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Cress Peps Up Your Salads 


Cubit Cucumber 

White Vienna Kohl-Rabi 

Black Beauty Eggplant 

Cucumber 
One ounce will plant about 50 hills, 2 to 3 
pounds an acre. For very early use seed may be 
started in heat and the plants set out in May. For 
main crop, plant in hills 4 feet apart, in the end 
of May. Make the hill rich with well-rotted ma- 
nure. Leave four strong plants to each hill. 
Arlington White Spine. 60 days. One of the 
most perfect in shape, size, color and quality, 
and is very brittle and crisp. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c. 
Boston Pickling. 58 days. The best pickling 
variety yet introduced; very productive. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 35c. 
Davis Perfect. 68 days. Highly recommended, 
dark rich green in color, crisp and tender. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 30c. 
Fordhook Famous. 65 days. Fruit long, thick 
and tapering at both ends, crisp and solid; a fine 
slicing sort; color light green. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c. 
Grey’s A-l. 65 days. The fruits will average 12 
to 14 inches in length by 2% inches in diameter 
and are very symmetrical; the color a very dark 
green. Pkt. 25c; oz. $1.00. 
Climbing. 68 days. Fruit about 10 inches long; 
thick and of fine flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c. 
Straight-8. 68 days. All-America Selections Gold 
Medal. An excellent variety, about 8 inches long. 
It is well rounded at both ends, ships well and 
keeps its color well. Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c. 
West India Gherkin. 60 days. Used for pick- 
ling. A small oval-shaped variety, has the appear- 
ance of a bur. Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c. 
Cubit Cucumber 
New Introduction for 1944 
The latest Bronze Medal Award on our list 
has been won by our new long slicing cucum- 
ber, to be known by the easily remembered 
name of Cubit. 
Cubit is a prolific, white-spined variety dis- 
tinguished by unusually uniform dark green 
exterior color and long blunt-ended cylindrical 
shape, so much so that it has been compared to 
a rolling pin. The interior has smooth, crisp 
texture with smal] seed area and it is admirably 
adapted for slicing. It does not quickly “‘flag 
down” but holds its fresh quality well, which is 
an important factor for market growers. Pkt. 
29c5 4 0z. (0c; oz. $1.25. 

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 
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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 intervals, 
for succession, as it soon runs to seed. 
Extra Curled. The best variety grown; leaves are 
beautifully cut and curled; highly prized for gar- 
nishing. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; %4 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; % 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. 
Dandelion 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill; 2 Ibs. will 
sow an acre. Sow seed in May or June, in drills 
% 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 purposes. 
American Improved. 90 days. The finest variety, 
leaves very numerous, thick in texture and blanch 
rapidly. Pkt. 25c; oz. $1.25; 14 lb. $3.75. 
Eggplant 
One ounce will produce about 1500 plants. Sow 
in hotbeds very early in spring, and transplant 
when 2 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. 80 days. Very early and as large 
as New York Improved. Rich purplish black 
color. Pkt. 20c; oz. 85c. 
New York Improved. 80 days. A leading market 
variety; fruit large, oval, very productive. Pkt. 
PAV os eves teble: 
New Hampshire Hybrid. 68 days. All-America 
Selections Silver Medal. An extra early variety 
with good-sized fruits, being nearly as large as 
Black Beauty, which it resembles. Pkt. 25c; 
oz. $1.00. 
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). 85 days. 
Forms a large compact head which blanches to 
a beautiful light yellow and is of the finest 
quality. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c. 
Green Curled. 90 days. A very hardy dark green, 
closely curled variety, tender and crisp. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 35c; %4 Ib. $1.00. 
Fennel, Florence 
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, divided into “cloves” or 
flakes and covered 2 inches deep. Lb. 60c. 
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. 85 days. One of the best. 
Very hardy and improved by a moderate frost. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; %4 Jb. $1.50. 
Winter, or Siberian. 65 days. Sow in August 
or early in September in rows 1 foot apart. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 30c; % Ib. $1.00. 
Kohl-Rabi 
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. 60 days. Similar to the follow- 
ing, except in color. Pkt. 15c; oz. 60c; % Ib. 
$2.00. 
White Vienna. 55 days. The earliest and best 
table or market variety. Pkt. 15c; oz. 60c; 
Y% |b. $2.00. 
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, trans- 
plant in rows 10 inches apart each way. 
Musselburgh, or Scotch. 150 days. A very large 
variety of superior quality. Pkt. 25c; oz. $1.50. 
Large Flag Winter. 150 days. Desirable for 
market or family use. Pkt. 25c; oz. $1.50. 
