BROCCOLI Italian Green Sprouting 
Most easily grown and delicious flavored vegetable for home, mar- 
ket and freezing. Plants are tall, erect and vigorous, 234 ft. and more 
in height. They should be staked or given some other form of support. 
Seeds sown in early spring outdoors will furnish heads in summer 
while sowings made in midsummer will provide for a late summer and 
fall crop. For the earliest crop, sow the seeds early in hotbed or house; 
transplant the young plants to the garden when soil has become warm. 
A pkt. will produce about 250 plants; an oz. 3000. 
157 Calabrese 85 days. The central large, cauliflower-like head of 
. bluish green flower buds grows 5 or 6 in. in diameter and after being 
cut numerous smaller heads appear on the side branches over a long 
period. Keep green sprouts cut off before the flower buds open. 
Pkt. 20¢; Woz. 45¢; oz. 80¢; % Ib. $2.40 
156 De Cicco© 78 days. Very similar in every way to Calabrese 
but ready a week earlier. Recommended highly for home and market. 
Pkt. 25¢; %40z. 60¢; oz. $1.10; %4 Ib. $3.25 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS | 
158 Long Island Improved 120 days. Grown extensively on 
Long Island for the New York market and the most satisfactory 
variety for use throughout the U. S. Compact plants, 20 in. tall, with 
solid, round, cabbage-like sprouts measuring 14 to 11% in. in diameter 
with a more delicate flavor than cabbage. This is a splendid vegetable. 
Brussels Sprouts are easy to grow. In the South, seeds may be sown 
in the spring; elsewhere, sow seed thinly in a specially prepared seed- 
bed or coldframe before midsummer, allowing plenty of time for 
sprouts to mature before hard frosts; light.frosts seem to improve the 
flavor. In about 30 to 35 days after the seed is sown plants should be 
big enough to transplant to the garden. Set them 18 in, apart in rows 
3to4ft. apart. The ‘‘sprouts,’’ dark green, tightly folded, cabbage-like 
heads, appear along the central stalk at the joints of the leaves and 
appear first at the bottom of the plant. Therefore, the lowest sprouts 
on the plant should be picked each time, after which break off the 
leaves below the sprout to make further picking easier but do not 
remove the top leaves. Becoming more popular in home gardens, Suit- 
able for freezing. A pkt. will produce about 250 plants; an oz. 3000. 
~ Pkt. 20¢; 4 0z. 50¢; oz. 90¢; 1% Ib. $2.70 
CH ICORY_ Delicious, appetizing salad 
297 Witloof (French Endive) 110 days. A choice salad delicacy 
for fall and winter. Sow seed in the spring. In early fall, cut off foliage 
1 in. above soil level, cover with 8 to 10 in. of soil and keep in place 
with boards set along the sides for three or four weeks when a pure 
white blanched stalk should be ready. Cut off about 1 in. above the top _ 
of the root and repeat as above for a second crop, or if wanted during 
the winter in cold sections, dig the roots, store for a few days in a’shed © 
or pit so they may become thoroughly chilled, then place upright in 
boxes and cover with 10 in. of sand, light soil or peat moss. Water and 
keep in a warm place‘indoors. In about a month, the sprouts should 
break through the surface and be ready for use as a salad. 
‘ Pkt. 15¢; 14 0z. 40¢; oz. 75¢ 
CRESS = Easy, quick growing ‘‘green” 
364 Fine Curled (Pepper Grass) 40 days. Grows very quickly — 
and is of the easiest culture. The finely cut, deep green leaves havea — 


Witloof 
Chicor yor pleasing, pungent taste and are excellent for flavoring salads, garnish- 
French ing, or as a “‘green’’ alone or with lettuce. Best if used when young. 
Endive Brussels Sprouts, Pkt. 15¢; iy, OZ. 30¢; OZ. 55¢3 vA Ib. $1.65 
Long Island I mproved i 365 Upland 60 days. Leaves are dark green, thick, broad and grow 
; in rosette early in the spring. At this time they are crisp, tender and of 
the same pungent flavor as water cress which it resembles though it 
succeeds in dry soil. May be used until seed stalks begin to form. j 
Pkt. 15¢; %40z. 35¢; oz. 65¢; 1% Ib. $1.85 
366 Water Cress 50 days. An appetizing, mildly pungent salad; 
also used for garnishing. Start seed in pots set in a pan of water and o 
transplant seedlings into a shallow running stream of fresh water 
or grow in moist soil in a shady place and provide plenty of water, 
Extensively grown in greenhouses for market during winter. 
Pkt. 25¢; 4% 0z.60¢; oz. $1.10; 14 Ib. $3.00 
CORN SALAD — Lam's Lettuce 
351 Large Leaved Round 60 days. Quick growing plant for 
early spring, late fall or winter use. It is quite hardy, producing an 
abundance of gray-green rounded leaves which are sometimes served 
like lettuce but are better if mixed with more piquant ‘‘greens.’’? May 
also be cooked like spinach or used for garnishing like parsley. Oy 
Pkt. 25¢; %%0z.35¢; oz. 70¢; 1%, Ib. $2.00 
COLLARDS — One of the best boiling ““oreens” 
; 299 Georgia 80 days. Erect, spreading plants, 2 to 3 ft. tall with 
Georgia Collards / large, juicy, green leaves which are usually stripped from the plants as 
they mature thus providing delicious boiling ‘‘greens’’ of fine quality 
rae Pas eae eatre Brayon: AEN ene bent freezing which improves 
. “ : e€ mild cabbage-like flavor of the leaves. Does not form heads. De- 
76 .. W. ATLEE BURPEE CO., Seed Growers serves to be better known. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 20¢; 1% lb. 60¢ 

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