


Every Family Should Have Lettuce Every Day 


New Imperial Extra-curled Kale 
KALE 
Dwarf German. 
. New Imperial Extra-curled, Long-stand- 
ing. The leaves are very crimpy and a 
dark green. 
Spring. A hardy, quick-growing, smooth- 
Ieaved variety. Sow at intervals of 10 
days, so as always to have it young and 
tender. 30 days. 
BORECOLE 
Scotch Kale 
For Plants, see page 24 
Sow I ounce of seed to about 100 feet of drill; 
2 to 3 pounds to the acre 
Cu.ture. May be sown from May to 
September and is not harmed by cold 
weather. Plants should be about 18 inches 
apart, in rows 244 feet apart. Soil B. 
Dwarf Blue Scotch, Extra Curled. This 
Kale is of a dark bluish green color, which 
it retains without yellowing, even after 
several days of transportation, thus com- 
manding a higher price when put on the 
market. It attains a large size and pro- 
duces a great mass of foliage. In addition 
it is very hardy and passes the severest 
winter without being harmed. 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch or Norfolk. 
One of the most popular shipping sorts. 
Very largely used in Norfolk trucking 
district. 
Hardy Winter. Grows 1% feet high with 
an abundance of beautiful light green 
leaves which are densely curled and crum- 
pled. Besides being very hardy it possesses 
the advantage of all other varieties in forc- 
ing a second crop of moss-curled [eaves as 
soon as the first ones are gone. This new 
growth is of the finest quality and is ready 
for market during the winter and early 
spring months, when it demands fancy 
prices. 
Tall Scotch. Best forsummer. Very spread- 
ing, nicely curled and hardy; frost im- 
proves it. 

White Vienna Kohlrabi 
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KOHLRABI 
Sow 1 ounce to 150 feet of drill 
A favorite vegetable in Europe 
where it is extensively grown for 
table use. The bulb is formed above 
the ground, and, if used when young 
and tender, makes a most delicate 
dish. 50 days. Soil A. 
Earliest Purple Vienna. Same as 4 
White Vienna, except in the out- 
side color. 
White Vienna. Greenish white out- 
side with clear white flesh. 
LETTUCE 
CHOICE STRAINS 
Sow 2 ounces of seed to 100 yards 
of row; 1 ounce for 2000 plants 
Cutture. Lettuce is now sown 
during almost all seasons of the 
year. For outdcor use seed can be sown in 
well-manured hotbeds in February and 
March. Transplant there or cutdoors 
when the weather will permit—10 inches 
apart in the row. If the Lettuce is not to 
head, sow thickly and cut as desired. For 
best results it is well to sow only the varieties 
suited to the different seasons and conditions. 
For winter use, sow seed in September in 
hotbeds and follow it with other sowings for 
succession. 50 days. Soil A. 
All-Seasons. A _ heading variety. Thick 
leaves; large solid, yellow heads. Succeeds 
well at all seasons. 
Bibb. Small, dark green, loose heads of ex- 
cellent flavor. Should be grown in green- 
house or cool weather only. 
Big Boston. Old favorite. 

Iceberg. The earliest and largest header of 
Its class; crisp and tender. 
California Cream Butter. A good summer 
sort of reliable heading quality. Yellowish 
green, slightly marked with brown specks. 
Early Curled Simpson. 
loose heads, finely fringed and curled. 
Either white or black-seeded varieties. 
Grand Rapids. Excellent for forcing. Large, 
loose, yellowish green head of fine quality. 
Stands well. 
Oak Leaf. A non-heading Lettuce. Leaves 
thick, succulent and tender, shaped like an 
Early fine, large, 

oak leaf. Early type. 
Packets, ounces, and 14 pounds postpaid. 
BORECOLE or SCOTCH KALE. 
Hardy Winter. . 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch or Norfolk. 
Dwarf Blue Scotch, Extra Curled. 
Tall Scotch. 
KALE, Dwarf German. 


White Boston Special Lettuce 
Great Lakes. A summer Lettuce which 
stands heat and sun, and is slow to go to 
seed. Tender and crisp. 
, New York P. W. No. 55. The earliest- 
), maturing New York, heading in 75 days 
—” from seed. No. 55 heads well in summer 
and early fall. Highly resistant to tipburn 
and slime. For home and market. 
No. 44 New York or Wonderful. Also 
called Iceberg and Los Angeles. This very 
large-heading Lettuce is desirable not only 
as a garden variety for summer use but 
Is used as a fall and winter market sort. 
No. 847 Black-seeded New York, Wonder- 
ful or Iceberg. A very fine strain of this 
desirable Lettuce. 
Romaine Dark Green (Dark Green Cos). 
Has long, narrow, upright leaves; does not 
head, but when tied up blanches very nicely. 
Romaine, White Paris (White 
Cos). Like above but for its color. 
White Boston Special. Green-leaved Big 
Boston type without the red-tinged Ieaf- 
edge. An entirely dependable sort for 
growing in coldframes and for first field- 
planting mm the early spring. . 
Chicken Lettuce. This is a non-heading 
Lettuce, quite different from those used 
for human food. The plants grow 4 feet 
tall before they run to seed. It is ready for 
cutting in 45 days after sowing. Planted 
extensively for feeding poultry and rabbits. 
Paris 
Pkt. Oz. Alb. 
..$0 10 $0 15 $045 $1 
; 0 15 45 1 
New pivcatee Extra- a Long- eee bs ie Mie hea 
Spring.. 
KOHLRABI - 
White Vienna. ; 
Earliest Purple Vienna. 
LETTUCE 
New York P. W. No. 55. 
No. 847 Black-seeded New York... 
Nose Newayor : Bc an es 
Big Boston. . 
Iceberg.. 
Romaine (White Paris Cos). 
Romaine Dar Green Cos).. 
Grand aes 
Bibb. af 
Oak Leaf. . 
Great Lakes. 
California Cream Butter. . 
All-Seasons. . 
White Boston Special. . 
Early Curled Simpson (either white or lack-seeded)... 
Chicken Lettuce 
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