ENDIVE 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre. 
Sow about the middle of April, in rows 1% feet apart, and 
thin out to about 9 inches apart. Pkt. 10¢; 1 oz. 30ce. 
Broad-leaved (Escarolle.) Leaves long, broad, and succulent. 
Fine for winter salads and cooking. 
Deep Heart or Improved Full Heart. Large, thick, dark green 
leaves with curled edges. Forms medium large head which 
blanches to light yellow. Deep, full, and compact heart. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Large Green Curled (Pink Ribbed). Outer leaves bright green, 
midribs tinged with rose, Center leaves blanch readily. Makes 
attractive salads. Vigorous and resistant. 
KALE, Borecole 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre. 
The culture is practically the same as that of late cabbage, 
but as the plants will withstand several degrees of frost, they 
can grow late into the fall. Many think kale best after the 
first heavy frosts. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % Ib. 60c. 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. (55 days.) Plants have wide- 
spreading, finely curled blue green plume-like leaves. Relished 
as a vegetable green and useful as an ornament. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch. (60 days.) Hardy plants with leaves 
deeply cut. Curled at the edges, light green in color; very ten- 
der and finely fiavored after touched with frost. 
Jersey or ‘ihousand Headed. Called Chicken or Cow Kale. 
Vigorous branching plants with enormous cabbage-like leaves. 
Relished by poultry and tives.ock as winter greens. 
KOHL RABI 
% oz. to 100 It., 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. 
The delicious ftiavor of this turnip-shaped bulb combines 
both cabbage and turnip, As ear:y in spring as possibie, sow 
the seed in light ricn sou: in rows 1% feet apart. When plants 
are well esiabiished, thin to 6 inches apart in the row. Fkc. 10¢; 
1 oz. 50c. 
Hariy White Vienna. (55 days.) For forcing. The best table 
sort if used when the bulbs are z inches in diameter. It matures 
very early and produces medium sized, iignt green buibs with 
white fiesh of excelient Quauty. 

LETTUCE, SIMPSON’S EARLY CURLED 
LEEK 
Large American Flag. An early popular sort, Stems 8-10 
inches long, 114% inches thick; white, and attractive. Leaves 
large, medium green, drooping backward. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 
LETTUCE 
1% oz. to 100 ft., 3 Ibs. per acre. 
Sow the seed in hotbeds during February until the middle of 
March, afterward transplanting into flats or coldframes, leav- 
ing about 6 to 8 inches between the plants, As soon as weather 
becames suitable, tranfer to open ground and set out in rows 
1 foot apart, leaving 9 inches between the plants in the rows. 
HEAD LETTUCE 
Pkt. 10¢; 1 oz. 40¢; % Ib. $1.20. 
Improved Hanson. (82 days.) A very hardy lettuce, excellent 
for a summer crop as it withstands heat. Forms a large, light 
green head which is very hard. An excellent variety for the 
home gardener for it is very sweet, crisp and tender. 
Imperial No, 152. (Mature in 83 days.) Medium large, solid and 
attractive heads. Well adapted for early fall planting and 
dependable in heading. Resistant to brown blight. 

New York No. 12. (Mature in 85 days.) An improved variety 
which can be depended upon to produce large solid heads. It 
is adapted to mid-season culture as it stands heat well. Color 
a fine dark green, leaves somewhat curly. The heads are very 
solid, tightly folded and blanched to a silvery white. 
New York No. 515 Improved. A development from Number 12, 
matures slightly earlier and should be grown where there is 
hot weather as it is resistant to tip-burn. 
LEAF LETTUCE 
Pkt. 10c; 1 0z. 30c; %4 Ib. 75c. 
Grand Rapids. Very early. Hardy, disease resistant; the most 
widely used and best adapted variety for greenhouse forcing. 
Plants large, upright, compact, and handsome; bright solid 
light green; leaves large, broad; margin much frilled; very 
tender and sweet when grown under glass. 
Oak Leaf. Shaped like an oak leaf, deep green color. Stands 
up well in hot weather and does not turn bitter. Pkt. 15e. 
Red Leaf Prize. An early non-heading sort, very desirable for 
home garden use. Plants of medium size, crisp and tender; 
color medium green with brownish-red edges on outer leaves. 
Simpson’s Early Curled or Black Seeded. Widely used for home 
gardens. Early, hardy, and dependable; non-heading with 
large crumpled, frilled leaves, forming a compact bunch at 
center of plant, Light green in color. Tender and sweet. 
Chicken Lettuce. This is a non-heading lettuce, quite differ- 
ent from those used for human food. The plants grow 4 feet 
tall before they run to seed. It is ready for cutting in 45 days 
after sowing. Planted extensively for feeding poultry and 
rabbits. 
MUSKMELON, 
IMPROVED 
HALE’S BEST 

MUSKMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre. 
In sections where the summers are short, seed can be planted 
indoors or in hot beds in small boxes. The young plants can 
be transferred to the garden when danger of frost is past. If 
practicable, spade in a liberal forkful of well-rotted manure at 
the bottom of each hill, The rows should be at least 6 feet 
apart and the hills 3 feet apart in the rows. In general, the 
culture is the same as that for cucumber. Pkt. 10c; 1 0z. 25e. 
Hale’s Best Improved No. 36. (80 days.) Fruits slightly oval, 
weight 3 to 4 pounds. Flesh exceptionally thick, deep salmon 
in color, sweet, aromatic and of very fine quality. Uniform 
in shape. . 
Hale’s Best, original Jumbo. Strain. An outstanding: shipping 
variety. Fruits slightly oval, uniform. Flesh exceptionally 
thick, deep salmon in color; sweet, and of very fine quality. 
Has a delightful aroma, Ripe in 75-80 days. 
Hearts of Gold. (100 days.) This popular medium sized melon 
follows the earlier varieties. It is fine to plant for succession 
as it ripens in about 100 days. The fruits are 5 to 6 inches in 
diameter. The smooth orange salmon flesh is exceptionally 
thick and fine flavored. : 
Rocky Ford or Netted Gem. (92 days.) Fruits are small with 
rather large seed cavity, nearly round; no ribs, and heavily 
covered with hard gray netting. Flesh thick, green in color 
with gold tinge at the center. Juicy, spicy, and of good quality. 
Casaba. (110 days.) The casaba is rapidly taking its place as a 
melon for the late season after the muskmelons are past. Fruits 
are medium, large, globe shaped, weigh 6 pounds, outer color 
golden yellow, surface wrinkled, Flesh white, luscious and 
spicy. 
Honey Dew. (112 days.) A very fine melon. Fruits large globu- 
lar, weigh 5 to 7 pounds. Surface is smooth, hard, with prac- 
tically no netting, creamy white. Flesh light emerald green, 
thick, ripening to the rind; juicy and tender, with a distinct 
sweetness not found in other melons, 
Persian. (115 days.) A late, slow growing variety. Fruits 
globular; rind very dark green, netting fine but sparse. Flesh 
thick, orange-pink in color. Of a distinct and delicious flavor. 

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