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% oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre. 
The delicious flavor of this turnip- 
shaped bulb combines both cabbage and 
turnip. As early in spring as possible, 
sow the seed in light rich soil in rows 1% 
feet apart. When planis are well estab- 
lished, thin to 6 inches apart in be row. 
Pkt. 10¢e; 1 oz. 50c. 
Early White Vienna (55 days). For forc- 
ing. The best table sort if used when 
the bulbs are 2 inches in diameter. It 
matures very early and produces me- 
dium sized light green bulbs with white 
flesh of excellent quality. 
LEEK 
Large American Flag. An early popular 
sort. Stems 8-10 inches long, 1% inches 
thick; white, and attractive. Leaves 
large, medium green, drooping back- 
ward. Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 
LETTUCE 
% oz. to 100 ft., 3 Ibs. per acre. 
Sow the seed in hotbeds during Febru- 
ary until the middle of March, after- 
ward transplanting into flats or cold- 
frames, leaving about 6 to 8 inches 
between the plants. As soon as weather 
becomes suitable, transfer to open 
ground and set out in rows 1 foot apart, 
leaving 9 inches between the plants in 
the rows. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 40c; %4 Ib. $1.20. 
Bibb Lettuce (57 days). Rather small 
heads used as forcing lettuce in the 
south. Leaves are smooth, dark green, 
heart butter yellow. Excellent quality. 
California Cream Butter, b. s. 75 days. 
Popular over the entire country, par- 
ticularly with market gardeners. 
Great Lakes (83 days). A heading va- 
riety of the Imperial type developed by 
U. S. Department of Agriculture and 
Michigan Experiment Station. Leaves 
large and well folded; ribs heavy. Shows 
considerable resistance to tipburn and 
ability to head under adverse conditions. 
Pkt. 25c. 
Imperial No. 152 (Mature in 83 days). 
Medium large, solid and attractive heads. 
Well adapted for early fall planting and 
dependable in heading. Resistant to 
brown blight. 
Lettuce 
Imperial No. 847, b. s. The newest of 
the Imperial varieties resistant to brown 
blight. Crisp heading plants of medium 
size. Leaves smooth, thick, medium 
light green. Heads round, well folded. 
firm with low seed stalk. Pkt. 10e. 
New York No. 515 Improved. A develop- 
ment from No. 12, matures. slightly 
earlier. Resistance to tip-burn makes 
aah lettuce ideal where hot weather pre- 
vails. 
LEAF LETTUCE 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 30¢; 14 Ib. Y5e. 
Black Seeded Simpson (45 days). A good 
non-heading or cutting lettuce with 
broad, light green, frilled outer leaves. 
Center leaves are almost white. Crisp 
leaves with a delicate flavor. 
Grand Rapids. Very early. Hardy, dis- 
ease resistant. The most widely used and 
best adapted variety for greenhouse 
forcing. Plants large, upright, compact, 
and handsome; bright solid, light green, 
large leaves with broad, much frilled 
margin. Very tender and sweet when 
grown under glass. 
Oak Leaf. Shaped like an oak leaf. 
Stands up well in hot weather and does 
not turn bitter. Pkt. 15c. 
Red Leaf Prize. An early non-heading 
sort, very desirable for home garden 
use. Plants of medium size, crisp and 
tender; color medium green with brown- 
ish-red edges on outer leaves. 
MUSKMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 lbs. per acre. 
In sections where the summers are 
short, seed can be planted indoors or in 
hot beds in small boxes. The young 
plants can be transferred to the garden 
when danger of frost is past. If prac- 
ticable, spade in a liberal forkful of well- 
rotted manure at the bottom of each hill. 
The rows should be at least 6 feet apart 
and the hills 3 feet apart in the rows. In 
general, the culture is the same as that 
for cucumber. Pkt. 10¢; 1 oz. 25e. 
Cranshaw (96 days). A_ thick-fleshed 
melon with salmon color inside, golden 
green outside. Round at base, stem end 
pointed. Weighs 7 to 8 pounds. 
Hale’s Best Improved No. 36 (80 days). 
Fruits slightly oval, weighs 3 to 4 
pounds. Flesh exceptionally thick, deep 
salmon in color, sweet, aromatic and of 
very fine quality. Uniform in shape. 
Hale’s Best, Jumbo Strain. An outstand- 
ing shipping variety. Fruits slightly 
oval, uniform. Flesh exceptionally thick, 
deep salmon in color; sweet, and of very 
fine quality. Has a delightful aroma. 
Ripe in 75-80 days. 
Hearts of Gold (100 days). This popular 
medium sized melon follows the earlier 
varieties. It is fine to plant for succes- 
sion as it ripens in about 100 days. The 
fruits are 5 to 6 inches in diameter. The 
smooth orange salmon flesh is exception- 
ally thick and fine flavored. 
Imperial No. 45 (87 days). Extensively 
used because of resistance to downy mil- 
dew. Similar to Hale’s Best but only 
faintly ribbed. An exceptionally good 
shipper. 
Rocky Ford or Netted Gem (92 days). 
Fruits are small with rather large seed 
cavity, nearly round; no ribs, and heavily 
covered with hard gray netting. Flesh 
thick, green in color with gold tinge at 
the center. Juicy, spicy, and of good 
quality. 

OTHER MELONS 
Casaba (110 days). The casaba is a melon 
for the late season after the muskmelons 
are past. Fruits are medium large, globe 
shaped, weigh 6 pounds; outer color 
golden yellow, surface wrinkled. Flesh 
white, luscious and spicy. 
Honey Dew (112 days). A very fine 
melon. Fruits large globular, weigh 5 to 
7 pounds. Surface is smooth, hard, with 
practically no netting, creamy white. 
Flesh light emerald green, thick, ripen- 
ing to the rind; juicy and tender, with a 
distinct sweetness not found in other 
melons. 
Persian (115 days). A late, slow grow- 
ing vafiety. Fruits globular; rind very 
dark green, netting fine but sparse. 
Flesh thick, orange-pink in color. Of a 
distinct and delicious flavor. 
MUSTARD 
1% oz. to 100 ft., 4 Ibs. per acre. 
Seed may be sown from early spring to 
midsummer in rows 18 inches apart. 
Thin to 5 or 6 inches apart in the rows. 
The plants are in condition for use as 
soon as the leaves are the size of one’s 
hand. Mustard runs to seed quickly, so 
that successive plantings are necessary 
42 a continuous supply. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 
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Southern Giant Curled. The leaves are 
large, light green with a tinge of yellow, 
and much crumpled and frilled at the 
edges. The plant is upright or slightly 
spreading in growth. This variety is 
valued in the South for its vigor, hardi- 
ness, and good quality. 
Mustard Spinach or Tendergreen. Strict- 
ly speaking it is not a variety of mustard. 
A quick growing plant from the Orient. 
Leaves oblong, broad, fairly smooth with 
light green center ribs. Slow to seed, re- 
sistant to heat and drought. The flavor 
combines that of spinach and mustard. 

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