Diamond Long Green (65 to 67 days): 
Fruits 10% to 11 inches long. Deep. 
green, straight, slightly tapered, flesh 
very white. 
Cubit (68 to 70 days): 8 to 10 inches 
long. Long, blunt cylindrical shape. Dark 
green fruit. Heavy yielder. 
Improved White Spine (60 to 62 days) : 
72 to 8 inches long. Slim, symmetrical, 
dark green fruit. Heavy yielder. 
Boston Pickling (55 to 57 days) : 
52 to 6 inches, 
slightly tapered. 
Davis Perfect (65 to 67 days) : Excellent 
market type. Fruit 9 to 91% inches long, 
dark green and evenly tapered at both 
ends. 
Colorado (68 to 70 days): Fruits 8 to 
9 inches long. Very dark green and taper- 
ing at stem end. Small seed area. 
Snows Pickling (56 to 58 days): Early, 
prolific canning type. Fruits 6 to 614 
inches, dark green with distinctly square 
ends. 
Lemon (65 to 68 days) : 3 to 3% inches 
in diameter. Nearly round. Rich yellow 
lemon color, crisp and well flavored. 
Gerkin (60 to 62 days) : Grown only for 
pickling. Pale green, oval and uniform 
in size. 
DILL 
An herb that is often grown along with 
cucumbers, has a seed as well as the 
herbage, which are essential in the mak- 
ing of dill pickles. A packet of seed will 
supply enough plants for the average 
family requirements. 
Vy ounce, 15c; ounce, 25c. Also Packets. 
ENDIVE 
Grown as a salad herb in its own right 
and by some as a substitute for lettuce in 
summer weather, is most frequently used 
in late fall and early winter. It is a hardy 
plant unharmed by a little frost. It is 
grown the same as lettuce. 
V2 ounce, 15c; ounce, 25c. Also packets. 
EGG PLANT 
Egg plant must have summer weather and 
lots of it. For it is a warm-weather slow- 
maturing species. Black Beauty is a stand- 
ard variety, bearing four or five large 
purplish-black fruits of more or less globe 
shape. Lighter in color and longer in 
shape is New York Improved. 
Packet, 10c; Y2 ounce, 35c; ounce, 65c. 
KALE 
A plant that should be more extensively 
cultivated, both for beauty and because 
it stands in the highest rank in regard to 
vitamin and dietetic value. When the rest 
of the garden begins to suffer dilapidation 
in the fall, the kale stands and provides 
the best of greens after frost has laid 
other plants low. 
Kale requires the same cultural care as 
cabbage. When mature, the whole plant 
is not cut; leaves are taken as required, 
from the bottom, and they should not be 
allowed to grow so old as to be fibrous 
and tough. Dwarf Green Curled is the 
most extensively grown, and by far the 
best for Northwest gardens. 
VY ounce, 10c; ounce, 20c; 
V4 pound, 60c. Also packets. 
Dwarf Green Curled (55 days): Thickly 
curled brilliant green leaves. Plants grow 
about 8 inches in height. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch (60 days): 
Grows 2 feet high. Dark green, heavily 
curled leaves. 
Cow Kale or Thousand Headed (40 to 50 
days) : Grown only for stock feed. 
Fruits 
medium green and 
KOHLRABI 
An odd looking vegetable that is cooked 
and served as turnips. 
Kohlrabi is a hardy vegetable, unharmed 
by light frost, and better able to withstand 
drought than turnip. Its quality is much 
better, however, when it makes rapid 
growth, and for this reason the soil should 
be rich and moderately moist. 
White Vienna is the variety generally 
grown, but some gardeners prefer Purple 
Vienna as it is thought to swell a little 
larger before beginning to get woody and 
tough. Seed is sown in the same manner 
as turnip, and growing habits follow the 
same pattern. However, plants should be 
thinned, at least, six inches apart. 
Packet, 10c; 2 ounce, 30c; ounce, 50c. 
White Vienna (55 days) : At its best when 
bulbs are 2 inches in diameter. 
Purple Vienna (62 days) : Plants are small 
with dark green leaves. 
LEEK 
A mildly flavored member of the onion 
family, is little known in American gar- 
dens, but esteemed by those who know 
its blanched stems as a valuable constitu- 
ent of soups and stews, or served in the 
same style as asparagus: It is a very hardy 
plant, and, where frosts are not severe, 
may be left in the garden all winter. 
Seed is sown in the early spring in the 
same manner as onions. Plants should 
later be thinned to from six to nine inches 
apart. A packet of seed is ample for the 
average family. 
Packet, 10c; 2 ounce, 55c; 
ounce, $1.00. 
LETTUCE 
One of the first crops on the home gar- 
dener’s calendar, lettuce is too often also 
one of the first to disappoint him. It is 
not difficult to raise successfully if these 
fundamental facts are borne in mind and 
operations conducted accordingly: 
Salad crops to be crisp must be grown 
quickly, so the soil should be rich in 
plant food. Lettuce has a poor root sys- 
stem, therefore, this plant food must be 
readily available in the upper surface of 
the soil. 
It is essentially a cool-weather plant, un- 
harmed by light frost but rarely withstand- 
ing summer heat, and is to be sown, or set 
out, as soon as the ground can be worked. 
Dress the top two inches of soil with a 
complete plant food at the rate of 10 
pounds to a 100 foot row, about one week 
in advance of setting out plants or plant- 
ing seed. 
Leaf Lettuce is the best type for the small 
home garden. These plants form a loose 
head of large frilly, wavy leaves, of which 
a few at a time are cut and are later re- 
placed by new growth. This type is labor- 
saving for the gardener. In addition it is 
higher in vitamin content than the head 
type. Oak Leaf is rapidly becoming the 
most popular variety. However, many 
gardeners prefer Grand Rapids, or Prize 
Head. Both are of fine quality. 
Y2 ounce, 20c; ounce, 30c. Also packets. 
Oak Leaf (40 days): Withstands hot 
weather without turning bitter. Leaf is 
shaped like its name. Is small, tender and 
deep green in color. 
Grand Rapids (45 days): Plants erect, 
compact, leaves light green, curly and 
heavily fringed. 

1. Proper equipment is the first requirement 
for adequate pest control in your garden. Pres- 
sure is very important as spray material must 
thoroughly cover all parts of the plant. Tank 
sprayers and the new hose sprayers are best 
for outdoor application. The “fly spray” type 
of hand sprayer for indoors. 
2. Most insects and diseases are found on the 
underside of leaves. Therefore, if you dust or 
spray be sure all undersides are saturated with 
the material. Follow a regular program and 
spray or dust every week or 10 days. Many 
pests are microscopic. 
GRTHa.- 
GARDEN 
SPRAY SET 
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3. Insecticides have been improved greatly 
in the past few years. Many new chemicals 
have been developed which simplify the gar- 
dener’s work in this field. Multi-purpose 
products make it possible to use one product 
for nearly all pest problems. Botano DeLuxe 
for the garden, Rose Dust for flowers or the 
special Ortho Kit if you prefer spray over 
4, 
4. Night feeders are responsible for much 
damage in western gardens. The common slug 
is found most everywhere . . . but he only 
comes out at night, so many gardeners are not 
aware of his presence. Place small piles of 
Meta Slug Bait throughout your garden. It 
attracts and kills right on the spot. 

