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Use fruits as soon as they attain their full size 
and before the seeds develop. 
ENDIVE 
Full Heart Batavian — A variety having 
broad, more or less twisted and waved leaves 
with thick white mid-ribs. The inner leaves 
form a fairly firm head which blanches to a 
creamy white and is crisp, tender and of fine 
flavor. Unsurpassed for salads. 
Green Curled Ruffec — A curled or fringed- 
leaved variety, used principally as a late fall 
crop, although suitable for early spring culture. 
Plants are 16-18’ in diameter, tufty and full in 
the center; the mid-rib is an inch broad, thick 
and tender. The heart blanches easily, is tender 
and of excellent quality. 
Endive Culture 
One-half ounce of seed plants 100’ of row 
— 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. For an early crop, sow 
about April 15 and for the late crop July 1 in 
fertile, moist soil, 14’’ deep in rows 20” apart. 
Thin seedlings to 12’’ apart. When nearly 
mature, the heart is blanched usually by tying 
outer leaves together over the center. This 
should be done only when the plant is quite 
dry. Moisture in the heart starts decay. 
HALE 
Blue Scotch — Bright bluish-green, finely 
crumpled leaf almost completely hiding the 
mid-rib, moderately hard, stand hard-freezes 
but seldom lives over a severe winter. Attain 
height of 20’. 
Blue-Green Siberian — Dull bluish-green 
color, coarsely crumpled with nearly flat mid- 
rib. Very hardy, will live over most winters. 
Kale Culture 
One-fourth ounce of seed plants 100’ of row 
— 2-3 pounds per acre. Sow July 1 to 15, 4” 
deep in 18-24’’ rows. Thin seedlings to 18” 
apart in the row. Two or more cuttings should 
be secured. 
KOHLKRABI 
This vegetable is deserving of a place in 
every home garden. It is a member of the cab- 
bage family but is grown for its turnip-like 
enlargement of the stem just above ground. It 
canbe grown in succession plantings from early 
spring to late fall but is not at its best during 
the hottest period of summer. Rapid growth 
and early harvest when the edible portion is no 
larger than a baseball produces the finest 
quality. 
It is prepared for eating like turnip — peeled, 
diced and cooked only until tender — or is 
delicious cut up raw in a garden salad. The 
flavor is somewhat like that of turnip but much 
milder and more delicate. 
Kohlrabi Culture 
One-half ounce of seed plants 100’ of row — 
4 to 5 lbs. per acre. Sow in a fertile soil from 
April 1 to August 15, 14"" deep in rows 20” 
apart. Thin seedlings to 5’’ apart in the row. 
LETTUCE 
Black Seeded Simpson — An early loose- 
leaved variety that can be used in the home 
when very small. The plant is hardy and vigor- 
ous, doing well in midsummer. The leaves are 
yellow-green, slightly frilled and crumpled, 
forming a compact bunch at the heart, which 
is crisp and tender. 
White Boston — A-good white-seeded but- 
terhead variety. The leaves are light green and 
free from brown tint. The leaves are thick, 
smooth, the heart is buttery yellow and of ex- 
cellent quality. It is especially adapted for 
home gardens and near-by markets. It is earlier 
than the iceberg types. 
New York 12 —A very important white- 
seeded, crisp head variety. It has dark green 
foliage, develops a large solid head, matures 
quickly and has good quality. It is being re- 
placed somewhat by Imperial 847, which is 
somewhat more sure heading, although slower 
growing. New York 12 should still find a place 
because of its rapid growth for the first early 
spring crop. 
Imperial 44—A strain of the “‘Iceberg”’ 
type developed by the U.S.D.A. and found by 
Cornell University to be well adapted to the 
northeastern United States. The plant is of 
medium size with heads slightly flattened and 
very solid. Somewhat subject to tip burn. This 
variety apparently needs a very uniform mois- 
ture supply and probably heavy fertilization. 
Imperial 847 — A lettuce of the “‘Iceberg”’ 
type selected by Dr. I. C. Jagger of the U.S.D.A. 
for summer and fall production. Very sure 
heading. Heads somewhat flat but solid and 
crisp. This variety in many locations shows in- 
dications of being a more dependable cropper 
than New York 12, but is slower growing. 
Black-seeded. 
Great Lakes — A most recent introduction by 
USDA and Michigan Experiment Station which 
is outstanding in its ability to head in mid- 
summer, the seed stalks developing very 
slowly even under conditions of high tempera- 
~ture.-The outer leaves are light grass green, 
large with waved edges, nearly flat blade, 
midvein thick and somewhat coarse. The 
heads are large, 6 to 7’’ in diameter and 5 to 
6” high, extremely hard and solid weighing 
about 2 lbs. each. The inner leaves are crisp 
and brittle, tightly packed and white to pale 
green in color. 
This variety is highly resistant to tipburn 
and bottom rot, but some loss may occur from 
aster yellows, the leaf hopper carriers of 
which are most numerous in midsummer. 
This is the most promising variety so far 
developed for the successful production of 
summer head lettuce in Eastern States ter- 
ritory. 
Orders for seed will be accepted subject to 
crop out-turn which should be known defi- 
nitely by early May. Price announced at that 
time. 
_ Lettuce Culture 
Early Crop — One pound of seed produces 
plants for one acre. Sow in greenhouse in early 
February. Transplant in 2-3 weeks to flats 
2’’ x 2’’. Harden off and set in field as soon as 
danger of hard freeze is past, 12’’ to 18’’ apart 
in 12’’ to 15”’ rows. 
Later Crops — One-half ounce of seed plants 
200’ of row — 2 lbs. per acre. As early as soil 
can be finely fitted sow 14”’ deep in 12’’ to 15’’ 
rows. Thin seedlings to 12’’ to 18’’. For suc- 
cession, sow at 2-week intervals to July 25. 
Field soil must be rich for good crop. 
Tt takes a lot of fussin’ around to tell how good a variety is — but when you 
see a lettuce patch like this planting of Imperial 847 in the Exchange’s trial 
grounds, you can risk saying, “Boys, there’s a good lettuce.” 

