VEGETABLE SEEDS 
KOHL RABI 
1% oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre, 
The delicious flavor of this turnip-shaped bulb combines 
both cabbage and turnip. As early in spring as possible, sow 
the seed in light rich soil in rows 1% feet apart. When plants 
ae ya established, thin to 6 inches apart in the row. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 35c. 
Early Purple Vienna. Standard early sort. Plants small; leaves 
dark green with profuse purple staining. Bulbs flattened 
globe shape, best for use when 2 to 2% inches in diameter but 
become larger; exterior purple; but flesh white; mild, crisp, 
and tender. Mature in 60 days. 
Early White Vienna. For forcing. The best table sort if used 
when the bulbs are 2 inches in diameter, It matures very early 
and produces medium sized, light green bulbs with white flesh 
of excellent quality. 

LETTUCE 
¥% oz. to 100 ft., 3 Ibs. per acre. 
Sow the seed in hotbeds during February until the middle of 
March, afterward transplanting into flats or coldframes, leav- 
ing about 6 to 8 inches between the plants. As soon as weather 
becomes suitable, transfer to open ground and set out in rows 
1 foot apart, leaving 9 inches between the plants in the rows. 
HEAD LETTUCE 
Pkt. 5c; 1 oz. 30c. 
imperial No. 152. Medium large, solid and attractive heads. 
Well adapted for early fall planting and dependable in head- 
ing. Resistant to brown blight. 
New York No. 515 Improved. A development from Number 12, 
matures slightly earlier and should be grown where there is 
hot weather as it is resistant to tip-burn. 
Improved Hanson. (82 days.) A very hardy lettuce, excellent for 
a summer crop as it withstands heat. Forms a large, light 
green head which is very hard. An excellent variety for the 
home gardener for it is very sweet, crisp and tender. 
LEAF LETTUCE 
Pkt. 5c; 1 oz. 20c. 
Simpson’s Early Curled or Black Seeded. Widely used for home 
gardens. Early, hardy, and dependable; non-heading with 
large crumpled, frilled leaves, forming a compact bunch at 
center of plant. Light green in color. Tender and sweet. 
Grand Rapids. Very early. Hardy, disease resistant; the most 
widely used and best adapted variety for greenhouse forcing. 
Plants large, upright, compact, and handsome; bright solid 
light green; leaves large, broad; margin much frilled; very 
tender and sweet when grown under glass. 
Red Leaf Prize. An early non-heading sort, very desirable for 
home garden use. Plants of medium size, crisp and tender; 
color medium green with brownish-red edges on outer leaves. 
Chicken Lettuce. This is a non-heading lettuce, quite differ- 
ent from those used for human food. The plants grow 4 feet 
tall before they run to seed. It is ready for cutting in 45 days 
after sowing. Planted. extensively for feeding poultry and 
rabbits. 

MUSKMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre. 
In sections where the summers are short, seed can be 
planted indoors or in hot beds in small boxes. The young 
plants can be transferred to the garden when danger of frost 
is past. If practicable, spade in a liberal forkful of well rotted 
manure at the bottom of each hill. The rows should be at 
least 6 feet apart and the hills 3 feet apart in the rows. In 
general, the culture is the same as that for cucumber. Pkt. 5c; 
1 oz. 15ce. 
Hearts of Gold. (100 days.) This popular medium sized melon 
follows the earlier varieties. It is fine to plant for succession 
as it ripens in about 100 days. The fruits are 5 to 6 inches in 
diameter. The smooth orange salmon flesh is exceptionally 
thick and fine flavored. 
Rocky Ford or Netted Gem. Fruits are small with rather 
large seed cavity, nearly round; no ribs, and heavily covered 
with hard gray netting. Flesh thick, green in color with gold 
tinge at the center. Juicy, spicy, and of good quality. 
Hale’s Best, original Jumbo Strain. An outstanding shipping 
variety. Fruits slightly oval, uniform. Flesh exceptionally 
thick, deep salmon in color; sweet, and of very fine quality. 
Has a delightful aroma. Ripe in 75-80 days. 
Persian. A late, slow growing variety. Fruits globular; rind 
very dark green, netting fine but sparse. Flesh thick, orange- 
pink in color. Of a distinct and delicious flavor. Pkt. 5e; 
1 oz. 25c. 
Casaba. The casaba is rapidly taking its place as a melon 
for the late season after the muskmelons are past. Fruits 
are medium, large, globe shaped, weigh 6 pounds, outer color 
golden yellow, surface wrinkled. Flesh white, luscious and 
spicy. 
Honey Dew. A very fine melon. Fruits large globular, weigh 
5 to 7 pounds. Surface is smooth, hard, with practically no 
netting, creamy white. Flesh is light emerald green, thick 
ripening to the rind: juicy and tender, with a distinct sweet- 
ness not found in other melons. 
WATERMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre. 
Rich, rather sandy soils produce the finest crops of water- 
melons, but a well-drained loam, especially with a southern 
exposure is also suitable. Place 6 to 8 seeds in a circle in 
each hill, and cover % inch deep with fine soil. One ounce 
will plant 20 to 25 hills; 3 to 4 pounds per acre. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15e. 
B'ack-Seeded Ice Cream. The melon is almost round, with a 
thin rind of medium green. The inside flesh is pink and ex: 
ceptionally sweet and fine flavored. This variety matures 
early and is fine keeper. ; 
Kleckley Sweet. A medium size melon, rind very green and 
flesh deep red. Delicious flavor, An excellent melon for either 
home garden or shipping. Weighs about 30 pounds. 
Klondike. An early sort, a good shipper and popular in 
Western home gardens. Fruits oblong, slightly tapered, med- 
ium sized with slight ribs; rind medium hard. Flesh bright 
ep red, very sweet; unequaled eating quality. 
lue Ribbon Striped Klondike. An early garden and shipping 
variety similar.to the regular Klondike but with irregular 
dark green stripes. Wilt resistant. Fruits oblong, of medium 
size. Flesh the deepest red known to watermelons; sweet and 
crisp, seed small. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 30c. 

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