CUCUMBERS (Cont'd.) 
English Frame Varieties 
The following are excellent varieties 
for growing forcing houses. 
Rochford’s Market — A well-known 
variety; heavy cropper. Pkt. 75c. 
Telegraph Improved (Sutton’s) — Fruit 
handsome with very small neck; very 
prolific. Pkt. 75c. 
Tender and True — A well known va- 
riety. Heavy cropper. Pkt. 75c. 
CHIVES 
Seed — Pkt. 25c, oz. $1.00. 
Roots — 30c per clump. 12 clumps 
$3.00. By mail, add 10c extra for each 
clump. 
COLLARDS 
Georgia, Southern — This vegetable 
develops a loose-leaved head. It 
grows 2 or 3 feet high and produces 
large, light green leaves on rather 
long stems. A frost, if not too severe, 
will improve the crop. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 
Yy |b. 75c. 
CORN SALAD OR FETTICUS 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
This excellent salad may be had the 
year round. Sow in September, in 
drills 8 inches apart, covering the 
seeds lightly to protect from frost by 
a light covering of hay or litter. The 
seed may also be sown in spring. 
Large-seeded — The most popular va- 
es grown. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, 14 lb. 
CRESS or PEPPER GRASS 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
A popular salad, which should be 
sown early in spring—very thickly 
in shallow drills—and at short inter- 
vals, for succession, as it soon runs 
to seed. 

CARROT, Imperator 
Extra Curled—tThe best variety grown; 
leaves are beautifully cut and curled; 
highly prized for aqarnishing. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 50c, Y lb. $1.50. 
Upland Cress — Has highly prized 
flavor of Water Cress. Green all year; 
ready for use before any other salad. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, Y lb. $1.50. 
Water—This wholesome salad may be 
grown in any moist situation. Plants 
should be set not less than a foot 
apart. The Cress is fit for gathering 
the second year. Pkt. 25c, oz. $1.00. 
KOHLRABI 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 
The seed may be sown in June in 
rows 18 inches apart, and the plants 
thinned out to 8 or 10 inches. 
Purple Vienna — Similar to the follow- 
ing, except in color. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, 
VY lb. $1.75. 
Mm White Vienna — The earliest and 
_best table or market variety. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 50c, Y% lb. $1.75. 
DANDELION 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill; 2 
lbs, will sow an acre. 
Sow seed in May or June, in drills 
2 inch deep and 15 inches apart. 
Thin the plants to stand 4 inches apart, 
cultivate during the summer to keep 
down weeds. Dandelion may be 
blanched like Endive for salad pur- 
poses. 


BEET, Detroit 
Dark Red Perfected 
American Improved — The finest var- 
iety, leaves very numerous, thick in 
texture and blanch rapidly. Pkt. 25c, 
oz. $1.00, 4 lb. $3.00. 
EGGPLANT 
One ounce will produce about 1500 
plants. 
Sow in hotbeds very early in spring, 
and transplant when two inches high 
into a second bed or into small pots. 
If that is not done, thin to 4 inches 
apart. Do not plant out till the weather 
becomes perfectly settled and warm. 
* Keep plants watered for a few days 
) if the sun is hot when put out. Set 
out plants 3 feet by 2. 
| Black Beauty — Very early and as 
' large as New York Improved. Rich 
purplish black color. Pkt. I5e; oz, 6oc! 
New York Improved — A leading 
market variety; fruit large, oval, very 
productive. Pkt. 15c, oz. 65c. 
New Hampshire Hybrid — All-Amer- 
ica Selections Silver Medal. An extra 
early variety with good-sized fruits, 
being nearly as large as Black Beau- 
ty, which it resembles. Pkt. 15c, oz. 
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CABBAGE, Copenhagen Market 
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WATERMELON 
Dixie Queen 
ENDIVE 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 
A rather moist soil is preferred. Sow 
early in the spring in drills, 12 inches 
apart, and thin out the plants to 10 
inches apart in the drills as soon as 
they are large enough to handle. 
Full Heart Batavian (Escarolle) — 
Forms a large compact head which 
blanches to a beautiful light yellow 
and is of the finest quality. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 30c. 
Green Curled — A very hardy dark 
green, closely curled variety, tender 
0 crisp. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, Y lb. 
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FENNEL, FLORENCE or NAPLES 
(Finocchio di Napoli) 
Sow in spring in rows 16 to 20 inches 
apart and thin to 5 or 6 inches apart. 
Water freely. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 
GARLIC 
The bulbs are set out like Onion sets, 
about 4 inches apart in the row, divid- 
ed into cloves” or flakes and covered 
2 inches deep. Lb. 60c. 
HORSERADISH SETS 
Maliner Kren — A variety producing 
very large, pure white roots. Strong 
sets. Doz. 35c, per 100 $2.25. 
KALE or BORECOLE 
One ounce will produce about 3500 
plants. 
Early plants may be started in the 
hotbed, or the seeds may be sown in 
the open ground in April or May; 
transplant in June, into rows, and 
cultivate the same as Cabbage. 
Dwarf Green Curled — One of the 
best. Very hardy and improved by a 
moderate frost Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, % 
lb. $1.25. 
Winter, or Siberian Greens (Sprouts) 
—Sow in August or early in September 
in rows 1 foot apart. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, 
Y lb. $1.00. 
LETTUCE 
One ounce will produce about 3000 
plants. 
For early use, sow under glass in 
February or March, and transplant 
into a previously prepared hotbed; 
rows at least 12 inches apart, accord- 
ing to the varieties. Sowing may be 
made in the open ground as soon 
as all danger from frost is over; if a 
continuous supply is desired during 
season, make sowings every two or 
three weeks until September. 

Heading Varieties 
Big Boston — A most desirable variety 
either for forcing or open ground 
planting, Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, YW Ib. $1.00. 
Deacon—Splendid variety; large, solid 
heads, tender, crisp and sweet. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 40c, Y% lb. $1.00. 
French, Unrivaled — A sure heading 
variety, forming large, compact heads, 
and slow to run to seed. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
50c, Y lb. $1.50. 
Hanson Improved—A superior, curled 
heading variety of large size, sweet, 
tender and crisp. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, % 
lb. $1.00. 
Iceberg — A solid heading large va- 
riety of excellent quality. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
50c, % lb. $1.50. 
Imperial 44 — A sure heading variety 
and resistant to tipburn. Heads solid, 
quality excellent. Pkt. 15c, oz. 60c. 
May King — Selected Strain. As a 
Lettuce for greenhouse forcing, this is 
the best; heads form very quickly, 
are firm and of fine quality. Pkt. 15c, 
oz. 75c, Yq lb. $2.50. 
New York No. 12 — A sure and re- 
liable header and slow to shoot to 
seed. The heads are creamy white, 
sweet and tender, unsurpassed for 
spring and summer planting. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 50c, Y% lb. $1.50. 
New York No. 515 — An extra early, 
dark green, sure heading variety; 
heads medium large. Compact form 
and of fine quality. Pkt. 10c, oz. 5S0c, 
VY lb, $1.50. 
Simpson Early Curled—Early variety; 
good for forcing or open ground. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 40c, Y% lb. $1.25. 
Tennis Ball, Blacked Seeded, Select 
Strain — A very popular sort for open 
ground culture; forms a handsome 
head and is crisp and tender. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 50c, Y% lb. $1.75. 
White Boston — A sure, hard-heading 
variety, the heart and inner leaves 
are a rich yellow. It is deliciously 
flavored, very' tender, of splendid 
quality. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, 1% lb. $1.50. 
Loose Leaved Varieties 
Grand Rapids — Forcing. A rather 
small variety with deep green, frilled 
leaves, especially adapted to growing 
under glass Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, Y% lb. 
$1.50. 
Prizehead — Large tender light green 
leaves touched with brown at the 
edge. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, Y% lb. $1.50. 
Romaine or Cos Lettuce 
Trianon Self-Closing Cos — The finest 
of the Cos varieties. Leaves long, nar- 
row and erect. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, Y% lb. 
$1.50. LEEK 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
Sow as early in spring as practicable, 
in drills 1 inch deep and 1 foot apart. 
When 6 or 8 inches high, transplant 
in rows 10 inches apart each way. 
Musselburgh, or Scotch — A very 
large variety of superior quality. Pkt. 
25c, oz. $1.50. 
Large Flag Winter — Desirable for 
uae or family use. Pkt. 25c, oz. 

