SELECTED SEEDS FOR HOME AND MARKET GARDENERS 9 

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RED CABBAGE 
(A) Red Acre (New) 
An Extra Early Red: fast becom- 
ing popular as a market garden 
strain, very early red cabbage mak- 
ing good solid heads about the 
same time as the White Copenhagen 
market. The heads are uniform in 
size, very round, solid and deep 
red. The plants are compact and 
a dependable header. Wherever 
it has been grown it has given full 
satisfaction. Pkt., .15; 0z., .90; 
14 lb., $2.50; 1 lb., $7.00. 
Rock Red 

RED ACRE (NEW) 
95 Days 
The best, largest and surest heading red cabbage. Used mostly for pickling. The plant 
is large, with several spreading leaves. The head is large, round, very solid and of deep red 
color, averaging from 10 to 12 pounds in weight. Pkt., .15; 0z., .60; 14 Ib., $2.25. 
CAULIFLOWER 
All Cauliflower, Cabbage, Broccoli and Brussels Sprout seed should be hot water treated to 
prevent bacterial disease such as Black Leg and Black Rot. Practically all crucifers are affected, 
Cauliflower being particularly susceptible. All our seed from this family will be hot water 
treated before delivery unless otherwise stated. 
How to Grow Cauliflower 
One oz. of seed to 3,000 plants. 
Very few crops yield as good returns as 
Cauliflower when properly grown. The main 
requisites for success are more or less flat, 
very rich, heavy soil; abundant moisture; 
cool weather during heading season; free- 
dom from worms and other pests which eat 
the leaves so they cannot be tied over the 
curd properly, protecting it from the sun; 
and, above all, good seed. 
Cauliflower requires more care in growing 
than most crops. It is therefore advisable to 
go slow at first until experienced in growing. 
As the heads form best in cool weather, the 
seed should be sown very early in the spring 
and transplanted to open ground when dan- 
ger of hard freezing is over. Six to eight 
weeks from seed is the best age for this. 
Rows may be two and a half to three and a 
half feet apart and plants 18 inches to three 
feet in the row, depending on the variety. 
In this section seed is sown in seed beds 
in the latter part of April and transplanted 
towards the last of June.. This allows the 
Super Snowhall 
plants to mature when the weather turns 
cooler. Dust often and thoroughly. Worms 
and aphis must not be allowed to destroy the 
leaves and the marketing of filth covered 
heads is not profitable, to say the least. Rot- 
enone and Sulrote are highly recommended 
dusts for the control of cabbage worms and 
other leaf chewing insects. Rotenone Dust 
is especially manufactured for control of 
aphis and worms on Cauliflower, Broccoli 
and Cabbage. 
When the heads are about two inches 
across (in most cases) tie up the leaves, 
using different colored strings each day. 
This will aid in cutting. Cauliflower should 
be packed tightly in the crates; too loose 
packing will result in damaged heads during 
shipping. 
Seed: We handle only the best obtainable 
seed. All varieties are Danish and Holland 
grown. We offer only the best of the Danish 
and Holland grown crops. 
Days given represent time elapsed from 
setting to marketable stage. 
True originator’s strain, heading all at one time, producing large heavy heads with pure 
white and smooth curd, makes a valuable cauliflower for early planting as it most always is 
cut out before the later varieties begin to head. 
Super Snowball does best where it is planted 
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early before hot weather sets in or late planting heading in cool weather. Pkt., .25; 1% oz. 
$2.25; o7., $4.00. 


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