Super Snowball 
makes fine 
large snowy 
white heads 
of choicest 
quality. 



One Ounce 
of Seed Will 
Produce 
38,000 
Plants. 
166. SUPER SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER (52 days.) An 
extra early strain of the famous Snowball with particularly attractive 
pure white, solid heads. Excellent for forcing or general field culture. 
Its early and even maturity and unsurpassed quality brings a premium 
on any market. i peeen 6 _to 7 inches thick. Pkt. 25c, 4% oz. 90c, Y% 
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157. NEW CHIHILI — Early 
growing and sure heading, resembling 
very solid cabbage, blended with cel- prepaid. 
ery. Do not sow until July to avoid 
flowering. It makes a delicious salad, 
sliced and served with French dress- 
ing. Boiled like cabbage, Celery Cab- 
bage is especially fine. Pkt. 5c, oz, 
15c, % lb. 45c, 1b. $1.65, prepaid. 

Chinese Celery 
Cabbage. 
New Chihili. 

Chinese or Celery Cabbage 
A fine vegetable when cooked like cabbage 
but especially delicious used as a salad. 
159. CHINESE 
CABBAGE FOR POULTRY— 
Cos Lettuce, producing large, solid A new cheap, green feed of great value 
white heads, long and pointed at the for poultry, more productive than 
top. Leaves are broad, compact, tight- lettuce, spinach or mangels, Sow the 
ly folded and beautifully white and seed in rows % inch deep and 24 
very crisp. Sow after July 1st to avoid inches apart, using 3 Ibs. seed per 
flowering. Pkt. 8c, oz. 20c, % lb. 50c, acre. An ounce of seed will provide 
lb. $1.75, prepaid. green feed for 100 hens for 4 months. 
Commence feeding Chinese Cabbage 
158. WONG BOK—Delicious as when plants are 4 inches high, pulling 
a salad vegetable. Heads are_ thick, out every other plant. Plants form 
oblong, with tightly folded, crisp, heads of 5 to 7 Ibs. in 2 months, 
white leaves, as tender as those of which can be stored until wanted. 
head lettuce. The flavor is that of Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, ¥4 lb, 45c, lb, $1.65, 
For Cauliflower, Celery, Cabbage, 
Tomato and other Vegetable Plants 
—see page 27. 
of equal parts of garden soil, 
Snoutall Canliflower 
CULTURE: Sow the seed in flats or hotbeds, 
leaf mould, 
started in February or March. Transplant to other flats, 
in a rich soil composed 
and sand. Seed may be 
or to paper 
pots, when the plants are 2 or 3 inches high. Set outdoors as soon as 
weather permits, 
2 to 3 feet apart each way. The soil should be rich, 
containing plenty of humus matter and moisture. 
While the heads are forming, water freely, and apply liquid manure 
or light dressing of nitrate of soda and potash. When the heads have 
formed and are hard, tie up the outer leaves to blanch the heads, 
Cauliflower needs cool, 
rather damp weather and will not form good 
heads in a dry, hot season or in dry sections. 
160. EARLY SNOWBALL 
—(55 days.) Most widely used 
early variety. Plants are dwarf 
with short, pale green leaves. A 
dependable header. Although extra 
early, it can be planted for late 
fall and winter use. Head: 6 to 7 
inches thick, of medium size, firm, 
165. DRY WEATHER OR 
DANISH GIANT——(67 days.) 
A variety well adapted to dry 
weather conditions. It is later 
than Early Snowball and of larger 
growth. Heavy foliage fully pro- 
tects the heads, which are less 
liable to blight in hot weather. 
Dry Weather requires less mois- 
ture than other sorts, yet quality 
is superb. Head: 6 to 8 inches 
thick, weighs 2 lbs., hard, creamy 
white and of delicious flavor. Pkt. 
20c, % oz. 80c, % oz. $1.50, pre- 
paid. 
NOTE—The finest strains of Cauliflower 
Seed are grown in Holland and Denmark. 
Due to the war seed supplies are very 
limited—Order Early. 
Tender Celery 
One ounce of seed will produce 3,000 plants. 
compact, solid, pure white, and of 
finest quality. Pkt, 20c, % oz. 
80c, Ye oz. $1.50, oz. $2.75, pre- 
paid. 
162. EARLY PARIS—(60 
days.) A popular early variety, of 
dwarf, compact growth with solid 
heads, well protected by outer 
leaves. Pkt. 10c, % oz. 65c, Y2 oz. 
$1.15, oz. $2.10, prepaid. 
195. SELECT GOLDEN 
SELF BLANCHING—(118 
days.) Best for early table use, 
and most popular for market. 
Bleaches as well as any yellow 
variety. The plants grow to medi- 
um size, and are stocky and com- 
pact. The heart is rich golden 
yellow, with light yellowish green 
outer stalks and leaves. Stalks are 
broad and heavy, but remarkably 
crisp and tender, entirely free from 
stringiness and of fine fiavor. Pkt. 
10c, % oz. 20c, oz. 35c, % Ib. 
$1.00, prepaid. 
198. MICHIGAN GOLDEN 
—(Yellows Resistant Strain.) A 
new strain of self-blanching Celery 
highly resistant to yellows or root 
rot. It is intermediate in type 
between Tall Golden and Golden 
Plume. It has shown unusual re- 
sistance to yellows on in- 
fested soils. Recommend- 
ed by Michigan State Col- 
lege. Pkt. 15c, Y2 oz. 75c, 
oz. $1.35, %4 Ib. $5.00, 
prepaid. 
CELERY 

CULTURE—Sow the seed in 
flats, during February or March. 
Celery seed germinates slowly and 
the surface of the soil must be kept 
constantly moist. Cover the seed 
very lightly, with fine sand rather 
than with soil, to prevent a hard 
surface. When plants are 2 or 3 
inches high, transplant them to 
other flats. In May, set them out 
in rows 3 feet apart, 6 inches apart 
in the rows. 
To blanch celery, hill up the 
stalks with earth, but do not let 
any dirt fall into the hearts of the 
plants, and do not work at it while 
wet. Celery may also be banked 
with boards pushed close to both 
sides of the rows. For winter store 
in cellar. 

198. Michigan Golden Celery. 


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