SEE PLANTING CALENDAR ON PAGE 49 45 
SEED POTATOES 
Clean, healthy stock to produce the best po- 
tatoes. Postage or transportation charges are 
extra. Please include postage in your remit- 
tance if they are to be sent by parcel post. 
Hallawell’s Grown in 
California for Seed 
CULTURE TIPS—Plant as early as the ground 
can be thoroughly worked in rows 3 feet apart 
and 15 inches in the rows for early potatoes 
and 18 inches apart for late ones; covering in 
light warm soil about 6 inches, and in heavy 
soil about 4 inches deep, draw the earth to 
the plants as they advance in growth. Ten 
pounds will plant 125 feet of row. Cut the 
tubers into good-sized pieces, each containing 
not less than two or three eyes. 
BURBANK—Late maturing, yields abundantly. 
10 lbs. $1.00; 50 Ibs. $4.00; 100 lbs. $7.00. 
Postage extra or express collect. 
EARLY WHITE ROSE—Medium early, smooth, 
good quality. 
10 lbs. $1.00; 50 lbs. $4.00; 100 lbs. $7.00. 
Postage extra or express collect. 
PONTIAC—Red, for new potatoes. 
10 lbs. $1.00; 50 Ibs. $4.00; 100 lbs. $7.00. 
Postage extra or express collect. 
POTATOES, BURBANK 
PUMPKIN 
Plant after all danger of frost is over in hills 
8 feet apart each way. Cover seed | to 2 inches 
deep, leaving 3 strong plants to a hill. One 
ounce will plant about 25 hills. 
DICKINSON—An all-purpose large pumpkin, 
developed for high protein and high sugar 
content. Canners like it for its color too, which 
is a bright pumpkin-red. The flesh is thick and 
the yield per acre is high so it may be consid- 
ered also a good stock food variety. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y Ib. 75c; lb. $1.75. 
CUSHAW STRIPED—The good old solid, thick, 
crookneck Cushaw. Fine for cooking and a very 
heavy producer. They grow 18 to 20 inches long 
and weigh about 12 pounds. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y% lb. 75c; lb. $1.75. 
BUSH PUMPKIN —A new bush pumpkin in 
small size suitable for home gardens. 
Pkt. 15c; Y2 oz. 35c. 
MAMMOTH KING—Skin reddish-yellow; bright 
yellow flesh. Very productive and generally 
grown for stock feed. Pumpkins weighing 40 
to 60 pounds are not unusual on fertile soil. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; % lb. 75c; lb. $1.75. 
SUGAR or NEW ENGLAND PIE—For making 
pies this variety cannot be excelled. The pump- 
kins are round and small, but very sweet, fine 
grained, and of the best quality. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y% lb. 75c; lb. $1.75. 
CASERTA SQUASH 
RADISH 
CRIMSON GIANT—A round radish of large 
size and remaining in good condition for a 
long time. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y% lb. 75c; Ib. $2.00. 
EARLY SCARLET GLOBE — Bright scarlet. 
Shape, a trifle oblong. 
Pkt. 10c; 0z. 25¢; Y% lb. 75c; Ib. $2.00. 
SPARKLER — Globe-shaped, bright rose-car- 
mine with bottom and tip clear white. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y% lb. 75c; Ib. $2.00. 
FRENCH BREAKFAST—Scarlet, with white tip; 
shape nearly oval. 
Pkt. 10c; 02z. 25c; % lb. 75c; lb. $2.00. 
ICICLE—A delicious and attractive white va- 
riety; about 5 inches long. ’ 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y% lb. 75c; lb. $2.00. 
CHINESE WHITE WINTER—Is really a Chinese 
radish, grown by the Chinese in California; 8 
to 12 inches long, and from 2 to 3 inches in 
diameter; solid and of good flavor; white. 
ROUND BLACK SPANISH —This is a large, 
black-skinned radish; flesh white and firm, 
and of a peculiarly rich, delicious flavor. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00; lb. $3.00. 
RADISH, EARLY SCARLET GLOBE 
RHUBARB SEED 
CRIMSON WINTER—This rhubarb comes fairly 
true from seed, and a large percentage of 
plants will bear good edible stalks. (For quick 
growth it is better to plant roots.) 
Pkt. 15c; ¥2 oz. 60c. 
SQUASH 
Plant summer squash in the spring as soon as 
the soil is warm; the bush varieties in hills 4 
feet apart and the running sorts about 8 feet 
each way. 
Plant winter squashes late and leave them on 
the vine until fully matured. They may be 
stored for winter use. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
BUTTERNUT—Meaty fruits 10 to 12 inches long 
and 4 to 5 inches in largest diameter. Very 
small seed cavity. Sweet and fine textured. 
Pkt. loc; oz. 60c3 lb; $5.00. 
CASERTA — Gold medal award of 1949. A 
vegetable marrow type squash, erect bush with 
no runners. Early and very prolific, 30 fruits 
per plant is not unusual. 
Pkt. 25c; oz. 60c; Ib. $2.50. 
STRAIGHTNECK BUSH—The fruits are bright 
lemon yellow; warted, with straight necks for 
easy packing. It is prolific and under favorable 
conditions will be ready for picking in 50 days 
from planting. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH SCALLOP—A very early 
variety, with flat, creamy white scalloped 
squashes, 4 to 6 inches in diameter. The vine 
is bush in habit and rather dwarf. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y% lb. 75c; Ib. $1.75. 
BENNING’S BUSH SCALLOP — An improved 
bush squash which has become very popular 
in California. Fruits are about the size of the 
well-known scallop squash but are a green 
tinted color when young. 
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ENGLISH VEGETABLE MARROW (Long White) 
—Skin greenish yellow; flesh white, soft and 
rich flavor. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; Ib. $2.50. 
ITALIAN MARROW, ZUCCHINI (Dark Green 
Strain)—The popular Italian squash. A deli- 
cious family garden squash which is also a 
leading summer variety. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y% lb. 75c; lb. $1.75. 
YELLOW SUMMER CROOKNECK — A well: 
known summer variety. The fruit is crook 
necked, rich golden yeliow and thickly warted; 
very tender when young. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y lb. 75c; lb. $1.75. 
WINTER VARIETIES 
TABLE QUEEN (Danish)—Cut in halves and 
baked this is a very tasty squash. It weighs 
about 142 pounds, is dark green outside with 
rich yellow flesh of delicious flavor, and ma- 
tures early. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Ya lb. 75c; lb. $1.75. 
BANANA — A wonderful yielder and good 
keeper, 2 to 8 feet long, with a tough whitish 
green shell and tasty meat. Fine for winter. 
Pkt. 10c¢; oz. 25c; Y% lb. 75c; lb. $2.25. 
GOLDEN DELICIOUS—One of the best table 
varieties. Also used for canning. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c. 
HUBBARD—The best known winter sort; of 
superior quality; large size. Fruit heavily 
warted, dark green in color with orange flesh. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; ¥ Ib. $1.00; lb. $2.50. 
SALSIFY 
(VEGETABLE OYSTER) 
Sow in drills 15 inches apart, covering the 
seeds with fine soil ¥2 inch in depth. When the 
plants are strong enough, thin them out to 
about 3 inches apart. It will mature in 150 
days. One ounce will sow 50 feet of row. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 65c; Y% lb. $2.00. 
