until it is ready to eat. 
sprays or dusts. 
large fruits. 
New Hampshire Hybrid. 65 days. 
crops. 
DANDELION 
One package of seed will sow 100 feet of row. 
Improved Thick-Leaved. A splendid salad plant. This variety has large, thick leaves 
and is a valuable plant for ‘greens’ in the early ‘spring. Some prefer to tie the leaves 
together over the head to blanch it and then eat it like Endive. Sow seed! ini good loam, 
drills 1 foot apart; thin or transplant to 1 foot apart in rows. Ready to eat in 60: days. 
- Pkqy Ie, 4 oz. 45¢;,20z. $1.35 
Italian Dandelion. You will find this on page 32 listed under Chicory. It is a rapid 
growing salad plant whose Dandelion-like leaves are used as early greens. The leaves 
and flower shoots are very tender and have a faint Asparagus flavor. They may be 
cut several times during a season. Pkg. 15c} % oz. 45c; oz. 75c; Y Ib. $2.25 
ENDIVE 4 fctily Grown 
One of the best salads for fall and winter use, for garnishing and flavoring soups and 
stews. Sow in shallow drills, 15 inches apart; thin plants to 1 foot apart. For early use, 
sow in April; for late use, in June or July. When full grown, tie outer leaves together over 
center to blanch the heart. Cover fresh plants every few days for a succession. One 
package of seed will sow 50 feet of row; 1 ounce 300 feet. 
Full Heart Batavian. (Escarole). Broad, ‘twisted and waved, bright deep green leaves 
with thick, nearly white midribs. The inner leaves form a fairly solid clustering head which 
blanches to a beautiful white; crisp and tender. Unsurpassed for salads. Ready in 90 days. 
Pkg. 15¢; Ye oz. 25c; oz. 40c; V4 Ib. 95c 
Green Curled Green Ribbed. Ready in 65 days. Rich green leaves are very finely cut 
giving the plants a feathery appearance. The 15-inch heads blanch easily to pure white 
winaeesces = Mart & Vicks EGGPLANT 
One package of seed will produce 200 plants; 1 ounce 2000 plants. 
Harvest your Eggplant while the skin is still glossy. It is too old when the skin becomes dull. 
Maturing days mentioned mean days from the time the plant is set out in the garden 
Start seed under glass early in March and bring plants to a goodi size as rapidly as 
possible. Transplant, when 3 inches high, singly, into 21/- to 3-inch pots. (Fertile Pots 
are best, see page 34.) As soon as weather is warm set out in open ground, about 2 feet 
apart each way. Spray or dust for beetle with arsenate of lead or one of the new DDT 
xBlack Beauty. (80 days.) An extra early variety. The fruits are large, blunt, oval in 
shape, purple-black, entirely spineless, and of very high quality, weigh several pounds each 
and are entirely free from spines and thorns. Holds its color a long time and is a desirable 
market variety as well as the very best kind for the home gardens, except in very northern 
sections. This is a very reliable and heavy bearing variety, each plant producing several 
Pkgb 156 1b 20z, 5564 0zZ-8 95c 
Dark purple fruit, firm, and of splendid quality, 
two weeks earlier than Black Beauty. This is the Eggplant to grow here in the north where 
the growing season is comparatively short. The plants are of medium size and bear good 
P\Kep, Disa Wey ere, Gisree Coys, S5il1K©) 
and have a most delicious, crisp, refreshing flavor. 
Pkg, ler ip oz. 25cG;10z. 400714, Ibs 95 Full Heart Batavian Endive or Escarole 
Witloof Chicory or “French Endive.” A _ salad 
plant of unusual and very delicate flavor that you 
can grow easily from seed. You will find growing di- 
rections on page 32 under Chicory, Witloof or French 
Endive. Pkge25e- 4) oz. 55c; oz. Sc; 4 Ib. $2.45 
This is Dwarf Blue Curled Kale 
Fennel 
Florence (Finocchio). Grown in home and market 
‘garden, and. produces a bulb at the surface of the 
ground of aromatic and Anise-like flavor. The stalks 
are eaten ‘ike Celery, raw or creamed. Sow the seed 
in rows 20 inches apart and thin plants to 10 inches 
apart; blanch by drawing up the earth. 
Pkg 15c; oz. 40c; 4 Ib. 95c 
KALE ¢4 Rich in Vitamins 
Use for greens and garnishing. The tender young shoots branching from the stalks 
make very delicious greens or may be cut up to be eaten raw in salads and sandwiches. 
Hardier than Cabbage and is improved by frost. Sow the seed in the garden in early 
spring for large fully grown plants. Sow in July for those small tender leaves to use in the 
fall and winter. Sow seeds Yo inch deep in rows 2 to 3 feet apart. Thin plants to stand 
12 inches apart in the row. Package of seed will sow 50 feet of row; 1 ounce 300 feet. 
Dwarf Blue Curled. Bluish green foliage Plant diseases are nearly always en- 
beet euleth gual cial tas pre couraged by dampness and darkness. Keep 
enormous amount of foliage, used both for parmots ine Gardenbons damn gc owcysooys, 
eating and for table decoration. when your clothing may brush against 
Pkg. 15¢; oz. 40c; Y% Ib. $1.15 plants and help spread disease. 
Leaf crops for salads are best harvested in the cool of the day and should be pro- 
tected from drying out by wrapping in a damp cloth or putting them immediately into 
the vegetable compartment in your refrigerator. Salad crops 
picked when slightly wilted do not regain the same crispness 
and flavor as when picked moist with dew. 
Hart & Vickti KOHLRABI 
An edible bulb that grows above ground and combines the 
good qualities of Cabbage and Turnips. Kohlrabi is tender 
and delicious, and can be cooked in many ways. Sow seed: 
early in spring, in rows 11% feet apart, and thin to 4 inches. 
Make two sowings 10 days apart in the early spring, and 
again in July for a full crop. Matures in 10 to 12 weeks. 
One package of seed will sow 40 feet of row; 
one ounce 300 feet. 
Early White Vienna. The standard for market, table, or ne 
forcing. The flesh is white, tender, and has a greenish white ; ; 
ckin. Pkg Scr V6) oz, S5c¢;10z. 65e7 V4 Ibe $165 White Vienna Kohlrabi 
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