



NORTHRUP. KING & CO.’S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS & 
KALE or BORECOLE 
A Non-Heading Variety of the Cabbage Family—For Greens 
Dwarf Blue Scotch 55 days 
A plant used both as a vegetable and for 
ornament. Has wide spreading, finely curled 
blue-green, plume-like leaves. 
Dwarf Green Curled 55 days 
Very hardy, productive variety of excel- 
lent flavor. Low-growing, compact plants 
with finely curled, deep yellowish green 
foliage. 
Siberian or Sprouts 65 days 
A vigorous growing variety of low 
spreading habit. Large, coarse, bluish 
KOHL 
green leaves which are only slightly curled 
at the edges. Extremely hardy. Extensive- 
ly grown for greens. 
Ta.i Green Curled 60 days 
Grows about 2 feet high with an abun- 
dance of dark yellowish-green leaves, which 
are very curly and wrinkled. Quite hardy. 
Thousand Head (Jersey Kale)70 days 
A very productive variety, grown much 
for stock and chicken feed. Tall plants, 
sometimes 6 ft., bearing an abundance of 
large deep green, thick, smooth leaves. 
RABI 
A member of the Cabbage family with an edible, turnip-like bulb growing above ground. 
More delicate in flavor than turnips. 

Early White Vienna Kohl Rabi 
Early Purple Vienna 60 days 
Small plants with purple-stained, dark 
green leaves. Flattened globe-shape bulbs, 
which should be eaten when about 2 in. in 
diameter. Skin purple. Flesh white, mild, 
crisp and tender. 
Early White Vienna 55 days 
White bulbs, tinged with green. Small 
leaves. Tops 8 to 10 in. long. Flesh white, of 
delicate flavor. A desirable sort for fore- 
ing. Eat bulbs when about 2 in. in diameter. 
LEEK 
Large American Flag 115 days 
Quick, strong growth, producing long 
stems of uniform shape and size, 2 in. 
through and 10 in. long. They blanch beau- 
tifully white and are of mild flavor. The 
Leek is closely allied to the onion, but 
milder in flavor. Used mainly in flavoring 
soups. 
LETTUCE Heading Varieties 
Lettuce is one of the garden seed items most in demand, and our assortment of 
varieties enables us to “ll the requirements of dealers who sell to market gardeners as 
well as to home gardeners. The days to maturity refer to the number of days required, 
from planting in the open ground, to produce heads or loose leaf clusters of satisfactory 
size for table use—Minnesota weather the basis of maturity comparisons. 
Big Boston 75 days 
White Seed. This variety is of the “but- 
ter head” type. A standard market garden 
and shipping sort. Large, round heads; ten- 
der, crisp. Few outer leaves, tinged with 
brown. Heart is a light golden yellow color. 
Cosberg No. 600 76 days 
A white seeded home garden heading va- 
riety. Heads small and compact. Outer leaves 
light yellowish green crumpled and frilled. 
Heads in summer weather and resists tip- 
burn. 
Great Lakes 82 days 
All America Winner in 1948. Iceberg 
type of lettuce. Similar to Imperial 456. 
It stands heat and sun extremely well and 
is slow in throwing its seed head. It is also 
resistant to tip burn. Outstanding for home 
gardeners and used extensively in the East 
by truck gardeners operating on muck soils. 
White seed, 
Iceberg 80 days 
For local market gardeners and home 
gardeners. Conical shaped heads of medium 
size, tightly folded and blanching to beau- 
tiful white. Outer leaves light green, tinged 
with brown and crinkled, folding up closely 
around the head. Not suited to long distance 
shipping. White seed. 
Imperial No. 44 82 days 
A variety which is especially valuable in 
the East and Southeast where it heads well 
In warm weather and is less subject to 
tipburn. Well formed, hard heads with long 
leaves. White seed. 
Imperial No. 847 84 days 
A brown-blight-resisting variety which 
stands up in summer weather and resists 
tipburn. Medium large, hard heads well cov- 
ered by outer leaves. Black seed. 
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