Superior Garden 
Vegetables for 1942 
These Vegetables of Outstanding Merit Deserve a Place 
In Your Garden 


Asparagus, Paradise. New, early maturing variety with pleasant, milder flavor 
than other varieties and a prime favorite with everyone who has tasted it. 
Straight, large, crisp tender stalks. Fine, strong grower and highly resistant 
to rust. Pkt. 15; oz. 45ce. 
Burpee’s Rhubarb Chard. A new Swiss Chard that looks like Rhubarb, The 
leaf stalks are bright but delicate, translucent crimson; the rich color extends 
out through the veins into the dark green, heavily crumpled leaves. Different. 
tasty, delicious flavor. Easily grown, thrives everywhere. Pkt. lic. 
Lima Bean, Improved Bush. Mature in 75 days. Truly a wonderful bush lima. 
The plants grow about 18 inches high, require no support and produce large 
crops of excellent lima beans. The pods, easy to shell, are about five inches 
long, and one inch wide, and contain 4 to 5 large, fine quality beans. Pkt. 10e; 
Ib. 30c. 
Carrot, Tough Top Nantes. Excellent for forcing as well as home and market 
gardens. Tops small, roots bright orange, cylindrical, blunt ended. Flesh 
reddish orange, crisp, tender and very delicate flavor. Practically coreless. 
Length of roots, 6 in., shoulders 1% in. Pkt. 10c. PARADISE ASPARAGUS 

Golden Utah Celery. A light yellow-green selection of the original ‘‘Utah’’. 
Has superb quality and size of original, plus easier bleaching quality and more 
attractive sales appearance. Certainly an outstanding celery that merits your 
confidence. Pkt. 10c; oz. 75c. 
Corn, Golden Bantam Improved. A selection from the original strain of 
Golden Bantam. Larger ears, more rows of kernels, greater production. 
Golden yellow deep, wide, tender kernels with a fine sweet flavor. Particu- 
larly desirable for canners and market gardeners. Remains in table condition 
along time. Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 15c. 
Colorado Cucumber. An attractive variety for market gardens and for ship- 
ping. Fruit very dark green, cylindrical, round with a small seed pocket. 
Unusually free of striping at the blossom end. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c. 
Lettuce, New York No. 12. Mature in 85 days. An improved variety which 
can be depended upon to produce large solid heads. It is adapted to mid-season 
culture as it stands heat well. Color.a fine dark green, leaves somewhat curly. 
The heads are very solid, tightly folded and blanched to a silvery white. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c. 
Muskmelon, Hale’s Best Improved No. 36. Fruits slightly oval, weight 3 to 4 : 
pounds. Flesh exceptionally thick, deep salmon in color, sweet, aromatic and LN ae Pea tote vase 
of very fine quality. Uniform in shape. Pkt. 5c; oz. lic. 

Onion, Riverside Sweet Spanish. A large, globe shaped brown onion, weighing 
1 to 3 pounds. Small tops. Flesh mild and sweet. Good for slicing. Most 
popular marketing onion. Pkt. 10c. 
Laxton Progress Peas. One of the earliest large-podded quality peas and 
certainly the best for general use. Vines medium dwarf, being about 18 inches 
high. Pods dark green, 4-5 inches long, plump and pointed. Its excellent qual- 
ity together with its other good points makes this the No. 1 garden pea. 
Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 15c; Ib. 25c. 
Squash, Early Prolific Straightneck. Straight, smooth fruits; delicate creamy 
color. Vines produce abundantly. Peuk of perfection in summer squash. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c. 
Tomato, Improved Stone. One of the best varieties of Tomato for garden and 
market garden use. We recommend this for table use and canning. The vig- 
orous vines bear quantities of fruit which are large, flattened but deep, smooth, 
and of fine flavor. An attractive scarlet-red. Pkt. 5e; oz. 35c. 

P COLORADO CUCUMBER 

REGULAR APPLICATIONS OF FERTILIZER MAKE BIGGER CROPS. See page 32. 
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