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Vegetable Seeds for Florists (Continued) 
EGGPLANT 
1 oz. 
(About 6000 seeds per oz.). Sow in 
February or March for plant sales. 
Space plants 18x24 in. 
Black Beauty. Popular market 
variety. Dark purple. Broad, egg-shaped $0.60 $2.00 $6.00 
Fort Meyers Market. Oval fruits carried 
well above ground. Quite resistant to 
disease and excessive heat. % oz., 45c. 
New Hampshire Early. Medium sized, 
oval fruits bred for northern climate. 
Prolific 
4ozs. IL \b. 
os 
.80 2.70 8.00 
85 2.85 8.50 
ENDIVE 
(1 oz. for 100-ft. row.) Sow in April or June- 
July for fall crop which may be kept for sev- 
eral months if taken up with soil before kill- 
ing frost, packed closely and stored in base- 
ment. 
Full Heart Batavian (Escarolle)........ 
2.00 
2.00 
Deep Heart Fringed. Upright growth.... 
POPULAR HERBS 
Collection boxes of banded and assorted plants have 
proved a very popular spring seller. Of medicinal and 
high flavoring value as well as decorative appearance. 
Each packet will make at least 250 plants. Leaflet 
describing each variety with collection offer. 
Anise—Basil—Borage—Coriander—Dill—Fennel 
—Sweet Marjoram—Sage—Savory—Thyme. 
Prices above 10, each: Tr. pkt., 15e. 
Collection one each of above 10 varieties, $1.00. 
KALE 
1b. 
loz 4ozs. 
(About 7000 seeds per oz.) 
Dwarf Green Curled. Very hardy....... $0.25 $0.75 $2.40 
Tall Green Curled: Scotch. 30 in. tal}.... .25 -75 2.40 
KOHLRABI 
(About 7000 seeds per oz.) 
@Early White Vienna. Standard sort for 
forcing and home garden. Globe-shaped 
Early Purple Vienna................... 
LETTUCE 
(15,000: seeds per oz., 14 oz. for 100- 
ft. row.) There is a premium on 
lettuce PLANTS. They are readily 
transplanted in plant bands and 
heading varieties will make large solid heads, 
if set out early, even before late frost is over. 
Sow March 15 or 4 weeks before setting out 
plants. Space 14x18 in. 
FORCING VARIETIES 
Approximate growing time 60-90 days. Tem- 
perature 50°. Transplant. Sow any time. 
@Grand Rapids Forcing. Mildew-resistant. 
The standard LOOSE LEAVED variety 
for greenhouse forcing. Tender and 
sweet. Beést-<early > es eye, 
@Bibb Forcing. Butterhead type of finest 
flavor and well adapted to greenhouse 
culture. Demands even temperature, 
more so ihan Grand Rapids........... 
.30 
.30 
1.00 3.00 
1.00 3.00 
25 .80 2.40 
30 1.00 3.00 
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LETTUCE, Continued 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
1 oz. 
Big Boston. HEADING; used for spring 
4, ozs. 
and fall hotbed and cold frame culture. $0.20 $0.70 
Black-Seeded Simpson. LOOSE-LEAVED 
Great Lakes. New outstanding HEAD let- 
tuce; slow to bolt. “All America” winner 
Imperial No. 44. Sure HEADING Ice- 
berg type. Recommended for plant sales 
New York No. 12. Early sure HEADING 
Iceberg type. Does well in midsummer. 
May King. Earliest of the Butterheads. 
Valuable for forcing outdoors or frames 
Oak Leaf. Rather indefinite HEADS; me- 
dium sized. Leaves deeply lobed...... 
Cos or Romaine. “White Paris.” Self- 
folding, oblong heads for forcing and 
OUtdOOr Fculturer.. Se eae ae 
LEEK 
(About 9000 seeds per oz.) More 
delicately flavored than the mildest 
onion. Has a decided sweet flavor. 
Cooked and served like asparagus. 
Grow for plant sale like onions. Stores well ; 
extremely hardy. 
Elephant. 150 days. 8-in. stems. Best 
strain of this fine “asparagus onion”. . 
MUSKMELON 
4 (1000 seeds per oz.) 
Honey-Dew. MILDEW-RESIST- 
ANT. 
Heney Rock. 85 days. Flesh orange, sweet 
and of finest flavor. Good shipper..... 
Iroquois. 90 days. Resistant Bender type. 
Orance=leshiamee <a er a eee 
Pride cf Wisconsin. 86 days. Thick, or- 
ane e-tleshed ses Op XU citme en rae seen 
Resistant No. 45 or Hale’s Best. 90 days. 
Flesh thick salmon. Resistant to mildew 
WATERMELON 
Harris Earliest. 80 days. Fruits oval..... 
Wonder. (Improved Kleckley’s Sweet)... 
New Hampshire Midget. (New.) Early. .. 
ONION 
(About 9000 seeds per oz.) 
Ebenezer. Early flat straw-color- 
.20 
20 
seis) 
35 
.20 
35 
5) 
45 
1 oz. 
| ed, mild-flavored; used for sets. $0.35 
Prizetaker (Valencia). Yellow, 
good keeper, flesh mild. 1% oz., 40c.... 
Southport Red Globe. 110 days. Splendid 
keeper. Best red variety. 4% 0z., 30c.. 
Riverside—Yellow Sweet Spanish. Globe- 
shaped, keeping extra well for soft type. 
Midseasonwiny> 0zen4 Ochre eens ne 
Yellow Globe Danvers. Firm and hard; 
excellent keeper. 4% oz. 25¢......... 
Yellow Bermuda (White Bermuda). Stand- 
ard early. Flat, straw colored. % oz., 
FO c™ 2 eis, cot hae ee ee re 
The dot (@) indicates best vegetable varieties for greenhouse forcing. 
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.70 
40 
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70 
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50 
1.00 
1 Ib. 
$2.10 
2.00 
5.10 
3.40 
3.40 
2.00 
3.40 
2.50 
4.50 
2.70 
2.70 
2.70 
2.70 
2.70 
2.10 
2.10 
3.00 
1 Ib. 
$3.60 
6.90 
4.80 
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3.90 
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