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SQUASH 
Summer Squashes: 1 ounce plants 50 hills 
Winter Squashes: 1 ounce plants 20 hills; 4 to 
6 pounds, an acre 
Culture. Sow in the same manner as 
melons, before May 15. 
Summer Squashes 
EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHT- 
NECK. A great improvement on the 
well-known Giant Summer Straight- 
neck. It is earlier, and uniformly productive 
over a longer period, continuing until frost 
destroys the plants. The habit of growth is 
strictly bushy and compact, with ample foli¬ 
age. Fruits are straight, smooth, and of deli¬ 
cate, creamy color. They are firm and usable 
when only 4 to 5 inches long and are still 
excellent for table until 12 to 14 inches long. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; $1-75. 
English Vegetable Marrow. A bush va¬ 
riety with oblong fruits 9 inches long; skin 
dull yellow; flesh white. Summer use. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 20c; Mlb. 60c; lb. $1.75. 
Italian Vegetable Marrow (Cocozelle 
Bush). The oblong fruits are 12 to 16 
inches long and 5 inches thick; dark green, 
marbled with yellow and striped dark 
green. Earlv. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; M'b. 65c; 
lb. $1.75. 
Giant Summer Straightneck. A new va¬ 
riety the same as Mammoth Summer 
Crookneck, but without the curved neck 
of that kind. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; M^b. 65c; 
lb. $1.75. 
Winter Squashes 
Biue Hubbard. True Hubbard shape with 
rich blue-green skin and bright orange flesh 
which is mealy and dry. Good keeper. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; }4\h. 65c; lb. $1.75. 
Des Moines or Tabie Queen. Acorn-shaped 
fruit with thin, distinctly ribbed dark 
green shell; 6 inches long by 43^ inches 
thick. Flesh light yellow. Trailing variety. 
Winter keeper. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; J^lb. 
65c; lb. $1.75. 
Mammoth White Bush. An early, round, 
clear white, flat Squash, handsomely scal¬ 
loped. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 341b. 65c; lb. 
$1.75. 
Sweet Potato. Fruit light yellow with green 
stripes, 6 to 8 inches long; thick flesh. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 20c; 341b. 65c; lb. $1.75. 
GREEN WARTED HUBBARD, Lohr- 
★ man’s Special Strain. We are con¬ 
fident that we have the finest and purest 
stock of Warted Hubbard grown, and it 
can be relied on to produce large yields 
of Squash that are 99 per cent true to 
color, shape, and wartiness. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 25c; Mlb. 65c; lb. $1.75. 
SORREL 
One ounce of seed will plant 100 feet of drill 
Culture. Sow in shallow drills 1 foot 
apart, and thin out to 6 inches. 
Large Broad-leaved French. Used as a 
salad; has an acid flavor. Cut off seedstalks 
as they appear. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 341b. 
60c; lb. $2.00. 
Narrow-leaved Light Green. Long, nar¬ 
row, pale green leav'es. Will produce leaves 
for 3 to 4 years. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 341b. 
85c; lb. $2.50. 
TOMATO 
One ounce will produce from 1000 to 2000 plants 
Culture. Start the seed indoors during 
February or March and set plants out after 
all danger of frost has passed. 
Extra-Early Tomatoes 
Earliana. 64 to 66 days from plants. Par¬ 
ticularly valuable for home-garden and 
early market. Our strain is definitely su¬ 
perior in earliness and quality. Fruits 
medium size, flattened globe-shape, deep 
scarlet-red, firm and smooth. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 50c; 341b. $1.50. 
Lange’s Eariiana. 60 to 64 days. An un¬ 
usual development of the well-known 
Sparks’ Earliana. Very heavy crown set. 
Splendid cropper and very early. Half the 
crop is available during the first 10 days of 
harvest. Pkt. 15c; 34oz. 85c; oz. $1.50. 
Early Tomatoes 
BONNY BEST. 75 days from plants. Good 
★ red Tomato for greenhouses. The plants are 
of medium size, bright scarlet, always 
smooth, uniform in size and shape. A splen¬ 
did sort to follow Earliana in the open field. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 65c; 341b. $1.75. 
Early Detroit. 78 days. Globe. A very 
productive, pink, globe-shaped variety of 
uniform size but not as early as name 
indicates. Fruit large, smooth, and of ex¬ 
cellent quality. Vines vigorous and pro¬ 
ductive. Pkt. 10c; oz. 65c; 341b. $1.75. 
John Baer. 75 days from plants. An early, 
productive, solid red Tomato. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 65c; 341b. $1.75. 
Late Tomatoes 
Dwarf Champion. 78 days from plants. 
Fruit purplish pink. Medium size; early. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; 341b. $1.50. 
Ponderosa. 85 days from plants. Largest 
late variety. Purplish pink; meatv. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 75c; 341b. $2.25. 
Golden Ponderosa. 85 days. Large size, 
smooth fruits of bright golden vellow. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; 341b. $1.75. 
Small-Fruited Tomatoes 
Used principally for preserving. 
Red Cherry Red Pear Yellow Plum 
Red Currant Red Plum Yellow Peach 
Red Peach Yello w Pe ar 
All of above, pkt. 10c; oz. 60c 
Main-Crop Tomatoes 
Livingston’s Globe. 81 days from plants. 
Particularly valuable for shipping. Heavily 
productive. Fruits purplish pink, large, 
globe-shaped, smooth and solid. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 65c; 341b. $1.75. 
Marglobe. 78 days. A second-early, red- 
fruited variety equally suitable for truck¬ 
ing or canning. As early as Bonny Best, it 
produces large, smooth, meaty, globular, 
red fruits which ripen uniformly and are 
relatively free from cracks. Pkt. 10c; oz. 
65c; 3€lb. $1.75. 
Master Marglobe. 78 days. The result of 
careful breeding of the well-known Mar¬ 
globe. An Improvement in size and uni¬ 
formity of the fruit. Pkt. 15c; 34<'>z. 85c; 
oz. $1.50. 
New Rutgers Tomato 
Main-Crop Tomatoes, continued 
Michigan State Forcing. New. 63 days. 
Developed at Michigan State College. 
Especially good for greenhouse forcing. 
Medium-sized deep scarlet fruit. Pkt. 50c. 
NEW RUTGERS. 75 days. An extra-large, 
★ solid, main-crop sort. The outstanding 
features are large size and solid structure 
of the fruit, deep globe shape, fine flavor, 
and deep red color all over, together with a 
heavy set of fruit, which makes for high 
yield. Not an early variety—ripens about 
the same time as Marglobe. In a normal 
season will produce an abundance of ripe 
fruit before the vines are killed by frost. 
The vines are strong and sturdy, with 
plenty of leaves to prevent the fruit being 
scalded by the sun. Pkt. 10c; 34oz. 45c; 
oz. 85c; 341b. $2.25. 
TURNIP 
One ounce will plant 200 feet of row; 1 pound, 
an acre in drills; 2 pounds broadcast 
Culture. Sow broadcast or in rows 2 feet 
apart. 
PURPLE-TOP WHITE GLOBE, Special 
★ Strain. Table size, 55 days; full size, 
70 days. Our special stock of Purple-Top 
White Globe Turnip produces the most 
uniformly smooth handsome roots of any 
stock we have ever seen. The color is a 
smooth snowy white with bright purple 
tops. Such Turnips make a much more 
attractive product and alw'ays sell better 
than just ordinary Turnips. Pkt. 10c; oz. 
20c; 341b. 45c; lb. 90c. 
Seven-Top. Tops used for greens. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 20c; 341b. 40c; lb. 90c. 
RUTABAGA 
Culture. Sow seed July 1 , giving the 
same culture as Turnips. 
LOHRMAN’S NECKLESS AMERICAN 
★ PURPLE-TOP. Improved strain without 
neck. Tops rather short but good-sized 
roots. Flesh yellow and fine grained. Best 
of all yellow-fleshed varieties. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 20c; 341b. 45c; lb. 90c 
Macomb at Brush, DETROIT, MICH 
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