for Vitamins 
and Victory! 

HOME -GROWN FOOD 
AIDS THE WAR EFFORT 


it helps to keep you fit. 
The products of your own garden are better for you than those you buy, because vegetables contain the most 
vitamins when they are fresh. Children especially should be given food from the garden in abundance and im as wide a variety 
as possible. 
Everyone knows that newly gathered vegetables have far more flavor than those that are days old; think of the corn, peas 
and beans that are so superior when fresh picked that they are entirely different. 
Most commercial crops intentionally are harvested before they are quite ready; this is to allow them to mature on the 
journey from the field to your table. Yours are ripening on the plant up to the hour that you use them and are more health-= 
giving. They contain more vitamins. 
You may have been told that vegetables are so cheap it does not pay to grow them, but this is no longer true; vegetable- 
growing is profitable, even on a basis of dollars and cents. And our Government urges you to grow flowers also, just as you 
have done in peace-time; grow them for their beauty, their fragrance and quiet calm. 
ABOUT THE PICTURE ON OUR FRONT COVER 
The 1942 Home Victory Garden occupies about 1250 square feet and on it a heavy yield of many kinds of vegetables was raised. By 
planting something else immediately after one vegetable was harvested, two crops in the season were gathered from approximately half the area. 
In laying it out, appearance was combined with utility. Tomatoes were trained on the fence; feathery carrot tops, curled parsley, Swiss 
chard and colorful peppers were placed to best advantage; narrow grass paths were installed and kept mown, and sweet alyssum was sown 
as an edging. You will have a vegetable garden, and possny you will decorate it with flowers; but how about reversing the process and 
growing some extra vegetables among your flower-beds or perennial borders ? 
TheVitamins That Are in Vegetables,What They Do for You 
A 
Maintains normal night vision, helps the body fight sinus and similar infections, promotes 
growth and vigor. Deficiency in Vitamin A causes a lowered resistence to sickness. 
B: Imparts energy, steady nerves and proper digestion. A shortage causes the diseases, 
Beriberi and Pellagra. 
C Helps the young by building good bones and teeth, the aged by keeping arteries and cap- 
illaries elastic. An absence causes scurvy and tooth-decay. 
G Aids growth and promotes a healthy skin. Deficiency causes the disease Cheilosis. 
WHAT THE MINERALS DO FOR YOU. Calcium builds bones and teeth; deficiency 
causes rickets, sleeplessness, nervousness. Phosphorus builds bones, muscle, brain. 
Iron and Copper necessary for rich blood; deficiency causes anemia. 
B ESIDE being a praiseworthy thing to do, the effort to add to the Nation’s food supply is actual physical exercise, and 
Instructions and a Plan 
like this (but larger) enclosed 
with each Collection 
Grass paths, edged with flowers are op- 
tional; they add charm, but increase the 
work. Omit them if you prefer. 
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Yelb. 
Bush for canning 
Pkt. Autumn Head 
from a garden of approximately 1250 sq. ft., 
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Subsistence Garden Collection D ae] reise 
Thirty distinct units of seed, supplying the major high-nutrition vegetables ie of? 
for a family of two to four. hie 
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Beans Lettuce Sufficient seed to allow for companion and t3 
Ib, Green Bush Pkt. Spring Head succession crops, getting the maximum yield "Ee 
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1 glb. 
Wax-Pod Bush 
Pkt. Romaine 
say 25 by 50 ft. Planting plan enclosed in 
this collection is 

Lb, Dwarf Lima Pkt, Curly All-Leaf shown; directions also es af 
Oz. Early Beet Pkt. Curled Parsley 4 va gees } sn tt : cpap ee 
Oz. Main-crop Beet Oz. Parsnip Ciuverec’ anywhere in Lhe U. S. $5 00 at ge | iS 
eas tbe, a ix (Catalogue value $5.80) . pera ee we pe 
Pkt. Early Cabbage Pkt. Round Radish Send $5.75 if v ae 1/ iinet a oy tae 
Pkt. Late Cabbage Pkt. Long Radish send 35./5 if you wish 4 oz. Sweet es 
‘ : Alyssum and 1 Ib. Staigreen Lawn Seed a} 9 
Pkt. Early Carrot Pkt. Rutabaga : 2 - iat tg 
ty . %, mae ; added to your vegetable seeds. <3 
Pkt. Late Carrot Pkt. Spring Spinach . "8 
Pkt. Midget Corn Pkt. Summer Spinach Other ig er papteny Collections on wie 
Pkt. Golden Cross Oz. New Zealand Fm Te st le EI ca ig 
Bantam Corn Spinach OUR GARDEN PLANS show how the most food “a 
Pkt. Cucumber Oz. Swiss Chard can be produced on a small area. With wider “3 
Oz. Endive Pkt. Tomato fo ma eg and Focceeins Gomme ! 
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Pkt. Onion Pkt. Turnip planted with these eollections - ented DONE ee pales Hem alban 9 
2 Vegetable Seeds 
It is estimated that war-time orders curtailing canned goods for civilians will cause 
home vegetable gardens to increase to half a million in New York State alone in 1943 
STUMPP & WALTER CO, 
