ARTICHOKE 
I Green Globe. The edible 
buds or flower-heads are deep 
green and globe-shaped. Pkt. 
lOc; oz. 40c: ^ lb. $1.25; 
lb. $4.00. 
The Vegetable Seeds offered in this 
catalog represent the most outstand¬ 
ing achievements in scientific seed¬ 
breeding and seed-growing. Reuter 
has carefully selected only those types and strains that have positively dem¬ 
onstrated to his own personal satisfaction to possess superior characteristics 
that will meet the rigid requirements of discriminating commercial growers 
and shippers to whom quality, as well as price, is today an important fac¬ 
tor. Reuter backs them with more than a half century of honest and con¬ 
scientious seed service. You can plant them with utmost confidence. Reuter 
challenges comparison. 
in PPPULAR. 
^ ^ COAl^ to (J/LOUr 
This should be a big home garden year be¬ 
cause food products should advance in price 
due to war conditions. For only $1.00 you 
receive 20 varieties of vegetables and 5 packets 
of goregous flowers. 
% lb. Beans. Strihgless Green Pod. . . .$0.10 
14 lb. Beans, MoCaslan Pole.10 
14 lb. Peas, Louisiana Creole (English) .lO 
1 oz. Beets, Crosby Egyptian.IS 
1 oz. Radish, Early Scarlet Globe.l O 
1 oz. Turnip, Purple Top White Globe. .10 
1 pkt. Cabbage, (Charleston Wakefield. .10 
1 pkt. Cantaloupe, Orange Flesh.10 
1 pkt. Carrot, Danvers Half Long.10 
1 pkt. Collards, Georgia.05 
1 pkt. Lettuce, Iceberg.10 
1 pkt. Watermelon, Stone Mountain... .05 
1 pkt. Cucumber, Early Fortune.10 
1 pkt. Okra. Perkins Mammoth.05 
1 pkt. Onion, Yellow Bermuda.10 
1 pkt. Pepper, World Beater.10 
1 pkt. Squash. Early White Bush.10 
1 pkt. Tomato, Marglobe ..10 
1 pkt. Mustard, Fordhook Fancy.05 
1 pkt. Swiss Chard. Green-Leaved 
Spinach .05 
Also 5 packets flower seeds.30 
Reuter’s Regular Price. $2.10 
Special Price .$ 1.00 
(No changes allowed in this Collection). 
ARTICHOKE 
816 Jerusalem or Ground (Tubers). 
Similar in food value to the potato. It is par¬ 
ticularly valuable for diabetics. It is best if 
cooked as to retain its sweet nutlike flavor. May 
be boiled, baked or fried. Highly desirable in 
8a,lads served with French Dressing. Also fine 
for pickling. You grow them like you would 
potatoes. The small tubers can be planted whole; 
the larger ones cut 2 to 3 eyes to the piece and 
planted 2 inches deep, 18 to 24 inches apart in 3 
to 3 Va ft. rows. Plant during February and 
March, the earlier the better. Stand consider¬ 
able drought and cold weather. Very productive. 
Mature in 6 months. A couple of pounds will 
plant a 50-ft. row; 250 lbs. an acre. Lb. 26c; 
2 lbs. 40c; 5 lbs. 90c. Not prepaid; 10 ibs. 
00c; 100 lbs. $7.00. 
Asparagus 
ITALIAN BROCCOLI 
This vegetable aristocrat is rap¬ 
idly attaining unusual popularity. 
The rapid-growing, tail-branching 
plant forms, within 90 days, a 
central head of bluish green flow¬ 
er-buds resembling a loose head of 
cauliflower. After the head is cut 
the plant produces many side- 
shoots, each one bearing a small 
head over an inch in diameter? 
These shoots, when about 6 inches 
long, are cut and marKeted 2 and 
3 to the bunch. It is cooked and 
served like cauliflower. 
Culture. Very easy to grow. 
Culture same as for cabbage. It 
requires a definitely cool season 
for its proper growth. One ounce 
will produce 1,500 plants; 4 to 6 
ounces, an acre, 
73 Green Sprouting. 
The strain that we offer is the 
dark green, very earl.v, genuine im¬ 
ported type. Produces large heads 
and is a heavy yielder of the fin¬ 
est quality. Pkt. lOc; oz. 26c; 
% lb. 75c: lb. $2.25; 5 lbs. 
$10.00. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. 
$17.50. 
ASPARAGUS 
One of the most delicious of all vegetables. 
Easily grown in any deep, ricli soil. 
Culture. Sow thinly in driils 12 inches apart 
in the Spring. Thin to about an inch apart. 
Transplant roots to permanent bed which has 
been dressed liberally with stable manure and 
a good fertilizer. Make the rows 4 to 6 feet 
apart. A bed 15 by 20 feet requires 100 roots. 
One ounce of seed will sow 50 feet of drill; 
2 to 3 pounds, an acre. 
4- Mary N^ashington. very productive 
rust-resistant variety. The shoots are of large 
size, excellent quality, and a rich deep green 
color tinted purple at tips, Pkt. lOc; oz. 
15c: % lb. 30c; lb. 90c 
Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $7.00. 
ROOTS, Extra-large roots that save you 1 
to 1 Vi years’ time. 25 for 50c; 50 for 7pc; 
100 for $1.25. Not pr,gpaid: 1,000 root.s'for 
$8.00; 10,000 roots for $75.00. 
Broccoli Green-Sprouting 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Highly prized for the small 
shoots, resembling miniature cab¬ 
bages that are clustered around the 
stems. 
77 Long Island Improved. 
Dwarf, compact and hardy. 
Sprouts rich deep green, firm and 
of finest quality. Pkt. lOc: oz. 
20c; lb. 50c; lb. $1.75: 5 
lbs. $ 8 . 00 . 
PEUIVEREDlBUATlTIffiriiRR’IOES 
It Is not always possible to definitely 
flty prices on all items in our catalog' 
press, more especially on farm and field 
Reuter will gladly and promptly quote 
current market delivered prices on any 
in this catalog. For your convenience, a 
FOR QUOTATION BLANK will be found 
quote large quan- 
on date it goes to 
seeds. On request, 
you rock-bottom, 
kind of seed listed 
special REQUEST 
in the back of this 
book. 
REUTER SEED CO., Inc., New Orleans 4 
Vegetable Seeds 
