prime condition at eating stage. 
- Highly desirable for home and market gardeners. Mature in 
- spined. The color is 

es VEGETABLE SEEDS 


Country Gentleman. (110 days.) A delicious sweet corn of ex- 
cellent quality. Widely used by canners and very desirable for 
private family use. Stalk often has two ears. Cob is small 
giving great depth to kernels which are slender with tender 
hull and set irregularly without row formation. 
Stowell’s Evergreen. One of the best late varieties. Large ears 
about 8 inches long. Kernels clear white, deep, rather broad, 
very sweet and tender. 16 to 20 rowed; uniform. Holds well in 
Stalk sturdy and erect. 
: 105 days. 
CUCUMBER 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre. 
\3 Mature in approximately 60 days. 
Sow outdoor varieties early in spring, in hotbeds, and 
transplant to open ground when weather is suitable. For later 
erop, sow seed when weather becomes settled, in hills 4 to 6 
inches apart. They require a warm, rich soil, and should be 
watered liberally, Pkt. 10c; 1 0z. 25e; Y Ib. 75e. 

Colorado. An attractive variety for market gardens and for 
shipping. Fruit very dark green, cylindrical, round with a 
small seed pocket. Unusually free of striping at the blossom 
end. | / 
Davis Perfect. (68 days.) A splendid dark green variety, ex- 
‘cellent for slicing and a good shipper. Very dark green, white 
; retained a long time when pickled. 
Tapered somewhat at both ends. Seeds few. 
Improved Long Green. This is a great improvement over the 
old strain of Long Green. The fruits are unusually handsome, 
being of good form and of a deep green color which is re- 
tained a considerable time after picking. 9 to 10 inches in 
length. 
Klondike White Spined. Medium early. Fruits handsome; very 
dark green, white spined; 7 to 8 inches long, slightly tapered. 
Flesh is waxy, white, crisp, and of excellent flavor. A favorite 
variety among market gardeners; desirable for shipping. Pick 
in 64 days. 
Straight 8. An outstanding new variety producing symmetri- 
eal, cylindrical fruits about 8 inches long and 1% inches in 
diameter. Fruits are well rounded at the ends and when ripe 
are deep green and free from objectionable striping or tipping. 
Ideal for home or market garden. 
National Association Pickling. A highly desirable pickling 
strain. Fruits weigh 1144 pounds; are dark green, symmetrical 
with thick walls; full ended. Slightly shorter than Chicago 
Pickling. 
Boston or Chicago Pickling. An early pickling or slicing 
variety. Fruits weigh about 1% pounds, 6 inches long and 2% 
inches in diameter. 
Lemon. Little cucumbers resembling lemons in both form and 
color and have a delicious and distinctive flavor. Fine for 
preserves or sweet pickles and considered superb as a salad. 
Prolific. 
Gherkin or Burs. Of superior quality for pickles. Not a true 
cucumber. Very prolific; fruits for pickles are produced in 
about 60 days. Fruits pale green; prickly over entire surface. 
1% to 2 inces long; oval; uniform; seeds numerous and 
small. 
EGGPLANT 
% oz. to 100 ft., 5 to 6 oz. per acre. 
Sow in mild heat, about the middle of March, and transplant 
on June 1, setting the plants 2% feet apart. Pkt. 10c; oz. 65. 
Black Beauty. The fruits of this variety are large and sym- 
metrical. Retains its glossy black-purple coloring for a long 
time. This lasting quality makes it distinctly popular. 
New York Improved Large Purple. The standard home and 
market sort. Plants are large, 30 to 36 inches tall. Very pro- 
ductive, commonly bearing 4 to 6 or more large handsome, 
dark purple, symmetrical, broad, egg shaped fruits. 
ENDIVE 
1 oz, to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre. 
Sow about the middle of April, in rows 1% feet apart, and 
thin out to about 9 inches apart. Pkt. 10¢; 1 oz. 30c. 
Broad-leaved (Kscarolle.) Leaves long, broad, and succulent. 
Fine for winter salads and cooking. 
Deep Heart or Improved Full Heart. Large, thick, dark green 
leaves with curled edges. Forms medium large head which 
blanehes to light yellow. Deep, full, and compact heart. 
Pkt. 15ce. 
Large Green Curled (Pink Ribbed). Outer leaves bright green, 
midribs tinged with rose. Center leaves blanch readily. Makes 
attractive salads. Vigorous and resistant. 
KALE, Borecole 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre. 
The culture is practically the same as that of late cabbage, 
but as the plants will withstand several degrees of frost, they 
can grow late into the fall. Many think kale best after the 
first heavy frosts. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % Ib. 60ce. 
Dwart Green Curled Scotch. Plants have wide-spreading, fine- 
ly curled blue green plume-like leaves. Relished as a vegetable 
green and useful as an ornament. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch. Hardy plants with leaves deeply 
cut. Curled at the edges, light green in color; very tender and 
finely flavored after touched with frost. 
Jersey or Thousand Headed. Called Chicken or Cow Kale. 
Vigorous branching plants with enormous cabbage-like leaves. 
Relished by poultry and livestock as winter greens. 


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