
ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY—"Pure and Sure” Seeds 


Davis Perfect 
CUCUMBERS 
One ounce will plant 50 hills; 2 pounds will plant an acre. 
A. & C. OR COLORADO. An attractive and out- 
standing cucumber of excellent quality and 
ideal size (8 to 10 inches), most remarkable for 
holding its fine dark green color. It is a vigor- 
ous, high yielding variety. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 14 lb., 75c; Ib., $2.50. 
BLACK DIAMOND. Fruits rich dark green, re- 
taining their color long after pickling. 7 to 8 
inches long, 234 inches thick, slightly tapered, 
full at both ends. 
Pkt., 10c; 0oz., 25c; 4 Ib., 75c; Ib., $2.50. 
EARLY WHITE SPINE. This truly is the peer- 
less Cucumber and for slicing it has no equal. 
Our select strain of this variety is unsurpassed. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 1% Ib., 75c; Ib., $2.50. 
GHERKIN or BURR. An early maturing, very 
small, dark green Cucumber; an ideal bottle 
pickle. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 14 Ib., 75c. 
JAPANESE CLIMBING. Here is a variety that 
won’t take up so much space in your garden 
as it easily trails up poles or trellises. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 14 Ib., 75c. 
LONDON LONG GREEN. The fruits are very 
long, often 12 to 15 inches when mature, yellow 
when ripe. It is a standard sort for slicing and 
is very largely used for pickles. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 14 Ib., 75c; Ib., $2.50. 
DAVIS PERFECT. We consider this the finest 
all around Cucumber in existence. It is long 
and straight, color is deep green. Very produc- 
tive. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 14 Ib., 75c; Ib., $2.50. 
NATIONAL PICKLING. Is grown almost ex- 
clusively for pickling and is ideal for that pur- 
pose. It produces fruits of pickling size in 47 
to 50 days and is the earliest of the varieties 
in common use. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; '4 Ib., 75c; Ib., $2.50. 
STRAIGHT EIGHT. This White Spine variety 
typifies its name, running quite straight, reg- 
ularly 8 inches long and 2 inches in diameter. 
Color dark green, free from pale striping, and 
very productive. 
Pkt., 10c; 02z., 25c; 4 Ib., 75c; Ib., $2.50. 
CRESS 
CURLED or PEPPER GRASS. The leaves are 
frilled or curled, and are used for garnishing. 
The plant is of rapid growth, about one foot 
high. 
Pkt., 10¢; 14 02z., 20c; 0z., 35c. 
WATER CRESS. Seeds may be started readily 
in pans or boxes of very moist earth, and when 
the young plants are well started, they can 
be transplanted to the running stream. 
Pkt., 10c. 
DANDELION 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of row. 
IMPROVED. The large, broad, dark green leaves 
are used as “greens” for boiling or eaten like 
Endive. 
Pkt., 10c; '4 0z., 55c. 
EGG PLANT 
An ounce of seed is enough for 1,000 plants. 
Culture: Start the seed early March in hotbed or boxes 
and transplant to open ground when danger of frost has 
passed. The rows should be three feet apart and plants 
two feet in the row. 
BLACK BEAUTY. Produces large, egg-shaped or 
bulbous fruit of fine color and quality. Has no 
spines, and is the earliest. 
Pkt., 10c; '4 0z., 30c; 0z., 55c; 4 Ib., $1.85. 
ENDIVE 
One ounce of seed for 50 feet of row; 
4 to 5 pounds per acre. 
Culture: Sow seed in rows 14 to 20 inches apart, and 
when well established, thin to one plant per foot. When 
nearly full grown, blanch by tying the leaves together. 
FULL HEART BATAVIAN. A distinctly im- 
proved form of Broad-Leaved Endive. Plant 
medium large with deep, full, well blanched 
heart of infolded broad leaves. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.75. 
GREEN CURLED. (Pink Ribbed.) The leaves of 
this variety are finely divided, giving a mossy 
appearance. The center tends to blanch to a 
delicate white. The plant is hardy and vigorous 
and especially good for fall and winter use. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c ; 14 Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.75. 
FENNEL 
FLORENCE. One of the finest Italian delicacies. 
It has an enlarged leaf base which should have 
soil drawn up around it when it is the size of a 
hen’s egg. Used as a salad or boiled. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 0z., 15c; 0z., 25c; 14 Ib., 75c. 

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