PUMPKIN 
Plant soon as frost is over. 
New England Pie. 110 days. Round bright 
orange pumpkin. 8 to 10 inches in diam- 
eter. Finest quality for pies. Easily grown. 
Pkt. 10c 
RADISH 
Plant every 30 days during the season. 
Early Scarlet. 25 days. Round. Remains firm 
and crisp for a long time. 
Early Scarlet White Tipped. 26 days. Ball 
shaped, crisp, tender and sweet. Remains 
firm for a long time. 
French Breakfast. 27 days. Splendid va- 
riety for home use. Oblong, bright scarlet, 
tipped white. Crisp and tender. 
All radishes, Pkt. 10c 
SPINACH 
Giant Nobel. 45 days. The seed of this thick- 
leaved variety produces the largest spin- 
ach under cultivation. It grows rapidly 
and remains in good condition a long 
time. The medium green leaves are large, 
rounded, slightly crumpled, succulent and 
tender. It is an excellent home garden 
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SQUASH 
Plant in early spring 
Banana. 105 days. Slate gray color. 20 to 24 
inches long. 6 inches in diameter. Flesh 
light orange, of fine flavor. Excellent for 
baking. 
White Bush Scallop. 50 days. Very popular 
variety, bearing profusely, small greenish 
white squashes, with scallop edges. Fine 
flavor. 
Giant Straightneck. 55 days. Thick necked, 
meatier than the old Crookneck varieties. 
Flesh lemon yellow. Very fine flavor. 
Hubbard. 110 days. The best winter variety. 
Weighs from 12 to 15 pounds. Dark green 
on outside with orange colored flesh. De- 
licious as sweet potatoes when baked. 
Zucchini. 65 days. The popular Italian va- 
riety. Dark green from 6 to 8 inches long. 
Prolific and of fine quality. A favorite for 
home gardens. 
All squash, Pkt. 10c 
TURNIPS 
Make several plantings six weeks apart. 
Purple Top White Globe. 57 days. Pure 
white with purple top. Globe shaped, 
sweet and tender. Easily grown. Have a 
very nut like flavor when sliced and lightly 
browned in butter or bacon fat..Pkt. 10c 
TOMATOES 
Plant as soon as frost is over. 
Earliana. 94 days. Hardy and very produc- 
tive, maturing the entire crop early. Fruit 
smooth and somewhat globe shaped. 
Marglobe. 114 days. Vigorous growing and 
disease resistant. Fruit firm and meaty. 
Pritchard. A wonderful variety for the home 
garden. Wilt resistant and self pruning, 
the vines begin to bear in 110 days and 
are amazingly productive. The round, 
solid, meaty tomatoes have a rich, satis- 
fying flavor that is unexcelled. 
All tomatoes, Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c 
WATERMELONS 
Plant as soon as frost is over. 
Kleckley’s Sweet. 80 to 85 days. Large size, 
dark green, long. Bright red flesh, firm 
and sweet. 
Striped Klondike. 80 to 85 days. Best long 
dark striped grown in California. Small 
seeds, flesh deep red, very sweet. 20 to 
25 Ibs. Wilt resistant. 
All watermelon, Pkt. 10c 

Iris Testimonials 
AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY MEDAL 
AWARDS FOR 1944 
The Board decided to award three more 
medals for achievement in hybridizing. 
These were given to Dr. P. A. Loomis, Mr. 
Carl Salbach and Prof. E. O. Essig. “Mr. 
Salbach’s hybridizing efforts have long been 
crowned with success. Some of his outstand- 
ing contributions are Golden Majesty, Deep 
Velvet, Brunhilde, Eleanor Blue, Radiant, 
Lighthouse, Bronzino and Monadnock.” 
Daf Int Rat 
From Arkansas. 
The Iris I purchased from you last sum- 
mer has just finished blooming beautifully 
and I am convinced your rhizomes are the 
best available. 
wk ok ok 
From Colorado. 
I thought you would like to know how 
some of your Iris are doing in Colorado. 
All of them that I got from you are doing 
fine. They are in full bloom now. Everyone 
likes all of them, but Miss California best. 
I like Melitza; it has ten shoots on it. Fair 
Elaine shot four spikes off one rhizome; it 
is very fine. Also Deep Velvet and Arctic 
are fine; five shoots each. 
xk ok Ok 
From Indiana. 
Orchid Lady probably took the cake for 
performance of any of the new things, and 
most if not all of the old things. It gave 
stout, well-branched stems that held up 
through gales and torrents without staking 
and gave not an inch. The blooms were 
large and of perfect shape, and wind nor 
rain nor sun had any effect on them. 
Ke K 
From Indiana. 
California Peach was very lovely — en- 
tirely distinct from the other “pink 
blends.” I put it with my very special 
favorites. 
xk & 
From New Jersey. 
You have introduced and hybridized 
some fine iris in the past. However, a spike 
of Deep Velvet that I saw this past season 
was as fine an iris spike as I have ever 
seen. More power to you, sir, for that 
splendid iris. 
kk. ¥« 
From New York. 
California Peach did well with me this 
year, as did Orchid Lady. 
xk kk 
From New York. 
All my good yellows except Ola Kala 
bloomed but Berkeley Gold stole the show. 
It stood taller and statelier and of better 
substance than any of them. 
xk ok Ok 
From New York. 
Prairie Sunset and Elmohr justified their 
ratings but Grand Canyon surprised me by 
standing right up there with them. It seems 
to rate more attention. 
From New York. 
Lighthouse finally came through most 
handsomely and really went to town, far 
better than I ever saw it in California. I 
had fifteen uniform 30-inch stalks from 
three small clumps. 
x kk & 
From North Carolina. 
Snow Flurry did wonderfully with us. It 
is certainly one of the finest iris of recent 
introduction. It looks like Dykes medal to 
me. 
~*~ & * 
From Virginia. 
I’ve had nothing in the garden as spec- 
tacular as Snow Flurry. You really have 
something in this one. 
Deep Velvet is lovely—in color and form. 
It is hard to beat and it has grown well. 
Portland has been a bright, lovely mass, 
five or six stalks on a one-year plant. I 
like it so well I’ll probably buy some more. 
xk wk 
From California. 
I want to compliment you on Dark 
Knight, which I think is one of the most 
beautiful irises I have ever seen. 
xk & *& 
From Texas. 
I delayed writing you partly because I 
was a little uneasy about the irises. Your 
shipping slip stated the package was mailed 
on October 5th and it did not reach me 
till the 13th, for some reason; so that the iris 
roots were very dry and the leaves badly 
browned. But I got them in the ground im- 
mediately and every one is already start- 
ing new growth nicely. They are splendid 
plants, and the bulbs are the finest and 
biggest I have ever gotten from anyone. I 
am much pleased with the whole order, 
and you will hear from me again next spring 
with an order from your new catalog. 
wk kk 
From California. 
Your reasonable prices and uniform high 
quality make an attractive combination 
well worth considering in purchase of stock 
plants. 
wa kk 
From California. 
My Snow Flurry is in full bloom, very 
tall and straight, and of splendid substance 
as the blooms have been through two rain 
storms. At first the color was quite blue, 
but in the sunshine has become sparkling 
white. There were eight blooms and bloom- 
lets on the stalk and the foliage was very 
clear and strong. 

From Indiana. 
We consider Aunt Mary’s Sweet Corn the 
best we have ever grown, chiefly because it 
stays at the eating stage so long and is 
also very sweet. 
kk Ok 
From California. 
I would like to tell you how much I think 
of your seeds. Last year I ordered 60c worth 
of Aster seeds. I planted a plot, about five 
or six short rows, about six feet long. I 
made $17 selling my flowers to a local 
nursery and $4 around my neighborhood. 
Why, you just can’t imagine anybody in 
such a small space making so much out 
of them. They were just beautiful. 
int Me” Ras 
From North Dakota. 
I tried your Zinnia, Dahlia flowered 
mixed, last year at your request and liked 
them very much. They grew larger than 
any I have ever seen. 
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*CARL SALBACH*? 
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