ow 
TURNIPS. All Varieties Turnips—Pkt., 
Se; ounce, 20c. Turnip seed sown about the 
last week in July or early August will provide 
a crop when they are most wanted in the late 
fall and winter. The plant is a biennial and if 
left in the ground all winter will bloom and 
set seed the following spring. However, we do 
not recommend this as the second growth 
plants are not hardy and many times register 
a crop failure. 
The seeds should be sown in drills about 
%4-inch deep and thickly enough so that the 
plants can be thinned to 5 or 6 inches apart. 
For hoeing or a wheel cultivator, keep the rows 
about 15 inches apart. 
The plant does best in the loose open loam, 
and the product is much better if quickly 
grown. While it is primarily a late fall and 
winter vegetable, very early varieties have been 
developed which may be sown as soon as the 
ground can be worked in the spring. Such can 
be harvested in the early summer, and should 
be, because if left in the ground they will go 
to flower and the roots are then soon useless. 
Cultivate as for any other root crop, being 
careful not to injure young roots with tools. 
The plant responds to rich soil, but top-dressing 
with nitrate of soda should be avoided. If nec- 
essary, use any well-balanced commercial fer- 
tilizer, working it in between the rows about 
5 weeks after the seed is planted. The turnip 
is a cool season crop and does not like hot 
dry regions. 
Purple Top White Globe. Large, globe 
shaped. Purple on top, white below. Excellent 
quality and highly recommended for home use 
as well as field crop. 
Purple Top Strap Leaf. An early variety. 
Roots medium size, flat. Purple above the 


See the directions on the package 
for complete information. 
114 pound package 25c 
5 pound package 50c 
ground, white below. Flesh white, firm but ten- 
der and may be used for table or stock feeding. 
Golden Ball. Medium size, round and yellow. 
Flesh firm,, hard and most excellent flavor. 
Keeps well and a fine table variety. 
Other Varieties: Early Flat White Dutch, 
Early White Milan, Early Snowball, Early Pur- 
ple Top Milan, Pomeranian White Globe, 
White Egg, Yellow Aberdeen, Cow Horn, Bort- 
field. 
TOMATOES. All Varieties Tomatoes— 
Packet, 10c; % ounce, 25c; ounce, 45c. 
The tomato is perhaps more tender than any 
other garden plant in such general culture. It 
is blackened by the least touch of frost, and 
will grow well only where there is sufficient 
heat. However, while many home gardeners 
will prefer to buy potted plants at the time 
they should be planted out, there is little need 
to do this, for tomatoes are among the easiest 
of vegetables to raise from seed. In your calcu- 
lations for the early varieties allow 7 to 8 weeks 
from the time of sowing seed to the proper date 
in your locality for setting the plants in the 
garden. 
The seed should be sown in fine, not too 
rich soil, about 14-inch deep, either in tiny 
drills or broadcast as you prefer. Keep the soil 
moist but not wet. When the seedlings are 
about 2% inches high, brick them out and re- 
plant on 2x2 inch intervals and allow them to 
grow until they are 4 to 5 inches high. By this 
time they are ready for transplanting into the 
open ground. 
Tomatoes need constant cultivation to keep 
down weeds and conserve soil moisture, upon 
which they draw heavily. This is especially true 
in the early stages of the plants allowed to 

sprawl. Later these cannot be cultivated with- 
out injury to the tender, rather brittle stems. 
Any good garden soil will grow tomatoes. Ex- 
perience has shown that‘too much (especially 
nitrogenous) fertilizer or manure close to the 
plants makes them more likely to produce 
leafage than fruit. If you are prepared to pinch 
off the excess leaves, they may be fertilized as 
for any other rich feeding crop. 
Bonny Best. Early, hardy and a scarlet fruit 
variety. Medium sized, solid, smooth and quite 
round. Very productive with excellent quality. 
Chalk’s Early Jewel. Fruits large, bright red, 
round, smooth, solid and almost seedless. Rec- 
ommended for market and home gardeners. 
Break O’ Day. Wilt resistant. Vines vigorous 
open growth and very productive. Fruits scarlet 
medum to large size true globe shape. Slightly 
earlier than Mariglobe, an excellent variety for 
the home and market garden. 
John Baer. Brilliant round fruits, high crown, 
smooth and delicious flavor that is easily 
peeled. Excellent keeper, yields well and a 
good shipper. 
Mariglobe. Very resistant to disease. Fruits 
are large, globe shaped and deep red. Excellent 
for slicing and canning. 
Prichard. Newest to be introduced by U.S. 
Department of Agriculture. Strongest disease 
resisting tomato yet offered. No core, small 
seed pockets and evenly colored throughout. 
Other Varieties: Dwarf Champion, Burbank, 
Stone, Golden Queen, Yellow Pear, Yellow 
Plum and Ground Cherry. 
yFIVE POUNDS 
OR FIFTY CENTS! 
Diamond Quality Naphthalene Flakes are now used exten- 
sively throughout the west for the control of many soil pest. 
This material is highly recommended by the U.S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture for the control of Wireworms. One 
pound of material thoroughly worked into 50 square feet 
of ground will give from 97% to 100% kill. 
While other prices are going up Naphthalene Flakes have 
been reduced.The new 5-pound package now sells for 50c 
at dealers everywhere. Get your supply early and work it 
into the ground before planting your Victory Garden. 
Diamond Quality Naphthalene Flakes is also recommended 
for the control of Gladiolus Thrip. One ounce of flakes to 
every 100 bulbs, placed in a paper sack right after digging. 
[15] 
