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Stocks for Market 
Gardeners 
The illustrations on this page represent 
special stocks of vegetables that should be 
given a trial by all truckers, home and 
market gardeners. 

Bronze Beauty Lettuce 
Bronze Beauty Lettuce 
Bronze Medal Winner All American Selections 1946 
The leaves of this new lettuce are shaped in an 
entirely new pattern—long, neatly arched, and with 
margins deeply lobed and scalloped, with a warm ruddy 
bronze sheen that suffuses the soft green undertone, 
making the foliage most.attractive. It is tender, crisp, 
and of unusually nut-like flavor. It is quite resistant to 
hot weather, and growers of Lettuce should give it a 
trial. Matures in 50 days. Pkt., 25c; oz., $1.00; % Ib., 
$3.00, postpaid. 
Vates Collard 
Developed at the Virginia Truck Experiment Station 
by the late Dr. H. H. Zimmerly from a cross between 
Tait’s Wonder and Tait’s Heading Collard. The leaves are 
darker in color than Tait’s Wonder, are a trifle thicker, 
and have a waxy bloom. However, it is not as cold resis- 
tant and is earlier in running to seed. It is preferred by 
canners because it has practically no purple tinge in stem 
or leaf. Matures in 75 days. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; %4 Ilhb., 
45c; 1 lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $6.25, postpaid. 
Texas Resistant No. 1 
Defies aphids and downy mildew. 
A new melon developed by the Texas Agricultural 
Experiment Station that is resistant to downy mildew 
and aphids. It has deep rich salmon flesh of fine texture, 
with small cavity, and the flavor is sweet but slightly 
musky. It is about the size of Hale’s Best No. 36, with 
practically a solid rough netting. It should be tried by 
all growers who are troubled with downy mildew. PKt., 
10c; 0z., 30c; 14 Ib., 90c; lb., $3.00, postpaid. 
Fordhook Bush Lima 
Beans No. 242 
The most popular of the large 
Dwarf Limas. The plant grows 
about 2 feet, and is very vigor- 
ous and productive. The pods 
are 4% inches long, containing 
3 or 4 large oval-shaped Beans 
of delicious flavor. Its distinct 
advantage over the regular Ford- 
hook is its ability to set basil 
pods in hot dry weather. Matures 
in 75 days. Pkt., 15c; 1% lb., 40c; 
Ib., 75c; 2 lbs., $1.40; 5 lbs., $2.40; 
10 lbs., $4.55, postpaid. Not pre- 
paid, 25 lbs., $10.25; 100 Ibs., 
$40.00. 
_ Golden Pride Hybrid 
Sugar Corn 
A. splendid variety for either 
home or market. The _ stalks 
grow about 6 feet bearing ears 
8 to 9 inches long, with 12 to 14 
rows of delicious golden kernels. 
Remarkably resistant to ear 
worm. An exceptional variety 
for truckers who ship to north- 
ern markets. Matures in 85 days. 
PEt., 15c; % Ilb., 35c; lb., 60c; 
2 Ibs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.40; 10 lbs., 
$4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 25 
Ibs., $10.50; 100 lbs., $40.00. 
San Juaquin Onion 
Seed will not be ready for sale 
until September 
A large, early onion which has 
become very popular in Texas 
for fall seeding. The bulbs are 
top shaped, with light yellow 
skin. The flesh is white, mild 
and of excellent flavor. The seed 
may be sown the first week in 
September, and the roots har- 
vested the first week in May. 
Highly desirable for early mar- 
ket. Pkt., 10c; o0z., 60c; 1% Ib., 
$1.75; lb., $6.00, postpaid. 

Fordhook Bush 
Lima Beans No. 242 
Marketer Cucumber 
This early Cucumber was awarded the Bronze Medal 
in the All-American Trials. The vines are vigorous and 
prolific, bearing very dark green fruit 7% inches in length 
and 2% inches in diameter, tapered to each end. All 
Cucumber growers should give it a trial. Matures in 56 
days. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; % lb., 90c; lb., $3.00, postpaid. 
Darlington Watermelon 
A new melon developed by a scientific plant breeder in 
South Carolina from a mutation found in a field of 
Garrison melons. It is striped like the Garrison, about 
the same shape and size, the bright red flesh is deliciously 
sweet. The rind is rather tender for shipping, but it 
should prove ideal for the home garden or local market. 
Be sure and plant some, and you will say it is the best 
melon you ever ate. The seed does not fill out as in other 
melons, and consequently the germination averages lower. 
Matures in 80 days. 35 to 45 lbs. Pkt., 15c; oz., 45c; %4 
lb., $1.25; lb., $4.50, postpaid. 

Darlington Watermelon 

NORFOLK 10, VIRGINIA 
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