With Home Canned and Frozen Garden Crops 

RUTABAGA 
Grown like turnips. An ounce plants 100 
feet of row. 
American Purple Top (Long Island Im- 
proved). 90 days. A dependable variety- 
for storage and shipping. Roots large, 
globular, inclined toward top shape; yel- 
low with purple top. Flesh light yellow, 
firm. 4% 02z.10c; 0z.15c; 4% 1b.30c; 1b. $1.00. 
SALSIFY 
Grown like parsnips. An ounce plants 50 
feet of row. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. 120 days. Roots 
8 inches long, almost white; oyster flavor. 
% oz. 10c; 02. 35c; % Ib. $1.25. 
SUNFLOWER 
Mammoth Russian, Very large heads; gray 
striped seeds. Prices on request. 
TOBACCO 
Any of the following will do well in 
northern latitudes and will be found useful 
as insecticides. Sow as early as possible in 
spring and transplant 3 feet apart when 
seedlings are 5 inches high. An ounce pro- 
duces about 10,000 plants. 
4 oz. 10c; oz. 40c. 
Connecticut Seed Leaf. Hardy and prolific. 
Havana. 120 days. Large, thick leaves of 
fine texture. y 
White Burley. 120 days. A large-growing 
variety, excellently flavored. 


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TURNIPS 
Plant for either an early spring 
or a fall crop. Thin to 6 inches 
apart in the row; rows should be 
15 inches apart. An ounce plants 
100 feet of row. 
Y% oz. 10c; 02. 15c; 1% lb. 35c; Ib. 85c 
Purple-Top Strap Leaved. 46 days. 
A medium-early, very produc- 
tive variety, used extensively in 
home and market gardens. Tops 
medium small, upright and com- 
pact. Roots flat, purple-red at 
the top, white below; flesh 
white, fine grained and tender. 
Purple-Top White Globe. 55 days. 
The most popular variety for 
home and market gardens, and 
for’ shipping. Tops dark green, 
large, erect, cut leaved. Roots 
large, globe-shaped, very smooth, 
upper part purple-red, white be- 
low; flesh white, sweet, crisp 
and tender. 
TOMATOES 
Start seed indoors and transplant when 
weather iS warm. Set plants 3 feet apart 
each way and support with stakes if possible. 
An ounce produces 1500 plants. 
Bonny Best, 100 days. Very early sort, of 
attractive shape and color; flesh deep 
scarlet, very solid. Vines vigorous, very 
productive. Excellent for home or market. 
¥ oz. 10c; % oz. 15c; oz. 40c. 
Break o’ Day. 95 days. We offer a superior 
selection of this early, wilt-resistant, 
globe-shaped shipping variety, Plants very 
productive. Fruit large, scarlet; flesh firm 
and of good quality. ¥% oz. 10c; oz. 45c; %4 
Ib. $1.50, 
Early Detroit. 85 days. Large, smooth, firm, 
globe-shaped fruits. Particularly valuable 
for shipping or market use. ¥% oz. 10c; oz. 
40c; %4 lb. $1.50. 
Enormous. Probably the largest, smooth- 
est and reddest, with a glossy appear- 
ance. Few seeds; almost solid. Fine 
flavor and a good keeper. For market or 
home garden, 4% oz, 10c; % oz. 15c; oz. 
50c; % 1b. $1.75. 
Marglobe. 100 days. An extremely jheavy 
cropper, having produced about 7 tons 
per acre at the Department’s farm. 
Globular, red, very smooth fruits with- 
out cracks. Wilt-resistant. A good can- 
ner. One of the leading main-crop va- 
rieties. 4 oz, 10c; % oz. 15c; oz. 45c; %4 
lb. $1.50. 
Oxheart. 120 days. Of unique shape—like 
a big oxheart or a delicious apple. Large 
size, smooth pink skin, few seeds; its 
supreme qualifications are the broken 
cell structure and the 1 to 2 inches of 
solid flesh before a seed is reached. A 
heavy yielder. 4% oz. 15c; %4 oz. 25c; oz. 
70c; %4 Ib. $2.50. 
Penn State Earliana. 90 days. This new 
strain of the Harliana matures as early 
as the older strains. It is far superior 
in shape and yield, and resistant to 
disease, The fruit is a rich, even Sscar- 
let and contains very few seeds. ¥ oz, 
10c; % oz. 15c; oz. 45c; %4 Ib. $1.50. 
Queen Ponderosa (Beefsteak). 115 days. Very large 
and solid with few seeds. Very handsome, 
dark, heavy foliage. Some growers will not 
use anything else. 4 
lb. $2.00. 
Rutgers. 100 days. Large fruit, 
similar in shape to Marglobe. 
Thick outer and inner walls, 
with very small seed cavities. 
Very firm, red flesh, Ripens 
with Marglobe and holds up 
better in size. ¥% oz. 10c; oz. 
45c; \%4 lb. $1.50. 
Scarlet Topper (Pritch- 
ard). 95 days, Combines 
earliness, quality and 
productiveness. Scarlet 
Topper produces fruits 
of (splendid. ‘size, re- 
sembling Marglobe, but 
ripens over a week 
earlier, Extremely solid, 
with few seeds, and rip- 
ening evenly to a deep 
searlet color. Vine is 
vigorous but compact, 
with heavy foliage pro- 
tecting fruit. 4% oz. 10c;5 
oz. 45c; % lb. $1.50. 
Yellow Wonder, 110 days. 
Large, smooth pure yel- 
low fruit of mild flavor. 
ly oz. 10c; % oz. 15c; oz. 
50c; %4 lb. $2.00. 
oz, 10c; oz. 60c; %4 

Purple-Top White Globe 
SQUASH 
Plant in hills when the weather 
warm, and grow 
becomes 
like cucumbers, An ounce 
plants about 20 hills. 
1% oz. 10c; oz. 15c; 1% lb. 40c; lb. $1.50 
Summer Varieties 
Giant Summer Crookneck. 52 days. Golden 
yellow, best quality, 18 to 24 inches long, 
club shaped, with a bent neck. Skin rough 
and warted. 
Giant Summer Straightneck. 6( days. A bush 
Squash with fruit 18 to 20 inches _ long. 
Deep orange color; heavily warted. Thick, 
meaty flesh, 
Italian Cocozelle (Green Bush Marrow 
Squash). 64 days. Long, smooth, dark 
green fruits striped lighter. Fine grained; 
good for frying. 
Extra Early White Bush Scallop. 35 days. 
Scalloped, pure white. Early and prolific. 
Thick white flesh. 
Fall and Winter Varieties 
Blue Hubbard. 110 days. Very large, gray- 
blue fruit. Keeps unusually well. Splendid 
in quality, yield and appearance. 
Butternut. Dry, solid, sweet flesh of bright 
orange. Fruit is buff color outside, of long 
oval shape, thicker at one end, Keeps at 
least a month when stored, 
Golden Hubbard. 100 days. Same as Select 
Hubbard but golden instead of green. 
Slightly smaller and earlier, 
Select Hubbard. 105 days. The best winter 
Squash. Green warted skin and _ fine- 
grained, orange flesh. Good for baking. 











Table Queen. 60 days. Grows 6 to 7 inches 
long and 5 inches thick; Smooth, dark 
green. Very productive; fine flavor. 
Rutgers 
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