
New York 
Lettuce 
CUCUMBER 
Price, postpaid: 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢; 1% Ib., 35¢; Ib., $1.00; 
5 Ibs., $4.00. 
Boston Pickling. (50 days.) Fruits are short, 
thick, smooth, bright green; prolific and 
popular for pickles. 
Clark’s Special. (65 days.) Fruits weigh 21/4 
pounds; very dark green, tapering slightly at 
both ends, about 10 inches long. Keeps 
edible. 
Davis Perfect. (50 days.) Almost seedless; 
9-11 inches long, by 21 inches thick, taper- 
ing both ends. A great forcer and prolific 
bearer. 
Early Fortune. (52 days.) Good type for both 
slicing and pickling. A very heavy producer; 
about 8 inches long, dark green color. 
Gherkins. Small and spiny, used for 14% to 2 
inch, tasty pickles. Has a clambering vine 
like melons. 
Improved Chicago Pickling. (68 days.) Very 
popular for marketing; medium size, point- 
ed, with prominent spines. 
Improved Long Green. (65 days.) 12 inches 
long, tapering on stem end. Firm and crisp; 
excellent. 
Improved White Spine. (65 days.) Very pro- 
ductive, 7 to 8 inches long, slim, crisp, ten- 
der, few seeds. 
Monarch or Heinz’s Pickle. (55 days.) Short, 
straight, square-ended. Very popular for 
pickles. 
National Pickling. (50 days.) Straight and 
blunt, but not chunky. Packs without wast- 
ing space. Very desirable for small pickles. 
Straight Eight. (65 days.) A Gold Medal Win- 
ner. Cylindrical fruit 8 inches long by 114 
inches thick, well rounded ends; deep green. 
Staygreen. (55 days.) A heavy yielder of uni- 
ed fruits; solid dark green; 7 to 8 inches 
ong. 
The New Longfellow. (65 days.) 12 to 14 
inches long by 214 inches thick. Unfading 
deep green color. 
LEEK 
An onion relative used in soups, stews or 
boiled whole, creamed. 
American Flag. (70 days.) The neck grows 10 
by 2 inches. Will bleach white if trans- 
planted deep. 
Pkt., 10¢; oz., 30c; 1% Ib., $1.00. 
LETTUCE 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢; 1/4 Ib., 35¢; Ib. $1.00. 
Big Boston. (50 days.) Firm, well-folded head, 
buttery yellow heart. 
Black-Seeded Simpson. (40 days.) Crisp, broad, 
light green. 
Denver Market. (45 days.) 
curled and crimped. 
The crisp leaves 
Early Curled Simpson. (40 days.) Compact; 
yellowish green. ? ; 
Early Prize Head. (50 days.) Tinged with 
brownish red. 
Grand Rapids. (38 days.) Most popular loose- 
leaved variety; broad, curly and heavily 
fringed. : 5 
Iceberg. (55 days.) Superb quality, the white 
_ heart crisp and delicious. Heads solid, me- 
dium, slight coverina. 
Improved Hanson. (45 days.) Heads 
green outside, white within. — _ 
New York. (55 days.) Heads 15 inches across, 
weigh 2 to 3 Ibs.; crisp, solid. 
large, 
Wayahead. (42 days.) Sure header; crisp, 
tightly folded, interior yellow. . 
White Self-Closing Cos. (55 days.) Light 
green, center blanching white. 
Chicken Lettuce. (45 days.) Grown as a greens 
for chickens or rabbits. 
Ohio Yellow Globe Onion 
KALE 
Hardiest and best of the ‘’greens’’ belonging 
to cabbage family. 
Dwarf Green Curled. (55 days.) 
Pkt., 10¢; oz., 15¢; 1% Ib., 35c¢; Ib., $1.00. 
Kohl-Rabi. Turnip-rooted cabbage, the edible 
part being the swollen, fleshy bulb low on 
the stalk. Eat when 2 inches thick. 
Early White Vienna (50 days.) 
Purple Vienna. (70 days.) Both: 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢; 14 Ib., 55c; Ib., $1.90. 
MELONS 
MUSKMELON 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢; 1% Ib., 35c¢; Ib., $1.00. 
Bender’s Surprise. (80 days.) Oval, netted. 
Early Hackensack. (60 days.) Extra large, 
deeply netted, flesh light green. 
Hale’s Best. (68 days.) Elongated, netted. 
Hearts of Gold. (70 days.) Ribbed, netted. 
Honey Rock. (80 days.) Large, round, not 
ribbed, gray netted over gold. Delightful 
flavor. Ships well. 
Lake Champlain. (70 days.) Medium size, 
slightly ribbed, heavily netted. 
Osage. (75 days.) Skin dark, flesh salmon. 
Rocky Ford. (70 days.) Medium oval; no ribs; 
flesh greenish white. 
Tip Top. (80 days.) Large, round, luscious. 
WATERMELON 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢; 1% Ib., 25c; Ib., 75c. 
Fordhook Early. (60 days.) Large, fine flavor. 
Harris’ Earliest. (60 days.) Oval. 
Improved Kleckley’s Sweet. (85 days.) 
Stone Mountain. (65 days.) Large, dark green. 
Tom Watson. (90 days.) Long, cylindrical; fine; 
good shipper. 
Winter Watermelon. (80 days.) Medium size, 
round, sweet as honey. Bring in before frosts 
and store in cellar. 
OKRA 
White Velvet. (50 days.) Delicious in soups. 
Soak seed before planting. Gather pods 
when young and tender. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢; 1%4 Ib., 25¢. 
ONION SEED 
Culture. Most suitable soil is strong, rich 
loam, black sandy loam, or deep drained 
muck. Prepare and fit the soil thoroughly be- 
fore the early spring sowing, having first 
plowed under a heavy dressing of well-rotted 
manure. One ounce will drill 100 feet; four or 
five pounds to the aeére. Prices: 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; 1% Ib., $1.75; tb., $5.75. 
Mammoth Silver King. (80 days.) Flat but 
thick; sweet, silvery white. 
Mountain Danvers. (90 days.) The best keep- 
ing onion of all. Slightly flattened globe, 
hard and solid, dark yellow color. 
Ohio Yellow Globe. (110 days.) One of the 
most dependable commercial varieties grown. 
True globe shape, no neck, solid, very 
popular. 
Prizetaker. (110 days.) Very large, globular, 
skin straw-yellow; flesh white, tender, mild 
and sweet. 
Southport Red Globe. (110 days.) Large, deep 
red, inside white tinged pink. : 
Southport White Globe. (120 days.) Medium 
white skin; flesh snowy white. 
Southport Yellow Globe. (110 days.) 
cropper; a favorite for winter market. 
White Portugal or Silverskin.(95 days.) Small, 
flat, silver skinned pickler. 
White Sweet Spanish. (100 days.) Largest 
white onion, globular, pure white, flesh firm 
and mild. F 
Yellow Sweet Spanish. (100 days.) Golden skin 
and white inside. Sweet flavor. Extremely 
mild. 
Heavy 
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PARSLEY 
Sow in rich, mellow soil; soak the seed 12 
hours before sowing, in early spring as they 
germinate slowly. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 Ib., 60c; Ib., $1.00. 
Evergreen Parsley. Honorable mention, 1939. 
This new selection from Double Curled, 
throws very few single plants; with very 
dark green, dense, deeply cut foliage 
superior to Moss Curled. The strain is uni- 
form, a rapid and vigorous grower, resistant 
to frost. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 15¢; oz., 25c. 
Hamburg or Rooted. (100 days.) Use like 
parsnips; or the edible white-fleshed roots 
for soup flavoring. 
Paramount. (New.) Plants 12 inches tall, 
spreading 20 inches. Dark green  triple- 
curled leaves. 
PARSNIP 
Hollow Crown or Long Smooth. (85 days.) 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢; 14 Ib., 35c¢; Ib., $1.00. 
PUMPKINS 
Culture. Plant in good warm soil, in hills 8 
to 10 feet apart each way. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢; 14 Ib., 30c; Ib., 80c. 
Green Striped Cushaw. (75 days.) A. long 
crooked neck, its end enclosing a_ very 
small seed cavity. Flesh is absolutely solid, 
rivaling finest sweet potatoes for baking; or 
sliced and fried like eggplant, when young: 
or as a pie sort. 
King of Mammoths. (90 days.) Largest of all 
the Pumpkins, often reaching 24 inches in 
diameter, weighing 100 or more pounds. 
Makes nutritious stock feed, yet the quality 
is excellent for pies. 
Large Yellow Connecticut Field. (90 days.) 
Average 15 to 20 inches diameter; smooth, 
hard, reddish orange, flesh deep orange. 
Small Sugar Pie. (65 days.) Prolific, small size, 
skin deep orange-yellow; fine grained, 
sweet. of a handy 2-pie size, ideal for ready 
marketing. 
Early Fortune Cucumbers 
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