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Cucumber 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre. 
CULTURE—Sow in warm toamy soil, en- 
riched with well rotted manure if possible, 
when weather becomes settled and warm, 
usually after May ist. Thin to 4 to 5 
plants to a hill. for pickles sow from the 
middle of June to middle of July. Water 
freely. 
LONG GREEN IMPROVED. This is un- 
doubtedly the best variety of cucumber 
for all uses grown. It produces an abun- 
dance of fruit and is unsurpassed either 
for market gardening or for the home 
garden. Pkg. 10c; oz. 20c; '4 Ib. 60c. 
* STRAIGHT 8. (All-America Gold Medal 
Award for 1935.) This outstanding new 
variety produces smooth cylindrical fruits 
about eight inches in length and about 
1% inches in diameter. Fruits well rounded 
at the end and free from objectionable 
striping or tipping. Equally fine for ship- 
ping or for home use. Pkg. 10c; oz. 20c; 
Yq Ib. 60c. 
IMPROVED WHITE SPINE. This is one 
of the best sorts for early table use, as it 
will mature fruits a little earlier than the 
Long Green. Fruits usually straight and 
light green in color. Pkg. 10c; oz. 20c; 
4 |b. 60c. 
*LEMON CUCUMBER. A dainty little 
cucumber resembling a lemon in size and 
shape. Its flavor, which differs some- 
what from other varieties, makes it fine 
either for slicing or for salads. Pkg. 10c; 
oz. 20c; '4 Ib. 60c. 
SMALL GHERKIN (for Pickles). While 
this is not a true cucumber. It is grown 
and used in a similar manner. It is very 
prolific, with pale green spines over the 
entire surface of the fruits. Pkg. 15c; 
oz. 35c. 
BOSTON PICKLING. This is a very pro- 
ductive variety and one of the most pop- 
ular kinds used tor pickling. Vhe fruits 
are of medium size, very smooth and 
bright green in color. The flesh is crisp 
and tender. Pkg. 10c; oz. 20c; '%4 Ib. 60c. 

KALE 
LETTUCE, GREAT LAKES 
Plant Tillinghast’s Lettuce 
CULTURE-—Sow the seed in hotbeds dur- 
ing February until the middle of March, 
afterward pricking off into flats or cold- 
frames, leaving avout 6 to 8 inches be- 
tween the plants. AS soon as weather be- 
comes suitable, transfer to open ground 
and set out in rows 1 foot apart, leaving 9 
inches between the plants in the rows. 
V2 oz. to 100 ft., 3 Ibs. per acre. 
GREAT LAKES. A sure heading variety, 
dependable for summer production. 
Leaves large, thick, glossy and well folded; 
ribs heavy. Slow to bolt to seed and con- 
siderable resistance to tipburn. Pkg. 10c; 
OZ. 25c AL ibiebCs 
*NEW YORK or LOS ANGELES. This 
wonderful variety of lettuce is undoubtedly 
one of the finest, both for the market and 
for the home garden. It forms a large, 
tight, crisp head that is very popular with 
the market gardeners and is much used as 
a fall and winter lettuce on the markets. 
The outer leaves are dark green and frilled 
at the edges, whiie the inner leaves are 
very tender and beautifully blanched. 
Pkg ii0csnoz.125¢;) 1/4. Ibea7 5c. 
BIG BOSTON. Very large, smooth leaved, 
solid-heading variety, grown more exten- 
sively throughout the east and south than 
any other. It is congenial to all climates, 
a good shipper. In flavor it probably ex- 
cels other smooth-leaved varieties. Pkg. 
TOG; OZ COCs VAnIDarOC: 
HANSON. One of the very best. Large 
heads, sweet and crisp. If you want your 
lettuce to head, plant this kind and thin 
out, or transplant to several inches apart. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 25¢c; Ya Ib.) 75c. 
BLACK SEED SIMPSON. Large, early; 
very nice and desirable; slow to run to 
seed; tender a long time. Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; 
VY Ib. 75c. 
EARLY PRIZE HEAD BROWN. Large 
leaves tinged with brownish red; very 
tender, crisp and sweet, forming a large, 
loose head. Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; '4 Ib. 75c. 
GRAND RAPIDS. This is the kind of 
lettuce that is generally used for growing 
under glass in winter. Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; 
4 Ib. 75c. 
Chicken Lettuce 
CHICKEN LETTUCE. This is a rough, 
rank growing variety of lettuce that has 
no head but produces a large bunch of 
leaves. For this reason it is an ideal 
source of green feed for chickens, and 
should find great favor with poultrymen 
everywhere. Pkg. 10c; oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 60c; 
1 Ib. $1.20. 
Cos or Romaine Lettuce 
WHITE PARIS. This kind of lettuce is 
distinguished by its long, narrow, spoon- 
shaped leaves, folding into loose, sugar- 
loaf shaped heads which blanch better 
by having the outer leaves drawn about © 
them and tied. The quality is distinct 
from that of the Cabbage Lettuces and by 
many is considered very superior. Pkg. 
10cs4oz. 25csnZulburSc. 

Kale or Borecole 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre. 
CULTURE—The culture is practically the 
same as that of late Cabbage, but as the 
plants will withstand several degrees of 
frost they can grow late into the Fall. 
Many think Kale best after the first heavy 
frost. 
GREEN CURLED. The plants of this va- 
riety are two to four feet in height and 
bear an abundance of long plume-like 
leaves. The leaf edges are deeply cut and 
very curly. Very seldom injured by freez- 
ing in Western Washington or Oregon. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c. 
DWARF CURLED SCOTCH. A finely 
curled low growiug and hardy variety, 
well adapted for making greens. This va- 
riety is used largely for garnishing, as 
the leaves are o1 a beautiful shade of 
green. This variety is also very hardy. 
Pkgm 10csmozaooc- 
THOUSAND HEADED or COW KALE. 
Thousand Headed Kale is one of the most — 
valuable of all winter crops for the dairy- 
men and poultrymen. It is a very hardy 
plant belonging to the cabbage family, 
which grows in many cases, well over 
four feet in height, while the central stalk 
produces an abundance of long, broad 
leaves which are of great value as a 
green winter feed. Many poultrymen use 
it almost exclusively as a source of green 
feed during the winter. Pkg. 10c; oz. 20c; 
VY4 Ib. 60c; 1 Ib. $1.50. 
Leek 
Yo oz. to 100 ft., 4 Ibs. per acre. 
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG. This vege- 
table belongs to the onion family and is 
a good fall and winter substitute for green 
onions. It is very fine for flavoring soup 
and other cooking. The leaves are flat 
and the stems large and bulbous. 
10c; oz. 60c. 
Pkg. 



