50 THOMAS J. GREY CO.’S SEED CATALOGUE 

Collards 
Georgia, Southern, or Creole. This vegetable develops a 
loose-!eaved head. It grows 2 or 3 feet high and produces 
large, Nght green leaves on rather long stems. A frost, 
if not too severe, will improve the crop. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 
144 lb. 75e. 
Corn Salad or Fetticus 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
This excellent salad may be had the year round. Sow in 
September, in drills 8 inches apart, covering the seeds 
lightly to protect from frost by a light covering of hay or 
litter. The seed may also be sown in spring. 
Large-seeded. The most popular variety grown. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 25c, % Ib. 75c. 
Cress or Pepper Grass 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
A popular salad, which should be sown early in spring— 
very thickly in shallow drills—and at short intervals, for 
succession, as it soon runs to seed. 
Extra Curled. The best variety grown; leaves are beauti- 
fully cut and curled; highly prized for garnishing. Pkt. 
10¢c, oz. 20c, % Ib. 40c. 
Upland Cress. Has highly prized flavor of Water Cress. 
Green all year; ready for use before any other salad. 
PRE 100; oz. 26c, “44 01b. 71be: 
Water. This wholesome salad may be grown in any moist 
situation. Plants should be set not less than a foot apart. 
The Cress is fit for gathering the second year. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. Thc, % Ib. $2.25, lb. $7.00. 
Kohlrabi 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 
The seed may be sown in June in rows 18 inches apart, 
and the plants thinned out to 8 or 10 inches. 
Purple Vienna. Similar to the following, except in color. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, % lb. $1.25. 
White Vienna. The earliest and best table or market va- 
riety. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, % lb. $1.50. 

Black Beauty Eggplant 
Dandeli 
anadel1on. 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill: 2 Ibs. will sow an acre 
Sow seed in May or June, in drills % inch deep and 15 
inches apart. Thin the plants to stand 4 inches apart, 
cultivate during the summer to keep down weeds. Dandelion 
may be blanched like Endive for salad purposes, 
American Improved. The finest variety, leaves very numer- 
ous, thick in texture and blanch rapidly. Pkt. 25c, oz. 
$1.00, % Ib. $3.00. 
French Thick Leaf, Unsurpassed in thickness of leaf and 
deep green color. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, % lb. $1.50. 
Eggplant 
One ounce will produce about 1500 plants. 
Sow in hotbeds very early in spring, and transplant when 
two inches high into a second bed or into small pots. If 
that is not done, thin to 4 inches apart. Do not plant out 
till the weather becomes perfectly settled and warm. Keep 
Plants watered for a few days if the sun is hot when put 
out. Set out plants 3 feet by 2. 
Black Beauty. Very early and as large as New York Im- 
proved. Rich purplish black color, Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c. 
Black Pekin. Fruit globular, almost black in color, fine 
grained and delicately flavored, Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c. 
Early Long Purple. A very early, hardy and productive 
variety of good quality. Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c. 
New York Improved. A leading market variety; fruit large, 
oval, very productive. PkKt. 15c, oz. 50c. 
New Hampshire Hybrid. All-America Selections Silver 
Medal. An extra early variety with good-sized fruits, 
being nearly as large as Black Beauty, which it re- 
senibles.. Pkt. 16¢,°\oz. T5e: 
Endive 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 
A rather moist soil is preferred. Sow early in the spring 
in drills, 12 inches apart, and thin out the plants to 10 
inches apart in the drills as soon as they are large enough 
to handle. 
Full Heart Batavian (Escarolle). Forms a large compact 
head which blanches to a beautiful light yellow and is 
of the finest quality. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 
Green Curled. A very hardy dark green, closely curled 
variety, tender and crisp. Pkt. 10c, oz. 3bc, % Ib. $1.00. 
Moss Curled. Beautifully curled, and when well developed 
resembles a tuft of moss, Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, ™%4 Ib. $1.00. 
Witloof. See Chicory, page 47. 
Fennel, Florence or Naples 
(Finocchio di Napoli) 
Sow in spring in rows 16 to 20 inches apart and thin to 
5 or 6 inches apart. Water freely. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 
Garlic 
The bulbs are set out like Onion sets, about 4 inches 
apart in the row, divided into ‘‘cloves” or flakes and cov- 
ered 2 inches deep. Lb. 60c. 
Horseradish Sets 
Maliner Kren. A variety producing very large, pure white 
roots, Strong sets. Doz. 35c, 100 $1.75. 
Kale or Borecole 
One ounce will produce about 3500 plants. 
Early plants may be started in the hotbed, or the seeds 
may be sown in the open ground in April or May; trans- 
plant in June, into rows, and cultivate the same as 
Cabbage. 
Dwarf Green Curled, One of the best; very hardy and 
improved by a moderate frost. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, % Ib. 
75¢c. 
Winter, or Siberian Greens (Sprouts). Sow in August or 
early in September in rows 1 foot apart. Pkt. 10c, oz 
25c, % Ib. 75c. 
