LEEK 
Large American Flag. An early popular 
sort. Stems 8-10 inches long, 1144 inches 
thick; white, and attractive. Leaves 
large, medium green, drooping backward. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. $1.00. 

LETTUCE, N.Y. TYPE 
LETTUCE 
% oz. to 100 ft., 3 Ibs. per acre. 
Sow indoors in February and March. 
planting outdoors when weather is suit- 
able. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 40c; %4 Ib. $1.20. 
\/ Great Lakes (83 days.) A heading variety 
_ of the Imperial type developed by U. S. 
Department of Agriculture and Michigan 
Experiment Station. Leaves large and 
well folded; ribs heavy. Shows consider- 
able resistance to tipburn and ability to 
head under adverse conditions. Pkt. 15c; 
1 oz. 50c. 

GREAT LAKES LETTUCE 
Improved Hanson. (82 days.) A very 
hardy lettuce, excellent for a summer 
crop as it withstands heat. Forms a 
large, light green head which is very 
hard. An excellent variety for the home 
gardener for it is very sweet, crisp and 
tender. 
Imperial No. 152. (Mature in 83 days.) 
Medium large, solid and attractive heads. 
Well adapted for early fall planting and 
dependable in heading. Resistant to 
brown blight. 
New York No. 515 Improved. A develop- 
ment from Number 12, matures slightly 
earlier. Resistance to tip-burn makes 
this lettuce ideal where hot weather pre- 
vails. 
LEAF LETTUCE 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 30c; %4 Ib. 75c. 
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. 15e; 1 oz. 50c. 

OAK LEAF LETTUCE 
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 0z. 25c. 
Cranshaw. (96 days.) A _ thick-fleshed 
melon with salmon color inside, golden 
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. 

MUSKMELON 
OTHER MELONS tate 
Casaba. (110 days.) The casaba is a melon 
for the late season after the muskmelons 
are past. Fruits are medium, large, globe 
shaped, weigh 6 pounds; outer color 
golden yellow, surface wrinkled. Flesh 
white, luscious and spicy. 
Honey 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. 
MUSTARD 
14 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. 

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