










CULTURE: One ounce of 
seed will sow 100 feet of 
row, 3 to 4 pounds per acre. 
A great health food. Their 
invigorating flavor alone, ei- 
ther cooked, eaten raw, or 
in salads, recommends them. 
The little tiny fellows are 
very tender, They will grow 
easily on almost any kind of 
soil. 
300. NEW CORELESS — RED CHAN- 
YENAY. (72 days.) This is one of 
the early ones and very fine- 
flavored. The root is medium 
length—blunt and smooth—very 
easily prepared for meals. !f has 
a rich orange-red coloring all the 
way through, the finest color of 
them all, and is one of the rich- 
est in Vitamin A. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15¢; 
Vy Ib. 45c, Postpaid. 
301. OXHEART. (70 days.) The good 
old reliable variety, you have 
planted for years.- it's a thick- 
shouldered, heartshaped, carrot. 
y The flavor is excellent and it’s 
’ tender. Does mighty well! in almost ahy soil. 
One of our very best varieties in the Central 
West today. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15¢; 4 Ib. 45¢, 
Postpaid. 





NEW 
CORELESS 



MARION MARKET 
DISEASE RESISTANT KINDS 
If you’re having trouble with Cabbage yellows 
or Cabbage wilt, plant the disease resistant kinds. 
235. MARION MARKET. (70 to 75 days.) This is 
also known to many as Wisconsin Copenhagen | 
Market. A yellows resistant strain of Copenhagen; 
early, round, solid heads, averaging 7 inches 
thick. Weighs 4 libs. Has short stems, and is 
good for early sauerkraut and excellent for all 
cooking purposes. Big Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 25¢; 
oz. 45¢; ¥, 1b. $1.40, Postpaid. 
237. WISCONSIN HOLLANDER. (100 days.) Selection 
originated from ‘the famous Danish Ballhead. 
Large round heads—weigh 7:to 9 Ibs. and will 
not burst. Has fine flavor. Big Pkt. 10¢; 4 oz, 25¢; 
oz. 45¢; , lb. $1.40, Postpaid. 
236. EARLY JERSEY WAKERIELD—Disease Resistant. 
(60 to 65 days.) Heads are cone shaped. Has a 
broad base and the plants are very productive. 
Weighs around 2 to 21, pounds and its great 
merit is its earliness. A favorite everywhere. 
Pkt. 10c; '!4 oz. 25¢; oz, 45¢; “% Ib. $1.40, 
Postpaid. 





























GREEN. 
and dills. 
out of them 



SELECT NATIONAL PICKLE yellow. 
358. SELECY NATIONAL PICKLING OR 
HEINZ PICKLE. (56 days.) A nationally 
known pickle. A pickling Cucumber 
that will hold a uniform size and be 
as firm after pickling as before. Very 
productive, uniform in shape and color, 
and is certainly a dandy. You can pick 
a tiny pickling size or a medium size. 
The flesh is white and crisp and ten- 
der. Makes the highest quality pickles 
ef all varieties. Pkt. 5e; oz. 12¢; 
VY, lb. 35; lb. $1.00, Postpaid. 
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year. 
glad to 
Postpaid. 


CARROTS FOR HEA 
304. GOLD NUGGET. 


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GOLD NUGGET 
(60, days.) I 
the earliest and 
most .tender and sweet-flavored 
carrot of all. It’s nearly round. 
You can eat it raw just hike a 
radish. It comes on two weeks 
earlier than any other variety and 
with all of its merit should be 
included in every vegetable seed 
order, Pkt. 15¢; 0z, 27¢; '/; 1b. 65¢, 
think this is 
LTH 
ORDER 
TODAY! 
PROTECT YOUR GARDE 
Ibs. of Bug Dust and 
Duster, for only 



NEW BUG DUST 
$1.0 
303. TENDERSWEET. (75 days.) The roots of this 
one are about 8 to 10 inches long. It is deeper 
orange yet than New Coreless—fine grained 
and smooth—exceptionally sweet and fine 
flavored. I highly recommend this carrot 
from my personal knowledge of it in my own 
garden and trial grounds. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20¢; 
4, lb. 40c, Postpaid. 
302. SELECTED CHANTENAY. (70 days.) I know 
every customer who has ever planted this 
one appreciates its fine merit. Experienced 
gardeners like it. Has a beautiful deep rich 
orange color; never gets tough or stringy and 
has a fine, mellow, appetizing flavor. I know 
you will like it. Pkt. 5¢; oz. 15¢; 14 Ib. 45¢, ~ 
Postpaid. 
No. 67. CARROT HEALTH SPECIAL 
1 oz. Gold Nugget 
1 oz. Coreless 
1 oz. Danver’s Half Long 
Regular Catalog Price 
ony... 40c 
372. IMPROVED LONG 
(68 days.) 
The first Cucumber 
that I ever heard 
of. Have been im- 
proved today. Big 
and firm and crisp. 
The all-purpose cu- 
cumber for pickling 
Grows 8 
to 9 in. long, Ready 
for the market in 68 
days. A lot of people 
make sweet pickles 
they are ripe and 
I grew a 
lot of them on my 
own farm this past 
Our market 
gardeners here at 
Shenandoah whohad 
their booths on my 
parking lotlast year 
would bring in as 
high as 30 to 50 
bushels a day. 
say 
they got their seed 
from me and were 
highly pleased with 
it. Pkt. 5¢; oz. 15¢; 
Y, lb. 35¢; lb. 95c, 
REMEMBER! EARL 
Postpaid. 

days.) The standard by which 
all other cabbages are judged for 
earliness. The pointed heads weigh 
about 2!/. ibs. I grew some this 
year and they certainly did yield. 
I_had one row and I had cabbage 
for all of my friends and more 
than we could use. One of the 
very first cabbages to mature. 
Pkt. 5¢; 1% oz. 5¢; oz. 25¢; 
Vs Ib, 85¢, Postpaid. 
Wakefield but 
of VEDAS 
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD 
“EARLY COPENHAGEN 
EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES 
234. EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. (60 












DANISH 
232. EARLY COPENHAGEN. (68 days.) 
Here’s another of the early cab- 
bages. A lot of the truck garden- 
ers like it for the home market. 
They get big, round, solid heads 
that weigh around 5 to 6 pounds. 
It’s very tender, brittle, and fine- 
flavored. A very popular variety. 
Pkt. 5¢; % oz. We; oz. 25¢; 
VY, lb. 85¢, Postpaid. 
233. GOLDEN ACRE. (65 days.) Matures right along with Early Jersey 
is a round-headed variety. Golden Acre 
is short- 
stemmed, has a rich, sweet flavor; fine for slaw, cooked, or for kraut. 
The heads weigh about 4 pounds each, a little larger than the Early 
Jersey Wakefield. Pkt. 5¢; 4 oz. 18¢; oz. 30c; 1% Ib. 65¢, Postpaid. 
242. EARLY FLAT DUTCH. (72 days.) Here’s another one of the early ones. 
A short, solid header. Weighs about the same-as Early Copenhagen, 
5 to 6 pounds. It’s very drouth-resistant. The heads are flat. Pkt. 5¢; 
\y, oz. 15¢; oz. 25¢; Ys lb. 85c, Postpaid. 
when 
Iam 
that 

STRAIGHT EIGHT 
243. NORSEMAN. (68 days.) A medium-sized, sweet flavored Cabbage. 
Fine for late planting and one of the finest grown. Heads won't split. 
Pkt. 5¢; Yy oz. 15¢; oz. 25c; 1/4 lb. 85¢, Postpaid. 
Tee 
356. STRAIGHT EIGHT. (56 days.) Here’s a Cucumber 
that has streamlined fruits, 8 to 9 inches Jong, well 
rounded at the ends, deep green in color. There are 
no stripes on this one. The flesh is tender and crisp, 
and is very fine flavored. It is early and productive, 
too. Pkt. 5¢; oz. 15; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.10, Postpaid. 
354. STAYS GREEN. (60 days.) This got its name from 
being the greenest of the green Cucumbers. It’s early 
and has lots of Cucumbers on every vine. Weigh 114 
to 144 lbs. Excellent for slicing. There won’t be any 
little nubbins on the vines of the Stays Green Vari- 
ety. Pkt. 5¢; oz. 15¢; 4 Ib. 35¢; lb. 95¢, Postpaid. 

Sas 
374. 
379. WEST 
N WIvH EARL May's 
Post- 
paid 
DANVERS 
ot, 
306. DANVER'S 
HALF LONG. (73 
days.) Thou- 
sands upon thousands 
of customers each 
year come back for this 
grand old dependable carrot. 
POSTPAID 
CULTURE: 1 Packet will produce 200 plants; an ounce about 2500 plants. 
Sow indoors in February and March. Later crops, sow outside in May. 
Cabbage likes rich, deep soil. Plants do best in rows 2 feet apart, 18 to 
20 inches apart in the row. I would like to urge everybody who buys 
vegetable seed to plant your own cabbage and raise your own plants. 
That’s a very economical way to do. 
MAIN CROP WINTER KEEPING VARIETIES 
254. PREMIUMLATE 
BALLHEAD 
244. DANISH BALLHEAD. (100 days.) Here’s one 
of the grandest of the Winter main crop cab- 
bages. The heads are solid and weigh 7 to 8 
It’s one of the best for winter 
storage. Can be pulled when 
young or, if you allow it to 
stand, it will produce roots 
7 to 1014 inches long and of- 
ten 3 in. thick. Flesh is crisp 
and tender. Often called the 
“big cropper.” Pkt. 5¢; oz. 12¢; 
14 lb. 40c, Postpaid. 

FLAT DUTCH. (100 
days.) This big- 
headed fellow 
weighs 12 to 14 
ibs. Very valu- 
able for late fal) 
and winter use. 
It’s flat on top, 
but quite deep. 
This is known 
as the saver- 
kraut cabbage. 
Pkt. 5¢: % oz. 
We; oz. 25; 
V; lb. 60c, Post- 
paid. 

Ibs., sometimes more. Will keep in first-class 
condition throughout the entire Winter. Most 
pepals - the ball-headed type cabbages. 360 ee 
t. Se: A oz. Se; oz. 25¢; Y% ib. 85e, = 
Postpetd. : BAGE. The fla- 
Frost Proof Cabbage Plants 
BIG THRIFTY PLANTS 
MAKE CABBAGE IN EARLY JUNE 
Will stand right out in the early frosts of 
Spring and light freezes. They will do a grand 
job of supplying you with plenty of early Cab- 
CHOICE 
Copenhagen, Early Wakefield 
or Early Flat Dutch. 
100 Plants $ .45 200 Plants $ .80 
1.50 1,000 Plants 2.50 
ALL POSTPAID TO YOU 
bage. YOUR 
500 Plants 






CULTURE: One ounce will 
plant 50 hills. Plant after 
all danger of frost is over, 
in hills 3 to 5 feet apart, 
dropping 6 to- 8 seeds in 
each hill. When the plants 
are 6 inches tall, thin to 3 
strong plants to the hill. 

BSE 
EVERBEARING. (55 days.) If 
you'll pick the Cucumbers regu- 
larly, they will continue to bear 
throughout the season. I highly 
recommend this to you for prize 
pickles. Pkt. 5¢; oz. 12¢; '/4, lb. 30¢; 
lb, 90c, Postpaid. 
GHERKIN. (60 
INDIA 
days.) Give your friends and 
family a surprise and a treat. 
A rare, delicious pickle. They’re 
little fellows only 2 to 3 inches 
long, about 2 inches thick—round 
in shape, covered with fleshy lit- 
tle knobs, or spines, Pkt. 10c¢; 
0z, 20¢c; 4 Ib. 45c, Postpaid. 
MAY'S NURSERY STOCK IS GUARANTEED TO GROW. 






vor is a cross 
between cab- 
bage and cel- 
ery. Makes de- 
licious salad 
sliced of 
served with 
you can 
it like cab- 
bage. Pkt. 5e; 
WY oz. S¢; 
oz. 25¢; 
Y, Ib. 85¢, 
Postpaid. 
68. EARL MAY'S OWN 
FARM CUCUMBER 
COLLECTION 
1 oz. Improved Long Green 15¢ 
1 oz. Everbearing 12¢ 
Regular Catalog Value. ..39¢. 
For ONLY 29¢ POSTPAID 
378. IMPROVED CHICAGO PICKLE. 
(59 days.) One of the finest of 
the good old timers. By careful 
selection of seed, if is now 
really an improved superior 
strain that I can highly recom- 
mehd to home gardeners. Has 
a rich deep green color. Sets 
its fruit very early when vines 
are young. This, too, is an ex- 
cellent variety. Pkt. 5¢; oz. 12¢7 
VY, Ib, 30c; Ib. $1.00, Postpaid. 
HALF-LONG 
dressing, or 
boil - 
1 oz, National Pickling ....12¢ 
















































