Vegetables for the Epicure 
Curled Endive for 
Crisp Salads 




Kale or Borecole 
This member of the cabbage family does not 
form heads, but is grown for greens. Can be 
sown late, as plants continue to grow late in the 
season. A heavy frost improves the flavor and 
quality of the thick, crumpled leaves, 
75. DWARF GREEN CURLED—Plant 
is low and compact with large, bright green 
leaves, curled, and wrinkled. A healthy vege- 
table, and one of the most palatable when well 
cooked, Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, % Ib. $1.25, prepaid. 
76. TALL GREEN CURLED SCOTCH 
—Hardy plants with leaves deeply cut; curled 
at edges, light green in color. Very tender 
after exposure to frost. Pkt, 10c, 0z. 35c, % Ib. 
$1.25, prepaid. 
Celeriac—See Page 9 
Leek and Mustard—See Page 16 
Vegetable Spaghetti—See Page 23 
Garden Huckleberries 
Make Delicious Pies, Preserves 
and Jams 
655. 
The berries are borne in clusters and 
when ripe are a shining black color, about 
to % inch in diameter. Plants grow 38 
feet tall and thrive on any soil. Oulture 
same as for tomatoes. Pkt, 10c, 4% oz. 40c, 
oz, 65c, prepaid. See recipe below. 
Recipe for Huckleberry Pie 
Wash and stem 214 quarts berries, cover with water and 
let come to a boil. Add 1% teaspoon soda, boil one 
minute and drain. Add one cup cold water to berries, 
cook until soft, then mash and add 114 cups sugar, juice 
of ' lemon and boil about 15 minutes. Remove from 
stove and cool. When ready to put in pie crust add one 
ashen oe tapioca. Dot with butter, add top crust and 
bake. 
For canning, use above directions (omitting tapioca and 
butter) cooking berries at least 45 minutes after sugar and 
lemon raha have been added. Pour into sterilized jars 
and seal. 

Egg Plant 
One ounce will produce 1,000 plants. 
Sow seed in hotbed in March, when an inch 
high, pot in 3-inch pots. Set out about June 
Ist, 2% feet apart. 
302. BLACK BEAUTY — Desirable for 
the northern states. Earlier than New York 
Spineless. The fruits are broad, thick, of most 
attractive form and finest flavor. Their rich, 
lustrous, purple color is very uniform. Pkt. 10c, 
Yn oz. 30c, oz. 55c, 4% Ib. $2.00, prepaid. 
Endiue 
304. FLORIDA DEEP HEART — (88 
days.) A great improvement over the Broad 
Leaved Batavian; the plant is large and vigor- 
ous, with broad, thick leaves; many infolding 
leaves form a deep compact heart, well-blanched 
and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, %4 Ib. 
50c, lb, $1.75, prepaid, 
305. GREEN CURLED—A very beauti- 
ful sort of which’the leaves are very light col- 
ored, even the outer ones being nearly white. 
They are crisp and tender. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, %4 
lb. 40c, lb. $1.50, prepaid. 
Herbs 
To Flavor, Season and Garnish 
To keep over winter, cut on a dry day, just 
before they are in full bloom, Dry in the shade 
and store in air-tight Mason jars. 
663. DiLb—Seeds have an aromatic odor 
and pungent taste. Used for pickles. Pkt. 5c, 
0z. 10c, Y Ib. 65c, lb. $1.10, prepaid. 
674. SAGE—tThe leaves and tops are used 
very extensively for seasoning. Pkt. 10c, % oz, 
60c, prepaid. 
676. THYME-—tThe young leaves and tops 
are used for seasoning soups, in dressings, etc. 
Pkt. 10c, Yq oz. 60c, prepaid, 



Kohlrabi 
isa 
delicious 
vegetable. 
This 
is 
EARLY 
WHITE 
VIENNA, 
One ounce for 200 feet of row. 
310. EARLY PURPLE — (62 days.) 
Dwarf plants having short, green leaves with 
purple stems and veins. Bulbs globular purple, 
with white, tender flesh. Pkt. 10c, 4% oz. 40c, 
oz, 70c, prepaid. 
311. EARLY WHITE VIENNA — Very 
handsome, white fruit. Excellent both for fore- 
ing and open ground; flesh white and very ten- 
der; leaves short. Pkt. 10c, 42 oz. 40c; oz. 70c, 
Vegetable 
prepaid. 
One ounce for 100 feet of row. 
Sow early and quite deep, giving same culture 
as for parsnips. The roots when cooked ‘are 
appetizing and nutritious, 
like flavor. 
592. MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND 
— An improved variety with roots 6 to 8 inches 
long, 1 to 1% inches thick, tapering, smooth, 
dull white. Plants 3% feet tall. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
25c, Y, lb. 80c, 1b, $3.00, prepaid. 
with a mild, oyster- 


Rhubarb Reots 
NEW CHIPMAN’S CANADA RED—One of the best of the 
new improved varieties. Very sweet, tender, of fine flavor, with extra- 
large stalks, bright red all the way through, the red color extending 
even to the mid-rib of the leaf. Does not lose its bright color in 
cooking, and both sauce and pies are an appetizing cherry-red color. 
Chipman’s is vigorous in growth, of the hardy, everbearing type, and 
does not make seed. Supply of roots limited. Order early. Price: 
$1.10 each, 2 for $2.00, prepaid to 3rd zone. 
Illustrated in Color on Front Cover. 
NEW MACDONALD RED Produces thick sueculent stalks, 
18 to 24 inches long, with skin so thin and tender that peeling is 
unnecessary. Stalks are bright cherry-red from base to top: flesh 
white, fine-grained, low in acid, with a mild rich flavor. Sauces and 
pies made from MacDonald require less sugar and have an appetizing 
red color when cooked. A tremendous yielder, it remains tender 
and can be used over a long period of time. Price: 75c each, 2 for 
$1.40, 6 for $3.50, prepaid to 3rd zone. 
NEW RUBY—The most highly colored of all Rhubarb. Both 
stalks and flesh are ruby-red, Fine-textured, tender, juicy and crisp, 
with a sweet, inviting flavor. The stalks are smaller than MacDonald, 
Price: 75c each, 2 for $1.40, 6 for $3.50, prepaid to 3rd zone. 
VICTORIA A popular red variety with extra-large stalks. 
Early, and immensely productive, tender, with a mild sub-acid flavor, 
Price: 2 for 50c, 6 for $1.20, prepaid to 3rd zone. 
Horse-Radith Roots 
Minnesota grown native planting roots have 
clear white disease-free flesh, Grate up fine and 
tender and white as snow. It is just as impor- 
tant to change planting stocks in growing Horse- 
Radish as it is in growing potatoes to maintain 
best quality and yields. Price: 12 for 45c, 50 
for $1.25, 100 for $2.25, prepaid. 



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Other Table Delicacies are Brussels Sprouts and Broccoli on Page 6 
Set Plants 4 feet apart with Crowns 
2 inches below the surface. 
MacDonald 
Rhubarb. 














Northern Grown 
Horse-Radish Roots. 
