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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. 

MANGEL WURZEL 
Sow seeds in early fall and spring in 
rows 21)’ to 3’ apart. Later thin to 
10” apart. 
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 
Plant in rich soil (sandy loam pre- 
ferred) after frost danger is past. Sow 
10 to 12 seeds in hills spaced from 4’ 
to 6’ apart. Cover with about 1” of 
fine soil, well pressed down. When 
plants start crowding thin to 4 of the 
most vigorous in each hill. Shallow but 
frequent cultivation until runners ap- 
pear. 
Muskmelon and Cantaloupe 
Banana—Fruits smooth and slender, 20 
inches long and 4 inches thick, resem- 
bling a banana. Flesh salmon color, 
with banana-like flavor. 90 days. 
Hale’s Best, No. 36—Improved. Early, 
uniform, oval, light ribbed, heavily 
netted. Thick, salmon flesh. 80 days. 
Hearts of Gold — Nearly round fruit, 
weight 2 pounds. Distinctly ribbed, 
deep green with fine grey netting. Thick 
flesh, deep salmon in color, tender and 
sweet. 94 days. 
Honey Ball—Small round fruit, weight 
314 lbs. Yellowish-white, smooth, fine 
netting. Flesh is grey-green in color, 
very sweet and juicy. 104 days. 
Honey Dew — The well-known green- 
fleshed melon for warm _ climates. 
Smooth, ivory colored skin. Flesh is 
sweet and juicy. 112 days. 
Improved Perfecto — Roundish fruit, 
weight 214 lbs. No ribs. Completely 
covered with hard grey netting. Flesh 
is thick and salmon colored, sweet and 
juicy. 90 days. 
Rocky Ford, Golden Lined — Fruits 
small, with rather large seed cavity. 
Nearly round, weight 21 lbs. No ribs. 
Heavily covered with hard grey net- 
ting. Fesh thick, green with gold tinge 
at center. Very juicy and spicy. Excel- 
lent quality. 92 days. 
All Vegetable Seeds 
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UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED 
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Watermelon 
Plant 10 or 12 seeds to hills spaced 6’ 
apart. Soil must be fertilized or worked 
thoroughly with well rotted manure. 
Sow seeds in warm, dry soil as water- 
melon plants are sensitive to cold and 
wet. Thin to 2 or 3 of the hardiest 
plants in each hill when plants have 
formed the first rough leaves. Fre- 
quent watering with liquid manure 
will hasten growth and diminish dan- 
ger of insect pests. 
Dixie Queen—Very prolific. Bright red, 
crisp, splendid quality fibreless flesh. 
Very few small, white seeds. 85 days. 
Florida Favorite—Oblong shaped. Dark 
green rind with light green stripes. 
Bright red and very sweet. 85 days. 
Florida Giant—A huge melon, growing 
sometimes to weight of 100 lbs. Oval- 
round with blunt ends, it has dark 
green skin and thick, tough rind. Flesh 
is of excellent quality, firm and red. 
90 days. 
Leesburg Wilt Resistant — A recently 
developed strain of Kleckley’s Sweet. 
Long, dark green melon. Very uniform 
and excellent shipping variety. 90 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—Red heart strain. Large 
fruit, uniform cylindrical, with tough, 
elastic rind, faintly veined. 90 days. 
Wondermelon or Kleckley’s Sweet — 
Large, cylindrical, slightly ribbed 
fruits. Deep red, juicy, sweet flesh, 85 
days. 
MUSTARD 
Sow as early as possible in the spring. 
Keep rows 6” to 12” apart and cover 
with soil 14" deep. You may also sow 
seed in autumn fo raise greens and for 
salads. ; 
Florida Broad Leaf—Vigorous, upright 
plants. Leaves large, broad and deep 
green; quick grower. 43 days. 
Chinese Broadleaf — Large, oblong, 
slightly crumpled leaves, scalloped at 
edges. Medium green, vigorous plants. 
45 days. 
Mustard Spinach or Tendergreen — 
Wholesome, quick-growing green, com- 
bining mustard and spinach flavors. 28 
days. 
Southern Giant Curled Longstanding— 
Large, frilled and crumpled. Light 
green leaves. 35 days. 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
Sow in rows about 3’ apart after any 
danger of frost is past. Cover seeds 
with about 1” of fine soil firmly 
pressed down. Thin plants 18” to 24” 
apart when they reach 3” growth. 
Clemson Spineless—All-America Silver 
Medal Award for 1939. Pods are rich 
green, straight, uniform, ridged and of 
best quality. 56 days. 
Dwarf Green — Early, prolific dwarf 
growing sort. Dark green fluted, 5 to 
7-in. pointed pods. Most desirable, 
compact growing okra. 50 days. 
Perkins’ Mammoth Long Green—Early 
and prolific. Very tender, long pods. 
Deep green and slightly corrugated. 68 
days. 
White Velvet—Early and prolific. Pods 
pale greenish-white, 6 to 7-in. long. 
Meaty, tender. Strong, tall-growing, 
312 feet in height. 62 days. 
ONIONS 
Sow in well pulverized, rich soil. Make 
level rows 18” to 24” apart and cover 
seeds about 1/2” deep. After plants are 
well up, keep thoroughly cultivated 
and well weeded. When large enough 
thin to 3” apart. 
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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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