CUCUMBERS, continued 
Straight 8. 64 days. Gold Medal winner. The beautiful 
dark green fruits are 8 inches long and 24% inches in 
diameter, perfectly straight, with well-rounded ends. 
The flesh is tender, crisp and very well flavored. 
Pkt. 10c, 4%4oz. 25c, oz. 40c. 
Climbing Cucumber. 65 days. Climbs readily on 
fences, walls, trellises and produces large, deep green 
Cucumbers 9 inches long and 24 inches thick. A 
unique novelty for the home garden. Pkt. 15c. 
Pickling Cucumbers 
National Pickling. 58 days. The favorite pickling 
Cucumber. Very productive. Bright green, short 
fruits of fine flavor. A good keeper. Pkt. 10c, 
Y4oz. 25c, oz. 40c. 
West India Gherkin. 60 days. Small, oval, spiny, 
pale green fruits 2 inches long and an inch thick. 
Grown for pickles only. Pkt. 15c, %oz. 35c, oz. 60c. 
One ounce plants 
DANDELION 200 feet of row 
Fleshy, tender greens. 
Arlington Thick-leaved. 60 days. Large, broad, 
thick leaves used in salads or boiled as greens. 
Pkt. 15c, %oz. 50c. 
DILL 
Long Island Mammoth. Used for flavoring vinegar 
and making pickles. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 4lb. 75c. 
One pkt. will produce 
EGGPLANT 100 plants 
Black Beauty. Smooth, dark purple skin on large, 
round fruits of excellent quality. Very productive. 
Pkt. 15ce, oz. 40c. 
One ounce plants 
ENDIVE 150 feet Gt tow 
Large Full-Heart Batavian. Plants are moderately 
large, with a very compact, full heart and broad 
leaves. An improved, broad-leaved Batavian variety. 
’ Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
Large Green Curled. Finely cut, dark green, curly 
leaves, which give the plant a feathery appearance. 
Blanches to a beautiful creamy white. Pkt. 10c, 
oz. 40c. 
FENNEL One ounce plants 
100 feet of row 
Florence. The lower stalk resembles celery and is 
often eaten in the same way, having a decided anise 
flavor. It may also be boiled and creamed. Pkt. 15c, 
Woz. 35c, oz. 60c. 
One ounce plants 
KA LE 200 feet of row 
Dwarf Siberian. Large, hardy and vigorous plant, 
spreading in growth. Leaves large and coarse, with 
cut and frilled edges. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, M4lb. $1.00. 
Special Dwarf Green Scotch Curled. [Extremely 
curly leaves of dark green. Low, spreading and 
withstands frosts. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, 4lb. $1.25. 
One ounce plants 
KOHLRABI 175 feet of row 
Early White Vienna. A very early, short-leaved 
variety that is tender. Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c. 
Purple Vienna. Same as White Vienna but with 
purple leaves and skin, Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c. 
LETTUCE 
Heading Varieties 
New York No. 12 (Wonderful). 80 days. A sure- 
heading variety. Large, dark green heads, sweet, 
crisp and tender. Pkt. 15c, oz. 40c. 
Early May King. 62 days. The earliest to head and 
one of the best all-round varieties. Quick growing, 
medium-sized, tightly folded heads with a few light 
green outer leaves slightly tinged brown. Tender, 
creamy yellow heart, crisp and very sweet. May also 
be forced in frames, Pkt. 10e, oz. 40c. 
One ounce plants 
150 feet of drill 
LETTUCE, HEADING VARIETIES, continued 
Great Lakes. 82 days. Bronze Medal winner. A head 
Lettuce of Imperial type, thriving in hot weather. 
Large, attractive, crumpled, dark green leaves fold- 
ing over crisp, cream-white heads. A sure header, 
unsurpassed in flavor. Pkt. 20c, oz. $1.50. 
Iceberg. 84 days. Medium-sized, hard, white, tender 
heads. Outer leaves are light green, heavily fringed 
and tinged brown on the edges. Vigorous and suc- 
ceeds well during hot weather. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
Butterhead Varieties 
Big Boston. (Black-seeded.) This is the black-seeded 
strain that produces fine, large heads and matures 
very uniformly. Pkt. 15c, oz. 35c, M4lb. $1.00. 
Special White Boston. (White-seeded.) Resembles 
Big Boston but is lighter green and has no brown- 
edged leaves. It stands hot weather well and does 
not turn red with frost or heat. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
Romaine or Cos 
Dark Green Cos. The finest of the Romaine types, 
producing good heads under almost any conditions. 
Crisp, resistant to cold and slow to seed in hot 
weather. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
Loose-Leaf Varieties 
Bibb. A small, loose-heading variety for planting in 
early spring and again in August for fall Lettuce. 
Crisp and fine flavored. Pkt. 20c, oz. 75c. 
Black-seeded Simpson. An early, curled, loose-leaf 
Lettuce. Leaves crinkled and curled, crisp, tender, 
dainty light green color. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
Bronze Beauty. 40 days. All-America Bronze 
Medal, 1946. The chief difference between this and 
Oak Leaf is a bronze tinge in the leaves, a charac- 
teristic usually accompanied by increased resis- 
tance to hot weather. Pkt. 25c, oz. 75c. 

Grand Rapids. A fine loose-leaf, curling variety. A 
compact bunch of light green leaves frilled at the 
edges. Crisp and tender. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
Oak Leaf. 40 days. Best for the home garden. The 
earliest, tenderest and most heat-resistant variety 
we know, and many times richer in vitamins than 
the tight-heading types. The leaves grow in a loose 
rosette that turns crisp and cream colored at the base. 
Pkt. 20c, 402. 40c, oz. 70c. 
LEEK One ounce plants 
100 feet of row 
Large American Flag. Strong growing and very 
productive. This is probably the easiest variety to 
grow. Pkt. 20c, oz. 75c. 
MUSKMELON °° 7s" 7" 
Delicious. 83 days. Orange flesh. Earlier and better 
than Bender’s Surprise, The large melons grow 614 
inches in diameter, 7 inches long, and weight about 
5 pounds. The rind is moderately ribbed and closely 
netted; flesh bright orange, with a delicious flavor. 
Always sweet. Pkt. 15c, 4402. 35c, oz. 50c. 
Rocky Ford. 87 days. The leading green-fleshed 
melon. Medium-sized, oval-shaped fruits 5 inches in 
diameter, weighing about 114 to 2 pounds, slightly 
ribbed, well covered with fine netting. The flesh is 
very firm, exceptionally sweet, juicy and tender. 
Pkt. 15c, Y%oz. 35c, oz. 50e. 
Sugar Rock or Honey Rock. This unsually fine melon 
is as sweet as sugar and very solid. The flesh is deep 
salmon right to the rind. A heavy yielder. Pkt. 15c, 
loz. 35c, oz. 50c. 
WATERMELON 
Cole’s Early. A very early home-garden variety, 
nearly round and of medium size. The-rind is dark 
green, striped with lighter green. Pkt. 10c, 440z. 25c. 
Ice Box. The latest thing in Watermelon, ripening 
in about three months from seed. Attractive dark 
green melon weighing about 9 to 10 pounds. Dark 
red flesh, very juicy and deliciously sweet. Easy 
to grow; vines very prolific. Pkt. 25c, 3 pkts. 50c. 

