SELECTED SEEDS FOR HOME AND MARKET GARDENERS 
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Nasturtium (Dwarf) 
All Colors Mixed 
A complete mixture containing all colors to be had in Nasturtiums. Free blooming plants 
of compact habit, about 1 ft. tall, desirable for bed and borders. Pkt., .10; oz., .20; 4 oz., .60; 
H ii»., $ 1 . 00 . 
Suggestions 
Grow Plenty of Beans 
Beans like a dry and rather light soil, 
though they will do well in any garden soil 
if not planted too early in the spring. Plant¬ 
ing should be delayed until all danger of 
frost is gone. Dwarfs are earliest and most 
hardy as a rule. In garden culture beans 
are usually planted about two inches deep, 
in rows about 18 inches apart, and three 
inches apart in the rows; in field culture, in 
drills 2-3 ft. apart so as to cultivate with 
horse one way. Until blossoming season, 
frequent but shallow cultivation should be 
given. Deep cultivation after the plants 
show bloom is very apt to ruin the crop. Two 
pounds will plant one hundred feet of drill, 
and 60 pounds is sufficient for an acre. 
Running beans, especially the Limas, are 
more tender than the Dwarfs; therefore, 
planting must be delayed still later, until 
liability to rot in consequence of cold, damp 
weather has passed. Plant five or six beans 
in each hill, about two inches deep, hills 
three feet apart each way. Two pounds of 
seed will be sufficient for 100 hills of Limas, 
or 3 0 to 5 0 pounds of Limas per acre when 
drilled. 
To afford a regular succession of crops 
throughout the season, plant every two 
weeks after first planting, until midsummer. 
Beets Are Easily Grown 
One of the profitable crops for the market 
grower. If desirable to be very early they 
may be grown in the hotbed and transplant¬ 
ed. Plant as early in the spring as weather 
will permit. Beets will stand light frost, 
but care must be taken, as a heavy frost 
would destroy them. The rows should be 
from 16 to 2 0 inches apart and the seed 
planted from 1 to 1% inches deep. Thin to 
two or three inches apart. Plant some 
thickly for greens. 
Plant 1 oz. to 100 feet of drill. Ten pounds 
will sow an acre in 18 inch rows. 
Carrot Culture 
Any good soil is suitable. It is a good plan 
to plant a few radish seeds with the carrots 
as carrots grow slowly and the radish marks 
the rows so they can be cultivated before the 
carrot comes up. Plant rows same distance 
apart as beets and thin to about four inches 
apart in rows, or, if from two to four inches 
apart they need not be thinned. Cover about 
for Growers 
one inch deep. Cultivate often and thor¬ 
oughly. Sowing can be done as early in the 
spring as the soil can be put in condition, up 
to June 15 to 20. Plant the best seed obtain¬ 
able. That is the quality we offer you.- 
How to Grow Cauliflower 
One oz. of seed to 3,00 0 plants. 
Very few crops yield as good returns as 
Cauliflower when properly grown. The main 
requisites for success are more or less flat, 
very rich, heavy soil; abundant moisture; 
cool weather during heading season; free¬ 
dom from worms and other pests which eat 
the leaves so they cannot be tied over the 
curd properly, protecting it from the sun; 
and, above all, good seed. 
Cauliflower requires more care in growing 
than most crops. It is therefore advisable to 
go slow at first until experienced in growing. 
As the heads form best in cool weather, the 
seed should be sown very early in the spring 
and transplanted to open ground when dan¬ 
ger of hard freezing is over. Six to eight 
weeks from seed is the best age for this. 
Rows may be two and a half to three and a 
half feet apart and plants 18 inches to three 
feet in the row, depending on the variety. 
In this section seed is sown in seed beds 
in the latter part of April and transplanted 
towards the last of June. This allows the 
plants to mature when the weather turns 
cooler. Dust often and thoroughly. Worms 
and aphis must not be allowed to destroy the 
leaves and the marketing of filth covered 
heads is not profitable, to say the least. Rot- 
enone and Sulrote are highly recommended 
dusts for the control of cabbage worms and 
other leaf chewing insects. Rotenone Dust 
is especially manufactured for control of 
aphis and worms on Cauliflower, Broccoli 
and Cabbage. 
When the heads are about two inches 
across (in most cases) tie up the leaves, 
using different colored strings each day. 
This will aid in cutting. Cauliflower should 
be packed tightly in the crates; too loose 
packing will result in damaged heads during 
shipping. 
Seed: We handle only the best obtainable 
seed. All varieties are Danish and Holland 
grown. We offer only the best of the Danish 
and Holland grown crops. 
Days given represent time elapsed from 
setting to marketable stage. 
(A) RECOMMENDED VARIETIES 
