RELIABLE GARDEN SEEDS 


Storrs & Harrison Nurseries, Inc. 
EGGPLANT 
CULTURE. Sow in hotbed early in spring; transplant 
2Y feet apart each way after weather becomes settled 
and warm. If no hotbed is at hand plants may be 
started in pots or boxes. The potato beetle is very fond 
of the'plants. Paris green, applied the same as to po- 
tatoes, will keep them in check. Sow 1 ounce for 1000 
plants. 
BLACK BEAUTY. 80 days. Popular home and market 
sort. Plants thrifty, 24-30 in. tall, commonly bear 
4 to 6 large fruits which are smooth, broad egg- 
retaining 
shaped; uniform, very rich dark purple, 
the color a long time. Pkt. 15¢; V2 oz. 35c¢; oz. 65¢ 
IMPROVED LARGE PURPLE (Spineless). 80 days. The 
standard home and market sort. Plants large. 30- 
36 in. tall; very productive, commonly bearing 4-6 or 
more large handsome, dark purple, -symmetrical, 
broad egg-shaped fruits. 
Pkt. 15¢; VY oz. 35c; oz. 65c¢ 
LETTUCE 
Prices, All Varieties, Except as Noted: Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 1% Ib. 85c; 1 Ib. $1.50 

GRAND RAPIDS LETTUCE 
BIG BOSTON. 76 days. Very popular in all parts of 
the world; known as Trocadero in Europe. Especially 
valuable for summer and fall use out of doors, and 
for hot bed and cold frame culture. It is a cabbage, 
butter-head type with glossy, plain edged leaves ting- 
ed brown on the margins; forms a firm, well folded 
head, buttery-yellow at the heart, and of excellent 
quality. 3 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON. 45 days. Early. Dependable 
in all parts of America and widely grown in home 
and market gardens. Plant large, attractive, compact, 
with broad, frilled light green leaves that are of 
fine crisp texture and splendid quality. 
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON. 45 days. 
known as “White Seeded Simpson.” 
dependable; particularly popular for home gardens. 
Plant large, compact, bright light lustrous. green; 
leaves broad, frilled, firm, crisp, sweet and of good 
quality. 
Early. Also well 
Very hardy and 
EARLY PRIZE HEAD. 48 days. Very early, quick 
growing and popular for home gardens. Plant me- 
dium large, strictly loose-leaf; leaves broad, crumpled 
and frilled; outside leaves tinged red, inner leaves 
wholly green; very crisp, sweet and tender. 
ICEBERG. 82 days. Very popular for 
near markets and home garden. Plant 
large with broad, crisp, wavy light 
green leaves tinged brown on margins. 
Head large, well folded, white inside; 
crisp, very sweet and tender. Must 
not be confused with New York which 
is commonly called Iceberg by .shippers 
and qreen grocers. 
GRAND RAPIDS. b. s., U. S. No. 1. 42 
days. Developed by Dr. !. C. Jagger 
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
and is resistant to mildew. About the 
same as Grand Rapids except that the 
leaf margins of U. S. No. 1 are little 
more deeply cut and heavily  frilled; 
the color a little duller and lighter green. 
Recommended for several plantings as 
it stands longer without bolting to seed 
than other strains. 
NEW YORK. 80 days. A remarkable 
Head Lettuce famous from coast to 
coast. Immense round heads about 15 
in. across, weighing 2 to 3 pounds, 
crisp and solid. Deep rooted and 
draught resistant. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30¢e; 
Y% Ib. $1.00; 12 Ib. $1.75. 
CHICKEN LETTUCE. w.s. 45 days. Very 
hardy, rapid growing, medium _ light 
green. Non-heading butter type which 
produces flower stalks early and furnishes an abun- 
dance of leaves over a long period of growth. 
IMPROVED HANSON. 82 days. An old standard home 
and market garden sort; very hardy. Plant very 
large with broad, thick, frilled, light yellowish-green 
leaves, forming -rather large, globular head, white at 
the heart, crisp, sweet, and tender. It is best known 
under the name “Nonpareil” in Canada. 
WHITE PARIS SELF-FOLDING. w.s. 70 days. Plants large 
and upright; medium light green with firm, spoon 
formed straight-edged outer leaves and upright, loaf- 
shaped, well folded firm head 8-9 in. tall which is 
whitish-green inside with heavy, white brittle midribs; 
hard and crisp in texture, but very sweet and consid- 
ered by some the standard of excellence in lettuce. 
KALE 
CULTURE. Kale is one of the hardiest of “Greens” 
belonging to the Cabbage family. Sow either in rows 
or broadcast; in early spring, for summer and fall use; 
August or September for spring use. . 
DWARF GREEN CURLED. 85 days. Very hardy. Plants 
become 12-15 in. tall with 30 in. spread; compact. 
Leaves deep yellowish-green; large; finely curled and 
compact; plume-like. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; 1% Ib. $1.00 
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