DON’T OVERLOOK THESE NEW ONES 
SALAD BOWL LETTUCE 
Sitiies 
Salad Bowl Lettuce 
A distinct new type of Lettuce. 
Salad Bowl is a large, mid-season, medium green, 
lobed leaved, slow-bolting, non-heading lettuce. It differs 
in appearance from all other varieties of lettuce in that 
the leaves are deeply lobed giving the mature plant a 
resemblance to endive. The lobing of the leaves make 
them less subject to injury by breakage in handling 
Very slow to shoot and develops large mounds of tender 
leaves before bolting. An excellent source of Vitamins 
A and C. 
Salad Bowl is a very attractive home garden lettuce. 
Pkt., 20c; Yo oz., 40c; oz., 75c. 
ASPARAGUS 
Packet, 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 lb., 65c; postpaid. 
Planting Instructions «can be grown in any soil 
which is not too wet. The seed should be sown in March 
or April, in rows 14 inches apart, and lightly covered 
with a layer of soil 144 to % inch deep. When the seed 
is up the plants should be thinned out. The permanent 
bed should be prepared by digging a trench 18 inches 
wide and 20 inches deep. Fill this one-third full of well- 
rotted manure. Half fill the remaining space with good 
soil and transplant the clumps one foot apart. Cover to 
surface. The stalks should not be cut until a year after 
planting and then but lightly. Full harvest may be taken 
after this. 
MARTHA WASHINGTON 
*More vigorous than the Mary Washington, being bred 
to resist rust diseases. Productive, uniform type. Shoots 
large, of extra good quality, rich green color tinted with 
purple at tips. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
One year old. We can furnish WASHINGTON roots at 
50c per dozen, $3.75 per 100; postpaid. 
WADE BEAN 
Introduced by the United States Dept. of Agriculture. 
Golden Medal Award Winner in 1950 All-American 
Trials. Excellent for home garden and market garden. 
Plants are rugged, bush type about 18 to 20 inches tall 
and pods borne well off the ground. Pods deep green, 5% 
to 6 inches long, round, tender and meaty. Holds smooth 
edible stage longer than most. Seeds reddish brown. 
Pkt., 10c; '% Ib., 35c; Ib., 60c. 
PETUNIA . . FIRE-CHIEF 
An All-American selection that rocketed to public ac- 
ceptance the first season. Bright red flowers on stocky, 
compact plants. Flower all summer and into autumn. 
Best color is obtained in cool weather and in full sun. 
Pkt., 30c. 
CORNFLOWER . . BLUE BOY 
A very attractive blue shade in this ever popular an- 
nual Pkt i15c; 
DAHLIA-FLOWERED ZINNIA 
CANARY BIRD 
Large flowers of rich, canary yellow. Makes a beau- 
tiful bouquet with lavender or purple flowers. Pkt., 15c. 
COSMOS . . YELLOW FLARE 
Flowers are single and produced in abundance. Flow- 
ers are about 2% inches in diameter, of bright yellow 
color and beautiful in bouquets. Plants about 3 feet tall. 
Pkt., 15c. 
TORCH .. TITHONIA 
All American Winner for 1951. 
Easy to grow as Zinnias. Early. Will yield brilliant 
orange-scarlet cut-flowers all summer until frost. The 
flowers resemble single dahlias with bright gold centers. 
Plants are compact, waist to shoulder high, with soft 
green foliage. Performs best if planted in full sun, wat- 
ered sparingly and fertilized very little, if at all. Pkt., 20c. 
PLANTING DATES FOR KANSAS 
Radishes, Lettuce, Spinach, Peas, Turnips—As soon 
as ground can be worked after February 20. Onion Sets, 
Beets, Carrots, Potatoes, Parsnips, Cabbage Plants—Oat- 
Plainting time—March 1 to 31. Tomato Plants, Pepper 
Plants, Beans (Snap), Okra—Corn-Planting time—or 
frost-free date. Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Beans—after 
soil is warm, week to 10 days after frost-free date. 
PLANTING DATES FOR OKLAHOMA will be about a 
week or two earlier. AND FOR COLORADO about three 
weeks later. 
See page 24 for quantity prices of Garden Seeds. 
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