SWEET PEPPER 
Culture—Peppers require warm soil, so 
plant late or start seed 1n hot bed or indoors, 
setting plants in warm soil outdoors after 
4 in. tall. Set plants 1144-2 ft. apart In rows 
2-3 ft. apart. Ounce of seed makes 1000 
plants. Plant Hot Peppers away from 
others or the Sweets will be hot, too. Vita- 
mins A, Bi, C 
Ruby King. 67 days from plants; 4% x2% 
in. size. Early, mild, thick flesh, dark green 
fruits, turning bright red. Well known home 
garden and market variety. 
Oakview Wonder. 70 days; 4 x 334 in. 
An earlier California Wonder, with somewhat 
smaller but blockier fruits with sweet, 
thick, meaty walls and but little depression 
at the nose end. 
World Beater. 73 days; 5 x 3% in. Prolific 
sure-cropper; very mild, sweet, thick, firm 
flesh, and profitable market or shipping 
variety. Rich green, turning bright scarlet. 
Good raw, stuffed or baked from the home 
garden. 
California Wonder. 75 days; 41% x 4 in. 
Greatest of all Peppers. Main crop, heavy 
yielding, stocky plants with beautiful heavy, 
large fruits and extra thick, sweet and mild, 
firm flesh. Most uniform in shape and size, 
for stuffing or for packing. Usually 4-lobed 
and square-shaped; richest deep green, 
turning rich red. Color Picture, Page 20. 
Chinese Giant. 80 days; 546 x 414 in. 
Largest Pepper, though shape is rather 
irregular. Thick, very sweet, fleshy fruits on 
strong, stocky plants. Big home garden 
favorite for its huge mild Peppers of green, 
turning red. 
HOT PEPPERS 
Long Red Cayenne. 70 days. 4x% in. 
The long, slender, very hot and pungent, 
red peppers for drying and stringing—Burn- 
ing hot. 
Red Chili. 80 days; 24x¥% in. Small, 
brightest red and most prolific, hottest and 
most pungent Pepper for flavoring, drying 
for winter use and for pickling. 
PUMPKINS 
Culture— Plant after soil is warm in spring, 
placing 6 or 8 seeds in hills 8 ft. apart each 
way and thin to 2 or 3 strongest plants, or 
drop seeds in every fourth hill in the corn 
freld and thin to 2 plants. Cultivate until 
vines begin to run. Cut, with a few inches of 
stem attached, after leaves die, and store in 
a dry place. Use for baking, pies and stock 
feed. Vitamin Bi. 
Green Striped Cushaw. 110 days; 18 x 10 
in. Popular Southern crookneck 12-Ib. pump- 
kin, with hard, smooth, thin skin of creamy 
white with irregular green stripings. Sweet 
tasting for pies or baking or used for stock 
feed. Thick, creamy, medium coarse flesh. 
Sugar or New England Pie. 110 days; 
8x10 in. Smaller, 7-[b. pumpkin, with 
sweet-potato-like flavor for pies and custards. 
Flat-round, somewhat ribbed shape with 
hard, smooth, deep orange skin. Flesh is 
very sweet, thick, orange-yellow and of top 
quality. Prolific. 
Large Cheese or Kentucky Field. 112 
days; 12 x 13 in. The canning and stock feed 
penne of about 12 Ibs. Pumpkins are 
arge, slightly ribbed, dull orange and round 
to flat-round in shape. The deep yellow 
flesh is coarse but of good flavor and very 
popular here. 
Large Yellow. 118 days; 12x16 in. Big 
Tom or Connecticut Field pumpkin of large 
orange fruits weighing 18 Ibs. Flat-round 
shape with hard, smooth rind. Thick, dry, 
sweet, orange- -yellow flesh for canning, pies 
and stock feed. Rampant growth. 
Mammoth King. 120 days; 18x 24 in. 
Largest of all, to grow for the fair, use for 
Hallowe’en faces, stock feed, and it’s of fair 
quality for baking and pies. Skin is yellow 
and orange and flesh is coarse grained salmon- 
orange. Irregular shape. 

RADISH 
Culture—The garden’s earliest vegetable, 
ready to use in 3 weeks from seed. Use a 
rich, loose, moist soil for quick growing, 
crisp, tender Radishes. Make new plantings 
every 10-15 days all season to keep a supply. 
Sow thinly in rows a foot apart, covering 
4 in. Sow winter Radish in late summer. 
Ounce plants 100 feet. Vitamin B1. 
Early Scarlet Globe. 24 days. 1 to1%in., 
globe to slightly olive shaped roots of Grist 
scarlet-red skin and tender, crisp white 
flesh. Unsurpassed for home and market; 
earliest and uniform roots and tops.‘ 
French Breakfast. 25 days. Earliest 
half-long, bright rosy scarlet radish with 
white bottoms. It is crisp and tender, about 
2 in. long, oblong shaped, with short tops. 
Sparkler. 25 days. Finest improved Early 
Scarlet Turnip, white tipped. Small round 
root, 114 in., bright scarlet top with clear 
white base. Pure white, crispy flesh has a 
delightful mild, snappy flavor—Our most 
popular radish for home, market and forcing. 
Picture, Page 20. 
Crimson Giant. 28 days. Heavy producer 
of large, globe-shaped roots, with deep 
crimson skin and white flesh. About 144x2 
in. size, solid, and it doesn’t get pithy with 
size. Most popular large Radish. 
Long Scarlet. 28 days. Still good when 6 
in. long. The best long, brittle red Radish. 
Bright scarlet-red, icy white flesh, snappy 
flavor, tender and juicy. Grand at home or 
bunching for market. 
Icicle. 28 days. Growing 5 in. long, this 
beautiful tapering root is pure white and 
smooth, with icy white, tender, crisp, firm 
mild flesh. Finest white for home and market 
and highly recommended. 
China Rose, Winter Radish. 52 days. 
5 in. long and 2 in. across, this attractive 
deep rose Radish with white tip has white 
flesh of rather pungent flavor. Solid and a 
good keeper in storage. 
SPINACH 
Culture—Give good rich soil for these hardy 
greens and you can plant any time the ground 
isn’t frozen. Broadcast or sow lightly in rows 
11% ft. apart, covering seed an inch and thin 
to 5 or 6 in. between plants. Sow in Sept. for 
a fall crop. New Zealand is not a true 
Spinach but is similar in taste. Start it 
after ground is warm and use Jeaves from it 
all summer. Give it more space to develop 
big plants. Plant and eat Spinach for health. 
Rich in Vitamins A, Bi, C 
Bloomsdale Savoy. 42 days. Early, 
heavy cropper of heavily savoyed or crumpled, 
thick, succulent Ieaves for greens, canning 
or market. Upright growth, medium sized 
glossy dark green leaves. See Color Picture 
on Page 20. 
Broad Leaf Flanders. 43 days. Still our 
most popular variety, with large, thick, 
smooth, deep glossy green and very juicy 
leaves of excellent flavor for greens or can- 
ning. 
Giant Thick-Leaved, Nobe!. All-America 
Selection. 45 days. Improved Nobel is a 
heavy producer of extra thick, rich deep 
green, very large, rounded, lightly crumpled, 
tender, juicy, crisp leaves. Good for all 
purposes. 
New Zealand. 70 days. Cut-and-come- 
again summer greens variety. Plants erect 
and branching or bushy and the tender 
shoots have small, broad pointed, thick, 
tender leaves of fine quality. Grows Juxuri- 
antly in hottest weather on poor or rich soil. 
Summer Spinach—Swiss Chard. 45 days. 
A Swiss Chard of cut-and-come-again type 
for cutting leaves from spring to winter. 
Leaves, used for greens, are large, dark 
glossy green, superior in taste to other 
Chards and stand the summer heat. Sow in 
early spring, in rows 1% ft. apart and thin to 
6 in. apart, using also plants thinned out for 
greens. 
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SQUASH 
Culture—Plant after soil becomes warm, 
6 or 8 seeds in hills 4 ft. apart each way, 
covering 34 in. Thin to 2 or 3 plants after 
rough leaves form. Keep soil surface loose 
FY disturb bearmg plants. Vitamins 
A, Bi. 
Early White Bush Scallop. 50 days. 
White Patty Pan Squash, with rather com- 
pact, bushy plants producing creamy white, 
flat, scalloped edge fruits. 3 by 8 in. when 
mature but use when very small for tenderness. 
Early Summer Crookneck. 52 days. 
Favorite bright yellow variety with buttery 
yellow skin, flesh and flavor. Rather 
compact bush and heavy yielder for home, 
market and shipping. Use when small. 
Most popular. Color picture Page 21. 
Early Prolific Straightneck. All-America 
Selection. 52 days. Same popular color and 
type as Summer Crookneck but with the 
decided advantages of straight necks and 
smaller seeds. Quite bushy plants, most 
prolific bright yellow fruit and flesh. Best 
for home, market and shipping. 
TURNIP 
Culture—Quickly grown in early spring as 
well as in late summer and fall. Sow thinly 
in rows 114 ft. apart, covering seed 4 in. 
Thin plants, using for greens, until 3-4 in. 
apart. For greens, sow broadcast or in rows, 
thinning as used. Vitamins A, Bi, Bz, C. 
Seven Top. 30-50 days. Chief Southern 
sort for greens with heavy top growth, full 
turnip pungency and flavor. Greens ready 
in 30 days or less. Roots are tough, stringy 
and not advised for food. 
Shogoin. 30-60 days. Best and most 
popular kind for both tops and roots. Milder, 
rather tender, juicy, mustard-flavored greens, 
with foliage held above the soil, and louse- 
resistant. Roots slightly flattened globe 
shaped, all white, sweeter, milder and fine- 
grained. 
Extra Early White Milan. 42 days. 
Flattened medium-small roots, with smooth 
white skin and flesh. Uniform shape, fine- 
grained, sweet and earliest roots for home or 
market. 
Extra Early Purple Top Milan. 42 days. 
Similar to white Milan except for purple 
shaded bulb tops. Small tops; roots delicate 
in flavor and tenderness. 
Early White Flat Dutch. 46 days. Me- 
dium sized flattened roots, 3-5in. across, with 
small tap-root. Skin and flesh are pure 
white, smooth, tender, fine-grained and 
sweet. Strap-leaved. 
Early Purple Top, Strap-Leaved. 46 days. 
Similar to white Dutch except with refreshing 
reddish-purple shading at top of root. Quick 
grower and sweet-flavored. 
Purple Top Globe. 57 days. Most popular 
of all turnips. Globe-shaped roots, 4-6 in. 
across, medium early, handsome purple tops 
of roots which show above ground, heavy 
cropper, good quality, always a good keeper 
and seller. For all purposes. Picture, Page 21. 
White Egg. 57 days. Desirable spring 
turnip, often ready in 6 weeks. Snowy 
white, solid, fine-grained, sweet and tender. 
Egg-shaped and bunches nicely for market. 
Pomeranian White Globe. 60 days. 
Round white with icy white flesh, 4-6 in. 
across. Heavy producer, excellent keeper, 
and improving in winter storage or fine in 
spring gardens. 
Cow Horn or Long White. 70 days. 
234 im. across and 10 or 12 in. long. White 
skin and flesh, sweet, high quality roots with 
heavy tonnage per acre. Often planted with 
Rape for stock feed. 
Amber Globe. 76 days. Big yellow fleshed, 
globular fellow with light yellow skin. Heavy 
cropper for stock feed, but also a fine- 
grained, sweet, good keeper for table use. 
Improved Purple Top Rutabaga. 90 
days. Best, heaviest cropper. Purple top of 
root over amber skin with yellow flesh. 
Tender, finest flavored and most uniform big 
5-7 in. roots. Excellent keeper for table use 
or stock. 
