SEED GROWERS 39 
MUSTARD — Continued 
WHITE LONDON 30 Days 
A rapid growing, upright plant, which quickly goes to seed. Leaves 
small, dark green, smooth and deeply cut. The large, light yellow seeds 
are used largely for ground mustard. 
MUSTARD-SPINACH OR TENDERGREEN 30 Days 
Plants of rapid and vigorous growth with comparatively narrow, spoon- 
shaped leaves of dark green. It will stand longer than most varieties with- 
out sending up seed stalks. Combines the flavor of mustard and spinach. 
Seed dark brown. 

OKRA 
Cutture. The pods of this plant are used in a great number of ways 
throughout the Southern States, and the plant should be more frequently 
grown in the North. Plant at corn planting time in rich land, sowing the 
seed thickly in two to three-foot drills, and thinning to an eight to twelve- 
inch stand, according to varieties. A generous planting is two ounces to 
one hundred feet and ten pounds to the acre. Okra seed may be planted 
six ne the hill, two to three feet apart and thinning to two plants 
to the Hill. 
CLEMSON SPINELESS 55 Days 
A very uniform spineless strain of the Perkin’s long podded type. Pods 
rich green, straight ridges. Mature pods are about 7 inches. 
DWARF GREEN 52 Days 
An early dwarf growing sort with dark green, fluted, pointed pods 5 to 
7 inches long; quite prolific. 
LONG GREEN 55 Days 
Like Dwarf Green but somewhat taller; stalks 4 to 5 feet tall. Pods are 
like the dwarf. 
PERKINS’ MAMMOTH LONG POD 57 Days 
Stalks 4 to 5 feet tall; treelike growth. Pods 6 to 7 inches, pointed, ribbed 
and usually slightly curved. Tapered and medium dark green in color. 
Very productive and medium early. Main canning variety. 
WHITE VELVET 57 Days 
Stalk 5 to 5%4 feet tall; rather slender, treelike growth. Pods are 6 to 7 
inches long, slim, pointed, somewhat ribbed and light cream colored. Pro- 
ductive and early. Fine garden type. 
ONION 
Cu.tture. As soon as the soil can be worked in spring and not after 
May lst, sow onion seed in 12 te 15 inch rows, leaving out every 10th 
row as a weed alley, if preferred. One ounce of seed plants 150 feet and 
4 to 5 pounds plants an acre. Seed should be covered firmly one-fourth 
inch deep. Quantities of manure had best be applied in the year before 
the planting and much commercial fertilizer, high in potash, harrowed in 
immediately before seeding. Begin cultivation as soon as the plant can 
be seen; cultivate frequently and when convenient thin to a stand of 
two to four inches. 
AUSTRALIAN BROWN 110 Days 
Bulbs 2 to 3 inches; clear amber brown, deep, flat with white flesh; flavor 
very strong. 
