ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS i 10c PER PACKET . 
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SWEET CORN, Continued 
ROASTING EAR CORN 
Adams Improved or 
Large Early— 
Large-eared roasting variety, earlier 
than Trucker’s Favorite, 12 to 14 rowed. 
Kernels white and tender when young. 
70 to 73 days. 
Trucker’s Favorite—Extensively used 
for roasting ears and shipping. Ears 12 
to 16 rowsd. Kernels white, fairly ten- 
der, and moderately sweet. 70 to 75 
days. Plant early or late. 
CUCUMBER 
Select soil fully exposed to sun and 
enrich thoroughly with fertilizer. 
Sandy soils with plenty of compost 
are best. Roots have difficulty on 
heavy soils. Plant 8 to 10 seeds ina 
“hill.” Plant each hill about 36” 
apart. Cucumber vines like to stretch 
out, so plant rows about 4 feet apart. 
The old tale that melons or squash 
will cross pollinize with cucumbers 
and affect their taste if planted near- 
by is untrue. When vine is 6” long, 
thin to three strongest plants. Keep 
fruits picked to promote continuous 
fruiting. Use plenty of moisture: 
cucumbers are 90 per cent water. 
A and C—A long dark green cucumber 
which merits a trial. Uniform, nearly 
cylindrical, well rounded at ends. 
Chicago Pickling—Vigorous grower. 
Fruits medium dark green. 6” to 7” 
long when grown. Slightly tapering of 
even size. 58 days. 
Early Fortune—Rich, dark green fruits 
with firm, crisp, pure white flesh. Grows 
to 9 by 2¥2-in. Ships well and is highly 
resistant to disease. 66 days. 
Long Green Improved—Black spined, 
good pickling. Grows 10 to 15 in. long, 
70 days. 
Straight Eight—Unsurpassed as slicing 
cucumber. All-American Selection. 2¥2- 
Ib. fruits, rounded at ends, medium 
green. 68 days. 
White Spine Improved—One of the 
earliest and most prolific of the white 
spine cucumbers, Fruits 7” to 9” long, 
2¥2” in diameter. Dark green. 60 days. 
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EGGPLANT 
Requires continuous warm weather 
for best results. Seed should be 
started in a hotbed, as it is slow to 
germinate, Set plants in open ground 
when 2” tall and protect from hot 
sun when young. Be sure to keep 
young plants developing rapidly. 
Cultivate freely. To produce large 
fruits, remove lateral branches so as 
to reduce number of fruits per plant. 
Spray to protect from potato bugs. 
Black Beauty (fr)—Large, egg-shaped, 
smooth, very dark purple fruits. Keep 
well. Plant bears 4 to 5 fruits. Early. 
Florida High Bush—Plant upstanding, 
holding fruit off the ground. Fruits 
elongated tapering toward stems. Dark 
purple. Hardy variety, resistant to 
drought and root rot. 85 days. 
ENDIVE 
Strictly a cool-weather crop: gets 
bitter at temperatures much above 
80 degrees. Even moderately warm 
weather causes the plants to produce 
seed stalks. Plant very early. For 
late fall, sow early in middle autumn. 
Use last planting. as late fall salad 
crop, and store surplus in cold 
frame or cellar by digging each plant 
with ball of soil. Plant in shallow 
drills with rows spaced 18” apart. 
When 4 inches tall, thin out to stand 
6 inches to a foot apart. To blanch, 
gather the outer leaves together and 
tie with soft twine or raffia, Do this 
when plant is nearly grown, Strings 
should be untied after a rain to 
permit leaves to dry and avoid rot- 
ting. 
Full Heart or Escarole—A _— strongly 
bunched mass of thick, slightly crum- 
pled leaves, well blanched heart. Up- 
right growing plant about 12 inches in 
diameter. 71 days. 
Green Curled Ruffec—Plants 16 to 18- 
in. in diameter. Fine fall variety, White, 
tender, fleshy. 95 days. 
HERBS 
(Aromatic, Medicinal and Kitchen) 
Every garden has a place for herbs, 
in the vegetable garden or for their 
ornamental appearance in the flower 
garden. 
Anise—An annual—used for garnish- 
ing, seasoning and for cordials. Seeds 
have an aromatic flavor, Plants 14”. 75 
days. 
UNLESS OTHERWISE 
NOTED 
HERBS 
1. Chives 2. Dill 3. Fennel, Sweet 4. 
Sage 5. Sweet Basil 6. Thyme. 
Basil—Sweet—Annual; Ht. 12” to 18”. 
Leaves, green or dried, are chiefly used 
as a seasoning for soups, stews, etc. 
85 days. 
Borage—Annual; Ht. 12-18”. Young ten- 
der leaves are used as salad and also 
used to flavor lemonade and other cool- 
ing drinks. 80 days. 
TO SAVE SPACE, LET THEM CLIMB ... 
All cucumbers will climb if they are 
permitted to do so. In a small vegetable 
plot, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, and 
beans can be grown on the fence. 
When garden space is limited, wise 
home gardeners will exploit the air 
rights of their holding, and grow those 
vegetable crops that like to climb. 
Cucumbers are among these, and 
any cucumber will be happy climbing 
a fence, whether it is called a climber 
or not, Even those with the largest 
fruits so heavy you might think they 
would need support, seldom do, 
Careful tests have shown that on a 
given ground area more tomatoes can 
be grown on plants pruned to a single 
stem and tied to a stake or fence, than 
in any other way. They ripen earlier, 
too, and in many ways this method is 
best for the small vegetable garden. 
Keeping tomato plants pruned and 
tied needs constant attention. At the 
joint where each leaf grows on the 
main stem, a branch will develop, and 
this must be cut or pinched off before 
it is four inches long, otherwise its 
removal may weaken the plant. 
Varieties of normal vine growth are 
the only kind that should be staked 
and pruned. 
