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ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS 
SEVEN TOP (Winter Green)—Used exten- 
- sively for winter greens; does not produce a 
~ good bulb; desirable only for its tops. 
Turnip—Purple Top White Globe 
SHOGOIN or JAPANESE, 42 Days—A 
new useful variety with large edible leaves 
and smooth globular roots, white through- 
out, flavor mild and tender. 
SNOWBALL, 40 Days—It is round, white 
roots, which are crisp, sweet and tender, sug- 
gests a snowball. 
WHITE FLAT DUTCH—An early white- 
fleshed strap-leaved variety; for quick growth, 
mild flavor; is best for the family garden in 
the spring, also grown for a fall crop. Me- 
dium size; matures in about 50 days. Skin 
is clear white; flesh excellent, mild, juicy. A 
good keeper. 
WHITE EGG—An egg-shaped variety that 
grows to good size and matures very quickly. 
The skin is thin and white and the flesh solid 
and fine-grained. Fine for either spring or 
fall planting and a very good keeper. 
WHITE MILAN, 42 Days—FEntire bulb of 
a soft creamy white. Small tops and with a 
single small tap-root. Flesh pure white, fine 
grained, sweet, and tender. The earliest white 
turnip, very smooth and handsome. 
RUTABAGAS OR SWEDES 
CULTURE—Sow the seeds a month earlier 
than turnips. Rutabagas should be sown on 
ground enriched with well rotted manure, in 
drills 2% feet apart, and should be thinned 
to 6 to 8 inches apart in the row. 
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AMERICAN PURPLE TOP (Long Island) 
—Leading yellow variety; very productive; 
unsurpassed for stock feeding. Has the good 
quality of growing to a very large size and 
yet remaining solid and fine-grained. The 
yellow roots are purple at the top and oblong 
in shape, with short taproot, and the flesh is 
deep yellow, mild, and sweet. Keeps well until 
spring. Seed resembles that of turnips. 
NASTURTIUMS 
Few plants are more easily grown or remain 
longer in bloom than the Nasturtium, with its 
large shield-shaped leaves and beautiful ir- 
regular flowers, having long spurs and bril- 
liantly colored petals. In favorable soil, flow- 
ers are produced in abundance throughout the 
season. Seed is usually sown outdoors as soon 
as the weather is warm and settled, in the 
rows where the plants are to remain. Well 
pulverized soil, preferably well drained and 
moderately rich, should be used and the seed 
covered with about one inch of fine soil, firm- 
ly pressed down. A sunny situation is essen- 
tial for free blooming. If the soil is very 
rich, the plants give a large amount of foliage, 
but few flowers. 
DWARF—Two months from sowing, these 
neat, compact plants are covered with gor- 
geously colored flowers, and they continue to 
bloom the entire season. The foliage is very 
attractive and the plants rarely reach a height 
of more than 1 foot. 
TALL—tThese reach a height of 8 to 12 
feet and are fine for trailing over stone walls, 
trellises, fences, and the like; they can also 
be grown as pot-plants for winter blooming, 
as screens, or as trailers for hanging-baskets 
and vases. The gorgeous coloring of their 
blooms and their long season of flowering 
place them among the most important plants 
for the garden and home grounds. 
SWEET PEAS 
These lovely flowers are steadily growing 
in popularity, and each year sees great im- 
provement in color, shape, and number of 
blooms to a stem. Plant early, just as soon 
as the ground can be dug and is not sticky. 
If you are growing sweet peas every year, 
prepare young ground in the fall, and dig 
18 inches deep, mixing manure thoroughly 
in subsoil. The surface soil in which the seed 
is sown should not contain manure. Sow seed 
three inches deep if on sandy soil, or two 
if in clay. The roots should not be allowed 
to become too dry. Water applied once or 
twice a week, preferably early in the morn- 
ning or in the evening, is better than light 
sprinkling more frequently. 
SPENCER—These are sometimes calied the 
“Orchid-Flowering Sweet Peas.”’ They have 
very large flowers with waved or fluted petals. 
A great improvement on the old variety of 
Sweet Peas, with all their beautiful coloring. 
