BEANS, Contender. (New). Plants vigorous and 
mosaic resistant. Pods oval shape, stringless, slight- 
ly curved, 6 to 7 inches long. Yield excellent. See 
next page. 
BEANS, Topcrop. Pods are round, straight and 
stringless, 6 inches long. A heavy producer. See 
next page. 
BROCCOLI, De Cicco. A fine strain for early market 
purposes. Heads large and uniform; color bluish 
green. Listed on page J. 
CABBAGE, Bononza. This recent development in 
Cabbage is unusual. Ball-shaped heads are hard 
right from the start, ready for early cutting. If 
desired they can be left in the field and grow larger 
without much splitting or turning white. See page 
6. 
CABBAGE, Wisconsin Copenhagen. Highly resistant 
to “Yellows”. Plants compact; heads round and 
solid, medium size. Listed on page 6. 
CAULIFLOWER, Snowball M. Resembling our 
White Mountain in size and shape, but matures a 
week later. So uniform that nearly all heads ma- 
ture at one time. Refer to page 7. 
CELERY CABBAGE, Michili. A vigorous grower 
and sure header. Slender, long heads and very 
solid. Listed on page 8. 
CELERY, Utah Pascal. Largest of the Pascal sorts. 
Grows tall and erect. Dark green, long jointed with 
a full golden heart. See page 9. 
Special Selections and New Items 
for 1957 
SWEET CORN, Golden Security. This fine hybrid 
outyields all others in tonnage per acre. Two large, 
golden ears on one sta’k are common. See page 10. 
CUCUMBER, Burpee Hybrid. Fruits are 8 inches 
long and 2!4 inches in diameter with blunt ends. 
Disease and heat resistant for late summer crop. 
Can be picked every few days. Listed on page 11. 
LEAF LETTUCE, Slotolt. Recommended for mid- 
summer use. As the name implies it stands longer 
before bolting to seed. Refer to page 13. 
HEAD LETTUCE, Great Lakes. Our strain produces 
more marketable heads than any other we have 
seen. Will stand long distance shipping. See page 
ee 
ONION, Asgrow Hybrid Y-41. Among a hundred 
or more crosses we picked this one as the best. 
Spanish type; color, shape and size excellent. See 
page 15. 
ONION, White Bunch. The true French strain is 
the best for growing mild, tender bunch Onions. 
Our stock is supreme. Refer to page 15. 
PEPPER, Illinois F5 Hybrid. Largest in the Sweet 
Pepper class. Yield and size amazing. Plants low 
and compact. Matures early. Suitable for Eastern 
and Midwest states. See page 17. 
SPINACH, Aristocrat. Best strain of Long Standing 
Bloomsdale. Plants robust; leaves dark green and | 
curly. A real basket filler. See page 19. 
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permits. Larger shipments go by motor truck or freight. 
We pay transportation charges anywhere in the U.S.A. 
on garden and flower seeds, but. other goods are f.o.b. 
Chicago, except where noted otherwise. We discourage 
C.O.D. shipments as the fees are high and deliveries 
often delayed. 
PAYING. Qn orders for garden or flower seeds 
placed before April lst we allow 5% discount if paid 
by April 15th. Other items are net cash at any time. 
If you desire to open a charge account with our firm, 
please send the name of your bank and two business 
references with your letter of application. All bills are 
due Aug. 1 next. 
WARRANTY. The N. Sluis G Sons Company war: 
rants to the extent of the purchase price that all seeds 
soid ave as described on the container within recognized 
tolerances. Seller gives no other or further warranty, 
express or implied. 
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