1947 GARDEN CATALOG 17 

VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Stowell’s Evergreen. Excellent for late use. 
Cobs large, with sweet white grains that 
remain tender for a long time. Lb. 35c.; 
2 Ibs. 65c. 
Tendergold (Top Cross Sunshine). <A 
variety maturing ahead of the Golden 
Cross Bantam. Resistant to disease and 
quick freezes well. 
Whipple’s Yellow Sweet Corn. 84 days. 
The ears are very large, 8 to 9 inches long, 
having 14 to 18 rows of deep kernels. 
14 Ib. 25c.; Ib. 45c.; 2 lbs. 85c. 

CROW REPELLENT 
No Crow 
Protects Corn against ravages of crows and 
other birds, and retards rotting of the seeds 
by excess moisture. Does not clog the planter. 
1 pt. (1 bu. size) 60c.; pts. (2 bu. size) $1.00; 
qts. $1.75. 

CELTUCE 
The lettuce-like vegetable with the celery 
flavor. It grows nearly 3 feet high, but when 
only 12 inches you can use the leaves like let- 
tuce or spinach. When fully grown, remove 
the leaves, peel the thick main stalk and 
serve it raw as a salad, or cooked like aspara- 
gus. Packet 15c. 
CRESS 
Cress, or Peppergrass as it is often called, 
is useful for garnishing and salads. 
Extra Curled. Excellent for salads. Packet 
10c. 
Water Cress. Sow in damp soil by the side 
of a pond or brook. Packet 15c. 
CUCUMBER 
For early use seed may be sown in hot-bed 
and plants set out when weather permits. 
The main crop may be planted in hills about 
the end of May. Thin to 4 or 5 plants toa 
hill. One ounce of seed will plant about 50 
hills. 
Arlington White Spine. One of the best 
table varieties with handsome, dark green 
fruits; crisp and tender. Packet 10c.; oz. 
40c. 
Straight-8. A new green Cucumber of excel- 
lent quality. Fruits show no lighter strip- 
ing, are about 8 inches long and 1) inches 
through, symmetrical and uniform. Packet 
t5c.2.6ze45c: 
Early Fortune. Early, productive. 
Packet 10c.; oz. 30c. 
‘Boston Pickling. Short, straight variety; 
very popular for pickling. Packet 10c.; 
OZaL0Ge 
8 in. 
Japanese Climbing. A strong-growing 
climbing variety producing fine fruits of 
tender quality. Packet 10c.; oz. 25c. 
DANDELION 
One ounce will plant about 100 feet of drill 
Culture. Sow in drills 1 foot apart. Thin 
the plants to stand 4 inches apart. Dandelion 
may be blanched like endive, or it may be 
sown later in the season, plants covered 
lightly with salt hay, and the following spring 
they will be fit for use. 
Large Thick-leaved. Packet 15c. 
ENDIVE 
Endive, sometimes called Chicory, is one 
of the best salads for summer and winter use. 
Successive sowings, from April to August will 
insure a continuous supply. One ounce of 
seed will sow 200 feet of drill. 
Broad Leaved Batavian. (Escarolle). Long, 
broad, thick leaves of excellent flavor. 
Packet 10c. 
Green Curled. Handsome variety, with 
attractively curled leaves of delicious 
flavor. Packet 10c.; oz. 35c. 
EGG PLANT 
Sow in hot-bed in spring; transplant to 
open ground in June, setting plants 3 feet 
apart each way. A rich moisture-retaining 
soil is preferable. 
Black Beauty. A valuable variety, ready 
for use two weeks earlier than any other 
sort. The fruit is thick and of a rich, 
purplish black color. Packet 15c. 
KOHL-RABI 
Sow in late spring, in rows 11% to 2 feet 
apart, and thin plants to about 10 inches 
a ortet Ounce of seed will sow about 200 feet 
of drill. 
Early White Vienna. The most desirable 
early sort with tender white flesh. Packet 
10c. 
Early Purple Vienna. Purple outside with 
delicately flavored white flesh. Packet 10c. 
LEEK 
Excellent for seasoning soups; very mild 
and agreeably-flavored. Easily grown. One 
ounce of seed will sow about 100 feet of drill. 
Large American Flag. A _broad-leaved 
variety with short, thick stems of mild, 
pleasing flavor. Packet i5c. 
