
__ Mangels and Sugar Beets 
Mi Six to eight pounds of seed will plant an acre. 
A very valuable and economical food for cattle and sheep. 
seed in May in rows 2% ft. apart. 
Sow the 
Mangels are easily harvested, and 
_ can be stored in a cold cellar or pit where they will keep all winter. 
_ Mammoth Long Red. 
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Very large, red flesh. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
18c, Y4 Ib. 45c, 1 Ib. 75c, Ib. $1.20. 
oO d Flesh yellow. Oval. Heavy cropper. 
Gol we Tankard. Roots large. Pkt. 10c, oz. 18c, 4 
Ib. 45c, Y Ib. 75c, Ib. $1.20, 
Gian - , A hardy variety producing large crops 
A t Half Sugar with little care. Valuable for its rich 
sugar content. This is white with rose at.the shoulder. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 18c, 4 lb. 45c, Y2 lb. 75c, Ib. $1.20. 
Klein Wanzleben Sugar. Is fast becoming the leading 
sugar beet, as it contains a larger 
per cent of sugar than other sorts. Pkt. 10c, oz. 18c, Y, lb. 45 
Y, Ib. 75c, Ib. $1.20. . ‘s 5 
hi , Attains a large size; is very sweet. Pkt. 10c, 
W te Sugar. 3 18c, Yj, Ib. 45c, Y Ib. 75c, Ib, $1.20. 
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Green Curled Scotch 
Hardy, very finely fringed. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, % Ib. 
75c, Ve lb. $1.40, lb. $2.25. 
Dwarf Curled Green 
_ Dwarf, very finely fringed. 
- Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, % Ib. 
75c, Ye lb. $1.40, lb. $2.25. 
Cardoon 
Main stalks are blanched like Celery; 
used for salad or in soups. Pkt. 15c, 
Yo oz. 65c, 1 oz. $1.25, 1% lb. $3.75. 
Collards 
Georgia or Cregle This is the 
one so ex- 
tensively used in the South. Forms 
a large, open head, or amass of 
leaves on a tall stem. Pkt. 8c, oz. 
15c, Y% lb. 35c,4b. $1.00. 
OT RUE GEORGIA COLLARDS. . Chicory 
The leaves are used as salads with oil and vinegar, either in their 
natural state or blanched. Roots are also used to mix with or to be 
substituted for coffee. Large Rooted Magdeburgh. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, 
Y, Ib. $1.50. 

A delicious green vegetable, the leaves of which are cooked, prepared 
and served like spinach but is better than spinach in many important 
respects. 
Tampala is different in flavor from other vegetables used as ‘“‘greens.” 
It-retains its tenderness for a longer time, has a consistency and 
- flavor all its own, more flavor, more body, and more food value than 
either spinach or chard—a pleasing change from all other ‘‘greens.” 
It does well in hot weather and will keep on producing all summer. 
_ Pkt. 15c, oz. $2.00. 
| and brittle. Make first sowing of seed as soon as ground 
< sown, the central stem or stalk is usable and will be 

Remove all the outer skin and fibrous layers down to 
where they become light green and tender. As a raw 
vegetable, cut the stalks into 4- or 5-inch-lengths and 
split lengthwise; chill and eat as you would celery. 
Cooked Celtuce stalks are pale green, attractive in 
appearance and have a pleasing, mild flavor. 
Celtuce is easy to grow. Plants grow quickly, forming 
a rosette of light green leaves which may be used, when 
young, as “greens.”’ In less than 90 days after seed is 
found most tender at this age. The stalks are solid 
throughout, the skin greenish white and tough but the 
imside is very succulent, most delicate pale green, crisp 
: $1.75. 
ean be worked in the spring. Succession sowings at in- 
tervals of a week or ten days will give a continuous 
supply. Pkt. 10c, oz. 75c. 
STi. form a 

and treat the same as cab- © 
_Crisp, pungent leaves, finely cut and curled, dwarf and com- 

One of the best salads for fall and winter 
use. 
Green Curled Very hardy, leaves 
oz. 25c, Y4 Ib. 50c, Ib. $1.75. 
French Moss Curled ™°st beau- 
curled. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, % Ib. 50c, Ib. 
Broad Leaved Batavian 
The broad, thick, slightly wrinkled leaves 
large head which 
for stews and soups. 
Y, Ib. 50c, Ib. $1.75. 
eo Alneer’s Seeds are Highest in Quality and Lowest in Price. 7 
SWISS CHARD 

Chard, Giant 
Swiss 
One of the larg- 
Lucullus est and best va- 
riety of Swiss Chard. Seed 
sown early in the Spring will 
produce plants quickly from 
which the thick light-colored 
midribs of the leaves may be 
cut down to the ground. New 
growth will quickly succeed 
it which may in turn be gath- 
ered. Pkt. 10c,‘oz. 20c, 1% lb. 
50c, Y% Ib. 95c, lb. $1.75. 
Swiss Chard or Silver 
Sometimes called Sea 
Beet Kale Beets. Excellent 
for greens. This does not make 
edible roots like the regular 
garden beets, but is grown for 
the broad white leaf-stalks, 
which are bunched and cooked 
in the same manner as aspara- 
gus, and make a delicious sum- 
i sn mer vegetable. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 
: SWISS CHA RD Y/4, lb. 50c, Y lb. 95c, lb. $1.75. 
CRESS or Peppergrass 
Extra Curled 

pact. Used mostly for garnishing and as a condiment. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 30c, 14 Ib. $1.00, prepaid. 
Chinese Cabbage 
One ounce of seed will sow 400 feet of row. 
4 ounces per acre. 
We advise that the seed be sown in July or August (not 
earlier) because Chinese Cabbage has a tendency to bolt to 
seed in warm weather. Sow. where the plants are to re- 
main in rows 2% feet apart, 18 inches apart in the row. 
It is very easily grown and takes very little space. The 
crop matures in from 8 to 10 weeks. 
Chihili This is the new grand strain of Chinese Cab- 
bage. Grows 18 to 24 inches tall and 5 to 7 
inches in diameter, with straight and narrow crown. In- 
terior bleaches creamy white, crisp and delicious. It is 
a good keeper and shipper. We have pr@ven seed. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 45c, 14 Ib. $1.00, 4 Ib. $1.75, Ib. $3.00. 
DANDELION 
Dandelion a» a money crop is fast becoming the favorite 
spring green in the market. 
1 An improvement on the common 
Thick Leaved sort, the leaves being double the 
size. Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c. 
EGG PLANT 
A tender plant. Sow in hotbed or small box in the house, 
transplant in as warm a place in the garden as you have, 
after settled warm weather. 
The lead- 
ing market 
New York Improved Spineless 
variety. Pkt. 15c, oz. 60c, 1% lb. $1.60, Ib. $6.00. 
Black Beauty 
Large, handsome fruit, jet black. Pkt. 
15c, oz. 60c, Yselb. $1.60, lb. $6.00. 


dark green. Pkt. 10c, 
tie ta ey, 

is preferred i 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, eS = 
New York Improved Spineless 
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Egg Plant 
