
GREAT LAKES LETTUCE 
‘ LEAF LETTUCE 
2 Pkt. 10c¢; 1 oz. 30c¢; 4% Ib. Y5e. © 
Black Seeded Simpson. (45 days.) A good 
non-heading or cutting lettuce with 
broad, light green, frilled outer leaves. 
Center leaves are almost white. Crisp 
leaves with a delicate flavor. 
Grand Rapids. Very early. Hardy, dis- 
ease resistant. The most widely used and 
best adapted variety for greenhouse 
’ forcing. Plants large, upright, compact, 
‘ and handsome; bright solid, light green, 
large leaves with broad, much frilled 
margin. Very tender and sweet when 
grown under glass. 
Oak Leaf. Shaped like an oak leaf. 
Stands up well in hot weather and does 
not turn bitter. Pkt. 15c; 1 oz. 50c. 
Red Leaf Prize. An early non-heading 
sort, very desirable for home garden use. 
Plants of medium size, crisp and tender; 
color medium green with bruwnish-red 
edges on outer leaves. 
MUSKMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 lbs. per acre. 
Where summers are short sow in pots 
indoors, planting out in rich, well ma- 
nured soil when danger of frost is over. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c. 
for Cranshaw. (96 days.) A _ thick-fleshed 
| melon with salmon color inside, golden 
: a green outside. Round at base, stem end 
; pointed. Weighs 7 to 8 pounds. 


_-_-—- Hale’s Best Improved No. 36. (80 days.) 
; Fruits slightly oval, weight 3 to 4 pounds. 
Flesh exceptionally thick, deep salmon in 
color, sweet, aromatic and of very fine 
quality. Uniform in shape. 
Hale’s Best, Jumbo Strain. An outstand- 
ing shipping variety. Fruits slightly 
oval, uniform. Flesh exceptionally thick, 
deep salmon in color; sweet, and of very 
- fine quality. Has a delightful aroma. 
Ripe in 75-80 days. 
- Hearts of Gold. (100 days.) This popular 
'medium sized melon follows the earlier 
varieties. It is fine to plant for succes- 
sion as it ripens in about 100 days. The 
fruits are 5 to 6 inches in diameter. The 
smooth orange salmon flesh is exception- 
ally thick and fine flavored. 























Imperial No. 45. (87 days.) Extensively 
used because of resistance to downy mil- 
dew. Similar to Hale’s Best but only 
- faintly ribbed. An exceptionally good 
_ shipper. 
_ Rocky Ford or Netted Gem. (92 days.) 
Fruits are small with rather large seed 
cavity, nearly round; no ribs, and heavily 
covered with hard gray netting. Flesh 
thick, green in color with gold tinge at 
the center. Juicy, spicy, and of good 
quality. 

OTHER MELONS 
Casaba. (110 days.) The casaba is a melon 
for the late season after the muskmelons 
are past. Fru.ts are medium, large, globe 
shaped, weigh 6 pounds; outer color 
golden yellow, surface wrinkled. Flesh 
_white, luscious and spicy. 
IIoney Dew. (112 days.) A very fine 
melon, Fruits large globular, weigh 5 to 
7 pounds. Surface is smooth, hard, with 
practically no netting, creamy white. 
Flesh light emerald green, thick, ripen- 
ing to the rind; juicy and tender, with a 
distinct sweetness not found in other 
melons. 
Persian. (115 days.) A late, slow grow- 
ing variety. Fruits globular: rind very 
dark green, netting fine but sparse. Flesh 
thick, orange-pink in color. Of a distinct 
and delicious flavor. 

ONION YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS 
MUSTARD 
% oz. to 100 ft., 4 Ibs. per acre. 
Make successive sowings in open from 
early spring to midsummer. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c. 
Southern Giant Curled. The leaves are 
large, light green with a tinge of yellow, 
and much crumpled and frilled at the 
edges. The plant is upright or slightly 
spreading in growth. This variety is 
valued in the South for its vigor, hardi- 
ness, and good quality. 
Mustard Spinach or Tendergreen. Strict- 
ly speaking it is not a variety of mustard. 
A quick growing plant from the Orient. 
Leaves oblong, broad, fairly smooth with 
light green center ribs. Slow to seed, re- 
sistant to heat and drought. The flavor 
combines that of spinach and mustard. 
OKRA or GUMBO 
2 oz. to 100 ft., 8 to 10 Ibs. per acre. 
Sow seed early in May, in rows 3 feet 
apart and 2 inches deep. As plants ap- 
pear, thin out to about 1 foot apart. Pkt. 
10c; 1 oz. 20¢e. 
Improved Dwarf Green. Early. Short, 
thick pods. 
Perkin’s Mammoth Long Pod. Standard 
medium early sort for home, market gar- 
den and canning. Plants 4 to 5 feet tall; 
pods dark green, fleshy, tender; become 
7 to 8 inches long, 1% inches in diameter. 
Distinetly ribbed and tapered. 

MELON HALE’S BEST 
ONIONS 
1% oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre. 
As early as soil can be worked in 
spring, sow the seeds thinly in drills 1 
foot apart, and cover lightly, later thin- 
ning out to about 6 inches apart in the 
row. The soil must be well fertilized and 
be made very friable. In hot weather, 
water frequently. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 75c. 
Crystal Wax Bermuda. Medium size, 
pure, waxy white. One of mildest sorts 
grown. 
Utah Sweet Spanish. A large, globe 
snaped brown onion, weighing 1 to 3 
pounds. Small tops. Flesh mild and 
sweet. Good for slicing. Most popular 
marketing onion. 
White Portugal, or Silverskin. A good 
second early white flat onion. It should 
be planted any time from November 1st 
until April 1st. It is a good keeper and 
desired for shipping. 
White Bunching or Pickling. Excellent 
and one of the best for green onions. 
Crisp and mild, attaining a good size be- 
fore bulbs form. 
White Sweet Spanish. (112 days.) A very 
large onion with pure white flesh, similar 
to the Yellow Sweet Spanish. A good 
keeper. Globular with small neck. 
Yellow Globe Danvers. An outstanding 
variety. Dependable, medium late, hardy, 
and excellent keeper; used for shipping 
and storage. Bulbs medium size. spheri- 
cal, clear yellow, firm and solid with 
tough, clinging skins. Flesh white. 
ONION SETS 
Sets are northern grown, hardy, care- 
fully cleaned, graded and packed. Pro- 
duced for western conditions. Plant onion 
sets deep for green onions and shallow 
for dry onions. 1 lb. to 50 ft. 
PARSLEY 
% oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre. 
Grows best in rich mellow soil and 
should be sown as early as possible in 
spring. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c. 
Extra Triple Curled (Moss Curled). This 
vigorous compact grower is one of the 
most popular varieties because of its deep 
green color and tightly curled leaves that 
look like moss. It is unusually decorative. 


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