VEGETABLE SEEDS 
CUCUMBERS 
Culture. Reasonably good soil that is fully exposed to the sun 
will raise a good crop of Cucumbers. Every family should be 
supplied from its home garden, since the fruit is so much 
better when gathered fresh from the vines as desired for use 
than it is in the more or less wilted condition in which it is 
found on the market. Cucumbers are close relatives of 
melons but mature in about 60 days and may be brought to 
maturity with little trouble in the home garden. The seeds 
must be sown after the ground becomes warm, and the plants 
thinned to three or four to the hill. A very rich soil is the 
best precaution against insects and the blight. The striped 
beetle should be kept away from the young plants with liberal 
applications of powdered DUTOX. Dust the under side of the 
leaves with NICO-DUST to kill aphis. See page 38. 
.Monarch Improved Long Green. Matures in 72 days. The 
most popular and one of the best for the home garden; par¬ 
ticularly desirable for slicing. Fi’uits rich dark green; black 
spined; 12 inches long; 2% to 2% inches thick; straight; 
cylindrical; with few seeds. Carry a distinctive flavor, make 
excellent pickles, and when yellow and ripe the best sweet 
pickles. Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c; % lb. $1.00. 
Early White Spine. Matures in 60 days. The most popular 
white spined cucumber for the home garden; extensively 
grown for shipping. Fruits medium dark green; remain in 
good condition remarkably long; 7 inches long; 2% inches 
thick; slightly tapered; blunt. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; ^4 lb. 45c. 
Boston Pickling. Matures in 60 days. Splendid pickling and 
slicing sort. Fruits medium dark green; black spined; 6 to 7 
inches long; 2% inches thick; symmetrical; only slightly tap¬ 
ered. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb. 35c. 
Lemon Cucumber. Matures in 65 days. Fine for preserves. 
Yellow in color, fruits round. Fine for salads. Evei'y garden 
should contain a few hills of Lemon Cucumber. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 25c. 
St raight-8. This outstanding new variety produces sym¬ 
metrical, clindrical fruits about 8 inches long and 1% inches 
in diameter. The fruits are well rounded at the ends and 
when in condition for use are deep green and free from 
objectionable striping or tipping. Ideal for shipping or for 
home or market garden. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; *4 lb- $1.25. 
CELERY 
French Golden Self-Blanching. The best celery for early 
market use. Of yellow color when matured. Brings top 
prices. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00; »4 lb. $3.50. 
White Plume. Best early variety for market gardeners or for 
family use; of white color. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; % lb. 60c. 
SWEET CORN 
ACCLIMATED SEED 
Prices postpaid (Unless otherwise noted). 
Pkt. 10c; M lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 10 lbs. $3.00. 
Golden Cross Bantam Hybrid. While this original hybrid 
variety still leads the group in yield per acre, new varieties 
have been developed that mature earlier at the expense of 
production. We still strongly recommend Golden Cross Ban¬ 
tam, believing it to be as good as one would want for the home 
garden and for maximum production of ears. However, if as 
a market gardener, you are out after the earliest production 
and want to get on the market with sweet corn before your 
neighbor, then we suggest that you plant either Marcross or 
Improved Bancross, listed below. Golden Cross Bantam ma¬ 
tures in about 90 days, yields double that of Golden Bantam; 
twelve rows to the ear. In trial plantings it yielded 20,000 ears 
to the acre. A trifle lighter in color than Golden Bantam. 
Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; lb. 50c. Ask for quantity price. 
Improved Bancross. Excellent flavor, good size ears, yields 
slightly below that of Golden Cross Bantam. Matures in about 
85 days. Like all the hybrid sweet corns, Bancross matures 
and is ready for picking more simultaneously. Two pickings 
will clean the field, resulting in a quick clean-up of the crop. 
You will find Bancross, like the other hybrid varieties, more 
profitable to plant than the old varieties. Pkt. 15c; lb. 35c; 
lb. 6()c. Ask for quantity price. 
Marcross. This is the earliest maturing of the hybrid varieties. 
First picking can be made about the 80th day. Yield is slightly 
under that of Bancross. Quality of the corn very good. Color 
the same as Bancross and Golden Cross, light yellow. Pkt. 15c: 
Yi lb. 35c; lb. 60c. Ask for quantity price. 
Golden Early Market. One of the best extra early yellow 
varieties for home and market garden. Ears have strone 
husks; 8 to 12 rowed. Kernels golden-yellow, medium, ten¬ 
der, sweet and of good flavor. Very prolific for so early a 
variety. Matures in 75 days from planting which is 5 da vs 
earlier than Golden Bantam. Prices at top of page. 
Golden Bantam. The best known and most favorably known 
of all the yellow varieties. Stalks often have 2 ears. Ears 
8 rowed; kernels broad, with tender hull, sweet, and of ex¬ 
ceptionally fine flavor. Used widely for home gardens, by 
truckers and for canning. Matures in 80 days. All our seed 
sweet corn is northern grown, acclimated seed. Prices at top 
of page. 
POP CORN 
flap Ilulless. Most profitable and pojiular; short ears, white 
pointed kernels. Pkt. 10c; Yi lb. 25c; lb. 3.5c. Popping Corn, 
11). 25c postpaid. 
South American Yellow. A giant yellow corn. Pops into 
mammoth creamy yellow, tender, fluffv kernels. Pkt. 15c: 
Yi lb. 30c; lb. 50c. 
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