MUSKMELON 
Cantaloupes, known commercially as those 
melons with triangular seed cavities, which 
most all varieties now have, or Muskmelons, 
with round seed cavities and perhaps a musky 
fragrance, are about the most delicious fruits 
when pulled ripe, fresh from the vines. Plant 
a few hills for delicious vine-ripened melons. 
Culture is the same as for Cucumbers. 
Hales Best. 80 days; 6144 x5 in.; 21% Ibs. 
Rocky Ford type with heavy netting: extra 
early, salmon colored thick flesh, small tri- 
angular seed cavity, fine grained and espe- 
cially sweet flavored. The best shipping type 
and fine for the garden. 
Powdery Mildew-Resistant No. 45. 85 
days; 6x 5in.; 2% Ibs. Imperial strain from 
a Hales Best cross with Honey Ball. Yellow 
netted skin, delicious orange flesh and a heavy 
cropper even in hot, dry conditions. Stands 
shipping after vine-ripening or may be left 
on the vine for some time. Resistant to 
powdery mildew. 
Gold Lined Rocky Ford. 85 days; 5144x5in.; 
21% Ibs. Sweetest green-flesh, with a gold 
lining next to seeds. Our most popular canta- 
loupe for home gardens and nearby markets. 
It is heavily netted, slightly ribbed, highly 
productive and greatly improved Rocky Ford. 
Flesh is thick, frm and with luscious flavor. 
Orange Flesh. 85 days; 6 x 5% in.; 2% Ibs. 
Stmilarto Gold Lined Rocky Ford but slightly 
longer and with deliciously sweet, thick or- 
ange flesh of spicy flavor to melt in your 
mouth. Densely netted, rust and insect- 
resistant, very prolific bearer of cantaloupes 
for home, market or shipping. Extremely 
popular, 
Banana. 95 days. 16x4% in.; 61% Ibs. 
Long banana shaped, flavored and red ba- 
nana colored muskmelon. It is a thrifty 
grower, stands summer sun and bears until 
late in season. Thick, rich flesh is deep 
salmon and of good quality. 
Honey Ball. 100 days; 5x5 in.; 3% Ibs. 
Very prolific, of ball-shaped, honey-sweet 
melons with light green flesh. Desirable for 
home gardens because of easy culture, hardi- 
ness, freedom from sun-scald, and storing 
qualities. It’s also a grand shipper. 
Honey Dew. 110 days; 9 x 84% in.; 5-7 Ibs. 
Long season variety for the South with the 
sweetest and spiciest of flesh. Honey flav- 
ored, crisp, thick, light green flesh, light 
cream colored skin and large size. It stores 
better than any other and will ripen off the 
MUSTARD 
More tender and better quality than Tur- 
nips for boiled greens. Sow any time during 
spring. Make frequent plantings for long- 
season supply, in rows 1% ft. apart. Thin 
plants to 4 or 6 in. apart and leaves are ready 
to pull in 4 to 6 weeks. 
TENDERGREEN—Mustard-Spinach. 28 
days. Rapid growing Southern favorite for 
greens, with spoon-shaped, thick, dark green 
leaves. When cooked it has a delicious spin- 
ach flavor though more pungent. Heavy 
cropper; standing heat and cold. Start cut- 
ting in 3 weeks; you can have 6 or 8 crops a 
year. 
Southern Giant Curled. 35 days. Plumy, 
bright green leaves, heavily fringed and curled 
at edges. Slightly pungent, crisp and tender. 
Sometimes called Ostrich Plume, it is attrac- 
tive and very fancy. Eaten as a salad or 
boiled for greens. 
Florida Broad Leaf. 43 days. Large, tall, 
erect growing, with exceptionally large, thick, 
bright green leaves. Leaves are smooth or 
lightly crumpled with toothed edges and 
nearly white midribs. Fast growing, produc- 
tive and longstanding before running to seed. 
Our largest selling variety and very desirable. 
Large Smooth Leaf. 45 days. Round and 
unfrilled leaves, of rough texture, toothed at 
edges and dark green in color. It grows a bit 
slower than the curled type but is longer 
ste Big leaves, 9 x 8 In., are tender and 
mild. 


OKRA 
Cover seed an inch deep in rows 2% ft. 
apart. Thin plants to 10 in. apart. Keep 
cultivated. Ounce plants 50 ft. row. Vita- 
mins A and Bi. 
Early Dwarf Green. 50 days; 3 ft. tall. Pods 
thickly set on stalk from the ground up. Earli- 
est, dark green, ridged Iong pods for stews, 
soups and frying. Pods of best quality when 
cut young and tender. 
Long Green. 55 days; 4 ft. tall. Standard 
Perkins type of long. dark green, ridged pods 
of extra quality and tenderness at eating 
stage. The market, shipping and canning or 
soup variety, equally fine for home gardens. 
Clemson Spineless. All-America Selection. 
55 days; 4 ft. tall. Grand new Southern spine- 
less strain of Long Green type. Very uniform, 
dark green, long pods, without the objection- 
able spines of other green ridged okras. No 
need for gloves to pick this. 
White Velvet. 60 days; 4 ft. tall. Smooth, 
rounded, Lady Finger Okra with attractive 
white pods of medium size. Our most popular 
variety for home garden and local market use. 
Very tender and most desirable. 
Louisiana White Velvet. 60 days; 4 ft. 
Very prolific, branching strain with uniform, 
bluntly tapered, smooth, round white pods of 
fine quality. Developed by Dr. Julian Miller 
of L. S. U. Extension Service. Recommended 
highly for gardens. 
Louisiana Green Velvet. All-America Se- 
lection. 60 days; 4 ft. New development by 
Dr. Miller, giving us a green-podded strain of 
La. White Velvet, with all its good qualities 
and also a fine smooth canning variety, as 
white-podded sorts turn brownish in canning. 
Recommended for all purposes. 
ONION 
Culture—Start seeds, sets or plants as early 
as soil can be worked im spring, in finely pre- 
pared, fertile, well-drained soil. Seeds and 
plants make the most uniform bulbs and they 
keep better in storage. Sow or set in rows 
1-114 ft. apart. Cover seed 4-1 inch and 
firm soil. Cultivate shallowly and regularly. 
Thin out when 3 in. tall, again when 8 in. tall 
so bulbs won’t touch, using second thinning 
for green spring onions. As bulbs seem ma-~- 
ture, bend down the tops to hasten maturity. 
Dig ‘and store in a dry place, removing tops 
when ready to use or market. Vitamin Bi. 
Yellow Bermuda. 95 days from seed. Earli- 
est, mildest, medium sized, flat-round, thin 
straw-colored skin and nearly white, sweet 
flesh. Southern favorite. See Plants Below. 
Crystal Wax White Bermuda. 95 days. 
Similar to Yellow Bermuda except waxy pure 
white. Most attractive of all, earliest and 
sweetest. Makes delicious green spring onions. 
Silver Skin. 105 days. White Portugal. 
Grand_ pickling and green bunching onion 
with silvery white skin and mild flavor. Large 
flat-bottomed shape when mature. Makes 
uniform sets. Color picture Page 20. 
Large Red Wethersfield. 112 days. Almost 
round, of large size and purplish red color. 
Decidedly pungent flavor; easily grown to 
maturity and a splendid keeper. 
Yellow Globe Danvers. 112 days. Espe- 
cially adapted to our section. Productive, 
medium early, globe shaped, medium sized, 
solid, rather mild onion with coppery yellow 
skin and crisp, creamy white flesh. For home 
garden and local markets and keeps fairly 
well. 
ONION PLANTS—SETS 
Bermuda Onion Plants. We can supply 
these through the winter. Plants make more 
uniform bulbs than sets and two weeks earlier. 
Use plants for earliest green onions. 
Onion Sets. Yellow, Red, and White Globe 
sets for spring planting. Sets save a month 
over seed in making green spring onions. A 
pound or quart plants 50 ft. 
Fall Sets. We have Bermu da Sets, as well as 
Red, White and Yellow Globe Onion Sets for 
fall planting. 
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PARSLEY 
Culture—Use rich loamy soil with plenty of 
moisture. Seed is slow to start, so soak over 
night and then sow lightly in rows 2 ft. apart. 
Thin to 4to 6in. apart. Very richin VitaminA. 
Plain or Single Leaf. 60 days. Heaviest 
producer of Parsley for seasoning. Hardy, 
very dark green, bushy growth with plain or 
flat leaflets. 2 ft. tall. May be dried. 
Paramount. All-America Selection. 70 days. 
Exceptionally deep rich green color, extra 
triple curled with heavy moss appearance, the 
purest strain of most compact, uniform 
growth. The finest divided leaves and most 
decorative Parsley for garnishing. Beautiful. 
GARDEN PEAS 
Culture—FE xtra early, round seeded varie- 
ties may be planted very early as it takes a 
hard freeze to kill them. Wrinkled sorts are 
started after soil begins to warm up. Plant 
every 10 days for succession crops. Tall or 
pole varieties need staking. Others may be 
planted in double rows, 6 in. apart, with 2 ft. 
between the double rows. Double rows help 
support each other. Cover seed 2 in. deep and 
work soil up around stems to keep them cool 
and longer bearing. Plant a fall crop also. 
Vitamins A and Bi. 
Alaska. 54 days; 2 ft. tall. Most widely 
planted variety. Best quality, most prolific, 
earliest round seeded pea for garden, shipping 
and canning. Pods round, straight, blunt- 
ended, with 6 bluish green peas in 214-i in. pods. 
First and Best. 54 days; 2 ft. Round seeded 
extra early of good quality and for all pur- 
poses. 21¢-in. pods are round, straight, 
square ended, with 6 rich green peas. First 
to be ready at home or market. 
Mammoth Podded Extra Early. 55 days; 
2% ft. Hardy, round seeded, 3 in. blunt 
ended pods with 8 large peas. Heavy yielding 
for so early and a fine home or market garden 
sort. 
Ameer or Large Alaska. 55 days; 244 ft. 
Round seeded; large 3-in. pointed pods of 
deeper color than Alaska, of heavier growth 
and with larger peas. Next in popularity for 
home and market. 
Little Marvel. 58 days; 1144 ft. Dwarf, dark 
green vines, with rounded 3-im. pods of 7 or 8 
large deep green peas which retain their fresh 
color after picking. Heavy producer of earli- 
est wrinkled peas. 
Thomas Laxton. 60 days; 2% ft. The lead- 
ing big early wrinkled Pea and long consid- 
ered the fimest. 314-in. blunt pods filled with 
7 tender creamy-green peas of real flavor. 
Superb home and market variety. 
Bliss Everbearing. 70 days; 3 ft. The bi 
midseason, heavy and Jong bearing wrinkle 
seeded variety with 4 to 6 very large, high 
quality peas to the 3-in. pods. Strong branch- 
ing plants, home garden and market favorite. 
TALL or POLE PEAS 
Creole. 60 days; 6 ft. Brought to Louistana 
by the early French settlers. Withstands cold 
and heat to grow and bear when others fail. 
3-3l4-in. pods are packed with 5 to 7 round 
peas of tender sweetness. Resistant to root 
rot, mildew and insects. 
Melting Sugar. 70 days; 5 ft. Edible 
podded. The fleshy, tender and stringless 
young, immature pods and peas are eaten 
like snap-beans, or shelled like other peas 
when the 5-in. blunt pods are filled out. 
Alderman or Tall Telephone. 72 days; 
5 ft. Heavy stemmed plant and high yielding 
over a long season. 414-5-in. pods are 
straight, pomted and well filled with 8 to 10 
huge peas. Largest podded of all; for home 
and market. 
Large White Marrowfat. 82 days; 5 ft. 
Big round-seeded Pea used extensively for 
dry peas. Plump 3-in. pods are straight and 
blunt, with 6 or 7 large white, marrowy peas 
for dry shelling. Strong grower. 
