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Chinese Broad Leaf or 
Large Smooth Leaf 40 days 
Plant—10 inches tall, medium large, vig- 
orous, spreading, productive. 
Leaf—large, broad -oval, smooth, edges 
toothed, medium green, tender. 
Florida Broad Leaf 40 days 
Plant—10 inches tall, medium large, 
spreading to upright, vigorous, slow to 
bolt. 
Leaf—large, broad-oval with greenish- 
white midrib, edges toothed, bright yel- 
lowish-green. 
MUSTARD 
Southern Giant Curled 
(Long Standing) 40 days 
Plant—10 inches tall, medium large, semi- 
erect to spreading, productive, hardy, 
very slow to bolt. 
Leaf—large, wide, long-oval, crumpled, 
edges deeply curled and frilled, medium 
dark green. 
Tendergreen (Mustard Spinach) 
50 days 
Plant—10 inches tall, vigorous, semi-erect 
to partly spreading, fast growing, pro- 
ductive, tolerant to heat. 
Leaf—very large, oval, smooth, thick and 
with prominent greenish-white midrib. 
Leaf edges nearly smooth; flavor mild, 
somewhat like spinach. 
OKRA or GUMBO 
Clemson Spineless 54 days 
Plant—4'% feet tall, erect; less foliage 
than Perkins. 
Pod—7 inches long x 1% inches, straight, 
tapered, ridged and entirely spineless; 
rich green. 
Developed at the South Carolina Agric. 
Exper. Station. An excellent, uniform 
strain desirable for home and market 
garden. 
Dwarf Green Long Pod 50 days 
Plant—2% to 3 feet tall, sturdy, well 
branched. 
Pod—7 inches long, slender, ribbed, dark 
green. 
A very early, dwarf variety for earliest 
crop and for use in Northern areas. 
Green Velvet 57 days 
Plant—5 feet tall, erect, prolific, pods 
borne close to plant. 
Pod—7 to 8 inches long, slender, long, 
smooth, tender, medium green. 
Developed by J. C. Miller of Louisiana 
Exper. Station. Adapted to canning as 
it holds color and shape in processing. 
Perkins Mammoth Long Podded 
55 days 
Plant—5 feet tall, upright; foliage heavy, 
2052 Northrup King—19— Fred 
productive. 
Pod—7 to 8 inches long, tapered, ribbed, 
bright green; fleshy. 
The standard variety for home, market 
garden and canning. 
White Velvet 60 days 
Plant—4% to 5 feet tall; foliage heavy. 
Pod—6 to 7 inches long, white with faint 
greenish cast tapered smooth, tender, 
without ribbing. 
Very popular and widely grown through- 
out the South. 
Perkins Long Podded Okra 
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