GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 7 
Late Varieties 
: 100 days. Short-stemmed, heads round, very solid and 
> Danish Ballhead heavy. Splendid keeper, hardy, and the best winter sort. 
Oz., 40c; 1% Ib., $1.25; 1 lb., $4.00, postpaid. 
All S 88 days. Heads large, round and 
€asomS very deep; can be planted for early 
or late crop. Good keeper. Oz., 40c; % Ib., 
$1.25; 1 lb., $4.00, postpaid. 
100 days. All sure to head. Late 
Surehead Cabbage of the flat Dutch type; 
a splendid keeper. Oz., 40c; %4 Ib., $1.25; 
Ib., $4.00, postpaid. 
> Penn State Ballhead 10° days. A heavy 









yielding strain of 
the short stem Danish Ballhead type. Or- 
iginated by Pennsylvania State College. 
} Yields as high as twenty-six tons per acre 
have been recorded. Oz., 40c; %4 lb., $1.25; 
1 lb., $4.00, postpaid. 
1 105 days. Highly val- 
Premium Flat Dutch ued for its fine quality. 
Heads very solid, broad, round, flattened on 
top, fine grained and tender. Oz., 40c; 4 Ib., 
$1.25; 1 lb., $4.00, postpaid. 
1 80 days. Excellent, me- 
Glory of Enkhuizen $?.c97, Sxcedent, me- 
stemmed, heads large, round and very long 
: a hae ’ 
Golden Acre Yellows Resistant Sop rastenids Oz., 40¢; 74 Ib., $1.25; 1 Ib., 
; (Chieftain). 85 days. Large, flattish heads, very curly and hard. One of the best Savoys. 
American Savoy Oz., 50c; %4 Ib., $1.75; 1 Ib., $6.00, postpaid. 
90 days. Heads solid, of good size and quality. Oz., 45c; 
Mammoth Rock Red}? 12°51 to; T tb. $1.50, postpaid. 
110 days. A new Danish introduction and exceptionally good, 
Red Stone Head forming big uniformly round heads, smooth, hard, of a glow- 
ing dark red color. A good keeper that will last long into the winter, when 
fully matured. Oz., 50c; %4 Ib., $1.50; 1 Ib., $5.00, postpaid. 
YELLOWS-DISEASE-RESISTANT VARIETIES 
1 ‘2 days. This strain can be grown success- 
% Yellows Resistant Golden Acre fully on soil infested with yellows. Can be 
cut just as early as the standard variety, and has a similar yield. Oz., 50c; 
Y% Ib., $1.50; 1 lb., $5.00, postpaid. 
1 1 (Yellows-resistant). 90-100 days. A heavy yield- 
% Wisconsin Hollander No. 8 late storage type, highly resistant to yel- 
lows. Round head, and yields greater tonnage than the ordinary strains. Oz., 
50c; 14 Ib., $1.50; 1 Ib.. $5.00, postpaid. 
; 75 days. A yellows-resistant strain of Copenhagen Market. 
A Marion Market Round head and crisp tenderness of the parent cabbage. 
Principally adapted on yellows infested soils where non-resistant strains fail 
completely. Oz., 50c; %4 Ib., $1.50; 1 Ib., $5.00, postpaid. 
Brussels Sprouts 
The culture is the same as for cabbage which it resembles. The edible part 
being the small heads, an inch or two in diameter that form at each leaf joint 
all the way up the stalk. The leaves should be broken off in the fall to give 
more room for the little heads to grow. Delicious and more tender than any 
cabbage. 90 days. Half-dwarf. Oz., 40c; % Ib., $1.25; 1 lb., $4.00, postpaid. 
Celery Cabbage or Chihili 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce will produce 2,000 plants. Do not 
sow seed till the last of May, as earlier sowing generally going to seed instead 
of making heals. Seed may be sown in seed beds and transplanted in rows 
three feet apart and about fifteen inches apart in the row, or may be sown in 
rows and thinned. 
% Chihili It has a delicate cabbage flavor, much milder than cabbage. The 
heads are long, about 16 inches, rather slim, coming to a point at 
the top. Color a very thick dark bluish green, with the inner leaves and stalks 
blanched to a beautiful snow-white. Oz., 40c; 14 lb., $1.15; 1 Ib., $3.50, postpaid. 
Swiss Chard 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce to fifty feet of drill; five pounds per 
acre. Sow early in the spring, in rows eighteen inches apart and thin to one 
foot apart. The plants are of every rank growth, and will continue to grow 
aud produce all summer and if given a little protection during the winter, 
will produce early greens in the spring. 
Lucullus 55 days. Leaves large and curly. Plant grows about 2 feet high, mid- 
ribs are very broad and are a good substitute for asparagus during 
the summer months Oz., 10c; 1% Ib., 30c; 1 lb., $1.00, postpaid. Chihili Celery Cabbage 



A Little Experience Often Upsets a Lot of Theory 
