CUCUMBERS FOR SALADS 

COLORADO CUCUMBER 
Boston, or Chicago Pickling. (59 days.) An early pickling or 
slicing variety. Fruits weigh about 1% pounds, 6 inches long 
and 2% inches in diameter, 
Colorado or A. & C. (68 days.) An attractive variety for mar- 
ket gardens and for shipping. Fruit very dark green, cylin- 
drical, round with a small seed pocket. Unusually free of 
striping at the blossom end. 
Early Fortune, w.s.—Medium deep green fruits, 1% pounds. 
Fine for slicing. 8 inches. 63 days. Oz. 25e; % Ib. 7de. 
Straight 8. An outstanding new variety producing symmetri- 
cal, 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. 
Oz. 25c; %4 Ib. 75e. 
Early Improved White Spine. Vines vigorous, bearing early 
and abundantly. Fruit uniformly straight and handsome, dark 
greenish-white and a few white spines. Flesh tender and of 
excellent flavor. Used extensively for forcing under glass. 
Lemon. Little cucumbers resembling lemons in both form and 
color and having a delicious and distinctive flavor. Fine for 
preserves or sweet pickles and considered superb as a salad. 
Gherkin of Burs. 60 days, Of superior quality for pickles. Not 
a true cucumber. Very prolific; fruits pale green; prickly 
over entire surface. 11% to 2 inches long; oval; uniform; seeds 
numerous and small. 
Japanese Climbing. It climbs quickly on poles or trellises and 
is entirely distinct. The quality is splendid and well adapted 
for pickling and salads. 
DILL, Long Island Mammoth. Used for flavoring. Flat seeds 
for strong, bitter flavor. Pkt. 5e; oz. 20c. 

EGGPLANT 
% oz. to 100 ft., 5 to 6 oz. per acre. 
Sow in mild heat, about the middle of February, and trans- 
plant on May 1, setting the plants 2% ft. apart. Pkt. 10e; oz. 60c. 
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. 
Improved Large Purple. The standard home and market sort. 
Plants are large, 30 to 36 inches tall. Very productive, com- 
monly 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 114 feet apart, and 
thin out to about 9 inches apart. Pkt. 5e; 1 oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 65e. 
Broad-leaved (Escarolle). Leaves long, broad and succulent. 
Fine for winter salads and cooking. 
Large Green Curled (Pink Ribbed). Outer leaves bright green, 
midribs tinged with rose. Center leaves blanch readily. Makes 
attractiv salads. Vigorous and resistant. 




















HORSERADISH 
Is grown-from pieces of the root. Plant in rows 2% feet 
apart, setting roots 18 inches apart in rows, vertically, small — 
end down, and top one to three inches below surface. 35¢ per 
doz.; 50 roots $1.10. ity 

KALE, Borecole } 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre. <4 
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. 5e; 1 oz. 15c. 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. Plants have wide-spreading, fine- 
ly furled blue green plume-like leaves. Relished as a vegetable 
green and useful as an ornamnt. 
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. 
KOHL RABI 
Y% oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre. 
The delicious flavor of this turnip-shaped bulb combines both 
cabbage and turnip. As early in spring as possible, sow the seed 
in light rich soil in rows 1% feet apart. When plants are well 
established, thin to 6 inches apart in the row. Pkt. 5c; 1 oz. 50c. 
Early Purple Vienna. Standard early sort. Plants small; leaves 
dark green with profuse purple staining. Bulbs flattened globe 
shape, best for use when 2 to 2% inches in diameter but become 
larger; exterior purple, but flesh white, mild, crisp and tender. 
Mature in 60 days. 
Early White Vienna. For forcing. The best table sort if used 
when the bulbs are 2 inches in diameter. It matures very early 
and produces medium sized, light green bulbs with white flesh 
of excellent quality. 
LEEK 
American Flag. This leek aside from being valuable for soups 
and salads, when blanched, makes an excellent dish if sliced — 
and cooked. Pkt. 10c. 
GARLIC. Selected sound bulbs. Lb. 30c, 3 Ibs. 75c, postpaid. 
LETTUCE 
% oz. to 100 ft., 3 Ibs. per acre. 
HEAD LETTUCE 
1 oz. 30e. 
Sow the seed in hotbeds during February until the middle of _ 
March, afterward transplanting into flats or coldframes, leav- 
ing about 6 to 8 inches between the plants. As soon as weather : 
becomes suitable, transfer to open ground and set out in rows ~ 
1 foot apart, fap hs 9 inches between the plants in the rows. 
Pkt. 5e; oz. 25¢; %4 Ib. 75e. 
New York No. 515 Improved. A development from Number 12, UG 
matures slightly earlier and should be grown where there is — 
hot weather as it is resistant to tip-burn. Oz. 35e. ¥ 
Hanson. (82 days.) A very hardy lettuce, excellent for a sum- © 
mer crop as it withstands heat. Forms a large, light green — 
head which is very hard. An excellent variety for the home ~ 
gardener for it is very sweet, crisp and tender. 
Paris White (Cos or Romaine). This variety is quite distinct 
from the other varieties of lettuce. It is not quite as early as 
the round head varieties. It forms large, light green plants, — 
well folded and quite solid. The interior is well blanched, and ~ 
of a crisp, fine flavor. - 
May King. The best butterhead lettuce for forcing as well as 
early. The outside leaves are tightly folded, making the plant 
birt Gee all head. It has a rich, buttery flavor which is 
elicious P 
