KALE OR BORECOLE 
Requires moist, well enriched soil. 
Pick leaves as wanted,or pull whole 
plant. Leaves are best after a frost. 
Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch — Wide 
spreading, fine curled blue-green plant, 
plume-like leaves. Use as a vegetable 
and for ornament. Exceptionally uni- 
form. 55 days. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch—Hardy, light 
green colored plant. Leaves deeply cut, 
curled at the edges. Very tender after 
exposure to frosty weather. 60 days. 
Thousand Headed (Jersey or Cow Kale) 
—Very productive variety. Tall plants, 
bearing an abundance of deep green, 
thick, smooth leaves. Grown for stock 
and chicken feed. 65 days. 
KOHLRABI 
Sow early as possible in light, rich 
soil. When plants are in the third leaf, 
thin to 6” apart. Plant at intervals of 
10 days for succession of bulbs until 
hot weather—after which they do not 
grow. Use while still young and 
tender, before skin hardens. 
White Vienna Early (fr)—8 to 10-in. 
leaves on slender stems. Bulbs 2 to 
3-in., globular, light green. Crisp, ten- 
der, clear white flesh. 55 to 60 days. 
LEEK 
Large American Flag—An early, popu- 
lar variety, with thick, long white stems. 
Leaves large and drooping, medium 
green. 130 days. 
LETTUCE 
Keep lettuce growing rapidly for best 
results. A light, rich soil needed for 
this. Earliest varieties must be started 
from seed in cold-frame. As soon as 
open ground can be worked trans- 
plant. For later use, sow seed in open 
ground as soon as weather is favor- 
ablew, Keep rowsiel24= tom 18” apart: 
Thin plants in rows 4” to 8’ .depend- 
ing on variety. 
Heading or Cabbage 
Great Lakes—All-America award. An 
outstanding new Iceberg or Crisp-head 
type. A summer lettuce that stands heat 
well and is very resistant to tip burn. 
Heads medium size, solid, crisp. 
Hanson—Old hardy variety for home 
and market gardens. Large globular 
heads, compact tender and sweet. Light 
yellowish green leaves, broad and curly. 
80 days. 
Imperial—Resistant to brown blight and 
mildew, also resists frost damage bet- 
ter. Good for Fall planting. Heads dark 
green, large, firm, somewhat coarse but 
of good quality. 83 days. 
Imperial No. 847 (Florida Iceberg)— 
Heads are of good size and solid. Does 
well in hot weather and is resistant to 
tip burn. Very hardy. 83 days. 
Mignonette—Heads small, round, com- 
pact. Leaves crumpled, frilled, medium 
brown with a bronze tinge. White heart, 
excellent quality for home gardens. 67 
days. 
New York or Los Angeles—Long dis- 
tance shipper. Large curled heading 
lettuce. Dark green, curled edge leaves. 
Well blanched heads, sweet, and 
tender. 80 days. 
NW 

White Paris Cos or Trianon—Medium 
large. self-folding, dark green loaf 
shaped heads. Greenish-white, well 
blanched interior. 66 days. 
Loose Leaf Varieties 
Black Seeded Simpson—Light green, 
frilled and crumpled. 45 days. 
Grand Rapids—Erect, compact plants. 
Light green, broad heavily fringed. For 
forcing or early planting outside. 43 
days. 
Oakleaf—The most popular leaf lettuce 
for home gardens. Rick, dark green 
leaves, tender and delicious. Outstand- 
ing resistance to hot weather. 
MANGEL WURZEL 
(See Beets, Stock) 
MELONS 
Melons are hard to grow in the Puget 
Sound area or other northwestern areas 
where the summer nights are too cool 
for this heat-loving plant. You can, 
however, grow reasonably good mel- 
ons in spite of the weather, provided 
they are given more than ordinary 
attention. Start the seeds indoors, each 
seed in an individual container, such 
as a used paper drinking cup, of rich 
potting soil. When all danger of frost 
is definitely gone, transfer the plants 
outdoors in a bed of rich, moist soil 
or compost. Water frequently, as soil 
must be kept very moist. Seeds may 
be planted in early May right in the 
garden PROVIDED they are protected 
with Hot-Kaps until all danger of 
frost is definitely gone. 
Casaba, Golden Beauty—Grown in hot- 
ter sections. Fruits medium large and 
globe shaped. Outer color golden yel- 
low. Flesh white, luscious and spicy. 
110 days. 
Hale’s Best—Flesh thick, deep salmon- 
pink, sweet and tasty. Heavily netted 
rind, with faint stripe. Small seed cav- 
ity. Outstanding variety, resistant to 
powdery mildew. Weight, 4 lbs. 86 
days. 
Hearts of Gold or Improved Hoodoo— 
Nearly round 2-lb. fruit, distinctly 
ribbed, deep green with fine grey net- 
ting. Thick, deep salmon flesh, tender 
sweet. 94 days: 
Rocky Ford, Golden Lined — Fruits, 
small, with rather large seed cavity. 
Nearly round, weight 2¥% lbs. No ribs. 
Heavily covered with hard grey net- 
ting. Flesh thick, green with gold tinge 
at center. Very juicy and spicy. Excel- 
lent quality. 92 days. 
WATERMELON 
Requires about same culture as musk- 
melon, except the vines need more 
room. Fertilize each hill liberally and 
cultivate thoroughly. 
Blue Ribbon Striped Klondike—Large 
long melon, yellowish green with dark 
green stripes. Tough rind. Scarlet, de- 
licious flesh. 90 days. 
Black-Seeded Ice Cream—Almost round 
with thin medium green rind. Inside 
flesh pink and exceptionally sweet and 
fine flavor. Matures early; fine keeper. 
Kleckley’s Sweet or Wondermelon— 
Large, cylindrical, dark bluish-green, 
with thin, tender rind. Bright red, juicy, 
sweet flesh, creamy-white seeds with 
traces of brown. 85 days. 
Klondike—Fruits oblong, tapering to 
blossom end. Solid dark green rind. 
Flesh red, very fine textured and sweet. 
Small black seeds. 80 days. 
-10¢ PER PACKET 
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The kind of lettuce 
you can grow at 
home — really crisp, 
fresh leaf lettuce—is the kind every 
master chef sighs for and can't get. 
As soon as your soil is workable, plant 
a row of black Seeded Simpson, or 
Oak Leaf. Or if you like head lettuce, 
try Big Boston, a butterhead full-flavored 
kind you can’t buy on the market. 
Hot weather is hard on most lettuce, 
but try Great Lakes: you'll be surprised 
how well it grows and how slowly it 
bolts to seed. And you'll be delighted 

The Old Gardener on LETTUCE 
with its good crisp 
head lettuce flavor. 
For a real treat, try 
Oak Leaf. It com- 
bines the wonderful 
flavor and quality of 
leaf lettuce with the 
productivity and 
crispness of head let- 
tuce. If allowed to stand, it produces 
loose heads. 
Remember that lettuce is a fast-growing, 
rich feeding crop. Give it plenty of 
And use your compost or well- 
rotted manure liberally on the lettuce 
row. A light sprinkling of nitrate of 
soda will pay, too, because lettuce 
thrives on lots of nitrogen. 
water. 
The lettuce varieties illustrated here are: 
1—Prizehead; 2—Iceberg; 3—Romaine, 
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