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HERBS FOR YOUR GARDEN 









Sweet Marjoram 
Mammoth Dill 
Broad Leat Sage 
Sweet, Pot and 
Medicinal 
Grow a few Herbs in your garden. You will find them useful in many ways. They do best in a rich, mellow scil. Sow seeds early in the spring, in 
rows | foot apart, and thin out or transplant when up a few inches. 
where they con dry. 
Anise. Used for garnishing and flavoring. The 
seeds are used in cakes, bread,soup. Perennial. 
18 inches high. Pkg. 25c¢ 
Basil. The pleasant clovelike flavor of the 
leaves and flowers is a delightful addition to 
all Tomato cookery, as well as to salads and 
soups. The leaves and flowers may be cut and 
dried for winter use. Sow the seed outdoors 
where the plants are to remain. Grows 18 
inches tall and branches profusely. 
Pkg. 15c; Ya oz. 40c; oz. 75c 
- Borage. An annual used for bee-pasture and 
as a pot-herb. Pkg. 15c; Ye oz. 35c; oz. 60c 
Sage, Broad Leaf. An important flavoring 
for meats, dressings, sausages and cheese. A 
perennial whose seed is sown in the spring or 
may be increased by cuttings or plants. Cut the 
leaves before the last of September, dry and 
store in jars for winter use. 
Pkg. 15c; 4 oz. 30c; oz. $1.00 
Dill, Long island Mammoth. The seed heads 
are cut at the time the seeds begin to ripen 
and are used in the making of ‘‘dill’’ pickles 
Sow seeds outdoors as early as possible > inch 
deep. Thin to stand 8 inches apart in the row. 
The leaves and flowers are used for flavoring 
soups and fish. Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; 1%4 Ib. 75c 
Coriander. For garnishing. 
Pkg. 15c; % oz. 30c 
For winter storing, cut before they come into full blossom and hang up 
Savory, Summer. Used in cooked dishes and 
in meats and dressings. Sow seed in poor soil, in 
the garden, in early spring. The aromatic quali- 
ties are more pronounced when grown in poor 
soil. Gather the stems and leaves in midsummer 
and dry for winter use. 
Pkg. 15c; YW oz. 40c; oz. 75c 
Sweet Marjoram. Used for seasoning sau- 
sages and in other dishes, when either fresh or 
dried. Very rapid growing, the leaves may be 
used 6 to 8 weeks from time of planting. This 
is a biennial treated as an annual that makes a 
bushy plant 2 feet high. Pkg. 15c; 14 oz. 40c 
Thyme, Broad-Leaved. Well known peren- 
nial plant used for seasoning poultry and fish. 
Protect the plants over winter. 
Pkg. 25c; 4 oz. 65c; oz. $1.85 
Mangels and Sugar Beets 
No crops are more valuable for feeding cattle and sheep than 
Mangels and Sugar Beets. In these past few years it is hard to 
find a dairyman who does not feed them. The average yield is 
45 tons to the acre, They are easily harvested, not a particle 
of waste to them, and may be stored in pit and root cellar with 
little trouble. Sow 8 pounds to the acre in May or June, in drills 
2 feet apart, and thin to 10 inches in the row. One ounce will 
sow a 100-foot row; 6 to 8 Ibs. to the acre. 
Giant Double Sugar Green Top. Contains more sugar than 
any other. Large, oval; grow half out of ground. Heavy yielder. 
White, red tops. Pkg... 0c 0z.225cs AN Ib: 55¢7"Ibs $1.45 
Long Red. These long giant Mangels are light red and smooth, 
and grow well out of the ground, making the digging easier. 
Splendid for feeding and keep well. 
PKg. 10cG;-0z. 25c7 Alby Soc Ib. S145 
Yellow Leviathan. Large, long, thick, spindle-shaped roots; 
light gray tinged with brown above the ground, yellow below. 
Flesh of good quality and high in food value. Very easily har- 
vested. Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; 4 Ib. 55c; Ib. $1.45 

Mushrooms 
Mushroom Spawn 
Any ordinary cellar not heated by a furnace, an old shed, under benches in the 
greenhouse—all are ideal places to grow Mushrooms. It is easily done and there is 
not great amount of work to it. Why not start a bed this year? There is always a 
good market for Mushrooms. We send full directions for making the bed and grow- 
ing Mushrooms with every Mushroom order. 
American Pure-Culture Spawn. This spawn produces large Mushrooms of splen- 
did quality. One brick will plant 16 sq. ft. of bed surface. 50c a brick, postpaid, 
By express, 5 bricks $1.65; 10 bricks $3.00; 100 bricks $27.50. 
Okra or Gumbo 
The pods are used in making soups and stews. Cut up, they give them flavor and 
body. Pick the pods when they are small and tender. When the ground is warm in 
the spring sow the seed in the garden. Thin the plants to stand about 2 feet apart. 
A package of seed will sow about 20 feet. 
Long Pod Dwarf. A very good kind for the home garden as the plants are much 
more compact growing and take up less room. Very heavy bearer of 7- to 8-inch, 
tapered, dark green, fleshy, tender pods. Mature in 55 days. 
15c; oz. 30c; 4 Ib. 75c 
Clemson Spineless. Big, thifty plant 4 feet tall, bearing prolificly, rich green 
pods, straight and moderately ridged, and of very good quality. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 45c 
Mustard 
Long Standing (Southern Curled). An early maturing bright green, 
broad, large, curled-leaf variety of mild and pleasing flavor. Highly 
nutritious and may be eaten as a salad or cooked. Sow the seed in 
the early spring and every 10 days until hot weather. For fall use 
_ sow seed several times in succession beginning in mid-August. Thin 
to stand 6 inches apart. A package of seed will sow 15 feet of row. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; VY Ib. 65c¢ 
Fordhook Fancy. A long standing variety with curled and fringed 
leaves of mild and pleasant flavor. Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; V4 Ib. 65c 

Long Red 
Mangel Pkg. 


Herbs, How to Grow Them and Use Them. By Helen Noyes 
Webster.) A practical book for those who want to create an old- 
fashioned herb garden and who want to know how to use the herbs 
they grow. $1.65; postpaid $1.80 

Long Pod Okra 
Long Standing Curled Mustard 
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