
tae CARROTS 
_______ Sow the seed as early as the ground can be 
worked. Plant it thinly in rows 12 inches 
apart. An ounce plants 100 feet of row. 
4oz. 5c; oz. 15c; Wb. 50c; Ib. $1.50 
_ Chantenay. 72 days. Thick stump roots 
5 inches long; smooth, fine grained, deep 
orange. Best half-long variety for table 
use. 
Imperator. 75 days. Roots 8 to 10 inches 
long, 134 to 2 inches across at the shoulder. 
Cylindrical in shape and stump rooted; 
deep orange in color. Popular bunching 
; variety for shipping. 
Improved Danvers. 75 days. A standard 
market sort, fine for table use. Rich 
orange, 6 to 8 inches long, 2% inches thick. 
Very productive. 
Improved Long Orange. 85 days. Stand- 
_ ard late sort. Immense producer of long 
Carrots; good keeper. Demands deep soil. 
Valuable for stock feeding. 
Improved Nantes. 65 days. Half-long, 
tks almost cylindrical, blunt; very small tap 
root. Flesh fine grained, with very little 
core; skin orange, very smooth. One of the 
best table sorts. 
_ + JImproved White Belgian. The universal 
stock Carrot of Belgium. Dairymen prize 
: it for its great amount of saccharine; im- 
-_ mensely productive. No vegetable grown 
____ will produce so much feed or is so much 
relished by all kinds of stock, Good 
en Keeper. 
 Oxheart. 75 days. Forms a thick root 3 to 
4 inches in diameter and produces large 
crops. Tender orange-red flesh. Some 
growers report 800 bushels per acre. 
New Early Coreless. 70 days. Very uniform 
‘in shape, size and color. An early variety 
of superior flavor, without any core, 
highly recommended for market and home 
use. Heavy yielder and good keeper. The 
roots grow about 8 inches long, tapering to 
a blunt point. Flesh is deep orange-red, 
tender and of good quality. Valuable for 
both table and stock. Handsome market 
appearance. — 
CAULIFLOWER 
_ Grown like cabbage. Heads should be tied 
up for blanching. An ounce produces about 




2000 plants. 
Yyoz. 25c; Woz. 45c; oz. $1.50; 
fag y W4lb.$5.00. 
_ Allen’s White Surehead. 90 days. An 
Sage improved Snowball of best quality. Good 
header in dry weather and does well in all 
climates. 

_ Sluis’ Ideal Early Snowball. 90 days. 
_ Very early and one of the surest to head. 
i If seed is sown in March, heads will be 
ae ready for use in June. Dwarf grower with 
-_—-— good-sized heads, valuable for late plant- 
- ing as well as early. 
mors CELERY 
Sow seed in spring and transplant when 
seedlings are 5 to 6 inches tall. Set them 
5 inches apart; blanch by earthing up when 
_ the plants are large enough. An ounce pro- 
duces about 3000 plants. 
oz. 20c; oz. 60c; 141b. $2.00 
Giant Pascal. 135 days. One of the best 
on the market. It produces perfect large 
green stalks, crisp and thick. Blanches early 
- and easily. Fine keeper and shipper. 
Golden Self-Blanching. 115 days. A 
oly great self-blanching variety, easily mar- 
+o keted and a good keeper of fine quality. 
Has just enough of the nutty flavor that 
makes Celery popular for flavoring and 
eating. Beautiful golden color. 




CRESS 
Curled or Peppergrass. This small salad 
is often combined with lettuce. Warm, 
pungent taste. oz. 5c. 
SWEET CORN 
_ Corn should not be planted until the soil 
is thoroughly warm and dry. Plant six 
kernels in a hill and space the hills 3 feet 
apart; thin to three plants in each hill. Keep 
well cultivated. A pound plants 200 hills. 
Ylb. 15c; Yalb. 25c; Ib. 40c. 
By Express, 10 Ibs. $3.00; 25 Ibs. $6.00. 
Barden’s Wonder Bantam. 80 days. A 
beautiful yellow Corn, superior to Golden 
Bantam in both size and quality. Stalks 
grow from 5 to 6 feet tall, ears 8 to 10 
inches in length. As early as Golden Ban- 
tam. Worthy of trial by any market 
gardener, canner or gardener. 
Country Gentleman. 95 days. A well- 
known old sort that has always been very 
popular because of its large, compact ears 
of irregular rows. Very narrow, long white 
grains. 
De Lue’s Golden Giant. The famous 
winner of many horticultural prizes. Of 
even better quality than Golden Bantam 
and will yield twice as much per acre. 
Larger ears and stalks, making it the 
most productive of the best yellow Sweet 
Corns. 
Golden Bantam. 80 days. Of most ex- 
quisite quality; bright golden yellow 
color. It looks rich and is rich. It can be 
planted very early, for it is quite hardy. 
The small stalks can grow close together 
in the row and will produce two or three 
ears each. 
Golden Sunshine. 74 days. The ears are 
compact, about the same size as Golden 
Bantam but having from 10 to 12 rows of 
grains. A very rapid grower; earliest of 
the golden group. 
Stowell’s Evergreen. 95 days. Large ears 
bearing tender, sweet white kernels. One 
of the standard late varieties, still the 
favorite of many growers. 
Vanguard. 79 days. One of the earliest 
white Corns. Very productive, somewhat 
resistant to Stewart’s disease; 7 to 8-inch 
ears containing 10 or 12 rows of large 
white kernels. Popular for market or 
home use. Stalks grow 5 to 6 feet high. 
Hybrid Sweet Corn 
WYlb. 20c; Alb. 30c; Ib. 50c. 
By Express, 5 lbs. $2.30; 10 Ibs. $4.00. 
Golden Cross Bantam. 85 days. Wilt- 
resistant and high yielding. We recom- 
mend this new hybrid for places where 
Stewart’s disease (wilt) makes it im- 
possible to grow ordinary varieties. This 
Corn, the product of crossing two pure 
lines, is not only resistant to bacterial wilt 
but produces larger crops of beautiful 
ears. The 8-inch ears have 10 to 14 rows of 
golden yellow kernels of top quality. Ma- 
tures a week later than Golden Bantam. 
Marcross C6.13. 72 days. Developed by 
the Connecticut Experiment Station as a 
first early market and home-garden va- 
riety. Stalks short but sturdy, highly 
resistant to Stewart’s disease. Ears long, 
plump, abruptly tapered at the tips; 10 
to 14 rows of light cream-yellow, medium- 
broad kernels. Height of stalk, 5 feet; 
length of ears, 7 inches. 
ALLEN’S NURSERIES AND SEED HOUSE 



' Pop Corn 
W4lb. 10c; 14lb. 18c; Ib. 30c. Not Pre- 
paid, 5 Ibs. $1.25. Write for prices on 
larger quantities. 
Ciark’s Golden Baby Rice. 100 days. 
Small ears. Kernels rich golden yellow, 
with creamy tint when popped; hulless. 
5 feet tall. 
Japanese Hulless (Tom Thumb). 100 
days. Five-foot stalk with 2 or 3 ears to 
the stalk. Waxy white kernels, snowy 
white when popped. 
South American (Dynamite). 100 days. 
Usually 2 ears to a stalk. Ears 6 to 7 
inches long, with 12 to 14 rows of large 
yellow kernels having excellent popping 
ability. Pops to enormous size, with no 
hard center. 
White Rice. 110 days. Common white Pop 
Corn known to all. Very fine. 
SWISS CHARD 
_ Plant seed an inch apart and thin to 8 
inches apart. The leaves are used as greens 
all summer. An ounce plants 60 feet of row. 
Lucullus. 60 days. Light green leaves, 
crumpled much like Savoy cabbage. 
Grows 114% to 2 feet tall. oz. 8c; oz. 
15c; W4lb. 35c; Ib. $1.00. 
CHICORY 
Resembles parsnips. Dried roots make a 
good substitute for coffee, or when mixed 
with it add a mild pleasant flavor. 140z. 20c. 
CUCUMBER 
Plant in rich soil when warm weather is 
certain. Drop six to eight seeds in a group 
and thin to the three strongest plants. 
Hills should be about 4 feet apart. An ounce 
plants 50 hills. 
oz. 5c; oz. 20c; 14lb. 50c; Ib. $1.75 
A. and C. 68 days. The fruits grow about 
10 inches in length and 2% inches thick, 
well rounded at the ends and dark green 
throughout. Vigorous, healthy plants. 
Arlington White Spine. 60 days. One of 
the most profitable of the white-spined 
varieties, the leader in many eastern mar- 
kets. Fruits 8 inches long. 
Colorado. 68 days. Averages 10 to 12 
inches in length, slender, well formed and 
very dark green. Extra early; the best 
bearing of all slender varieties. 
Davis Perfect. 65 days. A heavy bearer of 
very large, perfect salable fruit, uniform in 
size and shape and often 10 inches long. 
Early Fortune. 65 days. Rich dark green, 
7 to 8 inches long when left for slicing. 
Good shipper and market sort and also 
fine for pickling. Very disease resistant. 
Early White Spine. 58 days. A good crisp 
Cucumber, early to mature. A general 
favorite for either slicing or pickling. 
Grows 7 inches long; very dark, smooth. 
London Long Green. 67 days. This is one 
of the best long green sorts, growing 12 to 
‘16 inches long. The young fruit is best for 
pickling and when matured makes excel- 
lent sweet pickles. A good slicer. 
Marketer. 65 days. A fine recent introduc- 
tion, sure to become popular for slicing. 
Fruit is somewhat tapered at the ends, ex- 
tremely uniform: Good marketing sort. 
Vaughn (Longfellow). 70 days. Much 
darker than other long white-spined va- 
rieties, more uniform in shape and size, 
and thinner and more prolific. Ideal for 
forcing as well as outdoors. 
Ohio No. 31. A new black-spine pickling 
Cucumber developed to combat mosaic 
disease. So far in our fields it appears to 
be very resistant. 
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