PUMPKINS 
There is more to pumpkin than pie,—and Jack o’lanterns. 
The sweeter, richer flavored sorts can be very good 
baked, as with squash, served hot with butter, and 
it is said that our pioneer ancestors even made a ‘“‘sweet- 
enin’’”’ from them, a sort of a syrupy concentrate for use 
when maple sugar, sorghum molasses or honey was scarce. 
SMALL SUGAR—Round, ribbed fruits of rich golden orange, 
both outside and in. Sweet, fine-grained, no better flavored 
Pie Pumpkin. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 15c; % lb. 45c; 1 Ib. $1.25. 
BIG TOM—Or Connecticut Field. Big blocky orange 
fruits, length somewhat greater than diameter, lightly 
ribbed but with smooth skin. This is the old-time corn- 
field Pumpkin. Very good quality for pies, much used for 
canning, (and it’s good for Jack-o’-lanterns, too). 
yielder, and will be profitable for sotck feeding. Pkt. 10c; 
1 oz. 15c; % Ib. 35c; 1 Ib. $1.00. 
BUSH or EVERBEARING—Really a bush Pumpkin, growing 
similar to those of the runnerless Summer 
Fruits are rather like those of the Small Sugar 
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variety, but a bit smaller and rather flatter. 
low. Good pie quality, and 
possible in the small garden, 
space compared to that needed for the other kinds. 
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KING OF THE MAMMOTHS — 
Largest of all. With care and 
high fertilization, specimens of 
spectacular size can be grown. 
Needs a _ long season. Outside 
orange salmon; meat fine-grained, 
bright yellow, of good pie quality. 
Because of big possible yield, this 
is also a good kind for stock 
feeding. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; 
%4 Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. $1.50. 
WINTER LUXURY — Riound. 
orange-colored fruits, with decor- 
ative netting. Averages 9 or 10 
inches diameter. Flesh thick, 
bright orange, richly sweet. Fully 
equal in eating quality to the 
Small Sugar variety. The longest- 
keeping of the Pumpkins, will 
store satisfactorily all winter 
if kept in a dry, moderately warm 
piace Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 15¢; % Jb. 
c. 

The soil from which it. springs limits ever the har- 
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RADISHES FOR RELISH 
Sow them early and often, 
until mid-August. The quicker 
will be. 
RAPID RED or SAXA—Extra quick: glowin red m 
rounds of crisp, pungent relish; delight of the ieee 
garden. Thin skin. Flavor just what one wants in a 
Radish. It’s good, not cnly for the first sowing, but for 
Succession plantings. Sow it at least three times, at two- 
week intervals. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. $1.70. 
SPARKLER—The handsomest o 
equal in eating quality to any. Round root b J 
inches through, brilliant searlet above, share Cote 
EH white below. A fast-selling market sort, but you 
eat aks i os pe home garden, too, for it is quick grow- 
able-good. ow it early and often. : 
1 oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 55c; 1 Ib. $1.80, Save ten SEE 
FRENCH BREAKFAST—A Radish of deep olive shape 
pose erate with white tips. Tops short, but easy to pull 
€cause it grows partly above ground. Quick and early 
and of excellent quality, but won’t stand long, so suc- 
cession sowings should b i : ; 
% lb. 65c; 1 Ib. $1.75, 0 OO Pkt. 10e; 1 oz. 20c; 
ane Hep Naes rao een globe-shaped variety, at 
its wo inches rough; crisp, firm, jui 
just snappy enough. It is usually bright aa ey ch 
ay a trifle in shade and in shape, but it never varies in 
Beng quality. No other as-quick Radish grows to this size 
wi erode a pone pe weare have hollow or spongy 
imson Giant. ood spring, sum 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 55c; 1 Ib. $1.80. er ip oes 

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EARLY SCARLET GLOBE—A crisp, delightfully snappy 
globe shaped Radish of vivid coloring. Runs very even in 
form and quality. Has rather short tops, so fitted for 
forcing, but it also makes a very good garden sort, rather 
early, and suitable for succession sowings. Pkt. 10c; 
1 oz. 20c; % lb. 60c; 1 Ib. $1.85. 
WHITE ICICLE—Pure white, shape and brittleness of an 
icicle. Splendid relish quality, sweet, delicately pungent, 
tender, juicy. Remains solid until it reaches an inch or 
more of diameter. It is more or less the shape of an icicle, 
as well as snapping like one. An early variety, but will do 
well at any season that Radishes can be grown, so make 
succession sowings of it. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; %4 lb. 50c; 
Lelbs i oii0. 
EARLY LONG SCARLET—Fine long red variety, produc- 
ing sweet, brittle roots six inehes long in about four 
weeks of growing. Quality very good. Coloring a bright and 
attractive scarlet. A fine spring Radish, but also used for 
summer sowings. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20¢; %4 Ib. 60e: 
GIANT STUTTGART—A splendid sort for summér and 
early fall use, producing fine large roots that remain crispy 
and firm even during the hottest weather. A white Radish, 
so brittle that it often fractures ahead of the knife when 
cut, and the slices have almost the translucence of flakes 
of ice. Grows to three inches of diameter and length, 
then still solid and good. A ‘“bread-and-butter’’ Radish, 
juicy, pleasantly pungent. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % Ib. 60c. 
SCARLET CHINA WINTER—A 
Radish for autumn. Thick, stumpy 
cylinders, rose-scarlet with white 
tops. Flesh very firm, but crispy, 
delightfully pungent. Sow in late 
July or early August for late 
autumn use. May also be stored 
in sand in cellar, keeping in goo 
eating condition well into winter. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % Ib. 50e. 
SPINACH 
Some really do like it; some 
just say they like it. Whether 
you eat it for pleasure, for con- 
formity, or to emulate Pop-eye 
the Sailor, home-grown Spinach 
can at least supply you with 
native sand, (not a bad thing to 
have in wartime). Sow Spinach 
early on rich soil, thinning it a 
bit, for big rosettes of thick and 
succulent, tender leafage that will be as brittle as Lettuce. 
BLOOMSDALE SAVOY—A long-time favorite, both with 
home gardeners and with truckers. Likely more of it is 
grown than of any other kind. Leaves very thick, tender, 
much crumpled, rich deep green. Perhaps earliest kind, at 
least none earlier, and it does excellently from first spring 
sowing, not so well if sown late. It is a particularly 
hardy sort, and in many areas it is sown in late autumn, 
and the young plants wintered over, being ready then 
for very early spring use. If this is to be done, it is 
perhaps safest to lightly mulch the little plants before 
winter gets under way, by spreading over the planting a 
loose covering of straw, cornstalks or other litter. Pkt. 
10e3; 1 oz. 15¢c3; %4 Ib. 40c3 1 Ib. $1.25. 
SUMMER SAVOY—In this newer selection the intent has 
been to increase the heat-resisting, long-standing qualities 
of the strain. It is just a bit later than. the Bloomsdale. 
but remains in edible condition far longer, and can be 
sown later if one wishes, but with Spinach that. still 
means fairly early. Fine large plants with tender, crinkled 
leaves of excellent quality. It is a good canning Spinach. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; %4 lb. 50c; 1 Ib. $1.40. 
KING OF DENMARK—Big, but compact and low rosettes 
of broad, thickly succulent leaves, rich green, only slightly 
crinkled. Of highest possible eating quality. Splendid 
home garden sort, or for canning, or for market., It 
stands longer before going to seed than any other Spinach 
that we have ever known or grown. A few days later 
than Summer Savoy. The two Savoy Spinach varieties 
and this make just a nice succession. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; 
Y Ib. 50c; 1 lb. $1.40. Illustrated above. 

No earth-pattern can be so scorched that peace is 
not still in it, for green things will come again, 
soft rains will fall, spring suns flow warmly, winter 
snows whiten. 
‘s earth itself, 
nature. 
The pattern cannot be lost, for it 
sun itself, the long instincts of 

