VEGETABLE SEEDS 

SWEET YELLOW GLOBE — 75 days — 
One of the very best for table and feed- 
ing. Globe-shaped, large, smooth, and 
handsome; pale yellow. Flesh. hard and 
firm, mild and sweet. Keeps well. Pkt. 10¢, 
oz. 25¢, 4 lb. 50¢, Ib. $1.40. 
WHITE EGG — 60 days — Large, smooth, 
egg-shaped root; pure white, solid, juicy 
and mild. Grows quickly and keeps well. 
One of the best. Pkt. 10¢, oz. 25¢, 1% Ib. 
d0¢, Ib. $1.40. 
AN ALL-LEAF TURNIP 
SEVEN TOP. In this variety there is 
little root-development. The leaves, how- 
ever, are numerous and large, and are 
recommended to those who esteem flavor- 
ful, vitamin-packed “Turnip-tops”. Pkt. 
10¢, oz. 25¢, 4 Ib. 55¢, Ib. $1.25. 
RUTABAGAS 
SWEET WHITE ROCK — 90 days — One of 
the very best of Swedish sorts; commands 
a good price. Good size and shape. Smooth, 
clear white; hard and brittle, but cooking 
tender and sweet. As a winter or spring 
Turnip, it has no superior and few equals. 
Keeps very late. Pkt. 10¢, oz. 35¢, %4 Ib. 
35¢, Ib. $1.65. 
IMPROVED AMERICAN PURPLE-TOP SWEDE 
— 90 days — A strain of yellow Ruta- 
baga of American origin, with smaller 
top and shorter neck than English varie- 
ties. Oblong, with short tap root. While 
growing large on strong, newly cultivated 
land, they remain solid and fine grained. 
Flesh deep yellow, skin yellow, purple 
above ground, Quality and flavor sweet and 
mild, and like the other Swedes, keeping 
until late spring. Pkt. 10¢, oz. 25¢, '%4 Ib. 
d0¢, Ib. $1.50. 
HERBS FOR FLAVORING 
AND FRAGRANCE 
CATNIP. (Nepeta Cataria.) Shoots used 
for seasoning; tea was made from it be- 
fore tea came out of China. Allegedly 
turns mild people ferocious. Interests the 
domestic cat. 3 feet. Pkt. 15¢, oz. $2.00. 
CHIVES (Allium Schoenoprasum) Hardy 
Perennial. 18 inches. An easily grown, 
ornamental and useful herb with tubular 
foliage and very pretty lilac flower heads. 
The foliage has a delicate Onion flavor 
and is in great demand for flavoring soups 
and salads; also adds a tasty, tang to 
cottage cheese, omelettes or sandwich 
spreads. Pkt. 10¢, oz. $2.00. 


DILL (Anethum Graveolens) Annual. 3 
feet. Fine cut feathery foliage and umbels 
of greenish yellow flowers. An aromatic oil 
from the seeds is used in soaps and per- 
fumes; the foliage flavors meat gravy, 
cottage cheese or potato salad, and the 
seeds are used in pickles. Dill dislikes 
transplanting; sow where the plants are 
to grow. Pkt. 10¢, oz. 20¢. 
FLORENCE FENNEL (Finocchio) Foenicu- 
lum Vulgare var. Dulce. Treat as Annual. 
2 feet. Although a perennial this plant 
is not hardy and is therefore treated 
as an annual. It is usually used as a 
vegetable; the thick part of the plant base 
resembles Celery and is often boiled and 
served with cream sauce or with butter. 
It may also be cut up and used in a raw 
state for salad purposes. Pkt. 10¢, oz. 85¢. 
LAVENDER (Lavandula Vera) Perennial. 
Height variable to 3 feet. While Lavender 
is a perennial it is best to give the plants 
Winter protection. It is strongly aromatic 
and very ornamental being much used in 
borders and rock gardens. The flowers are 
lavender and the foliage gray. Grown also 
for its aromatic oil which is well known in 
perfumes. Pkt. 15¢, oz. $2.50. 
MARJORAM, SWEET (Marjorana Hortensis) 
Treat as Annual. 2 feet. A perennial 
plant but best treated as an annual be- 
cause it is not reliably hardy. Small but 
erect, bearing close heads of purplish 
blooms. The deliciously fragrant foliage 
is popular for scent bags and in powders, 
and the fresh leaves are much used in 
salads. Dried they may be used for season- 
ing meats, poultry or cheeses. Pkt. 15¢, 
oz. $2.00. 
ROSEMARY. (Rosmarinus officinalis.) For 
seasoning; dried leaves may be added to 
potpourri. They repel moths. 4 feet. 
Pkt. 15¢, oz. $1.50. 
SAGE (Salvia Officinalis) Hardy Peren- 
nial. 2 feet. A purple-flowered subshrub 
with woolly whitish foliage. The fresh 
leaves may be chopped and used for flavor- 
ing sausage, cottage cheese, or pickles. 
Dried and powdered they are used for 
sprinkling on roasted meats, in poultry 
stuffings and with certain cooked vege- 
tables. Pkt. 10¢, oz. 70¢. 
SAVORY, SUMMER (Satureia Hortensis) 
Annual. 18 inches. A fragrant little plant 
with slender leaves and pale lilac flowers. 
About flowering time the entire plant is 
cut and dried and the leaves are then 
used for flavoring salads, meats, stuffings 
and cooked vegetables. Pkt. 10¢, oz. $1.00. 
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