VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR FLORISTS 
W/ITH increasing interest in home gardens, florists should take full advantage of the opportunity of supplying vege- 
Y’ table plants that are sure to be called for in increasing quantity—especially Tomato, Pepper and Cabbage. In our 
list of varieties you will find those adapted to home garden use as well as varieties suitable for those who grow for 
market. If you want any item or quantities not listed, write and we will be glad to quote. Our supplies are obtained 
only from the most reliable growers and are the same high quality as our “Flower Seeds for Florists.” 
NEW EVERBEARING 
STRAWBERRY, 
BARON SOLEMACHER 
This variety improves in size and length of fruit the variety RUGEN, sent out by 
us a few years ago. The product of a German specialist. If sown early February, 
will produce freely by autumn. Should be watered when dry, and they enjoy 
some protection from the strong sun. 
Tr. pkt. (1000 seeds), 50c. 
BEET 
Crosby's Egyptian. (Original Strain). 55 days. Extra early for home and market gardeners. Globe-shaped. 
Dark purplish red, crisp and tender, excellent quality . . 
Detroit Dark Red. (Improved Strain). 55 days. Standard for home and market garden. Uniform globe-shaped 
Blood-red, tender until full grown. 
CABBAGE 
All Head Early. Good winter keeper. Deep heads, firm, fine quality, valuable for kraut. 77 days . 
Copenhagen Market. Regular early. Medium sized heads; compact, good yielder, 70 days 
Danish Ballhead. Best late variety, heads large, flat, firm and solid, keeps in storage until late spring 
Early Dwarf Flat Dutch. Splendid for home and market garden; heads almost ball-shaped, firm, fine flavor anc 
high quality, 71 days. 
Early Jersey Wakefield. Extra early, valuable for home or market growers. Plants small, allowing close plant 
ing; firm heads, 2-2% lbs. 62 days. Sure header, fine for southern shippers . 
Golden Acre. Earliest round head variety for early market and shipping. Short stem. 62 days. Uniformly firni 
round heads, matures evenly. 
Large Wakefield. Heads larger and broader, but fully a week later than Early Jersey Wakefield 
Late Flat Dutch. The best large late variety. Popular for home and market garden and shipping. Good keeper 
firm heads of good quality. 110 days. Very hardy and dependable 
Mammoth Rock Red. Best red variety. Good keeper, round hard heads, deep purplish red. 90 days. 
Savoy Improved American. The best of this class, medium large, firm heads; fine flavor. 85 days 
Wisconsin All-Season Resistant. Valuable in localities infested with “cabbage yellows.” Good winter keeper; 
large flat hard heads. Excellent kraut variety. 90-95 days . 
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Gonsenheimer, Forcing Special. Fine for forcing or home garden variety. Nearly coreless. Half-long. Especially 
adapted for forcing. 
Chantenay. Fine all-purpose variety for home and market garden and shipping. Dependably heavy yielder. Goi 
for winter storage. 70 days. 
Danvers Half-Long. Very productive and uniform. Bright orange—much used for shipping. 75 days . 
CAULIFLOWER 
Danish Giant, Dry Weather. Most dependable, large fine heads. 65 days % oz., 75c; % oz., $1.25 
Early Snowball. Best early greenhouse-forcing variety, medium pure white heads, good shipper. The standard of 
excellence. 52 days.% oz., 65c; % oz., $1.25 2.00 
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CELERY 
Golden Plume or Wonderful. Better and earlier than Golden Self Blanching, a leader for market gardening and 
shipping . % oz., 35c; % oz., 60c . 
Golden Yellow Self-Blanching Dwarf. Standard market and shipping sort % oz., 20c; % oz., 35c 
CELERIAC 
Large Smooth Prague. Turnip-rooted celery. Fairly smooth, stalks hollow, keeps until late winter 
CUCUMBER 
Straight 8. (All-America Gold Medal Winner). An outstanding variety, producing symmetrical cylindrical fruits 
about eight inches long, 1% inches in diameter; deep green, when ready for use, and an ideal shipper. Also de¬ 
sirable for home and market gardens .. . . Pkt. 15c 
Chicago Pickling. (Westerfield). Most valuable for pickling and slicing. 6-7 inches, uniform. 60 days 
Davis Perfect. Fine slicing variety. Good shipper. 9-11 inches. Good for greenhouse growing 
Early Fortune. Best for slicing or shipping. Dark green. 8-9 inches long. Uniform. 68 days 
EGGPLANT 
Black Beauty. Popular home and market variety. Rich dark purple 
Improved Large Purple. (Spineless). The standard home and market sort, early, good producer 
KALE 
Dwarf Green Curled. Very hardy, 12-15 inches tall, 30-inch spread. Finely curled 
KOHLRABI 
Early White Vienna. Standard sort for forcing and home garden. Globe-shaped. 60 days outdoors 
LETTUCE 
All-Season Head. Valuable market and home garden variety; round, firm heads 
Big Boston. Select stock. Most widely popular of all heading Lettuce. Largely used for summer and fall hotbed 
and cold frame culture. Cabbage butter-head type, excellent quality. 
Black-Seeded Simpson. Early, dependable everywhere and largely used by home and market gardeners. Loose¬ 
leaved and frilled, grows quickly, fine quality. 
Grand Rapids Forcing. The standard loose leaved variety for greenhouse forcing. Tender and sweet under glass. 
Best early market variety. 
Mammoth Black Seeded Butter. Fine butter heading variety for home and market, especially good for summer. 
Head large and firm, excellent quality and flavor 
New York Special No. 12. Early, sure heading and does well in mid-summer. Very popular for shipping 
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