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' ALL-OTHER VEGETABLE SEEDS 10¢ - 
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ONIONS 
1. White Bunching 2. Yellow Globe 
Danvers 3. White Portugal 4. Yellow 
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Old Gardener Says.... 
Too bad that the marvelous new weed 
killers.containing 2,4-D can’t be used near 
the vegetable garden, With one: possible 
exception, all common garden vegetables — 
are quickly killed by 2,4-D. Tomatoes are 
particularly sensitive. 
been used for weed spraying, never risk 
using it for insecticides afterwards,  __ 
When you do spray 2,4-D near the vege- 
table patch or desirable ornamental plant- 
ings, always be sure to use a heavy 
“breaking spray” that is, one that falls in 
MELONS, Continued 
Hale’s Best—Flesh thick, deep salmon- 
pink, sweet and tasty. Heavily netted 
rind, with faint stripe. Small seed cav- 
ity. Outstanding variety, resistant to 
powdery mildew. Weight, 4 lbs. 86 
days. 
Hearts of Gold or Improved Hoodoo— 
Nearly round 2-lb. fruit, distinctly 
ribbed, deep green with fine grey net- 
ting. Thick, deep salmon flesh, tender 
sweet. 94 days. 
Honey Rock or Sugar Rock—Round, 4- 
Ib. fruit. Gray-green skin, coarse, sparse 
netting. Orange-salmon, thick flesh, fine 
flavor, 85 days. 
Pride of Wisconsin—Small seed cavity 
and thick, orange flesh, excellent flavor. 
Matures early. Large size. A new melon 
which is deservedly becoming a leader. 
92 days. 
Rocky Ford—Fruits small with rather 
large seed cavities. Nearly round. 2Y2 
lbs. No ribs. Flesh thick and green 
with golden tinge at center. Very juicy 
and spicy. Excellent quality. 92 days. 
WATERMELON 
Requires about same culture as mus k- 
melon, except the vines need more 
room. Fertilize each hill liberally and 
cultivate thoroughly. 
Cole’s Early—An early variety for the 
North. Medium size fruit, short oval 
with alternate dark and light green 
stripes. Pink-red flesh, black seeds and 
tender rind. 75 days. 
Dixie Queen—Very prolific. Bright red, 
crisp, splendid quality fibreless flesh. 
Very few small, white seeds. 85 days. 
Kleckley’s Sweet or Wondermelon— 
Large, cylindrical, dark bluish-green, 
with thin, tender rind. Bright red, juicy, 
sweet flesh, creamy-white seeds with 
traces of brown. 85 days. 
Stone Mountain—Also called Dixie Belle. 
High quality shipping variety. Fruits 
very large, oval-round, blunt ends. 
Dark green, tough rind. Flesh rich 
scarlet, fine grained, sweet. Seed white 
with black tips. 90 days. 
Tom Watson—Red heart strain. Large 
fruit, uniform cylindrical, with tough, 
elastic rind faintly veined. 90 days. 
MUSTARD 
Sow as early as possible in the spring. 
Keep rows 6” to 12” apart and cover 
with soil %" deep. You may also sow 
seed in autumn to raise greens and for 
salads, 
Fordhook Fancy — Upright growing, 
mild variety. Bright green leaves, 
plume-like and deeply fringed on the 
edges. 50 days. 
Southern Curled Giant—Large, frilled, 
crumpled. Light green leaves, 35 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. 
Dwarf Green— Early, prolific dwarf 
growing sort. Dark green fluted, 5 to 
7-in. pointed pods, Most desirable, com- 
pact growing okra. 50 days. 
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 
weed every 2 weeks during summer. 
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. 
Yellow Globe Danvers—An oval 
shaped, straw-colored onion. White 
flesh, crisp and mild. Splendid keeper. 
110 days. 
Southport White Globe—Best of the 
whites. Medium-sized, round, solid 
white bulbs, fine thin skin. Waxy white 
flesh, mild and fine grained. Keeps well 
in fall. 110 to 112 days. 
White Bunching—A good Spring ap- 
petizer. Crisp and mild. A fine white 
onion for cooking when grown larger. 
60 days. 
White Portugal or Silverskin—Excel- 
lent flat variety. Dependable cropper, 
excellent for sets, for green bunching, 
or as a pickler. 100 to 102 days. 
Southport Red Globe—Finest of all red 
onions, Perfectly round, good sized 
bulbs with thick, small necks. Skin is 
deep purplish-red. Strong flavored flesh, 
white tinged with pink. Good keeper, 
productive, 112-114 days. 

big drops without drifting, and that im- 
mediately breaks up into a liquid film as 
If your sprayer has 
soon as it hits the leaves. 
much pressure and a fine spray, 2,4-D is 
If you use too 
injure desirable plants. 
To kill big trees, growing close to the 
vegetable garden, 
peel off the bark until the white moist 
growing layer or 
Wrap a cloth soaked in one part 2,4-D to 
three parts of water around this white part. 
The tree will absorb the 2,4-D both ways. 
killing both top and roots. 
don’t spray. Instead, 
cambium js exposed. 
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