LETTUCE 
Heading or Cabbage 
Varieties 
BIG BOSTON, White Seeded — 
Popular for cold frame forcing 
and outside culture. Medium, 
compact heads with creamy yel¬ 
low heart. Smooth, glo.ssy leaves, 
edges wavy, and slightly tinged 
with reddish brown. 75 days. 
ICEBERG, w. s.—Late, large vari¬ 
ety. Compact heads, crumpled, 
crisp and sweet. Leaves light green, 
slightly brown at edges. 84 days. 
NEW YORK, WONDERFUL or 
LOS ANGELES, w. s.— This vari¬ 
ety is known as Iceberg to the 
produce trade. The outstanding 
shipping variety. Large heads, well 
blanched, sweet and tender. SO 
days. 
★ ★ ★ 
Loose Leaved Varieties 
GRAND RAPIDS, b. s.—One of 
the most popular loose leaved 
kinds. Erect, compact plants, 
l.ight green, broad, heavily fringed 
leaves. For forcing, or early plant¬ 
ing outside. 43 days. 
PRIZE HEAD, w. s. —Early non¬ 
heading sort. Medium sized plants, 
crisp and f ender. Color light brown 
on a medium green base. Leaves 
frilled at edges, and crumpled. 47 
days. 
Prise Head Lettuce 
SIMPSON’S EARLY CURLED, 
w. S. —Also called Early Curled 
Kilesia. One of the most widely 
used for the home garden. Early, 
hardy and dependable. Non-head¬ 
ing. Leaves large, frilled, crum¬ 
pled, and light green that form a 
compact bunch at center. 45 days. 
★ ★ ★ 
Cos or Romaine 
WHITE PARIS or TRIANON, 
w. s. —^Medium large self-folding, 
dark green leaves, forming loaf 
.shaped heads. Greenish-white, 
well blanched interior. G6 days. 
Big Boston Lettuce 
MUSKMELON 
and 
CANTALOPE 
Green Fleshed Varieties 
EARLY KNIGHT —Fine early 
variety, good for market and ship¬ 
ping. Fruits oblong, skin deep 
green changing to golden yellow at 
maturity. Heavily netted with 
distinct ribbing. Juicy, sweet 
medium green flesh, shading to 
pink at center. 2 pounds, 82 days. 
TRUE-BRED BOTTOMLY -- An 
early money maker of great popu¬ 
larity. Heavily netted, ribbed, 
oblong; green flesh, very sweet; 
prolific and unusually disease 
resistant. Commands top market 
prices. 78 days. 
★ ★ ★ 
Orange or Salmon Fleshed 
Varieties 
BENDER’S SURPRISE ^ Im¬ 
proved Surprise, similar to Tip 
Top. Coarse netted, 7 pound, ob¬ 
long fruit, distinctly ribbed, hard 
greenish-yellow skin. Flesh bright 
salmon, delicious quality. 95 days. 
HALE’S BEST — Outstanding 
early oval fruit, light ribbed, 
heavily netted. Thick, salmon- 
orange flesh, sweet and very fine 
flavor. 80 days. 
HEARTS of GOLD or HOODOO 
—Nearly round 2 pound fruit, 
distinctly ribbed, deep green with 
fine grey netting. Thick, deep 
salmon flesh, tender, sweet. 94 
days. 
HONEY ROCK or SUGAR ROCK 
—A new favorite. Round, 4 pound 
fruit. Grey-green skin, coarse 
sparse netting. Fine flavored flesh, 
thick, orange-salmon colored with 
inch green ring beneath rind. 
85 days. 
IMPROVED PERFECTO— 
Roundish fruit, 23^ pounds. No 
ribs. Completely covered with hard 
grey netting. Thick salmon flesh, 
small seed cells. Juicy, sweet and 
fine grained. 92 days. 
TIP TOP —Sometimes called Iron- 
dequoit. Oval 6 to 7 pound fruit, 
pale green skin turning to yellow 
at maturity. Slightly netted, dis¬ 
tinctly ribbed. Bright salmon 
flesh, sweet and delicious. 90 days. 
BANANA —Fruits smooth and 
.slender, resembling a banana in 
shape. 6 to 7 pounds, flesh salmon 
of banana-like flavmr, good for late 
planting. 80 days. 
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Fall and Winter Varieties 
HONEY BALL — Round 3}^ 
pound fruit. Yellowish-white, 
smooth, with fine netting. Juicy, 
grey green flesh, very sweet. 105 
days. 
HONEY DEW —Large, globular, 
5 to 7 pound fruit. Smooth, creamy 
white surface, with practically no 
netting. Light emerald green flesh, 
ripens to the rind. Juicy, tender, 
with its own special sweetness. 
112 days. 
WATERMELON 
DALE —Large, oval-shaped melon 
with distinct dark and light stripes. 
Rind is tough, good shipper. Bright 
red, fibreless flesh. Very sweet, 
30 to 40 pounds. 80 days. 
DIXIE QUEEN — Sometimes 
called White Seeded Cuban Queen. 
Mid Season, very prolific shipping 
sort. Oval-round fruits, light 
green with dark green stripes. Thin 
but tough rind. Bright red crisp 
flesh, fibreless and of splendid 
quality. Small white .seeds. 30 
pounds, 85 days. 
GRAY JACKET or OWENS 
GRAY —Handsome, long melon. 
Rind is light green, with dark 
green veining. Good for home 
garden or local market but does 
not stand long distance shipping. 
Bright red, fine grained sweet 
flesh. Delicious flavor. 80 days. 
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VEGETABLE 
SEEDS 
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UNLESS OTHERWISE 
NOTED 
STONE MOUNTAIN IM- 
PROVED — High quality ship¬ 
ping variety recently introduced. 
Sometimes called Dixie Belle. 
Popular in Northern Markets, but 
also good for garden planting. 
Very large fruits, oval-round with 
blunt ends. Dark green with 
tough rind. Fine grained, sw'eet, 
rich scarlet flesh. Seed white with 
black tips. 40 to CO pounds. 
90 days. 
SCHOCHLER ■— An exception¬ 
ally large, main crop shipping 
variety. Fruits are medium green, 
very long and large with indistinct 
darker stripes. Hard tough rind; 
flesh fine grained, rich red of good 
quality. 40 to 50 pounds, 90 days. 
WONDER MELON — An im¬ 
proved Kleckley Sweet. Large, 
heavy, oblong, with even dark 
green skin. Rather thin rind, flesh 
rich, bright scarlet. Excellent 
variety for home or nearby 
market. 30 to 50 pounds, 83 days. 
KLECKLEY’S SWEETor MONTE 
CRISTO — Excellent, medium 
early. Dark bluish-green, with thin, 
tender rind. Fruits large, cylin¬ 
drical. Bright red flesh, extremely 
sweet and tender. Creamy-white 
seeds with traces of brown. .30 
to 40 pounds. 85 days. 
TOM WATSON, Improved —Out¬ 
standing red heart strain. Large 
fruit, uniform, cylindrical, with 
tough, elastic rind, faintly veined. 
Deep red flesh, coarse but fine 
flavored. Seed brown with white 
spots. .30 to 40 pounds. 95 days. 
Long Standing 
Giant Curled Mustard 
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MUSTARD 
CHINESE BROAD LEAVED — 
Vigorous, medium large plants. 
Large, oblong, slightly crumpled 
leaves, are medium green, scal¬ 
loped at edges. Reddish brown 
seed. 
LONG STANDING GIANT 
CURLED —A very popular and 
well known variety. Leaves are 
erect, bright green, deeply fringed 
and curled at edges. Crisp tender 
greens, slightly pungent, can be 
eaten like lettuce or boiled for 
greens. 35 days. 
MUSTARD SPINACH or TEN- 
DERGREEN —Not really a vari¬ 
ety of mustard, but quick grow¬ 
ing, and resistant to heat and 
drought. The smooth, broad, ob¬ 
long leaves have light green center 
rib. Slow to seed. Combines mus¬ 
tard and spinach flavors. 
Dwarf Green Okra 
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OKRA or GUMBO 
DWARF GREEN —Early, prolific 
dwarf growing sort. Dark green, 
fluted, 5 to 7 inch pointed pods. 
50 days. 
PERKINS MAMMOTH or TALL 
GREEN —iVIedium early, very 
productive. Meaty, slender, ta¬ 
pered 7 to 8 inch ribbed pods. 5(1 
days. 
WHITE VELVET— Excellent for 
the home garden. Early and pro¬ 
lific. Pods pale greenish-white, 0 
to 7 inches long. IMeaty, tender, 
round smooth and pointed. (50 
days. 
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