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produced from 
: enables you 
Collections 
A, B, C and D to identify 
are shown on varieties; 

front cover. consult key. 







HERE‘S HOW YOU GROW MORE OF IT! 


HOME - GROWN 
SALADS 
Special Collection 
Early Seeding Collection 
D 
For Sowing Indoors in Late Winter 
VICTORY GARDEN COLLECTIONS 
Seeds for Sowing Outdoors 
G Garden Full Suburban Subsistence 
Key Prepared before our Collection Collection Collection 
Pepper, Worldbeater..........A Pkt. (See inside front cover) spring rush, these save A B Cc 
Celery, Golden Plume.........B Pkt. you money—time also For 500 to For1000to For 2500 to 
Eggplant, N. Y. Spineless... .. C Pkt. | ONE PACKET EACH : Key 1000 sq. ft. 2500 sq. ft. 5000 sq. ft 
wromato, Marglobe.. i... sei. «% Pkt. OF 12 VARIETIES. Be eee ee , Ee eee ae 
? Barloa Jerse Wine ; SRENUDICOLE ria netels cites, <:s it YQOZ. Zia 
Saraee eae, y E Pkt CATALOGUE Spinach SaVOvne eee eon Pkt. Oz. 2 ozs 
=o nO CSRS SIE : VALUE $1.90. Broccoli, Italian Market... .. 4 Pkt. Pkt. Pkt. 
Catalogue Value...........$0.75 f $ Parsley,.Championa. see? Pkt, Pkt. Pkt. 
= a Radish, Globes-ss sme ae O Pkt. = Oz. 2 ozs 
Price of Collection, 65 cts. Price $1.75 dukatp, Parple-Top ss. 4. 0.7 Pkt, Oz. Oz. 
Beans) Bountiuuly ans. eo Pkt. Lb. 2 Ibs. 
Beans, Fordhook, Lima...... 9 Pkt. Tabs 2 Ibs. 
Cucumber, Staysgreen.......10 Pkt. © Pkt. Pkt. 
INTERCROPPING OR COMPANION-CROPPING. This me fee eae cinesies ae ae pes pak 
Is a principle of growing two crops In the space which ordi- emncn Straightneck. . . eh = we Pkt. Pkt. Pkt. 
narily is occupied by only one, by placing quick-growing Swiss Chard, Lyon... .......14 Pkt. \yoz, Oz. 
plants with, or alongside, slower ones. Both mdrividuals BRE ep OR. aeons ito te Oz ees 
: : : Catalogue Value........$1.75 $4.45 $7.85 
may be planted in the same row side by side; or rows of slow 5 = 
Price of Collection..$1.50 $3.90 $7.25 
kinds and rows of quick kinds may be grown parallel and 
close together. An example is placing a lettuce between 
each cabbage plant, the lettuce maturing before the slower 
cabbage needs the room; cabbages are planted the normal 
distance apart, about 2 feet each way. Another example 
NOVELTY VEGETABLES 
(See back cover) 
COLLECTION E. 
Nine packets, newer and unusual 
$1.60 
would be two rows of parsnips, the usual 18 inches apart, i ea value eee a, eee eee 
i -SI : : i LLECTION F. even packets, one poun eans, 
but with a full-sized row of onion sets between them; onions PRIRUIGeC REC. Cicew elie S004 as aPrlee: $9.15 
would be over before parsnips need their normal growing 
space. Other typical companion crops would be tomato 
plants with a hill of beans or a lettuce plant between each. 
When beans are picked or lettuce cut, an endive seedling re- Bane BELT 
I heniais P el : b 6 4 Vegetable Garden >| ——PEAS CABBAGE 
places them; beans and lettuce mature before tomatoes nee =e DET 
all the space, endive continues to develop after first frost CERGRRN SEA AME ERA) }|__BROccoL! CORN Ae 
Reproduction of diagram enclosed BROCCOET CLD UOT PLEAS 
kills the tomatoes. with Collections A, B and C. 7 CARROT+RADISH LUO 
CARROT+ RADISH LETTUCE 
Other space-saving companionships may be worked out from the following 
two lists of slow and quick kinds: 
SLOW, needing nearly all season. Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, 
Corn (tender), Eggplant (tender), Kale, Leek, Onion Seeds, Parsnips, Pepper, 
(tender), New (pa Spinach (tender), Swiss Chard and Tomato (tender). 

Plan of a 
If your plot is large, have more or 
longer rows; grow additional kinds, 
like Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, 
Endive (Escarolle), Kale, Kohlrabi, 
Muskmelon, Mustard, New Zealand 
Spinach, Onion Sets, Parsnip, Po- 
TOMATOES 3/cErT 4PaRT, STANED OR ON FENCE 
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SPINACH 
SPINACH 
TURNIP 
LETTUCE 


BOUNTIFUL BEANS 
ARE SOWN OR PLANTED 4 
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QUICK: Crop grows before partner needs all space, or after partner (if tender) tatoes and Sweet Potatoes, Pump- } BEET + RADISH BROCCOLI i 
is killed by first frosts. Beans (tender), Beet, Broccoli, Carrot, Celtuce, Col- kin, Romaine. 1 BEET+ RADISH BROCCOL/ 
lards, Endive, Lettuce, Mustard, Onion Sets, Peas, Radish, Spinach (true), For a smaller plot, have fewer or PARSLEY * if 
and Turnip. shorter rows. a | Satta a | 
Before closing drills in which Beet, Carrot or Swiss Chard are sown, a few seeds eee he Tows 14 lies foe uy CELERY* Hi 
of Radish may be sown at half rate (140z. per 100 running feet or 1 pkt. to 50 wit aT ciweck: ey foll as ral CELERY* | 
feet). Radish comes up ace tells you where the row is and enables you to HON: GH! h OMmaLOess Le: © Pale : CROGNeG nies 4 
start hoeing early. Thin the plants to individuals and when Radishes are ma- roe t ‘ ee ee TONED IY. CIs aaa ie | 
ture, they may be pulled and the Ionger-season crop will suffer no injury. A Ce S Cs ‘hills 134 ft. by 3 ft: T SSR GING a 7 
three-partner combination is to sow Parsnip, Beet and Radish, all in the same S ae he mihith 2 BR LEY = | 
row. You get a fair crop of Radish, later a good one of Beet and at the end of ers hill = PI - B oe I Cah. POE Rin te at EOC, LTE 
the summer a full crop of Parsnip. A familiar example of Geepation erp ing ee a E tone 1 ft. by 2 ft a AI Bh baal itis Lat AS © | 
is when Corn is sown in hills or groups, in every fourth hill a few seeds of Dey cae 146 tt. ie 12 fit, y ” 1G oe ge eR 
Pumpkin, Squash, Muskmelon or Watermelon are dropped. ba Se ame Plat eee iL Pur || |= COROHOCK_ BEANS SET TUCE | 
To fill this garden, we THESE + ]——EQRDHOOK BEANS LETTUCE 
suggest you use our Subur- hal ANS 5 + BEETS aes 
INSECTS AND FUNGOUS DISEASES fanreSecd Collection Barer) sueoyeen . ~ gecrs, * | 
($3.90) and our Early Seed- Mee egret TURNIP eae | 
. : : ; " LANT TURNIP 
Most vegetables get through the summer without much difficulty tte ects er ae | ‘peppers “ * ““rapisn “ * Hl 
and few sprayings will be necessary. Under the individual crops on chase growing plants of the 1\ BOUNTIFUL BEANS® 7 
the following pages, the few pests which may cause trouble are dis- five kinds in Collection D a 
_ cussed and appropriate counter measures are suggested. 
at our stores. 
NO FOLLOW-UP CROP 
