A branch¬ 
ing herb 
about 2 feet 
high. In summer all of the lateral branches and 
the circle ones end in a small green open head. 
This, which should be cut before it actually 
flowers, is cooked like cauliflower or spinach 
and is very delicious and rich in vitamins. 
The plant prefers coolness and moisture. Un¬ 
less you are in a particularly favorable place, 
such as the sea coast, Italian Broccoli is best 
treated as a two-season crop. First it is started 
in a hotbed or greenhouse in February or March 
and transplanted to the open after frost. The 
second crop is sown in the seed bed in June or 
July and transplanted to the garden a month or 
six weeks later. The later crop can be harvested 
throughout the Autumn months. 
Plants should be set two feet apart in rows 
which are themselves two feet apart. A single 
row of 50 plants is ample for a family of five. 
The soil should be well cultivated. Packet, 5c; 
ounce, 90c. 
St. Valentine Broccoli. This variety is very 
similar to cauliflower, it must be planted with 
the same cultural directions. Packet, 5c; 
ounce, 90c. 
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This plant is widely grown for greens. Most 
varieties have heavy, densely curled foliage of 
tasty greens, and the dwarf variety is desirable 
for ornamental garden use. The culture is prac¬ 
tically the same as that of late cabbage, but as 
the plants will withstand several degrees of frost, 
they grow late into the fall. They are more tasty 
after the first light frost. 
Emerald Isle. Grows to medium height and is 
exceedingly hardy. Best for greens because of 
their very fine flavor. Produces new shoots as 
fast as leaves are used. The leaves are closely 
curled. Packet, 5c; ounce, 15c; % pound, 
45c; 1 pound, $1.25. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch. This variety grows 
about 2 feet high and has splendid dark green, 
curled and wrinkled leaves. It is very hardy and 
vigorous grower. Improved greatly after first 
slight frost. Packet, 5c; ounce, 15c; 14 pound, 
45c; 1 pound, $1.25. 
Dwarf Green Curled. Exceptionally fine for 
ornamental garden use, also good for greens. 
The leaves are beautifully curled and a brilliant 
green. Packet, 5c; ounce, 15c; 14 pound, 45c; 
1 pound, $1.00. 
Why Disinfecting Seed 
Before Planting Pays 
Of all the diseases that contribute to this immense annual 
loss, those carried on the seed are among the most important. 
Seeds of all plants generally carry on their exteriors spores 
of harmful as well as harmless disease organisms. That seeds 
carry disease spores is not a recent discovery. It has been 
known since 1755 when Tillet proved seed wheat carried 
smut. Today well over 200 different disease organisms have 
been reported by scientists as commonly carried by farm, 
flower and vegetable crop seeds. In fact, the seeds of many 
plants are recognized as the agents for world-wide distribu¬ 
tion of certain dangerous diseases. 
Seed-borne diseases are more insidious than most other 
types, as they do irreparable damages before their presence 
is known. Most growers are familiar with the destruction by 
smuts of small grains, root-rots of corn, scab of potatoes, cer¬ 
tain boll-rots of cotton, damping-off of flower and vegetable 
seedlings and many similar diseases, which are surface seed- 
borne. These organisms, besides infecting the mature plants, 
may slow up germination, cause seed rotting and seedling 
damping-off, all of which results in poor stands and weakened 
plants that fail to yield paying crons of best quality. 
CONTROL OF SEED-BORNE DISEASES 
In 1807 Prevost of France proved “bluestone” would con¬ 
trol stinking smut carried on seed wheat. Since then it has 
been found that the diseases transmitted on the surface of 
the seed are as a rule, the easiest to control of all types of 
those infecting plants. 
Early this century the organic mercuries were found to be 
very effective in killing many disease organisms carried on 
seeds, without injury to the seeds. This led to exhaustive 
investigations of these compounds. After years of intensive 
research the present Du Bay Seed Disinfectants were de¬ 
veloped. 
The prevention of disease by treating seeds before planting 
with the effective, easily applied Du Bay Disinfectants is 
less costly and returns greater profits per dollar invested in 
control than do most methods for combating diseases spread 
by other means. Years of continued use prove this! 
SEED TREATMENT PAYS 
Du Bay Seed Disinfectants pay large profits by destroying 
disease organisms before they can do damage; by preventing 
seed rotting in cold, wet soils; by reducing damping-off of 
emerging seedlings; by producing better stands of more vig¬ 
orous plants; by increasing yields; and by improving crop 
quality. 
A convincing illustration that seed corn treatment pays is 
furnished by the results of years of research by the Illinois 
and Iowa Agricultural Experiment Stations with the organic 
mercuries. Their average yield increase from treatment of 
farmers’ seed corn was 3.25 bushels an acre. If you price this 
increased yield at 63.29 cents a bushel, the ten-year average 
farm price of corn, the return is $2.05. Deduct the cost of 
treatment with New Improved Semesan Jr of 2 cents an acre 
—the profit is $2.03, or a 10,150% return on the money spent 
for disinfectant. 
Cow Kale or Thousand Headed. The most 
valuable green feed for Pacific Coast dairymen. 
It is grown the same as stock cabbage. Packet, 
5c; ounce, 10c; 14 pound, 20c; 1 pound, 50c, 
postpaid. 
Remember, it is not easy to determine whether seeds are 
contaminated or soils are infected with organisms that cause 
decay and consequent reduction in yields. Use practical crop 
insurance against surface seed-borne disease losses—TREAT 
YOUR SEED THIS AND EVERY YEAR. 
