly 
large stems 2 inches in diameter by 10 inches long, of delicate flavor. . . 
Musselburgh, or Scotch Champion. Large-growing, broad, flat-leaved 
variety, stems 3 inches in diameter by 6 to 8 inches long . 
Large Rouen. Thick, short-stemmed variety, excellent for either winter or 
autumn use, of slow growth, but slow in running to seed . 
PRICES 
Delivered free in the 
( excepting otherwise 
U.S. 
LETTUCE. (/ oz. for 3,000 plants.) (for plants, see page 172.) 
HEAD VARIETIES. 
All the Year Round. Hardy and productive; full, round heads.. 
Big Boston, Henderson’s. (See Specialties, page 28.) . 
Boston Market, or White-Seeded Tennis Ball. A popular, early, small, 
compact-heading variety, for early outdoor culture and largely forced in hot¬ 
beds and greenhouses; can be planted closely. 
Black-Seeded Butter. Forms good-sized, hard heads, extensively used as an 
early outdoor variety as well as for frame culture. 
Mammoth Black-Seeded Butter. Similar to, but larger than the above, enor¬ 
mous heads, tender, sweet and crisp, good for all seasons, but particularly 
fine for late fall use. 
Yellow-Seeded Butter. A distinct, large, dense yellow-headed sort, hand¬ 
some, crisp, tender and of fine flavor 
GOLDEN QUEEN LETTUCE. 
Density. A little gem of dense and compact growth, practically all head, and 
can be grown only 6 inches apart; blanches to an appetizing creamy-white; 
brittle and of perfect quality ..... 
Deacon. A large, firm-heading variety, for early summer or late fall use; light 
green outside, creamy-yellow inside, of fine buttery quality. 
Golden Queen, Henderson’s. One of the best first early head Lettuces for 
either open-ground or frame culture and a good forcer; medium-sized, solid, 
golden-yellow heads, crisp and tender . 
Hanson. A handsome, large loose-heading summer variety of fine quality. 
Immensity, Henderson’s. (See Specialties, page 30.) . 
Matador. Medium early, very compact, forming a close, solid head, the 
inner leaves and heart of which are creamy-white, tender, crisp; it stands long 
without bolting to seed. 
Mignonette. (See Specialties, page 29.) . 
New York, Henderson’s. (See Specialties, page 30.) . 
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We Deliver Free in the U.S. mi"CFrei°h' i s!a?i'on R »t R ooro?Z All Vegetable, Flower and Lawn Seeds and Bulbs otherwise noted. 
