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It Pays to Grow Our Improved Varieties of Vegetables 
PEAS —Continued 
Prices of Peas unless otherwise noted are 
as follows: M lb. lQc., ^ lb. 15c., lb. 25c., 
5 lbs. $1.10, 10 lbs. $2.00 
TALL MAIN-CROP WRINKLED 
Alderman. 5 ft. Mid-season. Comes into 
bearing a little later than Thomas Laxton. 
Larger and more prolific. Excellent quality, 
squarish, wrinkled, green, interior green. 
Champion of England. (80 days.) Late. 
Wilt-resistant. Medium green vines 50 in. 
high and 3-in. pods, slightly curved, blunt, 
light green, containing 7 or 8 tender Peas. 
Improved Telephone. (76 days.) Late. 
Medium green vine, 60 to 70 in. high, with 
5J^-in. pods, darkish green, pointed, 
slightly curved, and thick walled, contain¬ 
ing 8 to 10 tender sweet Peas of best quality. 
Fine for home and market gardens and 
shipping, wrinkled; cream and green, in¬ 
terior yellow 
Peas, Improved Telephone 
SUGAR PEAS (Edible Pods) 
In Sugar Peas the pods are gathered, broken 
and cooked like string beans, when the peas 
start to develop in the pod or have reached 
about half their full size. 
Tall, Melting Sugar. One of the best edible 
pod sorts. 5 ft. high. 
RADISH 
1 oz. will sow 100 ft. of drill 
Radishes thrive best in a light rich, sandy 
loam. For a successive crop supply, sow from 
the middle of March until September at in¬ 
tervals of two or three weeks. For an early 
supply sow in a gentle hotbed in February. 
Price of Radish Seed as follows: pkts. 5 
and 10 cts., oz. 15c., M lb. 25c., lb. 75c. 
Chartier or Long Rose. (35 days.) The 
color at the top is crimson, running into 
pink about the middle and from thence 
downward it is pure waxy white. It will 
attain a very large size. 
Crimson Giant. (28 days.) It is always 
tender, crisp and of mild flavor. It remains 
in perfect condition for a long time. Color, 
a beautiful crimson. It will force well. 
Early Long White Icicle. (27 days.) The 
flavor is very mild, and it is invaluable for 
slicing. The top is short; flesh very crisp 
and tender; very attractive when bunched. 
Remains in prime condition for eating for 
fully two weeks. 
Early Scarlet White Tip. (26 days.) Grows 
round and very symmetrical and uniform 
in shape; color a bright scarlet, white tip. 
Early Scarlet Globe. (24 days.) An excellent 
forcing variety and well adapted for field 
culture, roots globular with small top, 
bright scarlet, crisp, tender and of fine 
quality. 
French Breakfast. (25 days.) A popular 
early variety. Roots oblong, dull scarlet, 
with white tip, 134 in. long, % in. thick. 
Flesh white and crisp. Extensively used 
for forcing. 
Long Scarlet Short Top. (27 days.) A 
standard sort for market and private gar¬ 
dens, roots 5 to 6 in. long, smooth, crisp, 
and tapering. 
WINTER VARIETES 
Chinese Rose Winter. (52 days.) A popular 
sort, with cylindrical, blunt, smooth roots 
5 to 6 in. long and 2in. in diameter. Bright 
rose-red with white, firm, pungent flesh. 
Long Black Spanish. (57 days.) A good 
keeper. Roots cylindrical, slightly tapered, 
7 to 9 in. long, 2 in. in diameter. Black 
skin. Flesh white, solid, and pungent. 
Round Black Spanish. (56 days.) A round 
winter sort, somewhat top-shaped about 3 
to 4 in. in diameter. Flesh white, crisp, of 
strong flavor. 
White Chinese Winter or Celestial. (60 
days.) Roots large, 234 to 3 in. in diameter, 
and from 6 to 9 in. long, oval with blunt 
base. It is clear white and crisp but not 
as pungent as other winter varieties. 
Radish, Scarlet Globe 
RUCOLA, or ROCKET 
A salad with leaves resembling Sorrel. Cul¬ 
tivate same as Spinach. 
Rucola Roquette. Useful for soups and 
salads. Pkt. 10c., oz. 45c. 
SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT 
One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill 
Sow early in Spring, in drills 15 inches apart 
and 1 inch deep, thinning out the young 
plants to 6 inches. The roots are used same 
as Carrots. Salsify is very hardy and can be 
left in the ground until Spring. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. Resembles 
Parsnip; very mild. Pkt. 10c., oz. 20c., 
lb. 55c., lb. $1.85. 
Swiss Chard, Giant Lucullus 
SWISS CHARD or SPINACH 
BEET 
This Beet produces leaves only, which are 
used for greens. Cultivate same as Spinach, 
sowing the seed early in Spring, in drills 134 
feet apart and 1 inch deep. 
Giant Lucullus. This variety is an improve¬ 
ment over the older sort. The leaves are 
large and crinkled, of a dark green color, 
pure white ribs which can be used like 
Asparagus. Makes very choice greens. 
Pkts. 5 and 10c., oz. 15c., 34 lb. 30c., lb. 
85c. 
Large Silver Leaf. Grown for the leaves 
only, and cooked like spinach. The midrib 
is prepared like asparagus. It can be sown 
at different seasons of the year, giving suc¬ 
cessive greens. Pkts. 5 and 10c., oz. 15c., 
34 lb. 30c., lb. 85c. 
Include with Your Order 
Cuprocide (Red Copper Oxide). Treat 
all seed with Cuprocide to prevent 
damping-off and other seed-borne dis¬ 
eases. 4 ozs. 35c., lb. 90c. 
Semesan. To prevent damping-off, 
seed-borne black leg and black rot of 
Cabbage and other vegetables, treat 
your seed with Semesan, a mercuric 
disinfectant. 34 oz. 10c., 2-oz. tin 35c., 
lb. $2.25, 5 lbs. $9.90. 
