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JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., 
LA CROSSE, WIS. 
1940 
Pumpkin 
SALZER’S YANKEE PIE 
For the tastiest, most delicious pumpkin pies, plant 
Salzer’s Yankee Pie. It’s the finest of all and ranks 
enormously high in sugar content. 
It is round and slightly flattened, with shallow 
ribs, rather small, about 10 inches in diameter, and 
of exquisite quality. The tender, rich yellow flesh 
is very thick, mealy and sweet. 
Japanese Pie 
SMALL SUGAR 
Much smaller than 
the field varieties, 
rich in sugar, finely 
grained and sweet. 
Exeeittionally fine 
pumpkin for pies. 
It is a very pro¬ 
lific type, producing 
nice, uniform size 
and shape pump¬ 
kins in abundance. 
Considered one of 
the hardiest and 
easiest to grow. 
Matures in about 
70 days. 
953 — Pkg., 8e; 
07 .., 14c; 14 lb.. 3'c; lb., $1.15, postpaid. 
WINTER LUXURY 
and the skin is a deep orange. 
There is no finer pumpkin, especially for the home garden. Matures 
in about 70 days and is an excellent keeper. Very hardy and very 
productive. Hundreds of thousands of customers sow this strain 
year after year. It is the best in cultivation today, for the table. 
Enormously productive. 
956—Pkg., 10c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 35c; Vs lb., 67c; lb., .$1.10; 
3 lbs., $3.00, postpaid. 
KENTUCKY FIELD 
Also known as Large Sweet Cheese. Fruits flattened on both ends 
and large in circumference. Matures in about 90 days. 
The rind is cream colored and slightly ribbed. In wide use for 
canning and keeps exceptionally well. It is a heavy, yielder and a 
good main crop variety. The thick yellow flesh is tender, sweet and 
of finest quality. Splendid for stock feeding as well as for table 
use. It is one of the old, widely used kinds of exceptional merit. 
950—Pkg., 5e; oz., 10c; % lb., 34c; Vs lb., 44c; lb., 75c; 3 lbs., 
$1.40; 5 lbs., .$3.35, postpaid. 
A splendid winter sort, excellent for pies. Fruits about 9 inches 
in diameter, nearly round, smooth russet yellow skin, very prolific. 
Flesh light yellow. veiT thick, firm, sweet, fine grained and finely 
flavored. Keeps well. 955—Pkg., 5c; oz., 8c; V-t lb., 34c; Vz lb., 
43c; lb., 75c; 3 lbs., $1.35; 6 lbs., $3.95, postpaid. 
SALZER’S MAMMOTH 
Very extensively grown. Splendid for stock feeding as well as for 
the table. A popular type with the home grower, considered the 
best for exhibition purposes and a dependable sort in every way. 
Deep creamy led color. Nearly round, slightly flattened at top and 
bottom. 
Flesh is deep orange red and fine grained. A good variety to 
plant with corn. One of the best for winter storage. Matures fully 
in about 110 days. We have grown specimens of this variety 
weighing 135 lbs. 
Salzer’s Connecticut Field Pumpkin or Big Tom 
95 1—Pkg., .5c; oz., 13c; % lb., 33c; 
3 lbs., $1.75; 5 lbs., $3.50, postpaid. 
lb., S8c; lb., 95c; 
BIG TOM OR CONNECTICUT FIELD 
Salzer’s 
Sandwich 
Island 
Salsify 
Salsify 
SANDWICH ISLAND 
Widely grown for fall and winter us 
and is popularly called Oyster Plant 
because it has such a delicious oystei 
like flavor. 
Salzer’s Sandwich Island grows a fln« 
fleshy root 6 to 8 inches long and abou 
1 inch thick. The white flesh is o 
superior oyster-like flavor and is ver 
nutritious. Matures in 140 days. It i 
hardy and may be left in the ground ove 
winter, or may be stored in a pit o 
cool cellar after cutting oft the leaves 
1060—Pkg., 5c; oz., 13c; 3 oz., 33c 
Vi lb., 40c; 11)., $1.35, postpaid. 
106 1—Sandwich Island, Salzer’s Ciifl 
wood Farm TRIPLE-A-TESTED: A sps 
cial reselected strain certified by THREE 
WAY tests: Pkg., lOc; oz., 18c; 3 oz 
33c; % lb., 65c; lb., .$1.75, postpaid. 
JAPANESE PIE 
Fine grained, dry and sweet. They 
ripen early, keep well and are fine 
for home use. It is one of the easiest 
pumpkins to grow. A large crook- 
neck sort with dark green skin 
mottled with yellow stripes. Matures 
in about 80 days. 946—Pkg., 7c; 
oz., 13c; V* lb., 35c; Vs lb., 67c; 
lb., $1.10, postpaid. 
MIXED PUMPKIN 
A mixture of the choicest and 
finest pumpkin seed. Have some of 
each variety in one patch in your 
garden, without having to purchase 
a package of each. 
957—Pkg., .5c; oz., 9c; % lb., 
30c; Vs lb., 33c; lb., 50c, postpaid. 
Pumpkins are very easily grown in among sweet corn or field 
corn or whenever there is room for vines to spread. Connecticut 
Field is a standard corn-field variety and is widely grown for stock 
feeding, as well as table use. 
Vines are wonderfully prolific; fruits average 25 pounds in weight, 
are round and flat on the ends with a smooth hard rind. Flesh is 
yellow, thick, dry, fine flavored, sweet and of excellent keeping 
qualities. A standard variety with canners. Matures in 75 days. 
’ ’ ~ ibs-. 
$1.40; 5 lbs., $3.*7^5 nostpauL 
We have planted your garden seeds with very good results.—Mr. Ray Hunt, Sheldon, Wisconsin. 
