NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 1 
The News for 1942 
The season of 1942 will be remembered for a long time 
by the seedmen, vegetable growers as well as by the flower 
growers. The seeds of all varieties of onion, leek and carrot 
are very short crop, prices very high. The seed of some 
varieties of onions and carrots is impossible to get for any 
price. Short are also the seeds of beets, parsnip and spinach. 
GOOD seed of CABBAGE is hard to get and is high in price. 
Cucumber seed is very short crop. FLOWER SEEDS—The 
most important flower seeds such as petunia, snapdragon and 
others are in fair to good supply. Short and in some cases 
impossible to get are the seeds of Bellis, Pansy, Carnation, 
Myosotis and many flower seed specialties that are raised 
only in Germany by specialists. These will not be available 
for the duration of the war. 
QUITE IMPORTANT—PLEASE READ 
The war cut us off from connections with the seed grow- 
ers and seed specialists of Europe. Try as one may it is 
impossible to secure stocks of seeds that the seed trade is 
compelled to import. In every case where we will be un- 
able to supply the seed we do not quote prices although we 
are leaving the description stand in our catalog. In every 
case where we do not quote the price it means that we do 
not have that seed. 
ONCE A YEAR 
We issue only one catalog a year. By issuing only one 
catalog we save money and we pass this saving to our cus- 
tomers. That helps to explain why in many cases our prices 
seem to be “too low”. We receive many letters and in these 
letters we are informed that the writer is afraid to send us 
an order for seeds on account of our low prices. Why? 
Every why has its because. Because our expenses of doing 
business are less, we sell for less. 
CAULIFLOWER SUPER DANAMERICA 
(66 days) 
Super Danamerica is the finest second early cauliflower in 
existence. It forms a head that is unusually high, solid, heavy 
and snow white. Perfectly fixed as to type, yielding under 
normal growing conditions practically 100% grade one heads. 
In season only 10 days later than Early King. It heads uni- 
formly throughout the field and the whole crop is ready to cut 
inside of two weeks. The stalk of Super Danamerica is shorter 
than in any other variety, the leaves are not spaced but grow 
as closely together as cabbage, forcing the inner leaves to cur] 
over the head providing perfect protection from unfavorable 
weather. A very valuable variety to all growers wishing to get 
a crop of cauliflower just about the time the crop of Early King 
cauliflower is marketed. Pkt. 20c. 
NOVELTIES IN SEEDS 
Many novelties are being introduced every year. Not 
all are of high value. Many of these are untried novelties. 
We are listing only such novelties that look very promising 
or that already proved to be of real. value. 


CARROT GOLD COIN (70 days) 
THE SWEETEST—THE EARLIEST 
THE BEST FOR WINNING MONEY 
Gold Coin carrot is fully developed and ready for the mar- 
ket 70 days after date of sowing. The roots are 6% to 7 inches 
long, almost an inch through. Very uniform, there is not an 
“off” root in a bushel. Other good early carrots are not more 
than half developed at a time, when Gold Coin is ready to sell. 
Gold Coin can be marketed early and late. Can be left in the 
ground till late fall and if stored will keep perfectly. Of high- 
est quality, very sweet, of a most pleasant, scented flavor, 
richly colored, orange-red. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. $5.00, prepad. 
CAULIFLOWER SNOWBALL No. 16 
(52 days) 
New. At present the earliest and surest heading cauli- 
flower of the Snowball type producing round firm snowhite 
heads 7-9 inches across. Leaves pale green smooth protect- 
ing the head well. A cauliflower grower in Colorado after 
trying half pound of seed of this new Snowball placed an 
order for 25 pounds of seed. Pkt. 20c; oz. $4.00. 
CELERY MICHIGAN GOLDEN (120 days) 
Yellows Resistant Self Blanching Celery, a pedigreed 
strain intermediate in type between Tall Golden and Golden 
Plume and bred by plant pathologists of Michigan State 
College for resistance to yellows. Highly resistant to yel- 
lows, also known as root rot, crown rot, “sickness” and 
stunt and can be grown successfully in soils infested with 
yellows fungus where other celeries are seriously affected. 
Is not resistant to other celery diseases and seed treatment, 
together with the use of protective dusts or sprays, must. be 
relied upon to control leaf blights. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00... 
CELERY 
NON-BOLTING GOLDEN PLUME (115 days) 
Will not bolt to seed even under quite unfavorable weather 
conditions.. In all other..respects Non-Bolting is similar to 
regular Golden Plume. Same high quality, just as. easy to 
blanch out but is not quite as resistant to fusarium yellows 
as regular Golden Plume and we do not recommend it for 
sections where that disease is prevalent. Height 20 in. Pkt. 
10c; oz. $1.00; Ib. $12.00. 
CELERY CRISPHEART (112 days) 
Of all “green” celeries about the easiest to blanch. 
Plants compact with medium dark green tops. Height in 
California 25 to 29 inches overall and 7 to 10 inches to joint, 
mostly 8 to 10 inches. Eastern reports show height varying 
from 18 to 28 inches according to conditions. Plants have 
ample girth, the extreme outer stems are narrow but when 
striped for market show only broad, very thick stems, a 
compact formation and creamy blanch. It is crisp and free 
from strings. Flavor is rich yet mild. Blanches readily 
enough to be fit for market after being papered for 3 or 4 
weeks, Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; Ib. $5.00. 
