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VEGETABLES of EXCEPTIONAL MERIT 
Salad Bowl Lettuce. <i 
-1952,_ GOLD MEDAL LETTUC 
222. SALAD BOWL. (50 days.)’ Re- 
ceived Gold Medal award in the 1952 All- 
American contest. Developed by Dr. Ross (C. 
Thompson,’ Bureau of Plant Industries Station, 
Beltsville, Maryland. A loose leaf variety: that 
will fill a salad bowl with a perfect rosette 
of rich green and very decorative leaves. It 
stands heat and sun very well and is slow to 
bolt. Grows fast and large, leaves are short 
and closely set, waved, notched, and hold their 
quality, tenderness and fine texture over a long 
period. Pkt., 15c; 0z., 60c; %4 lb., $2.00; Ib., 
$6.25, postpaid. 
Golden Delight Muskmelon, 
NEW MUSKMELON 
236. GOLDEN DELIGHT. (84 days.) 
In appearance it somewhat resembles the Bend- 
er’s Surprise. Fruits are elongated 4 to 5 by 5 
to 7 inches. The flesh is thick orange or salmon 
and very firm. Under adverse growing conditions 
it seems to stand up better than other varieties 
of its type. Fime flavor and of excellent quality. 
Skin “va eats eray but’:matures a fairly deep 
yellow. ibs are wide and shallow with open 
netting, tapering somewhat at the blossom end. 
A very desirable home and market . melon, 
Pkt., 15c; oz., 55¢; % Ib., $1.60; I1b., "$4.85, 
postpaid, 
HYBRID CUCUMBER 
159. HYBRID. (60 days.) A F1 hybrid 
white spine, slicing type cucumber. Highly re- 
sistant to mosaic and downy mildew. Beautiful 
green fruits, eight inches and more in length, 
and about two inches wide, square at both ends 
with a medium seed cavity. Flesh is crispy white 
of excellent quality. Vigorous vines that continue 
to bear their fruits much longer than the open- 
pollinated varieties, producing a greater yield 
of quality fruit. Pkt., (1/32 oz. about 25 seeds), 
20c; 2 pkts., 35c; % oz., $2.25; postpaid. 
Hybrid Cucumber, 
ables it to hold its pods well up off 
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Wade Bean. 
. 1952 GOLD MEDAL BEAN 
*14. WADE. (63 days.) Received 1952 
Gold Medal All-American award. Named after 
Dr. J. H. Wade of the Charleston, S. ©., re- 
gional vegetable breeding laboratory, who was 
credited with its introduction. It is resistant 
to common bean mosaic and powdery mildew. 
Deep green pods, 5% to 6 inches long, round 
and slender, containing a reddish brown seed. 
Somewhat taller than Tendergreen, which en- 
the ground. 
Pods are very smooth, containing approximately 
one-third as many hairs as the average com- 
mercial variety. It is slow to wilt, losing its 
water content slower than the average variety. 
Ideal for freezing, canning or market. Excep- 
tionally heavy yielder of fine quality snap beans. 
PkKt., 15c; 4, Ib., 45c; Ib., 80c; 2 Ibs., $1.50; 
5 Ibs., $3.25, postpaid. 
Congo Watermelon, 
ANTHRACNOSE RESISTANT 
WATERMELON 
226i ee GONGOr (90midayss)in into Damas 
46-40. Released from the Regional Vegetable 
Breeding Laboratory of the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture’ at Charleston, South Carolina. 
It is a cross of an African variety, which was 
resistant to anthracnose with Iowa Bell, and 
later crossed with a variety called Garrison. 
The melon was bred for the shipping trade. A 
fairly large melon, larger than Kleckley’s Sweet. 
The light stripe is considerably darker than is 
normal in a strip watermelon, giving somewhat 
the appearance of a solid green. The flesh is 
medium red, seeds whiteish or brown, and sugar 
content high. Shows slight resistance to fusarium 
wilt. Pkt., 15c; oz., 30c; %4 Ib., 95c; Ib., $2.75, 
postpaid, 
BABY HEAD LETTUCE 
229. BIBB. (57 days.) A baby type head 
lettuce of excellent quality. Has a small rather 
loosely folded head. Leaves are thick, deep 
green, slightly tinged and spotted with brown. 
Plant early as it has a tendency to bolt to 
seed in hot weather. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; 1% Ilb., 
90c; Ib., $2.75, postpaid, 
Sets 
New Hampshire Midget Watermelon. 
MIDGET WATERMELON 
NEW HAMPSHIRE MIDGET. (70 
Introduced by Dr. A. F. Yeager, Univ. 
280. 
days.) 
of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. 
It is an individual type watermelon no larger 
than a good size muskmelon. Received an All 
American Gold Medal award in 1951. The 
fruits will measure about 7 inches in diameter, 
and are easily stored in an average size refrig- 
erator. There are two strains of this melon, 
the original was called White Mountain which 
was a striped variety. The second release was 
the New Hampshire Midget, a gray melon with- 
out distinet+stripes. It is better as it is not 
overloaded with seeds. 
Ib., $1.20; 
Pkt; thes oz. 4003 41;, 
Ib., $3.55, postpaid. 
Bonanza Cabbage. 
EARLY CABBAGE 
71. BONANZA. (75 days.) A 
new out- 
standing shipping and market variety. The head 
is round, very firm, and uniform. Has the short- 
est core of any cabbage we have seen. Average 
6% inches.in diameter and 4 pounds in weight. 
It forms a small firm head early in the season 
and continues to grow to maximum size. This 
makes it ideal for early harvest when the market 
is high, or_it can be held in the field for a con- 
siderable time after maturity. It will stand ship- 
ping to distant markets. One enthusiastic gar- 
dener remarked that BONANZA was well named 
for it was worth its weight in gold. We highly 
recommend it. Pkt., 20c; 4% oz., 60c; oz., $1.10; 
Y% Ib., $3.40; Ib., $10.30, postpaid. 
Bibb Lettuce. 
L. L, OLDS SEED COMPANY — MADISON 1, WISCONSIN 
