MUSTARD 
Sow as early as possible in the spring. 
Keep rows 6” to 12” apart and cover 
with soil 42” deep. You may also sow 
seed in autumn to raise greens and 
for salads. 
Mustard Spinach or Tendergreen— 
Wholesome, quick-growing green, Com- 
bining mustard and spinach flavors, 28 
days. 
Southern Giant Curled—Large, frilled 
and crumpled. Light green leaves. 39 
days. 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
Sow in rows about 3’ apart. Cover 
seeds with about 1” of fine soil firmly 
pressed down. Thin plants 18” to 24” 
apart when they reach 3” growth. 
Do not plant until ground is warm, as 
this is a tender, hot weather plant. 
Pick before woody fibres develop. 
Perkin’s Mammoth Long Pod—Early and 
prolific. Very tender, long pods. Deep 
green and slightly corrugated. 68 days. 
ONIONS 
Plant as soon as soil can be prepared. 
For best yield, plant on very fertile 
land—fall plowed, and thoroughly fer- 
tilized. When plants are a few inches 
tall, thin to prevent crowding—using 
the plants removed as green onions. 
Those left to become fully ripe can 
be stored for winter. Cultivate and 
hand weed every 2 weeks during 
summer. 
Yellow Varieties 
Yellow Sweet Spanish—Large, globe- 
shaped, exceptionally mild and sweet— 
excellent for eating raw or boiled. 
Light yellow skin and pure white, firm, 
crisp, and tasty flesh. 112 days. 

SWEET SPANISH ONION 
Yellow Globe Danvers—An oval 
shaped, straw-colored onion. White 
flesh, crisp and mild. Splendid keeper. 
110 days. 
White Varieties 
| Crystal Wax Bermuda—Sometimes called 
White Bermuda. Bulbs flat, medium- 
sized, clear white. 92 to 94 days. 
White Bunching—A good Spring ap- 
petizer. Crisp and mild. A fine white 
onion for cooking when grown larger. 
60 days. 

WHITE PORTUGAL ONIONS 
White Portugal or Silverskin—Excel- 
lent flat variety. Dependable cropper, 
excellent for sets, for green bunching, 
or as a pickler. 100 to 102 days. 
Red Varieties 
Red Wethersfield—Popular, good keep- 
er, used extensively for sets. Medium 
large, flat bottomed bulbs with sloping 
fop. Purplish-red. Fine grained flesh, 
firm, slightly flushed with pink. 100 to 
102 days. 
a. ee 
“There ought to be a law!" 
"Yessir, there ought to be a law that 
would make everybody grow a garden! 
Considering the state the world is in 
nowadays, a law like that would be a 
wonderful thing! 
“Here we all are, grumbling and growl- 
ing about food prices. And just outside 
our doors is the good earth, that can 
give us the finest of all answers to the 
situation! Here is Nature’s age-old 
weapon for fighting hunger, just wait- 
ing to be used. If only enough people 
would use this weapon, a lot of our 
worries would melt away! 
“Bfter all, what wiser thing can a 
family do than get back to the soil for 
a part of its sustenance? 
“Surely, the greatest bargain in the 
world is a handful of garden seed. 
16 
—says the Old Gardener 
Here's one of those rare things that can 
still be bought for a few pennies, yet 
brings the buyer a golden return. 
“It's a mighty good thing, then, that the 
seedsman is still on the job, ready to 
sell his amazing bargains to all comers 
. . and ready too, to be a friend, guide, 
and counsellor to all who buy. There 
aren't many merchants like this left in 
the modern world! 
“So here’s the all-party platform for 
Spring: 
“Now is the time for all good men to 
rally to the principle that 2 and 2 still 
make 4, that a man owes it to himself, 
his family, and his nation to grow food, 
grow health, and fight inflation right in 
his own back yard!” 

ONION SETS 
Onion sets used instead of seeds will 
produce earlier crops of green onions 
or large bulbs. Plant sets right side 
up and cover with garden rake; then 
firm the soil well over the sets. 
The quickest way to get onions early. 
We offer choice, select, dry sets, of the 
highest quality. (Prices on application.) 
PARSLEY 
Does best in rich, mellow loam. Seed 
iss slow to germinate, and is helped 
by soaking in warm water over night 
before planting. Sow early and not 
too deeply. When curled varieties are 
about 3” tall, cut off leaves. The new 
growth will be brighter and curlier. 
Moss Curled or Triple Curled—Com- 
pact, dark green leaves, curled and fine- 
cut. 70 days. 
PARSNIP 
Plant in rich, sandy loam, thoroughly 
pulverized. Seed requires plenty of 
moisture for germination and should be 
sown early. Dig after a killing frost. 
Freezing improves parsnips, so some 
can be left in the ground all winter 
and used in spring. For storage, bury 
in dry sand. 
Hollow Crown (fr)—The most generally 
grown kind. Roots 2¥2 to 3-in. thick at 
shoulder. 12 to 14-in. long, uniformly 
tapered, hollow crowned. 95 days. 
PEAS 
Early peas need a light, warm soil; 
but general crop thrives best in mod- 
erately heavy soil. (Avoid fresh ma- 
nure and very rich or wet, mucky soil 
as this produces large growth of vine 
at the cost of quality of the peas.) 
Plant seed in rows at 2” depth. Keep 
rows 21” to 28” apart for dwarf va- 
rieties and 28” to 42” for the taller 
types. Gather crop as fast as it is fit 
to use or new pods will cease to form 
and those partly advanced will cease 
growth. 
Early and Second Variety 
Alaska—Wilt resistant. Used for can- 
ning and early home garden. Blunt, 
straight, light-green, 3-in. pods. Plants 
32-in. 60 days. 
American Wonder—A standard, well 
known extra early dwarf variety. 18 
inch vine. 59 days. 
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