SPINACH 
Culture. Select rich, well drained, lime- 
treated soil; the first sowing early in spring and 
at intervals of 2 or 3 weeks, in drills 1 foot 
apart. Begin thinning out when the leaves are 
an inch wide. Sow in August and September for 
early spring use, with winter protection. 
Ya oz., 10c; oz., 15¢; V4 Ib., 40c; Ib., $1.25. 
Bloomsdale Long-Standing Savoy. (42 days.) 
Compact, intensely dark green, heat resist- 
ant; lasts longer than most. 
Giant Nobel. (45 days.) Large, smooth, deep 
green leaves, arrow-shaped with round tip. 
Popular with canners as well as for home 
use. 
King of Denmark. (45 days.) 
thick, dark green, curled or 
low, compact tufts; 
Leaves very 
blistered, in 
early, yet remaining 
~ long before running to seed. 
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Pritchard 
Tomatoes 
Princess Juliana. (New.) Has thick crimpled 
leaves. Stands better than most varieties 
and long retains its crispness. 
New Zealand. (55 days.) Not a true Spinach, 
but very similar—a stalwart, hard-working 
country cousin. The leaves are comparatively 
smaller, but clustered in delicious, tender 
tufts which may be plucked day after day 
all summer long. Unlike the others, the 
plants thrive during the hot weather, spread 
widely, are happy in any garden soil, fre- 
quently renewing itself early next spring. 
Sow 2 seeds to hills 2 feet apart each way. 


Squash, 
Early 
Prolific 
Straightneck 
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TOMATOES 
Culture. Sow in hotbeds during March. When the plants have 4 leaves, transplant 4 to 5 inches 
apart, in shallow boxes, and give plenty of air. 
Price: All Tomatoes (except noted) : 
Pkt., 10c; V2 oz., 25¢; oz., 40c; 14 Ib., $1.25; Ib., $3.50. 
YELLOW SKIN TOMATOES 
Golden Queen. (80 days.) Large, yellow fruit; 
very sweet. 
Mingold Tomato. (90 days.) The earliest yel- 
low—seasonable with Bonny Best; the 
largest yellow—shape and size like Mar- 
globe. Pkt., 15¢; 2 oz., 35c. 
‘Yellow Ponderosa. (110 days.) Identical 
with Ponderosa in quality and size but 
Produces golden yellow fruits. 
Yellow Pear. (95 days.) Small size, pear- 
shaped fruits; a clear yellow. Very sweet 
and free from acid. 
PINK SKIN TOMATOES 
Acme. (100 days.) Medium sized, 
fruits in clusters. 
Cleveland Market. 
irregular 
LIVINGSTON’S BEAUTY. 
A satisfactory mid-season market type. 
Fruits ripen evenly, seldom crack. 
Glovel. (90 days.) Vigorous vine, abundant 
and continuous fruit-setting habit, long 
bearing period, and resistance to fusarium 
wilt and nail-head rust. Large, thick-walled, 
firm, globular, free from cracks; of sweet 
flavor, mildly sub-acid. Pkt., 10¢; 2 oz., 
25¢; oz., 45c; Yq Ib., $1.50. 
June Pink. (85 days.) Pink counterpart of 
Earliana. 
Livingston’s Globe. (95 days.) Large, globe 
shape, always smooth, firm fleshed. With 
few seeds and ripens evenly. The color is a 
fine glossy rose, tinged with purple. 
Oxheart. (120 days.) Like a big ox-heart; 
of best quality, smooth, pink skin, few 
seeds, with broken cell structure, and much 
solid flesh. Pkt., 10¢; 2 oz., 30¢; oz., 55¢; 
Yq Ib., $1.75. 
Known and planted 
very solid, 
Ponderosa. (110 days.) 
by gardeners; immense fruit; 
with few seeds. 
Truckers’ Favorite. (100 days.) Flattened, 
smooth-skinned fruits 3% by 4 inches 
thick. Meaty, very solid, excellent quality. 
RED SKIN TOMATOES 
Bonny Best. (88 days.) Large, smooth, thick, 
small core. 
Break 0’ Day. (90 days.) Round and smooth as 
an apple, deep orange-red; flesh deep red, 
very solid, with thick walls. 
Earliana. (85 days.) Large size, uniform 
shape; solid. - 
Greater Boltimore. (83 days.) Very produc- 
tive. Similar to Stone, globular, scarlet 
fruit, smooth and firm, about 6 ozs. 
John Baer. (85 days.) Good uniform size, 
semi-globular, free from core, scarlet-red. 
Ripens evenly; never bursts. 
Marglobe. (95 days.) The best general pur- 
pose kind, a grand shipper, definitely re- 
sistant to wilt and rust. Smooth, globular, 
meaty, almost coreless. 
Rutgers Red. (95 days.) A great cropper, 
outstanding for large size and solid struc- 
ture. Brilliant dark red color unscarred by 
sun-scald. 
Pritchard. ‘‘SCARLET TOPPER.” (85 days.) 
Self-topping, disease-resistant, heavily pro- 
ductive. Fruits large, smooth, globular, 
solid, with thick walls and cross sections. 
Stone. (110 days.) An old tried and true va- 
riety; perfectly smooth, very large, bright 
red, ripens evenly, free from rot even in 
wet weather. 
Wayahead. (85 days.). Handsome, 
solid red fruits like Earliana. A 
heavy cropper. 
smooth, 
vigorous, 
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Spinach, Giant Nobel 
SQUASH 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢; 14 Ib., 35c; Ib., $1.00. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
1 oz. to 25 hills. Hills 4 feet apart. Sow in 
warm April. 
Fordhook Bush. (60 days.) 8 to 10 inches 
long, cream color outside, strawy yellow 
interior; very dry and sweet. 
Early Prolific Straightneck. (All-America 
Award for ‘37.) Bushy plants, thus consery- 
ing much valuable garden space. A prolific 
bearer, its straight, smooth, pale cream- 
colored fruits may be used when only 5 
inches long; or safely deferred to the ma- 
turity of 14 inches, without loss. 
Giant Summer Crookneck. (65 days.) Bright 
yellow. 
Mammoth Yellow Bush. (55 days.) An early 
yellow bush scallop, quite prolific; average 
size 14 by 4 inches. 
Mammoth White Bush. (50 days.) Fruits 
round, white, deeply scalloped, lobes being 
in pairs; tender and delicious. 
Zucchini. (60 days.) A new sort of the popu- 
lar Italian Marrow group; fruits nearly 
cylindrical, straight, medium green with 
pale green stripes and cream-gray mottling. 
Plants are bush type; fruits weigh 3 to 4 
pounds; flesh firm. 
WINTER VARIETIES 
1 oz. to 10 hills. Hills 8-10 feet apart. Sow 
seed in late June. 
Delicious. (75 days.) Medium size, dark green, 
with very thick greenish flesh which cooks 
dry, of superior flavor. } 
Table Queen or Acorn. (80 days.) 7 by 5 
inches. Smooth, dark green with a red blotch 
at the pointed end; choice quality. Cut in 
two, bake and serve in the half-shell. 
Golden Table Queen. Like the green Acorn, 
except its outer color is an attractive golden 
orange. 
Hubbard. (110 days.) 
flesh orange-yellow. Sweet, 
winter; boils or bakes dry. 
Blue Hubbard. Resembling the warted Hub- 
bard, but excels it in flavor and dryness. 
Very large; blue-grey. 
Golden Hubbord. (110 days.) 
tipped green at each end; 
yellow, of excellent flavor. 
Warted Hubbard. The heavily warted, dark 
green surface insures a harder shell, and 
consequent longer keeping. 
TURNIPS 
Price, All Turnips, by mail, postpaid, 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢; 1% Ib., 25c; Itb., 65¢; 
5 Ibs. at 55c; 10 Ibs. at 50c. 
Purple Top White Globe. (60 days.) The most 
popular Turnip grown either for table or 
stock; an excellent keeper. 
Orange Jelly or Golden Ball. (65 days.) A 
distinct, round yellow variety; one of the 
finest for family use. Flesh yellow, fine 
grained, sweet and tender; ideal for winter 
use. 
Improved Purple Top Yellow Rutabaga. (90 
days.) Hardy and productive; flesh color, 
sweet ,and well flavored; shape slightly 
oblong, terminating abruptly; color purple 
above and yellow under the ground; rich 
flavor. 
Skin deep olive-green, 
keeps through 
Deep orange, 
flesh golden 
