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ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 7 
SWISS CHARD 
Mangels and Sugar Beets 
Six to eight pounds of seed will plant an acre. 
A very valuable and economical food for cattle and sheep. Sow the 
seed in May in rows 2% ft. apart. Mangels are easily harvested, and 
ean be stored in a cold cellar or pit where they will keep all winter. 
Mammoth Long Red. Very large; red flesh. Pkt. 8c, oz. 
18c, %, lb. 50c, % Ib. 90c, lb. $1.75. 
Golden Tankard Flesh yellow. Oval. Heavy cropper. 
Ib. 50c, 1% Ib. 90c, Ib. $1.75. 
Roots large. Pkt. 8c, oz. 18c, 4 
Swiss Chard, Giant 
One of the larg- 
Lucullus est and best va- 
riety of Swiss Chard. Seed 
sown early in the Spring will 
produce plants quickly from 
which the thick light-colored 
midribs of the leaves may be 
cut down to the ground. New 
growth will quickly succeed 
it which may in turn be gath- 
ered. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 14 Ib. 
50c, > Ib. 90c, Ib. $1.75. 
Giant Half-Sugar. A hardy variety producing large crops 
Swiss Chard or Silver 
with little care. Valuable for its rich 
sugar content. This is white with rose at the shoulder. Pkt. 8c, 
oz. 18c, 4% Ib. 50c, ¥ Ib. 90c, Ib. $1.75. Beet Sometimes called Sea 
> Is fast becoming the leading ! Le pepe. Kale Beets. Excellent 
Klein Wanzleben Sugar fy.  bect ne it conteing a Lowen SS | | | for greens. This does not make 
per cent of sugar than other sorts. Pkt. 8c, oz. 18c, 1% Ib. 50c, edible roots like the regular 
Yo Ib. 90c, Ib. $1.75. garden beets, but is grown for 
White Sugar Attains a large size; is very sweet. Pkt. 8c, the broad white leaf-stalks, 
oz. 18c, 1% Ib. 50c, Y% Ib. 90c, Ib. $1.75. Shears pte. punshediand soured 
gus, and make a delicious sum- 
mer vegetable. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
20c, 4 Ib. 50c, % Ib. 90c, Ib. 
$1.75. 

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Sow in beds from middle 
SWISS CHARD 
of April to May; transplant 
pnd feat the same as cab- CRESS or Peppergrass 
Green Curled Scotch Extra Curled 
Bards, very finely fringed. Crisp, pungent leaves, finely cut and curled, dwarf and com- 
te 10S oz. 25c, Y%4 Ib. pact. Used mostly for garnishing and as a condiment. Pkt. 
75c, V2 lb. $1.35, Ib. $2.50. 10c, oz. 40c, 1% lb. $1.50, prepaid. 
Dwarf Curled Green 
Dwarf, very finely fringed. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, % Ib. 
75c, Yo lb. $1.35, lb. $2.50 
Collards 
Georgia or Creole This is the 
one so ex- 
tensively used in the South. Forms 
>a large, open head, or a mass of 
fFleaves on a tall stem. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
15c, 144 Ib. 38c, lb. $1.00. 
Chicory 
The leaves are used as. salads with 
oil and vinegar, either in their natural 
state or blanched. Roots are also 
used to mix with or to be substituted 
for coffee. Large Rooted Magde- 
burgh. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, 14 Ib. $1.50. 
Borecole or Kale 
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Chinese Cabbage 
One ounce of seed will sow 400 feet of row. 
4 ounces per acre. 
We advise that the seed be sown in July or August (not 
earlier) because Chinese Cabbage has a tendency to bolt to 
seed in warm weather. Sow where the plants are to re- 
main in rows 2% feet apart, 18 inches apart in the row. 
It is very easily grown and takes very little space. The 
crop matures in from 8 to 10 weeks. 
Chihili This is the new grand strain of Chinese Cab- 
bage. Grows 18 to 24 inches tall and 5 to 7 
inches in diameter, with straight and narrow crown. In- 
terior bleaches creamy white, crisp and delicious. It is 
a good keeper and shipper. We have proven seed. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 40c, 14 lb. 95c, Y2 lb. $1.85, Ib. $3.50. 
~DANDELION 
Dandelion as a money crop is fast becoming the favorite 
spring green in the market. 
; An improvement on the common 
Thick Leaved sort, the leaves being double the 
size. Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c. 
EGG PLANT 
A tender plant. Sow in hotbed or small box in the house, 
transplant in as warm a place in the garden as you have, 
after settled warm weather. 

The 
Peanut 
The peanut is = =3=2 
easily heres 3 Se 
in every state. 
Tt caaesbalNE, W VIRGINIA PEANUTS 
little care beyond that of thorough cultivation. A light soil is 
preferable. Plant about the same time as corn. Rootlets. shoot 
into the ground from the vine, and peanuts are formed at the end 
under the surface. By mail, 4% lb. 15c, Y2 Ib. 25c, 1 Ib. 40c, 2 Ibs. 
70c, 5 Ibs. $1.45. : 

i The lead- 
New York Improved Spineless {he lead: 
variety. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, %4 Ib. $1.50. 
Large, handsome fruit, jet black. Pkt. 
Black Beauty 0070, 40c, 1, Ib. $1.80. 

Celtuce belongs to the lettuce family but is entirely 
different in its growth and uses. The young leaves may 
be eaten as a salad, but its chief value is its central 
stem or stalk. , 
Whether Celtuce stalks are to be eaten raw or cooked, 
you must first remove all the outer skin and fibrous 
layers down to where they become light green and ten- 
der. As a raw vegetable, cut the stalks into 4- or 5- 
inch lengths and split lengthwise; chill and eat as you 
would celery or carrots, with salt or mayonnaise. 
Cooked Celtuce stalks are pale green, attractive in 

appearance, and have a pleasing, mild flavor suggestive One of the best salads for fall and winter 
of celery, lettuce, asparagus, broccoli, zucchini and sum- use. 
mer squash. 
Celtuce is easy to grow. Plants grow quickly, forming 
a rosette of light green leaves which may be used, when 
young, as “greens.” In less than 90 days after seed is French Moss Curled Mest beau- 
sown, the central stem or stalk is usable and will be tii cy 
found most tender at this age. The stalks are solid curled. Pkt. 10c, oz. 18c, % lb. 38c, lb. 
thabps font. the et eeeemieh wane and Bo) 13. but the $1.35. 
inside is very succulent, most delicate pale gr , eris s 
and brittle. Make first sowing of seed as soon as ground Broad Leaved Batavian 
can be worked in the spring. Succession sowings at in- The broad, thick, slightly wrinkled leaves 
tervals of a week or ten days will give a continuous form a large head which is preferred 
supply. Pkt. 15¢, ¥2 oz. 65c, oz. $1.25. for stews and soups. Pkt. 10c, oz. 18c, 
Y, Ib. 38c, Ib. $1.35. 
Very hardy, leaves 
Green Curled dark green. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 18c, 4 lb. 38c, Ib. $1.35. 

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