Paul 9. Howard's Vegetable Seeds 
OF OUTSTANDING 

BEETS 
IMPROVED EARLY BLOOD TURNIP. A medium 
early variety suited to home garden use. Roots 
smooth, flesh deep red with purple zones. Crisp 
and tender. The young tops make delicious beet 
greens. Pkt. 10¢; ounce 30c. 
BROCCOLI 
GREEN SPROUTING. Delicious novelty vegetable 
that is cooked and served as you would asparagus. 
Plants form sprouts about six inches long and pro- 
duce heads of deep green buds which should be 
cut in the half-open stage. After sprouts are cut, 
others appear, so you will be sugplied from eight 
to ten weeks. Pkt. 10c; ounce 60c. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
MEDIUM DWARF. Plants of robust habit, thick- 
ly set with the small compact heads of delicate 
flavor. Culture is the same as for cabbage. Pkt. 
10c; ounce 75c. 
CABBAGE 
EARLY RED ROCK. The darkest strain of red 
cabbage, heads solid and leaves crisp, fine flavored. 
Excellent for slaw, salads and for cooking and 
pickling. Pkt. 10¢c; ounce 60c. 
CANNONBALL. Late. Large close globe-shaped 
heads of medium size, weighing 7 to 9 pounds. 
Very firm, solid, of good quality, a good keeper. 
Pkt. 10c; ounce 50c. 
CHINESE CABBAGE WONG BOK. Our strain is 
the genuine Wong Bok imported from China, and 
is considered the perfect Chinese cabbage. The 
tall, solid, crisp heads are tender and are ideal for 
salads and for cooking. Pkt. 10¢; ounce 30c. 
EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD. An early maturing 
summer cabbage of finest quality, producing small, 
solid heads with leaves tender and mild flavored. 
Especially desirable for the home garden because 
of its earliness and compact growing habit. Pkt. 
10c¢; ounce 50c. 
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CARROT 
DANVERS HALF LONG. Popular home garden 
carrot of fine quality and flavor. Deep orange 
roots, 6 to 7 inches long, uniformly tapered to a 
blunt end. Flesh is crisp and tender. Pkt. 10c; 
ounce 50c. 
OXHEART. The most desirable carrot for heavy 
soils, very productive. Carrots are 4 to 5 inches 
long, of high quality and ready for use early. Pkt. 
10c; ounce 50c. 
CELERY 
UTAH GOLDEN STRINGLESS. Table celery of 
finest quality. Broad, thick stalks, tender and 
stringless, pure white and very crisp when 
blanched, of delicious flavor. Pkt. 10c. 
CELERIAC OR TURNIP ROOTED CELERY. The 
thick roots, of pungent celery flavor, are cooked 
and used in salads, soup, or as a vegetable. Grow 
in rich, moist well-drained soil. Pkt. 10c. 
CHIVES 
Perennial belonging to the onion family, with 
leaves of delicate onion flavor, used for salads, 
soups, garnishing. Seed germinates slowly. Pkt. 15¢. 
SWISS CHARD 
CRIMSON RHUBARB. A new Swiss Chard that 
looks like rhubarb. Ready for use very early, and 
continues for several months. Leaf stalks, con- 
sidered by many the most delicious part of the 
plant, are fleshy, tender and crisp, and bright 
crimson. The rich color extends into the deep 
green, heavily crumpled leaves. Cook the leaf 
stalks alone, or only the leaves, or cook both to- 
gether, for a sweet delicate flavor you never knew 
existed in a leafy vegetable. Easily grown, thrives 
everywhere. The foliage of this handsome vege- 
table is often used in flower arrangements. Packet 
of 50 seeds, 15c; 100 seeds, 25c. : 
LUCULLUS. Leaves about 24 inches tall, large 
and upright, tender and mild flavored. The mid- 
rib may be trimmed and cooked like Asparagus. 
The leaf part is cooked like spinach. Pkt. 10¢; 
ounce 30c. 
MERIT FOR FALL PLANTING 
CELTUCE 
A unique new vegetable, introduced from 
China, and belonging to the lettuce family. Plants 
form a stalk, covered with tender, light green 
leaves having the flavor of lettuce, which make 
delicious salads. The stalks, which have the flavor 
of mild celery, are peeled of their outer skin and 
fiber, and eaten raw like celery, or cooked like 
asparagus or broccoli, to be served with butter, 
sauces, or au gratin. Sow the seed thinly in rows 
1 to 14 feet apart, cover one-fourth inch with 
fine soil. Thin to stand 1 foot apart in the rows. 
Pkt. 15. 
ENDIVE 
GREEN CURLED. Salad plant with crisp curled 
leaves of piquant flavor. When ready for use, the 
outer leaves are bright green, center leaves 
blanched creamy white. Pkt. 10c. 
LETTUCE 
BIBB. Makes a small head, very crisp and de- 
licious, with smooth, dark green leaves blanching 
to rich yellow inside. For individual salad bowls, 
use one head per serving, with French or other 
tasty dressing. Pkt. 15e. 
EARLY CURLED. The most widely used leaf 
lettuce, early and dependable. Plant is large, com- 
pact, non-heading. Leaves are light green, frilled, 
firm, very crisp and tender. Pkt. 10¢; ounce 25c. 
LOS ANGELES MARKET. The most widely used 
head lettuce, and extensively grown on the Pacific 
Coast. Plant is dark green and crisp heading, 
heads well foided and blanched. Our strain is 
carefully selected. Pkt. 10¢; ounce 25¢. 
NEW YORK P. W.-55. All America Selection. 
A very early lettuce with compact, flattened heads 
of medium size. Of the Los Angeles Market type, 
crisp and of fine flavor. Excellent for spring 
planting in the home garden. Pkt. 15¢; ounce 35c. 
ROMAINE. (Cos Lettuce). Heads up to ten 
inches tall, with long light green, self-folding 
leaves with crisp white midribs. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25c. 
LEEK 
AMERICAN FLAG. An early, short, thick- 
stemmed variety with large green leaves and ex- 
ceptionally mild flavor. Delicious in soups and 
salads, also served as a vegetable like onions. 
Pkt. 10¢; ounce $1.00, 
KOHLRABI 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA. Delicious root vege- 
table, having tender, fine grained, creamy white 
flesh. Skin is light green. Sow in August or Sep- 
tember for late fall or winter use. Pkt. 10c. 
ONION 
SILVERSKIN OR WHITE PORTUGAL. The most 
widely used white onion, pure white, flat, and 
hard, of mild crisp texture and good keeping 
qualities. An all-purpose onion, splendid for green 
onions, salad, and storage for winter. May be 
crocs from November to April. Pkt. 10¢; ounce 
RIVERSIDE SWEET SPANISH. The mildest onion 
in cultivation, popular for slicing, white flesh of 
pleasing flavor. Very large, globular onion with 
golden yellow skin, keeps well; immensely protific. 
Pkt. 10c; ounce $1.00. 
PARSLEY 
DOUBLE MOSS CURLED. Compact growing, 
with finely cut and densely curled leaves of deep 
green. For garnishing, and for flavoring, this is 
the favorite variety. Pkt. 10¢;.ounce 20c. 
TURNIP ROOTED PARSLEY. Roots of this vari- 
ety are used for flavoring soups, stews, salads. 
Roots resemble a slender parsnip, with flavor like 
celery root. Pkt. 10c. 
