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LETTUCE FOR SALAD .. 
California Cream Butter Head. Requires 75 days. A butter 
head, cabbage shaped, with thick leaves. Large in size, dark 
green leaves tinged with brown and spotted. The inside of the 
head is a rich golden yellow. 
Big Boston. Favorite variety. Large, solid heads of fine qual- 
ity. 76 days. 
Iceberg. Late, large variety. Compact heads, crumpled, crisp 
and sweet. Leaves light green, slightly brown at edges. 
LEAF LETTUCE 
1 oz. 20c; % Ib. 60c. 
Simpson’s Early Curled or Black Seeded. Widely used for home 
gardens. Early, hardy, and dependable; non-heading with large 
crumpled, frilled leaves, forming a compact bunch at center of 
plant. Light green in color. Tender and sweet. 
Red Leaf Prize. An early non-heading sort, very desirable for 
home garden use. Plants of medium size, crisp and tender; 
color medium green with brownish-red edges on outer leaves. 
Chicken Lettuce. This is a non-heading lettuce, quite different 
from those used for human food. The plants grow 4 feet tall 
before they run to seed. It is ready for cutting in 45 days after 
sowing. Planted extensively for feeding poultry and rabbits. 
CELTUCE 
A new vegetable which is a cross between celery and lettuce. 
Its stalks may be used as celery and the leaves as lettuce. Pkt. 
10¢c; 144 oz. 3d¢; oz. $1.25. 
MUSKMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre. 
In sections where the summers are short, seed can be 
planted indoors or in hot beds in small boxes. The young 
plants can be transferred to the garden when danger of frost 
is past. If practicable, spade in a liberal forkful of well rotted 
manure at the bottom of each hill. The rows should be at 
least 6 feet apart and the hills 3 feet apart in the rows. In 
general, the culture is the same as that for cucumber. Pkt. 5c; 
1 oz. 25¢e; %4 Ib. 75ce. 
Hearts of Gold. (100 days.) This popular medium sized melon 
follows the earlier varieties. It is fine to plant for succession 
as it ripens in about 100 days. The fruits are 5 to 6 inches in 
diameter. The smooth orange salmon flesh is exceptionally 
thick and fine flavored. 
Rocky Ford or Netted Gem. Fruits are small with rather 
large seed cavity, nearly round; no ribs, and heavily covered 
with hard gray netting. Flesh thick, green in color with gold 
tinge at the center. Juicy, spicy, and of good quality. 
Hale’s Best, original Jumbo Strain. An outstanding shipping 
variety. Fruits slightly oval, uniform. Flesh exceptionally 
thick, deep salmon in color; sweet, and of very fine quality. 
Has a delightful aroma. Ripe in 75-80 days. 
Honey Dew. A very fine melon. Fruits large gobular, weigh 
5 to 7 pounds. Surface is smooth. hard, with practically no 
netting, creamy white. Flesh is light emerald green, thick 
ripening to the rind; juicy and tender, with a distinct sweet- 
ness not found in other melons. 
Pollock 10-25. A variety of Rocky Ford strain. Nearly round, 
2% pound fruit. No ribbing, heavy grey netting. Thick, sal- 
mon colored flesh, green under rind. Spicy. 93 days. 

Consult us for the best varieties of Vegetables to plant for 
assured success. 
. MUSTARD FOR GREENS 

Banana. Fruits smooth, slender, resembling a banana, Weigh 
6 to 8 pounds, flesh salmon, banana-like flavor. Good for late 
planting. 90 days. 
Improved Perfecto. Roundish fruit, 2% pounds. No ribs. 
Completely covered with hard grey netting. Thick salmon, 
sweet, juicy flesh. 92 days. 
Honey Ball. Small round 344 pound fruit. Yellowish-white, 
smooth, fine netting. Juicy, sweet, grey green flesh. 105 days. 
Peach or Garden Melon. The fruit is about the size of a large 
peach, oval shaped and of a bright yellow color, somewhat 
russetted. When it first ripens it is quite hard and has very 
little flavor, but they soon become mellow, not sweet, and 
have a rich flavor, but for sweet pickles, pies, or preserving, 
they are superb. 
Netted Nutmeg. We consider this the very best variety in 
cultivation. Vines vigorous, hardy, productive, fruit round, 
slightly flattened at: both ends, ribbed, covered with coarse 
netting; flesh very thick, green, and of the highest flavor. 
Winter Pineapple Cassaba. The green melon used extensively 
for shipping East for the holiday and winter trade. Melons 
to do mature on the vines and the flavor is greatly improved 
by being stored in a cool piace. 
MUSTARD 
14 oz. to 100 ft., 4 Ibs. per acre. 
Seed may be sown in rows 18 inches apart. Thin to 5 or 6 
inches apart in the rows. The plants are in condition for use 
as soon as the leaves are the size of one’s hand. Mustard 
runs to seed quickly, so that successive plantings are neces- 
sary for a continuous supply. Pkt. 5e; 1 oz. 20c; % Ib. 60c. 
Southern Giant Curled. The leaves are large, light green with 
a tinge of yellow, and much crumpled and frilled at the edges. 
The plant is upright or slightly spreading in growth. This 
variety is valued in the South on account of its vigorous 
growth, hardiness and good quality. 
Mustard Spinach or Tendergreen. Strictly speaking it is not a 
variety of mustard. A quick growing plant from the orient. 
Leaves oblong, broad, fairly smooth with light green center 
ribs. Slow to seed, resistant to heat and drought. The flavor 
combines that of spinach and mustard. 
Florida Broad Leaf. Vigorous, upright plants. Leaves large, 
broad and deep green; quick grower. 43 days. 
OKRA or GUMBO 
2 oz. to 100 ft., 8 to 10 Ibs. per acre. 
Sow seed early in rows 3 feet apart and 2 inches deep. As 
plants appear, thin out to about 1 foot apart. Pkt. 5c; 1 oz. 10c. 
Dwarf Green. Early, prolific, dwarf growing. Dark green, 
fluted, 5 to 7 inch pointed pods. 50 days. 
Clemson Spineless. All-America Silver Medal Award for 1939. 
Pods rich green, straight, uniform, ridged and of best quality. 
White Velvet. Early and prolific. Pods very large and greenish 
white, 6 to 7 inches. Meaty, tender. 60 days. 
Louisiana Green Velvet. 1941 All-America Selections. A 
green, spineless, round-podded, velvet okra, which remains 
tender until quite long. Pkt. 15c. 
