NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 
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The News for 1938 
PRICES for seeds are lower, taxes higher, more taxes 
on the way so that all who have any property or none at all 
have a good reason to be glad. 
The supply of vegetable and flower seeds is ample. Novel¬ 
ties there are many but mostly in Marigolds, Calendulas and 
Nasturtiums only. Novelties of real value are few. All these 
are listed by us. 
To those that never before dealt with us we say: We 
are in business for 33 years, we have many friends and very 
few enemies. Our policy is and always was to give value 
to be of service. We have never entertained the idea that 
we are in business “to make money.” We are here to serve 
those in need of seeds to the best of our ability and thus earn 
and deserve profit IF ANY. Try us if in need of vegetable 
or flower seeds. Others did and are not sorry for doing so. 
We could print testimonials by the hundred but are not 
doing so mostly for the reason that nowadays and for a long 
time past testimonials are furnished against payment to those 
that need them or to those that think they should be making 
money fast. The public cannot tell which of the testimonials 
are true and which are false and wisely pays no attention. 
We suggest covering part of your needs in seeds from us. 
We will serve you well. 
BEAN PERFECTION STRINGLESS (52 days) 
Of all high quality green podded bush beans Perfection 
Stringless is the earliest. Pods six inches long, round, thick, 
juicy, tender and absolutely stringless even when the pods are 
fully grown. Plants medium large of strictly bush form, 
heavily productive and disease resistant. The seed in color 
and shape is identical with seed of Stringless Green Pod but 
Perfection Stringless Bean is by no means the same as 
Stringless Green pod under a new name. It differs mark¬ 
edly in the fact that the pods are visibly bigger and in the 
fact that the plants produce from 10 to 15% more weight 
in pods than other stringless green pod varieties. Pkt. 10c; 
lb. 40c, prepaid. 
BUSH BEAN DEUCATA (58 days) inches long 
of light transparent yellow almost straight, semi-round, 
tender and of delicate flavor. All that tasted this bean pro¬ 
nounced it as the most delicately flavored of ANY bean. Deli- 
cata will be welcomed by all growers that cater to trade 
where high quality is appreciated and rewarded. Plants 20 
in. tall, bushy, producing heavy crops of pods. Pkt. 10c; 
lb. 35c, prepaid. Not prepaid: 5 lbs. 90c, 10 lbs. $1.80. 
ORIENTAL SPROUTING BEAN 
BEAN SPROUTS: These you can get in any grocery 
store or you can grow your own. Sow the seed in hills, foot 
apart three seeds to a hill in June and up to middle of July. 
The seed germinates In 24 hours and the plants grow like a 
streak of lightning and soon are loaded with pods which are 
ready to gather when they turn black. Thresh the pods and to 
get sprouts for table use this is the route to take: Soak the 
beans over night, in the morning place a wet cloth in the 
bottom of a dripping pan, place the beans on the cloth, cover 
with another cloth and keep moist. The beans sprout almost 
instantly. In a few hours when the sprouts are about three 
inches long they are ready to be fried, used in Chop Suey in 
salads, soups, etc. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c, postpaid. 
CABBAGE SHORT STEM HOLLANDER 
Special Strain (100 days) 
Forms extremely tight heads with practically no hollow 
spaces, perfectly globe shaped of medium size. 
Will come out of storage in better shape than other 
cabbages because it has several layers of dark green outside 
leaves. You remove one, you remove another layer of the 
outside leaves and you still have a head of cabbage as fresh 
looking as if it was cut recently. 
There are several strains of Hollander. Checked up in 
extensive field trials our Special Hollander was found the 
best strain. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; lb. $2.60; 10 lbs. $24.00. 
SAVOY WINTER KING (100 days) 
Heads very solid, perfectly ball-shaped, extra fine curled, 
medium sized and of beautiful dark green color. Extremely 
hardy. The finest late maturing variety at present. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 45c; lb. $4.00. 
CAULIFLOWER SUPER DANAMERICA 
(66 days) 
Super Danamerica is the finest second early cauliflower in 
existence. It forms a head that is unusually high, solid, heavy 
and snow white. Perfectly fixed as to type, yielding under 
normal growing conditions practically 100% grade one heads. 
In season only 10 days later than Early King. It heads uni¬ 
formly throughout the field and the whole crop is ready to cut 
inside of two weeks. The stalk of Super Danamerica is shorter 
than in any other variety, the leaves are not spaced but grow 
as closely together as cabbage, forcing the inner leaves to curl 
over the head providing perfect protection from unfavorable 
weather. A very valuable variety to all growers wishing to get 
a crop of cauliflower just about the time the crop of Early King 
cauliflower is marketed. Pkt. 20c; oz. $2.00; lb. $24.00. 
CABBAGE GREEN ACRE (70 days) 
This variety was developed to meet the demand for fresh 
looking cabbage, that retains its green color for a long time 
and thus help the storekeepers to effect more sales. “Eat 
more cabbage—you know the slogan (Eat more Bananas, etc.) 
Green Acre is a new variety, heads round like a ball, 
solid and heavy, enveloping leaves clear glossy dark green, 
suggesting “fresh” appearance. Stalks short. About 85% of 
the crop is ready to cut 70 days from transplanting, the bal¬ 
ance of the crop is ready within 10 days after that. Good 
yielder, reliable crop producer and keeps for a long time in 
storage, retaining its fresh green color. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. 
$2.80 prepaid. 
CUCUMBER TAXPAYER (58 days) 
Besides being one of the earliest, it is a cucumber of 
beautiful appearance. Color extra dark, glossy green. The 
fruit is 8 to 9 inches long and in this respect compares favor¬ 
ably with such varieties as Longfellow, etc. Heavily pro¬ 
ductive and the vines bear over a long period of time. We 
recommend this new cucumber to all our customers. It is 
not a new cucumber. It was developed by an expert vine 
seed grower some few years ago and was under his strict 
control. We now have the seed and whoever will grow Tax¬ 
payer whether for a crop of slicing cucumbers, for pickles, 
or for shipping will make no mistake. 
An excellent cucumber—just imagine the returns will 
be so good that you will be able to pay TAXES. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 15c; lb. $1.20. 
CUCUMBER LINDEN’S MARVEL (62 days) 
An extremely handsome new variety a strain of white 
spine, the fruit averaging 10 in. in length, smooth straight of 
well balanced shape, the ends not pointed of very dark green 
color. Strong grower, blight resisting immensely productive 
and quite early. As long as Linden’s Marvel is on the mar¬ 
ket the buyers are leaving other cucumbers alone. This is 
because Linden’s Marvel is highly attractive in appearance 
and of the size everybody is favoring. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 1 
lb. $1.40. 
