
The Vegetable Seeds offered in this 
catalog represent the most outstand- 
ing achievements in scientific seed- 
: breeding and seed-growing. Reuter 
Seed Co., Inc., has carefully selected only those types and strains that have 
positively demonstrated to their own satisfaction to possess superior char- 
acteristics that will meet the rigid requirements of discriminating commer- 
cial growers and shippers to whom quality, as well as price, 1s today an im- 
portant factor. Reuter backs them with more than a half century of honest 
and conscientious seed service. You can plant them with utmost confidence. 
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cause food products have advanced in price 
due to war conditions. For only $1.00 you . 
receive 20 varieties of Reuter’s . finest and 
choicest. vegetables. ’ 
20 ROPULAR VEGETABLES 
EASY TO GROW 
pkt. Beans, Stringless Valentine..... $oO. 
pkt, Beans; Henderson Bush Lima... is 
pkt. Beans, Stringless Creaseback Pole 5 
pkt,.- Beets, arly Wonder.......... 4 
pkt. Cabbage, Stein’s Early Flat Dutch . 
pkt. Cantaloupe, Hales Best........ ‘ 
pkt. Carrots, Danvers Half Long.... . 
pkt. Cucumber, Early Fortune...... ioe 
pkt. Lettuce, Big Boston........... : 
pkt. Mustard, Florida Broad-Leaved. 4 
oz. Okra, Louisiana Green Velvet... ‘ 
pkt. Parsley. Double Curled......... 
pkt. Peas, Alaska-.........%. ee e 
pkt. Pepper, ‘Chinese Giant......... 5 
oz. Radish, Searlet Globe......... i 
oz. Spinach, Bloomsdale .......... . 
pkt. Swiss Chard, Spinach-Leaved... : 
pkt. Squash, Early White Bush..... j 
pkt. Tomato, Marglobe, .....)...... = 
oz. Turnip. Purple Top White Globe . 
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Reuter’s Regular Price $2.00 
SPECIAL PRICE ONLY $1.00 
(No changes allowed in this Collection). 
ARTICHOKE 
816 Jerusalem or Ground  (Tubers). 
Similar in food value to the potato. It is par- 
ticularly valuable for diabetics. It is best if 
cooked as to retain its sweet nutlike flavor. May 
be boiled, baked or fried. Highly desirable in 
salads served with French Dressing: Also fine 
for pickling. You grow them like you would 
potatoes. The small tubers can be planted whole; 
the larger ones cut 2 to 3 eyes to the piece and 
planted 2.inches deep, 18 to 24 inches apart in 3 
to 3% ft. rows. Plant during February and 
March, the earlier the better. Stand consider- 
able drought and cold weather. Very productive. 
Mature in 6 months. A couple of pounds. will 
plant a 50-ft. row; 250 Ibs. an acre. Lb. 30c; 
2 Ibs. 50¢; 5 Ibs. $1.00. Not prepaid: 10 Ibs. 
$1.50; 100 Ibs. $12.50. 
REUTER SEED CO., Inc., New Orleans 
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ASPARAGUS 
One of the most delicious of all vegetables. 
Basily grown in any deep, rich soil. 
Culture. Sow thinly in drills 12 inches apart 
in the Spring. Thin to about an inch apart. 
Transplant roots to permanent bed which. has 
been dressed liberally with stable manure vand 
a good fertilizer. Make the rows 4 to 6: feet 
apart.. A bed 15 by 20 feet requires 100 roots. 
One ounce of seed will sow 50 feet of drill; 
2 to 3 pounds, an acre. 
4 Mary Washington. Very productive 
rust-resistant variety. -The shoots are of large 
size, excellent quality, and a rich deep green 
color tinted purple at tips. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 
20c: %4 Ib. 55c; Ib. $1.75; 5 lbs. $8.00. 
Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $15.00. 
ROOTS. Extra-large roots that save you 1 
to 1% years’ time. 25 for 90c; 50 for $1.50; 
; : 100 for $2.50. Not prepaid: 1,000 for 
Asparagus $20.00, 
ITALIAN BROCCOLI 
This vegetable aristocrat is rap- 
idly attaining unusual popularity. 
The rapid-growing, tall-branching 
plant forms, within 90 days, a 
central head of bluish green flow- 
er-buds resembling a loose héad of 
eauliflower. After the head is cut 
the plant produces many side- 
shoots, each one bearing a small 
head over an inch in diameter. 
These: shoots, when about 6 inches 
long, are cut and marketed 2 and 
83 to the bunch. It is cooked and_ 
served like cauliflower. 
_Culture. Very easy to grow. 
Culture same as for cabbage. It 
requires a definitely cool season § ‘ 4 
for its proper growth. One ounce Broccoli Green-Sprouting: 
will produce 1,500 plants; 4 to 6 BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
ounces, an acre. ‘ 
J Highly prized for the small 
73 Green S$ prou ting. | shoots, resembling miniature cab- 
: bages that are clustered around the 
Bed strain that we One is the | stems. is 
ark green, very prolific type. Pro- : ; 
duces large heads and is a heavy 77 Long Island Improved. 
yielder of. the finest quality. Pkt. Dwarf, compact and hardy. 
10c; % oz. 20c; oz. 35c¢c; % Sprouts rich deep green, firm and 
Ib. $1.15; 1b. $4.00; 5 Ibs. of finest quality. Pkt. 10c; % 
$18.00. Not prepaid: 10° Ibs. oz. 30c; oz. 55c; %4 Ib. $1.75; 


$32.50, Ib. $6.00. 
EDIBLE SOY BEANS. 
717 Easy Cook. 135 days. An edible Soy Bean that can be 
cooked in half the time of other varieties. Used either in 
the green state or dried. Hasy Cooks are in big demand 
among: sanatoriums for flour for diabetics. A. very heavy 
yielder and a good cash crop to grow.. It. is a large yellow- 
seeded variety that shows a high protein content, , Highly 
resistant to disease and insect pests,!and of attractive ap- 
pearance and eating qualities. when cooked and served like 
Tima Beans. Lb. 25c¢; 2 Ibs. 45c3 5 Ibs.. $1.00. Not prepaid: 
15 Ibs. (pk.) $1.75; 60 Ibs. (bus.) $6.00. 
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