Kleckley’s Sweet — A second early variety 
of medium to large size, weighing 30 pounds, 
oblong in shape and dark green in color. Rind 
is thin. Flesh is bright red, very sweet, firm, 
solid and of excellent quality. Seeds are white. 
Will not stand very rough treatment in ship- 
ping, but especially good for local markets and 
home use. 
Watermelon Culture 
One ounce of seed plants 25 to 30 hills or 
200’ of row — 2 lbs. per acre. For early forcing, 
start under glass in veneer bands or pots early 
in April, and about May’ 15 transplant into 
field 2’ apart in 8’ rows. Seed may be sown 
direct in the field after soil has become warm. 
Plant 1’’ deep in hills or rows. If in hills, plant 
8 seeds 8 x 8’, later gradually thinning to 3 or 4 
vines per hill. If in rows, space seeds 1’ apart 
in 8’ rows, later thinning vines to 2’. 
ONION 
ONION SEED — YELLOW 
Ebenezer — Seed of this variety is used ex- 
tensively in growing sets which when planted 
the following spring produce an early crop. 
Early spring planting also gives marketable 
bulbs the same season. Bulbs are flat but deep, 
of medium size, dark yellow, very firm, mild, 
and with a thick skin. 
Early Yellow Globe— An early, mild, 
medium-sized yellow variety which is firm and 
solid with tough clinging skins of a deep 
yellow color. The quality and texture are good 
and this variety stores well. 
Yellow Globe Danvers— A round, me- 
dium-large, firm and solid yellow variety. A 
very popular storage onion with a slight 
yellow tone in its white flesh. 
Utah Valencia — An outstanding strain of 
the sweet Spanish type. Yellow-skinned with 
white flesh, large — weighing up to 24 ozs. 
when grown from transplants and usually 
ranging in weight from 4 to 10 ozs. where 
seeded directly in field. Very mild and of pleas- 
ing flavor — ‘‘sweet as an apple.’’ A good 
strain for winter storage. 
ONION SEED — WHITE 
Silverskin White Portugal — Grown for 
white onion sets which produce white onions 
early. Excellent for small pickling onions and 
for medium-sized, hard, flat, clear white, fine- 
grained onions which have a pleasing flavor. 
The ideal white onion for the farm garden. 
Onion Culture 
One-half ounce of seed plants 100’ of row 
— 4to 5 Ibs. per acre. Sow in field from April 1 
to May 1, %4”’ deep in rows 20’ apart. Thin 
seedlings to stand 4'’ apart. For producing 
transplants, sow seed in hotbeds or green- 
houses January 15 to February 15, harden off 
and transplant seedlings to field about April 25. 
PARSLEY 
Paramount — A long stem, dark green, moss- 
curled variety that is frost hardy and slow 
growing. It develops to full growth in 120 days 
but can be cut earlier. 
Parsley Culture 
One-half ounce plants 100’ of row — 3 to 4 
Ibs. per acre. For early summer harvest, plant 
about April 1 and to winter-over with some 
protection, such as straw or sash, plant from 
August 1 to September 1. Sow in soil that is 
fertile, barely covering the seed in rows 12! 
apart. With a light seeding, no thinning should 
be necessary. 
PARSNIP 
Model — A parsnip of the Hollow Crown 
type but less hollow below the crown than the 
standard. The root is of medium length (6 to 
10’"), about 21% to 3’ in diameter at the top, 
free of side roots with skin smooth and quite 
white. The edible quality is excellent, being 
tender and sweet especially after freezing. Re- 
quires about 150 days to make full growth. 
Hollow Crown — The most popular variety 
of bright, smooth white parsnips. Roots are 
6-8” long, 24-3’’ at the shoulder, hollow- 
crowned and uniformly tapered, carrying good 
thickness from crown to tip. 
Parsnip Culture 
One-half ounce of seed plants 100’ of row 
— 4 to 6 lbs. per acre. Sow seed in early spring 
%"' deep in rows 15 to 18” apart. Thin seed- 
lings to stand 4’’ apart in row. Seed is very slow 
to germinate. 
Soil should be well prepared and not over- 
balanced with nitrogen or the plants will tend 
to grow large tops but small roots. 
PEAS 
World Record — A good pea for the first 
early market and for the home garden. Vines 
are semi-dwarf. Pods average about 314” long, 
are medium green, broad and well filled with 
peas of good size and color and of good quality 
for the season. 
*Thomas Laxton — A second-early, semi- 
dwarf pea of very highest eating quality, being 
tender and sweet when at proper stage of ma- 
turity. It is the premier home-garden variety 
and is being extensively used for quick freezing. 
The vines are light green, and productive. 
While support is not essential, it makes har- 
vesting in the home garden much easier. The 
pods are large, straight, square-ended and 
tightly filled with from 7 to 9 peas.* 
Little Marvel — A dwarf pea of exceptional 
quality for the home garden. Pods are dark 
green, tightly filled and borne in doubles, there- 
fore very prolific. This variety shells out a 
high proportion of peas per unit weight of 
pods. 
Laxton’s Progress — The largest-podded 
and most attractive pea of the Laxton group. 
Vines and pods dark green, peas are large and 
of high sugar content. Vines short. 
Hundredfold — Pods dark green, and well 
filled with large peas of high sugar content. 
Due to habit of bearing pods double, this strain 
of the variety is especially productive. 
Gilbo — An early strain in the Stride group 
with open-type dwarf vines somewhat tre- 
sistant to aphis attack. The pods are dark 
green, slightly curved with eight or nine large 
dark green peas. Resistant to fusarium wilt. 
Alderman (Dark Telephone) — The best 
of all tall, late peas for home and market gar- 
dens. Pods are plump to round, dark green and 
well filled. The plant branches and bears pro- 
fusely over a long, late picking season. The 
vines must be well supported with tall brush 
or wire. Wider row spacing is more necessary 
than for varieties with shorter vines. Resistant 
to fusarium wilt. 
Being proud of your peas is one of 
gardening’s pleasures and for size, 
color and productivity Laxton’s 
Progress is a happy choice. 


