
Black Beauty Eggplant 
DILL 
An annual of aromatic odor and warm 
pungent taste. Its seeds are used for 
seasoning. It possesses medicinal prop- 
erties but its largest use is for making 
dill pickles. Plant branching, two to 
three feet high; leaves very much cut 
into threadlike segments. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
20c; % Ib., 50c. 
FENNEL (Finocchio) 
Resembles celery 
Florence or Naples in flavor but has a 
sweet taste and delicate odor. Should: 
be sown in spring in drills 18 inches 
apart and the plants thinned to 5 or 6 
re apart. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; % Ib., 
1.50. 
CRESS, CURLED 
or Pepper Grass 
A small pungent salad plant, much 
liked by some with lettuce. Like all 
salad plants, it should be grown on rich 
ground. Seed may be sown early in the 
spring, but if desired through the sum- 
mer, repeated sowings will be necessary. 
Cannot supply. 
WATER CRESS 
Hardy plant which can be grown in 
a pond or along the banks of a running 
stream. Largely used as a garnish dur- 
ing the winter and early spring months. 
Cannot supply. 
EGGPLANT 
An ounce will produce about 2000 plants. 
Culture. Plant the seed in March in hot- 
bed, or, for family use, in flower pots in a 
warm window. Transplant in open ground 
after weather has become warm and settled, 
in rows 2 feet apart each way. Require rich 
soil, 
An extra early sort, fruits 
Long Purple 7 to 8 inches long, 2% to 
3 inches thick; dark purple, smooth and 
attractive. Pkt. 10c; %4 0z., 30c; oz. 
50c. 
(Spineless). The 
New York Improved Re vatie variety. 
Fruit of largest size, rich purple and 
finest quality. Plant large, spreading 
and very productive; foliage light 
green. Pkt., 10c; 44 02. 30c; 0z., 50c. 
A valuable variety, ready 
Black Beauty for use two weeks earlier 
than any other sort. The fruit is thick 
and of a rich purplish black color. Pkt., 
10c; 1% oz. 30c; oz., 50c. 
the row. 
KOHL-RABI 
An ounce will sow about 200 feet 
of drill. 
The edible part is the turnip- 
shaped bulb formed above ground. 
Combines somewhat the flavors of 
cabbage and turnip. Sow in light, 
rich soil early in spring in rows 1% 
feet apart, thin to 6 inches apart in 
Plantings at intervals of 
ten days will give a succession until 
hot weather; when they fail to grow 
well. Plant the latter part of July 
for fall use. 
Early White Vienna (©xtra for forc- 
ing.) Extremely 
early with small tops. Bulbs medium 
size, very light green or nearly 
white. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 45c; oz., 80c; 
4 Ib., $3.00. 
Early Purple Vienna Early with small 
top, the leaf 
stems being tinged with purple. Pkt., 
10c; % oz.. 45c; 0z., 80c 
% Ib., $3.00. 

Long Pod Okra 
for $1.00. 
One packet of seed of each of 
these nine varieties: 
Black Wax Beans 
World Record Peas 
Market Hybrid Sweet Corn 
Early Wonder Beet 
Danvers Carrot 
Fortune Cucumber 
Iceberg Lettuce 
Scarlet Globe Radish 
MUSHROOMS 
Brown Bottle Spawn 
SMALL SUMMER 
VICTORY GARDEN 
COLLECTION 
Sent Postpaid in the United States 
Summer Crookneck Squash 
One at. 
bottle 
KALE OR BORECOLE 
An ounce will produce 2000 plants. 
Sow in May and trans- 
Dwarf Curled Scotch aent in June, and treat 
generally as for cabbage. Curled, low-growing 
variety; the leaves, when properly cooked, 
make very palatable greens. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
60c; %4 lb., $1.75. 
LEEK 
Leeks require rich soil. Sow early in spring 
in deep drills, 18 inches apart, cover with 
one-half inch of soil, thin plants to about 8 
inches apart. Draw the earth around them as 
with celery. 
; A desirable strong grow- 
American Broad Flag ing, broad-leaved leek, 
‘hardy and productive. Favorite with market 
gardeners and used for the home garden. 
Pkt., 25c. 
Giant Musselburgh 4 hardy, variety of extra 
large size; leaves fan- 
shaped, dark green color. Cannot supply. 
MUSTARD 
Used mainly for salads and greens. Sow as 
early as ground can be worked in drills 18 
inches apart and one-half inch deep. Succes- 
sive sowings every 3 weeks. 
= The common variety used to 
White or Yellow flavor pickles. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
20c; % Ib., 50c. 
1 Large, light green 
Southern Giant Curled Large, light green 
salads. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; %4 Ib., 50c. 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
The young seed pods are used 
in soups or stewed and served 
like asparagus. Best results 
would be obtained by sowing 
seed in the hotbed. Set plants 
in rows 2 feet or more apart 
and about a foot apart in the 
row. 
Early and pro- 
Dwarf Green ductive; best for 
northern cultivation. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 20c; % Ib., 50c. 
Perkins’ Mammoth Long Pod 
A dwarf but enormously pro- 
ductive variety. Pods long, slen- 
der, deep green and remain ten- 
der much longer than most 
sorts. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 Ib., 
50c. 
















will seed an area of 35 to 40 
square feet, depending on the 
size of the piece planted. Bottle 
Spawn is now shipped, removed 
from the glass container. Mush- 
room culture sent with every 
spawn. Each, 85c; postpaid, 95c. 
For Good Crops It Is Important 
to Plant Rose’ Selected Seeds. 
Early White | 
Vienna Kohl-rabi 




ROSS BROS. CO., Worcester, Mass. 
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