


‘Nearly Seedless! Fordhook 
ZUCCHINI SQUASH 
Honorable Mention, All-America Se- 
lections. This streamlined Zucchini 
squash is extremely tender with creamy 
white flesh and practically no seeds. 
If used at 12-inch size the dark green 
skin’need not be removed. If left to 
grow, fruit may attain a length of 2-ft. 
and a 3'%-in. diameter. Prolific. 60 
days. 

LETTUCE—Continued 
Great Lakes—All-America award. An 
outstanding new Iceberg or Crisp-head 
type. A summer lettuce that stands heat 
well and is very resistant to tip burn. 
Heads medium size, solid, crisp. 
New York No. 12—The standard crisp- 
head lettuce. Large globular shaped 
head, dark green with blanched, silvery 
white heart. Successfully grown out- 
doors spring, summer and fall. 85 days. 
Loose Leafed Varieties 
Black Seeded Simpson — Light green, 
frilled and crumpled. 45 days. 
Chicken—Produces largest amount of 
leaves of any lettuce. Fast-growing. 
For poultry and rabbit feeding. 40 days. 
Grand Rapids—Erect, compact, plants. 
Light green, broad heavily fringed. For 
forcing or early planting outside. 43 
days. 
Prize Head — Early non-heading sort. 
Medium sized plants, crisp and tender. 
Color light brown on a medium green 
base. Leaves frilled at edges, and 
crumpled. 47 days. 
Simpson’s Early Curled — Also called 
Early Curled Silesia. Early hardy and 
dependable. Non-heading. Leaves large 
frilled, crumpled, light green; form a 
compact bunch at center. 45 days. 
MANGEL WURZEL 
Mammoth Long Red—Very popular, 30 
to 50 tons per acre. Roots grow half 
above the ground. Light red, flesh 
white with rose tinge. 110 days. 
MELONS 
Requires long season to develop and is 
easily injured by frost, or even by cool 
weather. Before planting, spade in lib- 
eral forkful of well rotted manure in 
each hill. Thin plants to 4 per hill after 
third leaf develops, and train vines in 
different directions. Cultivate as long 
as possible. On moist ground use shin- 
éles to hold melons off ground to pre- 
vent rotting. 
- Muskmelon and Canteloupe 
Bender’s Surprise—Improved Surprise, 
similar to Tip Top. Coarse netted 7-lb., 
oblong fruit, distinctly ribbed, hard 
greenish-yellow skin. Flesh bright sal- 
mon. 95 days. 
Hale’s Best, No. 36—An improved 
strain. Early, uniform, oval, light 
ribbed, heavily netted. Thick, salmon 
flesh. Sweet, spicy. 80 days. 
Hearts of Gold or Improved Hoodoo— 
Nearly round 2-lb. fruit, distinctly 
ribbed, deep green with fine grey net- 
ting. Thick, deep salmon flesh, tender 
sweet. 94 days. 
Honey Rock or Sugar Rock—Round, 4- 
Ib. fruit. Grey-green skin, coarse, 
sparse netting. Orange-salmon, thick 
flesh, fine flavor. 85 days. 
Pride of Wisconsin—Small seed cavity 
and thick, orange flesh, excellent flavor. 
Matures early. Large size. A new 
melon which is deservedly becoming a 
leader. 92 days. 
Watermelon 
Requires about same culture as musk- 
melon, except the vines need more 
room, Fertilize each hill liberally and 
cultivate thoroughly. 
Dixie Queen—Very prolific. Bright red, 
crisp, splendid quality fibreless flesh. 
Very few small, white seeds. 85 days. 
Early Kansas— New variety, early. 
Large, oval, dark green with light green 
striping. Flesh solid deep red; texture 
fine; tender; delicious flavor. 80 days. 
Kleckley’s Sweet — Large, cylindrical, 
dark bluish-green, with thin, tender 
rind. Bright red, juicy, sweet flesh, 
creamy-white seeds with traces of 
brown. 85 days. 
Stone Mountain — Also called Dixie 
Belle. High quality shipping variety. 
Fruits very large, oval-round, blunt 
ends. Dark green, tough rind. Flesh 
rich scarlet, fine grained, sweet. Seed 
white with black tips. 90 days. 
Tom Watson — Outstanding red heart 
strain. Large fruit, uniform cylindrical, 
with tough, elastic rind, faintly veined. 
90 days. 
MUSTARD 
Southern Giant Curled (Long stand- 
ing )—Popular curled-leaf for spring or 
fall planting. Pleasing mild flavor and 
very large. 35 days. 
Spinach Mustard or Tendergreen — 
Quick-growing green, combining mus- 
tard and spinach flavors. 28 days. 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
Do not plant until ground is warm, as 
this is a tender, hot weather plant. 
Pick before woody fibres develop. 
Dwarf Green — Early, prolific dwarf- 
growing sort. Dark green fluted, 5 to 
7-in. pointed pods. 50 days. 
White Velvet—Early and prolific. Pods 
pale greenish-white, 6 to 7-in. long. 
Meaty, tender. 62 days. 
ONIONS 
Plant as soon as soil can be prepared. 
For best yield, plant on very fertile 
land—fall plowed, and thoroughly fer- 
tilized. When plants are a few inches 
tall, thin to prevent crowding—using 
the plants removed as green onions. 
Those left to become fully ripe can be 
stored for winter. Cultivate and hand 
weed every 2 weeks during summer. 
Red Varieties 
Red Wethersfield — Popular, good 
keeper, used extensively for sets. Me- 
dium large, flat bottomed bulbs with 
sloping top. Purplish-red. Fine grained 
flesh, firm, slightly flushed with pink. 
100 to 102 days. 
Southport Red Globe—Finest of all red 
onions. Perfectly round, good sized 
bulbs with thick, small necks. Skin is 
deep purplish-red. Strong flavored 
flesh, white tinged with pink. Good 
keeper, productive. 112-114 days. 
White Varieties 
Southport White Globe — Best of the 
whites. Medium-sized, round, solid 
white bulbs, fine thin skin. Waxy white 
flesh, mild and fine grained. Keeps well 
in fall. 110 to 112 days. 
Sweet Spanish—Pearl-white color, mild 
flavor. Solid and crisp. Largest of the 
white onions. 110 days. 
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This year—for hardy onions 
and extra early green onions 
set out vigorous, healthy 
ONION SETS 
Plant onion sets to get those earliest spring mouth-watering 
“greenies” and a bumper crop of firm, juicy, sturdy onions 
for all season. Our sets are selected from pure-bred seed and 
are second to none in quality and appearance. 
(Onions 
grown from sets do not keep well—so start some from seed 
for storage needs.) 
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