
All Varieties Turnips—Pkt., 
5c; oz., 15c; 14 Ib., 45c. 
Turnip seed sown about the 
last week in July or early in August will provide 
a crop when they are most wanted in the late 
fall and winter. The plant is a biennial and if 
left in the ground all winter will bloom and set 
seed the following spring. However, we do not 
recommend this as the second growth plants are 
not hardy and many times register a crop failure. 
The seeds should be sown in drills about 34- 
inch deep and thickly enough so that the plants 
can be thinned to 5 or 6 inches apart. For hoe- 
ing or a wheel cultivator, keep the rows about 
15 inches apart. 
The plant does best in the loose open loam, 
and the product is much better if quickly grown. 
While it is primarily a late fall and winter vege- 
table, very early varieties have been developed 
which may be sown as soon as the ground can 
be worked in the spring. Such can be harvested 
in the early summer, and should be, because if 
left in the ground they will go to flower and the 
roots are then soon useless. 
Cultivate as for any other root crop, being 
careful not to injure young roots with tools. The 
plant responds to rich soil, but top-dressing with 
nitrate of soda should be avoided. If necessary, 
use any well-balanced commercial fertilizer, 
working it in between the rows about 5 weeks 
after the seed is planted. The turnip is a cool 
season crop and does not like hot dry regions. 
Purple Top White Globe. Large, globe shaped. 
Purple on top, white below. Excellent quality 
and highly recommended for home use as well 
as field crop. Packet, 5c. 
Purple Top Strap Leaf. An early variety. Roots 
medium size, flat. Purple above the ground, 
white below. Flesh white, firm but tender and 
may be used for table or stock feeding. Pkt., Sc. 
Golden Ball. Medium size, round and yellow. 
Flesh firm, hard and most excellent flavor. 
Keeps well and a fine table variety. Packet, Sc. 
Other Varieties: Early Flat White Dutch, Early 
White Milan, Early Snowball, Early Purple Top 
Milan, Pomeranian White Globe, White Egg, 
Yellow Aberdeen, Cow Horn, Bortfield. Pkt., Sc. 
All Varieties Tomatoes— 
Packet, 5c; oz., 35c; 14 
lb., $1.00. The tomato is 
perhaps more tender than any other garden 
plant in such general culture. It is blackened by 
the least touch of frost, and will grow well only 
where there is sufficient heat. However, while 
many home gardeners will prefer to buy potted 
plants at the time they should be planted out, 
there is little need to do this, for tomatoes are | 
among the easiest of vegetables to raise from 
seed. In your calculations for the early varieties 
allow 7 to 8 weeks from the time of sowing seed 
to the proper date in your locality for setting the 
plants in the garden. 
The seed should be sown in fine, not too rich 
soil, about 14-inch deep, either in tiny drills or 
broadcast as you prefer: Keep the soil moist but 
not wet. When the seedlings are about 2% 
inches high, brick them out and replant on 2x2 
inch intervals and allow them to grow until they 
are 4 or 5 inches high. By this time they are 
ready for transplanting into the open ground. 
Tomatoes need constant cultivation to keep 
down weeds and conserve soil moisture, upon 
which they draw heavily. This is especially true 
in the early stages of the plants allowed to 
sprawl. Later these cannot be cultivated with- 
out injury to the tender, rather brittle stems. 
Any good garden soil will grow tomatoes. Ex- 
perience has shown that too much (especially 
nitrogenous) fertilizer or manure close to the 
plants makes them more likely to produce leaf- 
age than fruit. If you are prepared to pinch off 
the excess leaves, they may be fertilized as for 
any other rich feeding crop. 
Bonny Best. Early, hardy and a scarlet fruit 
variety. Medium sized, solid, smooth and quite 
round. Very productive with excellent quality. 
Packet, 5c. 
Chalk’s Early Jewel. Fruits large, bright red, 
round, smooth, solid and almost seedless. Rec- 
ommended for market and home gardeners. 
Packet, 5c. 
Break O’ Day. Wilt resistant. Vines vigorous 
open growth and very productive. Fruits scarlet 
medium to large size true globe shape. Slightly 
earlier than Mariglobe, an excellent variety for 
the home and market garden. Packet, 5c; oz., 
40c; 14 lb., $1.40. Prices postpaid. 
John Baer. Brilliant round fruits, high crown, 
smooth and delicious flavor that is easily peeled. 
Excellent keeper, yields well and a good shipper. 
' Packet, 5c. 
Mariglobe. Very resistant to disease. Fruits are 
large, globe shaped and deep red. Excellent for 
slicing and canning. Packet, 5c. 
Prichard. Newest to be introduced by U. S. De- 
partment of Agriculture. Strongest disease re- 
sisting tomato yet offered. No core, small seed 
pockets and evenly colored throughout. 
Packet, 5c. 
Other Varieties: Dwarf Champion, Burbank, 
Stone, Golden Queen, Yellow Pear, Yellow Plum 
and Ground Cherry. Packet, 5c. 
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