
VIRGINIA SWEET PICKLES 
Take about 20 medium size cucumbers. 
Slice and cover with brine. Let stand five 
days. Drain and rinse with clear water. Cover 
with water and a tablespoon alum, let come to 
boil. Drain and cover with water and tablespoon 
of ginger. Let come to boil and drain. 
4 cups vinegar—6 cups sugar 
1 tablespoon mix spices 
1 teaspoon celery seed 
1 teaspoon mustard seed 
Mix. Pour over cucumbers and cook until 
EGG PLANT 
1 oz. will produce about 1,000 plants. Plant seeds 
early in hot beds as they are slow in germinating. 
Transplant when ground becomes warm and danger 
of frost is past. 
NEW YORK IMPROVED—The fruit is large, oval, 
and a very deep purple. Fine quality. 
BLACK BEAUTY—The earliest of all Egg Plants. Re- 
tains its glossy black-purple coloring for a long 
time after picking. 
Postpaid prices on either variety: Pkt. 10c; % oz. 
25c; 1 oz. 40c. 
ENDIVE 
1 oz. will sow 150 ft. of drill. 
FULL HEART BATAYVIAN—Silver Medal A. A. S. of 
34. Medium large plant with a compact, full 
heart. Leaves broad and well blanched. 
MOSS CURLED—For autumn or winter salads it is 
unexcelled. Bleaches to a creamy white. 
Postpaid prices for either variety: Pkt. 5c; oz. 
15c; % lb. 40c. 
POP CORN 
% Ib. to 100 ft. of drill. 
WHITE RICE—Local seed. Favorite white variety, 
wonderful popping qualities. 
JAPANESE HULLESS—Heavy yielder, short, thick 
ears, slender white kernels. Has practically no 
hulls when popped. 
BLACK BEAUTY—Round dark blue kernels, a favor- 
ite. Early. 
SOUTH AMERICAN or T. N. T.—Large eared yellow 
sort, enormous when popped, flavor excellent. 
Buy pop corn for popping poh well as for planting. 
Prices on Pop Corn—Postpaid: Ib. 15¢; 1 Ib. 20c. 
Not postmaid: % Ib. 10c; 1 Ib. ee: 5 lbs. or more @ 
13c per lb. 
CUCUMBERS 
1 oz. will plant 50 hills. Plant a few hills of cucumbers in 
the garden. You will find many delightful ways of using them, 
both fresh and pickled. Very easy to raise. 
CHICAGO PICKLING—A well known pickling variety, heavily 
spined, uniform and attractive. 
{MPROVED LONG GREEN—An improvement over the old strain 
of Long Green. Good form, deep green color, long and 
straight. A market gardener’s favorite. 
DAVIS PERFECT—Good mid-season, fruit dark green, long, 
tapering at both ends. Solid flesh with small seed cavity, 
making it nice for slicing or pickles. 
EARLY FORTUNE—Disease resistant variety, which produces a 
large crop of dark green cucumbers. Good length, crisp flesh, 
and small seed cavity. Valuable as slicer or for pickles. 
Postpaid ee on above cucumbers: Pkt. 5c; oz. 12c; % Ib. 
35c; 1 lb. $1.10 
GHERKIN or BURR—A distinct species of cucumbers, exclusively 
used for pickling. Oval in shape, and covered with spines. 
Pale green, should be pickled while young. A great delicacy. Post- 
paid prices: Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c. 
Lettuce 
1 oz. will sow 150 ft. of 
drill. Lettuce belongs in ee 
every garden, whether large 
or small. Grows to perfec- —& 
tion in a rich moist soil. j 
For earliest lettuce, plant 
the loose leaf var-eties. 
Head lettuce seed should 
be planted early so it will 
make heads before hot 
weather. Thin out to at 
least 10 in. apart in the ee ss 
row. To be good, lettuce 
must grow fast, and if too thickly rear its growth is eee 
and the lettuce is tough and bitter. Sow fall crop in July or 
early August. 

HEADING VARIETIES 
NEW YORK or WONDERFUL—A large solid hearted variety, 
crisp and tender, and of good quality. Heat resistant, doing 
well in mid-summer. Dark green heads, with slightly curled 
outer leaves. -Center nicely a ira 
ICEBERG—Heads are of medium size, firm and hard, exceed- 
_ ingly crisp, sweet and tender. Outer leaves having a slight 
ee brown on the edge. It can withstand quite a Tot of dry 
weather. 
MAY KING—An extra early variety with a creamy heart. 
; oe prices on Head Lettuce: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; %4 lb. 40c; 
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LOOSE LEAF VARIETIES 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON—For spring and early summer cul- 
ture. Leaves dark green, crisp, and tender. 
GRAND RAPIDS—Early, hardy, resistant. Plants large, 
disease 
wide, light green curly leaves, very tender and sweet. Good 
for forcing. 
EARLY PRIZEHEAD—An ear octane garden ees with frilled 
leaves of medium green co. tinged with r 
PARIS WHITE COS or ROMAINE—Large size 
green leaves, folding into loose heads. 
tender and palatable. Heads round and erect. 
Postpaid prices on above varieties of Leaf Lettuce: Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 10c; %4 lb. 30c; 1 Ib. $1.00. 
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