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ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS 
ONIONS, Continued 
White Queen Bunching or Pickling— 
A good Spring appetizer. Crisp and 
mild, A fine white onion for cooking 
when grown larger. 60 days. 
Red Wethersfield—Popular good keep- 
er, used extensively for sets. Medium 
large, flat bottomed bulbs with sloping 
top. Purplish-red. Fine grained flesh, 
firm, slightly flushed with pink. 100 to 
102 days. 
PARSLEY 
Does best in rich, mellow loam. Seed 
is slow to germinate, and is helped 
by soaking in warm water over night 
before planting. Sow early and not 
too deeply. When curled varteties are 
about 3” tall, cut off leaves. The new 
growth will be brighter and curlter. 
Champion Moss Curled—Compact, dark 
green leaves, curled and fine-cut. 70 
days. 
Hamburg or Rooted—Large tapering 
roots resembles small parsnips. Excel- 
lent for food flavoring. 
PARSNIP 
Plant in rich, sandy loam, thoroughly 
pulverized, Seed requires plenty of 
moisture for germination and should be 
sown early. Dig after a killing frost. 
Freezing improves parsnips, so some 
can be left in the ground all winter 
and used in spring. For storage, bury in 
dry sand. 
Hollow Crown (fr—The most generally 
grown kind. Roots 2!/2 to 3-in. thick at 
shoulder. 12 to 14-in. long, uniformly 
tapered, hollow crowned. 95 days. 
PEAS 
Early peas need a light, warm soil; 
but general crop thrives best in mod- 
erately heavy soil. (Avoid fresh ma- 
nure and very rich or wet, mucky soil 
as this produces large growth of vine 
at the cost of quality of the peas.) 
Plant seed in rows at 2” depth. Keep 
rows 21” to 28” apart for dwarf va- 
rieties and 28" to 42” for the taller 
types. Gather crop as fast as it is fit 
to use or new pods will cease to form 
and those partly advanced will cease 
growth. 
Blue Bantam—Best of the early dwarf 
large-podded varieties. Vines 24-30 
inches tall, Long pods containing 7-8 
large, succulent peas, 62+ days. 
Prosperity—Medium green 
Broad, pointed single 
Gradus or 
stocky plant. 
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Medal Winner of 1948—Luscious, 
melting peas that retain their gar- 
den fresh sweet flavor after freez- 
ing. The vigorous two and a half 
feet wilt resistant vines bear an 
excellent crops of 3¥% inch pods 
well packed with 8 or 9 medium 
sized peas. 63 days. Pkt. 15c. 
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pods, medium green, 6 to 8 wrinkled 
tender peas in tapered pods. 60 days. 
Little Marvel (fr)—Outstanding, dwarf. 
Fine quality, large yield, Single and 
double, dark green, 3-in. pods—blunt 
plump, well filled with 7 to 8 medium 
sized, light green tender peas, 62 days. 
Tall Telephone (fr)—Large podded va- 
riety of the Telephone family. Excel- 
lent for home gardens, truckers, ship- 
ping to distant markets and for freez- 
ing; resistant to Fusarium wilt. 
Vine dark green, coarse. 
PEPPERS 
Warm, mellow soil in sheltered loca- 
tion 1s best. Start under glass, Cultt- 
vate regularly, drawing soil up around 
stems. When plants are 7" to 8” tall, 
hoe in light dressing of commercial 
fertilizer. Do not plant hot peppers 
near sweet; they are apt to cross, 
Sweet 
California Wonder Improved—Number 
one quality peppers, about 4-in. long 
and 3!/-in. diameter very smooth, 3 
and 4 lobed, glossy green, turning 
bright crimson when ripe. Remarkably 
thick walls, tender, sweet. 75 days. 
Chinese Giant—An extra large sweet 
pepper. Short, light-green stocky plant. 
Deep green, chunky, square ended 
fruits, changing to deep scarlet. 80 
days. 

PEPPER, Large Bell 
Large Bell or Bull Nose—An early va- 
riety, popular as a pickling sort. Fruits 
2 inches in diameter and 3 inches long. 
Usually mild and sweet, occasionally 
hot on account of pungent ribs. 60 days. 
Pimento or Perfection—Best of the medi- 
um sized sweet peppers. Excellent for 
stuffing, Smooth, heart-shaped about 
3-in, long. 125 days. 
Hot 
Long Red Cayenne—The hot favorite. 
For canning, pickling, drying. Pungent 
flavored fruit, tapering and twisted. 70 
days. 
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PUMPKIN, Sugar 
PUMPKIN 
Plant in middle of spring among corn; 
or in hills 8” apart each way, Drop 4 
seeds to a hill, If planted in hills, cul- 
tivate the same as melons and cu- 
cumbers. For winter use gather before 
frost (leave stem 3” to 4” long) and 
store in warm, dry place. 
Connecticut Field—Large fruit with flat 
ends, 15 to 25-lbs. and up to 15-in. 
Surface slightly ribbed, deep orange. 
Thick flesh, orange-yellow, sweet and 
coarse. 118 days. 
Sugar or Sweet Pie—Desirable for pie 
or general use. Round, flat end fruit, 
deep orange. Thick, yellow-orange 
flesh. 118 days. 
RADISH 
Soil should be light, quick and rich 
to insure rapid growth. Slow growth 
makes the flavor too strong. Sow as 
early as ground can be worked, as 
Radishes are very hardy. Make suc- 
cessive sowings up to hot weather. 
When in the third leaf, thin to gtve 
roots plenty of room. Pull promptly 
when mature. The secret of crisp, de- 
licious radishes is quick gtowth, 
prompt picking. 
Lilly’s Comet—A bright red, round 
radish. Crisp and tender. Remains 
good for long period. Best radish for 
home use. 25 days. 
Chinese Rose Winter or Scarlet China— 
Popular, very distinct winter _ sort. 
Good for late salads. Cylindrical blunt 
smooth, bright rose-red. Flesh white 
very firm and pungent. 52 days. 
Early Scarlet Globe—Globular, slightly 
elongated, bright scarlet. 24 days. 
French Breakfast—Roots thicker toward 
bottom. 1!/>-in. long by '/> to%-in. Dull 
scarlet, white tipped. 25 days. 
Long Bright Scarlet—A long tapering 
red radish, Brittle and crisp, The 
standard long red kind. 29 days. 
Sparkler or Earliest of All—Carmine red 
with white tip. Flesh white crisp and 
mild, 26 days. 
White Icicle—Tapering roots 5 to 5!/2- 
in. very white with pure white, mild 
flesh, 27 days. 
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