
SALAD LETTUCE 
k: MIGNONETTE—Best of the Butterheads for the home 
garden. Heads small to medium, exceedingly compact, 
creamy, crispy,.buttery. Outer leaves are dark green with 
red-brown shading. Early. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c. 
BIG BOSTON—Excellent Butterhead, large, firm, 
flavored. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 15¢; %4 Ib. 45c. 
HANSON—Best of the Crispheads for home garden grow- 
ing. Splendid salad quality, brittle crisp, white, juicy, 
pleasant flavor. Does well early, late, and even in the hot 
season in between. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % Ib. 50ce. 
NEW YORK 515—Perhaps choicest of the group known as 
the Icebergs, a high-quality crisp-head of very large size, 
doing well under wide range of conditions, and more than 
usually resistant to summer heat. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c; 4 
Ib. 75e. 
WHITE COS—Romaine. 
like very much. Pkt. 10c. 
EARLY PRIZEHEAD—Curly leaves, brown-shaded, crisp, 
tender, mild in flavor. For cutting; it does not head. Pkt. 
10ec; 1 oz 15c. 
GRAND RAPIDS—A non-header, excessively frilled and 
curled. Handsomest of garnishing lettuces. Quality good 
when grown quickly. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 15c; %4 lb. 45c. 
MUSKMELON 
MILWAUKEE MARKET—Big fruits, 8 
thickly netted, deep salmon flesh, seed cavity small. 
fine- 
A highly distinct type that many 
Fine- 
_ grained, flavor the sweetest and richest of any melon we 
know. Too tender for shipping. Pkt. 15c; 1 oz. 30c. 
LAKE CHAMPLAIN—An extra early melon of particularly 
good eating quality. Medium size, well netted, sweet golden- 
orange flesh. Best home gardemw melon in short-season aréas. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 15c; % Ib. 45ce. 
NETTED GEM—tThe true, original Rocky Ford Melon. 
Small green-meated melons, thick meated, thin-skinned, sweet 
and luscious. Covered with silvery, lace-like netting. Pkt. 
10c; 1 oz. 15c; %& Ib. 45c. 
BANANA—Long yellow-skinned fruits, without netting, per- 
haps 20 inches of length by 4 of thickness. As different 
' in flavor as in appearance, the salmon flesh having a some- 
what aromatic quality to its rich sweetness. It’s ‘really 
worth growing. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20ce. 
HONEY DEW —Long-keeping, high quality melon of dis- 
tinctive flavor, very good in warm climates, but rather risky 
in the North and East. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c. 
WATER MELON 
HALBERT HONEY—Perhaps the sweetest of all Water- 
melons, at least none could well be sweeter. Large oblong 
fruits with thin, dark green rind. Fine-grained crimson 
pes ; concentration of honey. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz 15¢; %4 
ib. -85e. 
WINTERMELON—A very different, and very good Russian 
variety. Round fruits of medium size with hard white 
rind. They are unusually heavy for their size. Flesh is 
bright pink, firmer, more brittle and crispy than that of 
any other. Flavor rich and sugary. Fairly early. Fine 
for immediate use, or the fruits may be stored in a cool dry 
cellar and used well into the winter. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 15c; 
4 Ib. 35c. 
EARLY NORTHERN SWEET—A very good eating melon, 
flesh sweet, fine-grained, crispy. The fruits are round, deep 
green, with lighter stripe. Particularly early; recommended 
for short-season positions. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 15¢c; 4% lb. 35c. 
GOLDEN SWEET—A large, dark green oblong melon with 
golden yellow flesh, lusciously sweet. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 15c. 
HERE ARE THE ONIONS 
SWEET SPANISH—About the mildest and sweetest, as 
well as largest of onions, wonderful for slicing and 
inches diameter, | 
salads, crisp, thick-ringed, and just as good for cooking. 
You can’t keep it all winter, but probably you wouldn’t 
want too, anyway. Light yellow skin. Be sure to sow 
early. Pkt.-15c; 1% oz. 40c; 1 oz. T5ce. 
‘WHITE PORTUGAL—An early white onion, flattened but 
thick. Flesh fine-grained, crispy, sweet, extraordinarily mild. 
Excellent for any onion use, but not a very good winter 
eeper. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c; 1 oz. 75c. 
EARLY YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS—A splendid winter 
keeper. Medium size, skin golden yellow, flesh pure white, 
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very firm, crispy, good flavor, but not very mild. Fine for 
cooking. Reliable, and well-yielding sort. Pkt. 10c; i 
oz. 35c; 1 oz. 65c; %4 Ib. $2.35. 
SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE—Good main-crop white va- 
riety of high quality. Heavy yielder and fairly good keeper. 
Pkt. 15¢; % oz. 40c; 1 oz. 75e. 
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBE—Like last in every way, 
save that it has yellow skin, and is a better keeper. Much 
grown. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 35c;1 oz. 65e. 
SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE—Red skin, high quality, fine 
keeper. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 30c¢; 1 oz. 50c. 
ONION SETS—Fine yellow-skinned sets that will give you 
highest quality green onions, or if you let them grow larger, 
onions for cooking. 1 lb. 25c; 2 lbs. 40c; 5 Ibs. 90c. 
PARSNIP HOLLOW CROWN 
Here it is less a question of variety than of how you 
grow them. They need early sowing, and deep, loose, rich 
soil. If they grow thriftily and without check, they will 
be tender, rich and sweet, core and all. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 
20e; %4 Ib. 65ce. 
GARDEN PEAS 
ALASKA—You can sow it earlier than any other, and it 
is a quick grower, so it will give you the first picking. Small 
peas of good sweet flavor when picked young. JRound- 
seeded. For first-early only, you won’t want it after the 
others are on. 30 inches. Pkt. 10c; % lb. 20c; 1 Ib. 35c; 2 
Ibs. 55c. 
LITTLE MARVEL—A very early dwarf wrinkle-seed to fol- 
low Alaska. An enormous yielder, and the quality is very 
good indeed. Only 18 inches, so needs no support. Can 
be planted in succession. Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 25¢c; 1 lb. 40c; 
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THOMAS LAXTON—This, and the next two, tie for quality. 
There are none better. Big peas, very tender, of rich sug- 
ary flavor. Large square-ended pods. Medium early. 30 
inches. Same price as Little Marvel. 
POTLATCH—Big, deep green pods, each with 7 to 9 giant 
peas of exceedingly sweet, rich flavor. 25 inches. Main 
crop as to season, following Thomas Laxton. Pkt. 10c; %4 
Ib. 20c; 1 Ib. 35c; 2 Ibs. 60c; 5 Ibs. $1.20. 
CHAMPION OF ENGLAND—Tall, late variety, to five feet 
and requiring support. Another of those oldtimers that by 
sheer high quality have held their own. Pods of medium 
size, but peas of a flavor and tenderness excelled by none. 
An enormous yielder. Same price as Little Marvel. 
DWARF GRAY SUGAR—Here you eat pods and all. Fla- 
vor very different, very good. Try them. 25 inches. Pkt. 
10c; % Ib. 25e; 1 Ib. 40c. 
THE PEPPERS 
WINDSOR —An early-ripening Sweet Pepper, fruits 
of very good size, blocky, and with exceptionally thick well- 
flavored meat, this and gain of earliness having been the 
chief points in view in the selection work that built the 
strain. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c. 
CALIFORNIA WONDER—Very large crimson fruits of 
blocky form, and weighing heavily for their bulk because 
of the thick meat. <A fine-flavored pepper, sweet, crispy, 
juicy mild. Needs a longer season than the Windsor. Pkt. 
10ec; % oz. 30e. 
SWEET-MEAT GLORY—Best, of the Pimientos. Smooth 
heart-shaped fruits of bright red, with sweet mild, thick 
flesh. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
LONG RED CAYENNE—It’s hot, extremely so. Long, 
slender scarlet fruits in profusion. Can be dried for winter 
use. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
PUMPKIN FOR PIE 
SMALL SUGAR—Round, ribbed fruits of rich golden orange, 
both outside and in. Sweet, fine-grained, no better flavored 
Pie Pumpkin. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 15¢; %4 Ib. 30c; % Ib. 50ce. 
BIG TOM—Big, oblong orange fruits, with dry sweet flesh. 
A. heavy yielder. Good for pies or stock. Often grown 
with Corn. Same price as last. 
KING OF THE MAMMOTHS—tLargest of all. 
and high feeding, spectacular 
Pkt. 10c: 1 02. 20c. 
With care 
specimens can be grown. 
