a SS 
and fleshy. The “spinach” flavor is milder 
than other kinds. It lives through hard 
freezes. Plant from October through March. 
We know of no other crop that produces 
more food than Velvet Spinach. In one test, 
we cut it every week for 23 weeks. As 
tender buds and leaves are cut, it quickly 
replaces them. Packet 10c. 
EARLY GEM RADISH: The very earliest 
of all radishes. Another seedsman says it is 
ready to eat in 16 days after planting seed. 
We can’t grow them that quick, but certainly 
it is earlier than any other. Bulbs round, 
bright red, crisp, tender and_ snappy. 
Packet 10c. 
MAMMOTH HEAD LETTUCE: The only 
kind we have found, in all our experiments, 
that ALWAYS heads, in Texas. Heads large, 
firm, fine-flavored. If you follow the simple 
directions printed on our packets, you can 
grow as fine heads as ever grow in California, 
without transplanting. We have sold tens 
of thousands of packets, and cannot remem- 
ber ever having had a complaint. Packet 10c. 
SUREHEAD CABBAGE: Probably the 
best of all for the southwest. Fairly large 
heads, and sure to head. Packet 10c. 
PIMENTO SWEET ‘PEPPER: More 
drouth-resistant than any other sweet pepper. 
A row in our garden, one very dry summer, 
not watered, bore from June until frost. We 
counted more than 50 mature pods on one 
stalk. Stalks large and sturdy, fruits deep 
green, turning to bright, glossy red, flesh- 
walls often 1/4 inch thick, pods broad, taper- 
ing to a point, never wrinkled, flavor sweet 
and mild. Packet 10c. 
CALIFORNIA WONDER SWEET PEP- 
PER: Best and most prolific of the real 
large, “‘bull-nosed” peppers. Packet 10c. 
PERFECTED DETROIT BEET: Tops 
small, bulbs medium sized, the darkest red. 
This is the improved strain of the old stan- 
dard, Detroit Dark Red. Packet 10c. 
STRAIGHT-8 CUCUMBER: Probably the 
best of all cucumbers as aan “all-purpose” 
kind—for home use, for market, for slicing 
and pickling. Prolific and sure to make, and 
good at all stages. Packet 10c. 
EARLY ‘STRAIGHT-NECK SQUASH: A 
development of the old Crook Neck, but 
better in all ways. Early, prolific, fine qual- 
ity, and easy to prepare for cooking. 
Packet 10c. 
DANVERS CARROT: The one best carrot 
for Texas. Quickly grows to fair size, always 
free of hard core. A true Health Vegetable, 
and you will soon learn to like this mild- 
flavored kind. Packet 10c. 
MAMMOTH DILL: For flavoring pickles, 
soups, etc. Packet 10c. 
“POKE”: Counted the healthiest of all 
vegetables, and is really “good to eat,” when 
cooked with other leafy vegetables. Lives 
for many years, and comes up real early in 
the spring. Packet 10c. 
SHOGOIN TURNIP: We think this the 
best of all turnips, where both “greens” and 
turnips are wanted. Highly resistant to in- 
sects, and quick growing. Packet 10c. 
WHITE VELVET OKRA: The old re- 
liable, improved through the years. Heavy 
yielding, fine flavored. 
Packet 10c. 
SWEET SPANISH ONION: Grows to 
large size, sweet-flavored, likely the most 
satisfactory onion for the home garden. 
Packet 10c.. 
EARLY SUGAR PUNKIN: Every garden 
should have a few hills of this heavy-bearing, 
small-fruited kind for baking and making 
“good old punkin pies.” Packet 10c. 

PORTER’S SYRUP CANE: For nearly 
40 years we have improved this strain, and 
we now count it the best, either for making 
fine quality syrup, or for stock feed. Vastly 
superior in drouth-resistance, and heavy yield. 
Suckers so freely that stalks should be 8 feet 
apart each way. A packet of our seed is 
enough for 1-4 acre. Packet 10c. 

Flowers 
SPENCER SWEET PEAS: Every possible 
shade and color, all latest improved true 
Spencers. Packet 15c. 
CALIFORNIA GIANT ZINNIA: Truly 
the “giants” of the zinnia family. Every 
color. Packet 15c. 
DOUBLE WHITE POPPY: Large, fea- 
thery, round blooms, often four inches across 
—enormous balls of frothy white. We send 
seed of our strain to all parts of the United 
States, and it is known as the largest and 
finest of white poppies. Packet 15c. 
TREE MORNING GLORY: Under perfect 
conditions, although an annual, it makes a 
“tree” 8 feet tall, with a spread of 8 feet or 
more, and each stalk makes thousands of 
light lavender blooms from June until frost. 
Packet (5 live seed) 10c. 
SINGLE HOLLYHOCK: For hiding out- 
buildings and unsightly spots, nothing equals 
this strain. Grows 8 to 10 feet tall, and 
each. stalk is covered with large blooms, 
often three inches across. All colors. 
Packet 10c. 
SNAP DRAGON: All colors of this fine 
old hardy annual. Packet 10c. 
LARKSPUR: Ours is the tall-branching 
strain, each branch covered with fine blooms, 
many of them double. All colors. Packet 10c. 
PETUNIA: Our mixture has all colors 
and all types. Packet 15c. 
PERIWINKLE: All colors of this lovely 
border plant. Packet 10c. 
DOUBLE DAHLIAS: All colors and all 
types. Packet 15c. 
MIXED ASTERS: All types and all colors. 
Packet 15c. 
LANTANA: One of the hardiest and most 
beautiful perennial shrubs. Packet (10 seed) 
10e. 
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