CUCUMBERS (Continued) 
* IMPROVED LONG GREEN—67 days. Home garden variety. 
Black spined, used for pickles and slicing. Fruits deep green, 
slightly tapering. 
A & C—68 days. Market garden variety. Slicing variety, used 
extensively for market. Fruits 8-9 inches long, dark green, 
medium thick. 
DILL 
MAMMOTH—~70 days. An annual. For flavoring pickles. 
EGG PLANT 
BLACK BEAUTY — 80 days. Home and market garden variety. 
Most popular of egg plant varieties. Fruits large, blocky pear 
shape, deep glossy purple color. 
ENDIVE 
%* BROADLEAF BATAVIAN or ESCAROLLE— 90 days. (Full 
Heart) Home garden and commercial variety. Large leaf, 
fairly upright in habit. Plant in late summer for fall crop. 
* GREEN CURLED—95 days. Home garden and commercial va- 
riety. Most popular endive. Leaves curly, deeply cut, green 
ribbed, white centers. Best for fall maturity. 
KALE 
(Hot Water Treated) 
* DWARF BLUE CURLED—85 days. Home and market garden 
variety. Improved strain of Dwarf Scotch. Used for greens. 
KOHLRABI 
(Hot Water Treated) 
* WHITE VIENNA—55 days. Home garden variety. Kohlrabi 
produces an above-ground enlarged stem, similar to a turnip, 
but milder when cooked. Sow for fall crop, same as turnip. 
*% PURPLE VIENNA—60 days. Similar to White Vienna except 
that leaves show purple staining and bulbs have completely 
purple exterior. Flesh is white when peeled. 
LEEK 
* AMERICAN FLAG—150 days. Market and home garden va- 
riety. Essentially a large green onion, as much as one inch 
in diameter, not producing a round bulb, and having flat 
leaves. Flavor milder than onion. 
LETTUCE 
Loose Leaf 
* SALAD BOWL—42 days. This exciting new loose leaf lettuce, 
released by the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of 
Agriculture, has been awarded a Gold Medal on the basis of 
its performance in the 1951 All America trials. Salad Bowl 
forms a large plant consisting of many short, closely set, curly, 
deeply cut, rich green leaves. Leaves are very tender and of 
high quality. Plants are slow to bolt and hold their high 
quality over a long period. Highly recommended for use in 
home gardens. (See picture on back cover.) 
* GRAND RAPIDS—42 days. Home garden variety. Large, light 
green, curly leaves. 
* Varieties adapted to home garden where high quality is most important. 
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