Plant Allen’s Double Tested Seeds 
POP CORN (Continued) 
Purdue 31 Hybrid. 110 days. 
Yellow variety; 6 to 7-ft. 
stalk. Bars 5-7 inches long 
with 12 to 15 rows of big yel- 
low kernels. 
Cress 
Curled or Peppergrass. Small 
Salad green often used in 
combination with lettuce. 1/5 
oz. 10c. 
Chicory 
Resembles parsnips. Dried 
roots make a good substitute 
for coffee. 4% oz. 20c. 
Cauliflower 
Grown like cabbage. Heads 
.should be tied up for blanching. 
2000 plants per ounce. 
Yg oz. 25c; % oz. 45c; oz. $1.50; 
Y% Ib. $5.00. 
Allen’s White Surehead. 90 
days. An improved Snowball 
of best quality. Good header 
in dry weather and in all 
climates. 
Sluis’ Ideal Early Snowball. 90 
days. Very early and one of 
the surest to head. Dwarf 
grower with good sized 
heads, valuable for late plant- 
ing, and early. 
Eggpiant 
Start indoors and transplant 
to open ground when weather 
is warm. Space plants 1% feet 
apart; 1000 plants per ounce. 
Black Beauty. 110 days. Early 
large and productive. Rich 
dark purple fruits borne 4 to 
6 to a plant. Easy to grow. 
1/6 oz. 10c; % oz. 30c; oz. 
50c; %4 lb. $1.80. 
Cucumber 
Plant in rich soil when warm 
weather is certain. Drop 6 to 8 
seeds in a group and thin to 
the three strongest plants. Hills 
should be about 4 feet apart. 
An ounce plants 50 hills. 
Y% oz. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 lb. 50c; 
lb. $1.75. 
A. and C. 68 days. Fruits grow 
about 10 inches long and 24% 
thick, well rounded at ends 
and dark green all through. 
Colorado. 68 days. Averages 10 
to 12 inches long, slender, 
well-formed and very dark 
green. 
Davis Perfect. 65 days. Heavy 
bearer of very large, perfect 
salable fruit, uniform in size 
and shape. 
Early Fortune. 
dark green; 7 to 8 
long when left for 
Fine for pickling. 
resistant. 
Early White Spine. 
Good crisp cucumber; 
to mature. Grows 7 
long. 
Rich 
inches 
slicing. 
Disease- 
65 days. 
58 days 
early 
inches 
Very smooth; dark 
green color. 
London Long Green. 67 days. 
One of the best long green 
sorts. Grows 12 to 16 inches 
long. The young fruit is best 
for pickling. A good slicer. 
Marketer. 65 days. Fruit is 
somewhat tapered at ends; 
extremely uniform Good 
marketing sort. 
Vaughn (Longfellow). 70 days. 
Much darker than other long 
white-spined varieties; more 
uniform in shape and size; 
ideal for forcing as well as 
outdoors. 
Ohio No. 31. New black-spine 
pickling Cucumber developed 
to combat mosaic disease. 
(30) 
Mustard 
An ounce plants 100 feet of 
row. 
Chinese Smooth-Leaved. 45 
days. Very large leaves, often 
measure 15 inches. Bears 
until frost. Tops are eaten 
like spinach. ¥% oz. 10c; oz. 
20c; %4 lb 40c; lb. $1.40. 
Crisp Lettuce 
Sow seed early indoors and 
transplant to open ground, or 
sow directly in rows and thin 
out the plants. Head Lettuce 
should be set 8 inches apart. 
Does best in cool weather. 
Ounce plants 300 feet of row. 
Early Prizehead. 50 days. 
Leaves ,are very crimped, 
bright green, tinted brown- 
ish-red; very tender, crisp 
and sweet. Forms a large, 
loose head. 1/3 oz. 10c; oz. 
25c; %4 Ib. 60c; lb. $2.00. 
Black-Seeded Sampson. 45 days. 
This is not a head Lettuce 
but spreads a mass of curled 
leaves over the ground, 1/3 
oz. 10c; oz. 25c; % Ib. 60c; 
lb. $2.00. 
Grand Rapids, Ashtabula 
Strain. 43 days. Well-known 
and liked for its curled, crisp, 
light green fringed leaves; 
tender and attractive. 1/3 oz. 
10c; oz. 25c; % lb. 60c; lb. 
$2.00. 
Great Lakes. 75 days. Fine 
new, crisp-heading Lettuce, 
able to stand some heat and 
therefore sure to head. Re- 
sistant to tip-burn. Crisp, 
creamy white. 1/3 oz. 20c; 
oz. 50c; %4 lb. $1.50. 
Oak Leaf. Does better in warm 
weather than most varieties. 
Retains tenderness and flavor 
without getting bitter. 1/3 
oz. 10c; 0z. 30c; %4 lb. 80c. 
New York. 80 days. Crisp, 
dark green heads with white 
heart; very large and tender. 
1/3 oz. 15c; oz. 35c¢; ™%4 Ih. 
90c; lb. $3.00. 
Simpson Early Curled. 45 days. 
A compact mass of curly 
leaves of yellowish-green. 
1/3 oz. 15c; oz. 35c; ™% Ib. 
60c; 1b. $2.00. 
Celery 
Sow seed in spring and trans- 
plant when seedlings are 5 to 
6 inches tall. Set 5 inches 
apart; blanch by earthing up 
when plants are large enough. 
2000 plants per ounce 
4% oz. 20c; oz. 60c; ve lb. $2.00. 
Giant Pascal. 135 days. Pro- 
duces perfect large green 
stalks, crisp and thick. Fine 
shipper. Blanches early and 
easily. 
Golden Self-Blanching. 115 
days. Great self-blanching 
variety, easily marketed. 
Beautiful golden color; good 
keeper of fine quality. 
Swiss Chard 
Plant seed an inch apart and 
thin to 8 inches apart. Leaves 
are used as greens all summer. 
Ounce plants 60 feet of row. 
Lucullus. 60 days. Light green, 
crumped leaves. Grows 1% 
to 2 feet tall. % oz. 10c; oz. 
15c; %4 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00. 
Endive 
Sow the seed for a fall crop; 
thin plants to 12 inches apart. 
Tie outer leaves together to 
blanch the hearts when plants 
are nearly grown. Ounce plants 
150 feet of row. 
1/3 oz. 10c; 0z. 15c; %4 lb. 45c; 
1b. $1.50. 
Early Purple Vienna. 
Broad-leaved Batavian (Esca- 
rolle). 90 days. Broad flat, 
deep green leaves. 
Green Curled. 85 days. Very 
hardy; rich dark green color. 
White or Moss Curled. 95 days. 
Fine quality, beautifully 
curled. 
Kale (Borecole) 
Sow seed in rows 2% feet 
apart and thin plants to 2 feet 
apart. Furnishes very health- 
ful greens all season. Ounce 
plants 200 feet. 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. 55 
days. Green, beautifully 
curled leaves. 4 oz. 10c; oz. 
20c; % Ib. 50c. 
Dill 
Largely used for flavoring 
pickles. ¥% oz. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 
lb. 35c. 
Leek 
Sow in early April and thin 
to 6 inches apart. Harth up to 
blanch, like celery. Ounce 
plants 150 feet of row. 
Broad American Flag. 142 days. 
Long, narrow stalks. Y% oz. 
10c; oz. 60c. 
Kohlrabi 
(Turnip-Rooted Cabbage) 
Sow seed in early spring in 
rows. Thin to 3 inches apart. 
May be eaten raw or cooked. 
An ounce plants 200 feet of 
row. %4 oz. 10c; oz. 30c; % Ib. 
75c. 
Early White Vienna. 55 days. 
Flesh white and tender; use 
before fully grown. 
55 days. 
Skin bluish; flesh white. % 
Muskmelon 
Plant in hills 4 to 6 feet 
apart when the weather is 
warm thinning to 3 plants toa 
hill. Rich soil is needed. An 
ounce plants 50 hills. 
1/3 oz. 10c; oz. 25c; 1% lb. 75c; 
lb. $2.00. 
Bender (Bender’s Surprise). 95 
days. Deep orange flesh is 
thick and deliciously flavored; 
rind is light green changing 
to golden when ripe, heavily 
ribbed and netted. Melons 
are uniformly large, often 
weigh 8 to 10 pounds; su- 
perior shipper. 
Hale’s Best. 85 days. Earliest 
of all melons. Oval in shape 
with heavy netting and ribs; 
very small seed cavity. 
Hearts of Gold. 90 days. Firm 
orange flesh of fine flavor. 
Fruit is nearly round with 
thin hard rind covered with 
fine gray netting. Exceed- 
ingly productive; splendid 
shipper. 
Honey Rock (Sugar Rock). 93 
days. Wonderfully sweet 
melon with thick orange 
flesh and distinetive flavor, 
suggesting the Honeydew. 
Heavy producer of medium- 
size, oval fruits, not ribbed. 
Lake Champlain. 82 days. Me- 
dium size, intricately netted, 
fruit; moderate ribbing. Flesh 
is deep, very sweet; beauti- 
ful golden yellow color. 
New Yorker. Hxtra thick, soft- 
textured flesh. Large, attrac- 
tive fruit; outstanding flavor. 
Excellent shipper. 
Pride of Wisconsin. 90 days. 
Gray rind with distinct net- 
ting and faist ribs; small tri- 
angular seed cavity. Thick, 
very sweet orange.flesh. Good 
shipper. 
Watermelon 
Grown like Muskmelon ex- 
cept that hills need to be 8 to 
10 feet apart. 
ie oz. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 lb. 50c; 
. $1.50 (except Icebox). 
Cole’s Early. 84 days. Early 
and hardy. Very sweet, deep 
pink flesh; medium size, 
nearly round; dark green 
striped lighter. 
Halbert’s Honey. 82 days. Good 
home variety. Long fruit 
with blunt ends; very dark, 
green thin rind. Rich crim- 
son flesh of superb flavor. 
Improved Kleckly Sweet, No. 6. 
95 days. Dark green rind, 
brie hit ed flesh and large 
white seeds. Weight aueat 
35 pounds; length about 20 
inches. Strong grower, cov- 
ering ground with fruit. 
Tom Watson. 90 days. One of 
the largest melons, 18 to 20 
inches long and 10 to 12 
thick; weight from 40 to 50 
pounds. Firm, sweet, deep 
red flesh; superior quality. 
Icebox. 85 days. Only slightly 
larger than a large Musk- 
melon. Red flesh; prolific 
early maturing. Wasily fits 
into apartment-size icebox. 
1/3 oz. 10c; oz. 25c; % Ib. 
75c; lb. $2.25. 
Parsley 
An ounce plants 200 feet of 
row. ™% oz. 10c; oz. 25c; %4 Ih. 
50c; lb. $1.50. 
Champion Moss Curled. 70 days. 
Handsome curly, dark green 
leaves. 
Hamburg Rooted. 90 days. 
Thick, fleshy, edible roots 10 
to 12 inches long and used 
extensively for flavoring. 
Onions 
Sow seed as early as possible 
in spring in drills a foot apart; 
thin to 8 inches apart in the 
drill. Onions need a rich, loamy 
soil. Ounce plants 100 feet of 
row. 
Y% oz. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. $1.00; 
lb. $3.50. 
Write for Quantity Prices 
Allen’s Selected Ohio Yellow 
Globe Danvers. 110 days. 
This is our specialty. Hun- 
dreds of carloads of this 
variety are shipped from this 
section each season. Consid- 
ered by buyers to be the 
truest Globe Danvers type: 
Best keeper in any section. 
White Sweet Spanish. 110 days. 
A large, mild white variety 
that keeps very well. 
Prizetaker. 100 days. Largest 
onion grown, weighs up to 6 
lbs. Perfectly round, light 
yellow with pure white flesh; 
mild flavor, solid. 
White Globe Southport. 110 
days. White globe onion, mild 
and good. Thin papery skin. 
Yellow Globe Southport. 115 
days. Good mild onion, fine 
for market. 
Red Globe Southport. 110 days. 
Same as above, but red. 
White Silverskin. 100 days. 
Delicate mild flavor; pure 
white, flat and well formed. 
Ripens early and keeps well. 
Onion Sets 
Yellow White 
By Mail Postpaid, Pt. 20c; qt. 
35c. Not postpaid, we will bill 
for postage. PEt. (8 lbs.) $1.35; 
bus. (32 lbs.) $4.50. 
