

Grow Vegetables As a Source of Vitamins —se« CHART P. 11 


AROMATIC — HERBS — MEDICINAL 
Every garden should contain a few herbs, as 
they are useful in many ways. They can be grown 
as edgings to walks, and their fragrance will be 
distributed by the brushing of clothing against the 
plants while passing. 
BASIL SWEET. For flavoring. Pkt. 10 ets. 
BORAGE. Excellent for bees. Pkt. 10 ets. 
DILL. For Dill pickles. Pkt. 10 cts.3; 1 oz. 25 cts. 
FENNEL, FLORENCE. Rounded thick leaf-bases. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 1 oz. 50 cts. 
*LAVENDER. For perfuming. Crop a failure. 
*SAGE. For seasoning. Pkt. 10 ects.; 1 oz. 75 ects. 
SAVORY, SUMMER. Leaves and shoots are used 
for flavoring. Pkt. 10 ets.; % oz. 50 cts. 
SWEET MARJORAM. Leaves used green in sum- 
mer and dried in winter for flavoring. Pkt. 10 
ets.; % oz. 40 ects.: % oz. 75 cts. 
*THYME, BROAD-LEAVED ENGLISH. For season- 
ing and poultry stuffing. Pkt. 25 ects. 
* These are perennial. Others are annual. 
We can supply plants of most perennial herbs. 
KALE OR BORECOLE 
FROST-RESISTING 
Abounding in Vitamin A 
One Ounce for About 5,000 Plants; 4 Pounds to Acre 
Ready for Cutting in 70 Days. 
DWARF GREEN CURLED SCOTCH. Large, finely 
curled leaves. Pkt. 10 cts.; % oz. 15 ets.3 1 oz. 
25 cts. 
SIBERIAN. Leaves large cut and frilled, with bluish 
tinge. Pkt. 10 c¢ts.; % oz 15 ets.3 1 Oo”. 25 ets.: 
4 Ib. 70 ets. 
SPRING, or SMOOTH KALE. This variety thrives 
best when planted in the Fall for cutting during 
the Winter. It is very hardy, a rapid grower. 
tender, and sweet when young. Pkt. 10 ects.3 1 oz. 
20 ets.; 4% Ib. 70 cts. 
TENDER — KOHLRABI — FINE GRAIN 
Liberal PKt. 16 cts.; % oz. 20 ets.; % oz. 40 ets.; 
{ oz 75 ets. 
One Ounce Will Sow a Row 200 Feet Long. 
Ready in 66 Days 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA. Light green, fine grained 
bulb; short leaves. 
KARLY PURPLE VIENNA. 
in color. 
Same as above, except 
MUSKMELON 
(CANTALOUPE) 
All 10 cts. Per Liberal Packet 
% on, 20 cts.3 1 oz 35 ets.3; 14 Ib. $1.00 
One Ounce Will Plant About 50 Hills; 4 Ibs. to Acre 
Ready for Use in 80 to 100 Days 
EXTRA-EARLY KNIGHT OR MARYLAND. Oblong. 
Deep green skin turning golden yellow when 
ripe. The flesh is a beautiful green, shading to 
pink near seed cavity. Remarkably sweet. Early. 
BENDER’S SURPRISE. A popular variety. It is a 
delicious, large fruit, with beautiful salmon- 
colored flesh. The light greenish yellow, oblong 
melons show an exquisite light netting. 
HALE’S BEST. The earliest of all large melons. 
Even in a season remarkable for its coolness, the 
melons matured in 68 days after planting. Fruits 
oval to somewhat elongated. Sweet, Tiselowe 
beautiful salmon flesh. 
EMERALD GEM. Salmon-pink flesh, thick and 
sweet. An excellent home garden melon, with 
dark green skin. Matures early. 
EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK. Recommended for 
the home garden. Fruits nearly round, 6 inches 
long, 7 inches in diameter, broadly ribbed with 
very coarse netting. Flesh green, thick and de- 
licious. 
HEARTS OF GOLD. Orange flesh. Medium size. 
round, netted of handsome appearance and of the 
sweetest flavor. Matures in 75 days. 
HONEY ROCK. Also called Sugar Rock. Medium 
size fruits; gray-green skin with heavy coarse 
netting. Salmon flesh deliciously sweet and ten- 
der. The fruits are almost round. 

Romaine Lettuce 
CHOICEST — LETTUCE — CRISPEST 
One Ounce Will Produce About 2,500 Plants} 
3 Pounds to The Acre 
60 to 80 Days from Seeding to Maturity. 
All 10 ects. Per Liberal Packet. 
VY on 20 ets.3; 1 o%. 35 ets.; % Ib. $1.10 
(except Oakleaf and Great Lakes) 
CABBAGE (HEADING) SORTS 
WILSON’S ALIL-HEART, A splendid sort for spring 
or summer sowing; withstands heat and forms 
immense heads and extremely solid hearts. The 
color is a beautiful yellowish green. 
WILSON’S SELECTED BIG BOSTON. Large, ten- 
der heads; blanches beautifully. Fine for mid- 
summer and fall planting and for forcing. 
MAY KING. Early; will stand much cold and damp; 
yellowish green, tinged bronze. 
NEW YORK OR WONDEREUL (Dark Iceberg). 
Also called California Simpson. Immense heads; 
very solid; heart blanches beautifully; tender 
and crisp; fine for summer. Best for New Jersey. 
*GREAT LAKES. Fine new variety that won top 
honors in the All-America Seed Trials for 1944. 
Of the Iceberg type, the crisp cream-white head 
develops readi:y. Slow to bolt, even in midsum- 
mer. Pkt. 15 ets.; %4 oz. 25 ets.; % oz. 40 cts.5 
1 oz 75 cts. 
CURLED OR LOOSE-LEAVED SORTS 
Heat Resisting. Ready before heading varieties. 
GRAND RAPIDS FORCING. Large, tender; fine. 
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON. Large, curled yellow- 
green leaves, crisp and tender. 
BLACK-SEKEDED SIMPSON. Best of the loose-leaf 
sorts. Tender; leaves rufiled; yellowish green. 
*OAKLEAF. Forms a loose head cream at the 
heart, green at leafends; tender and sweet even 
in hot weather. PKt. 10 ets.; % oz. 30 ects.3 1 oz. 
30 cts. 
ROMAINE OR COS LETTUCE 
WHITE PARIS SKLF-FOLDING. Long, spoon- 
shaped leaves which will b‘anch nearly snow- 
white without tying up. Crisp and tender. Set the 
young plants 6 to 8 inches apart in the rows. 
LEEK 
For Soups, etc. 
One Ounce Will Sow a Row About 100 Feet Longs 
4 Pounds to the Acre 
Ready for Use in About 90 Days from Germination 
WILSON'S PRIZE-WINNER. Large, long, thick 
white stems, often over 3 inches in diameter; 
very mild and sweet. A sure prize-winner. Pkt. 
10 cts.3 “% ox. 20 cts.3 % on. 35 ets.3 1 oz. 60 ets. 

WPL S*OUNSS 7 = Stee Deis 
MZO°NT TiC tf AvIcR ON ae de 
