One Pkt. will sow 20 to 25 feet; one 
Oz. 75 to 100 feet. 
*421 Crosby’s Egyptian (55 days)—Extra 
early, semi-flat, very tender and sweet. Flesh 
is distinct dark red and keeps its color in 
cooking. Free from woodiness. Fine for the 
first beets from your garden. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 20c; 1 Oz. 30c; 14 Lb. 85c 
*420 Detroit Dark Red Improved (61 
days)—The most popular beet for the home 
garden and canning. Globe shaped, very 
smooth, a deep oxblood-red color.. Very tender 
and sweet at all stages of growth, without a 
trace of woodiness. 
Pkt. 10c; 12 Oz. 20c; 1 Oz. 30c; 1/4 Lh. 85c 
422 Early Blood Turnip (60 days)—A good 
dependable midseason variety. Nearly round, 
deep red with brighter red zones. High quality. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 20c; 1 Oz. 30c; 14 Lb. 85c 
CABBAGE 
One Pkt. will produce 100 or more plants; 
Oz. 2500 plants. 
435 Danish Ballhead (100 days) — Our 
most popular late cabbage, producing round 
compact heads weighing from 7 to 9 pounds. 
Excellent keeper. Very crisp and tender. Fine 
for kraut. Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 30c; 1 Oz. 55c 
434 Early Flat Dutch (75 days)—An early 
unusually fine, large, solid, flat-headed type. 
Fine quality, 5 to 6 pound heads. Keeps well. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 30c; 1 Oz. 55c 
436 Early Jersey Wakefield (60 days)—An 
extra early variety with cone-shaped heads, 2 
to 3 pounds each. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 30c; 1 Oz. 55c 
437 Golden Acre (65 days)—An extra early 
garden variety with round firm heads weigh- 
ing about 4 pounds each. Resists bursting. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 30c; 1 Oz. 55c 
*438 Marion Market (75 days)—A Yellows 
Resistant strain of Copenhagen Market. A 
sure heading, main crop variety. Our most 
popular cabbage. Excellent quality, has short 
stems and is good for early kraut and all cook- 
ing purposes. Weighs 4 to 5 pounds. 
Pkt. 10c; 12 Oz. 30c; 1 Oz. 55c 
439 Premium Late Flat Dutch (100 days) 
—Very popular large, flat headed winter cab- 
bage. Fine quality, solid, good keeper and fine 
for kraut. Heads weigh from 13 to 15 pounds. 
Pkt. 10c; 12 Oz. 30c; 1 Oz. 55c 
One Pkt. will sow 8 hills; 1 Ounce 24 hills. 
502 Connecticut Field (120 days)— Heavi- 
est producer. Big, yellow pumpkins that 
weigh 15 to 25 pounds. Thick, sweet, fine- 
grained flesh. Pkt. 10c; 1 Oz. 20c; 
14, Lb. 50c; 1 Lb. $1.65 
503 Small Sugar Pie (115 days)—Weigh 4 
pounds. What delicious pies you get from its 
rich golden-orange flesh, thick, sweet, finest 
flavor. Pkt. 10c; 1 Oz. 20c; 
4, Lb. 50c; 1 Lb. $1.65 
One Pkt. will sow 35 feet; One 
Oz. 200 feet. 
*427 Coreless Nantes (68 days)—We es- 
pecially recommend this for the home garden 
because of its extra fine quality. The roots are 
deep orange, very tender and sweet from 6 to 
7 inches long and the same size from top to 
bottom. Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 25c; 1 Oz. 45c 
429 Danvers Half Long (75 days)—Very 
productive. Keeps all winter. Does well in all 
soils. Smooth, deep orange roots, about 7 
inches long, tapering to a blunt point. Sweet, 
tender, crisp. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 25c; 1 Oz. 45c 
*426 Improved Chantenay (70 days) — 
The outstanding favorite with people who 
grow carrots in their garden. This is a very 
choice strain producing large, thick, six-inch 
orange roots, very tender, high quality and 
free from hard core. Very heavy yielder. 
Pkt. 10c; 12 Oz. 25c; 1 Oz. 45c 
430 Oxheart (72 days)—Especially good for 
rather stiff, hard soil because the roots are 
short and stubby. A good keeper. Bright 
orange, tender and sweet. 
Pkt. 10c; 12 Oz. 25c; 1 Oz. 45c 
Eight ounces of 3% DDT dust per 30 feet 
of row applied at planting time for both 
carrot weevil and carrot rust fly will give 
excellent control with no effect whatever 
on the carrots. 
CUCUMBERS 
One Packet will plant 15 hills; 
one Ounce, 65 to 70 hills. 
*455 Burpee’s Hybrid (60 days)—Burpee’s 
Hybrid Cucumber outyields open pollinated 
varieties because the vines continue to pro- 
duce their fruits more profusely long after the 
others have ceased. Vines are extremely vig- 
orous, long lived and bear an abundance of 
well-formed green fruits of handsome appear- 
ance, 8 inches and more long, 214 inches wide, 
square at both ends with medium seed cavity 
and crisp, white flesh of excellent quality. 
Pkt. (30 seeds) 35c; 3 Pkts. 75c; 
5 Pkts. $1.20; 14 Oz. $2.75 
452 Chicago Pickle (58 days)—Very popu- 
lar early variety. Very productive. Pickles are 
uniform size, medium green and square ended. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 20c; 1 Oz. 30c 
*453 Improved Long Green (62 days)— 
The best and most popular all-purpose cucum- 
ber, fine for slicing and pickling. It does well 
in every section, producing heavily when oth- 
er kinds give up. It is medium dark green, 
crisp, few seeds. 
Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 22c; 1 Oz. 35c 
*454 Select National Pickling (55 days)— 
Our most popular pickling type. Of uniform 
size and color, as firm after pickling as before. 
Very early and enormously productive. Even 
size, straight, with square blunt ends, deep 
green color. Pkt. 10c; 12 Oz. 20c; 1 Oz. 30c 
456 Straight Eight (58 days)—A new white 
spine type, very productive, long straight 
fruits of an ideal green color. Averages about 
8 inches long. 
» Pkt. 10c; 14 Oz. 25c; 1 Oz. 40c 
80 
CARROTS SWEET CORN 
One packet will sow 60 feet‘or more; 
1 Lb. 400 feet. ies: 
444 Alphagold (60 days)—This new variety 
is by far the best quality extra early yellow 
sweet corn we know. Ripens just 60 days after 
planting. Good size ears, sweet and delicious. 
Resistant to drought and smut. 
Big 3 Oz. Pkt. 18c; 12 Lb. 45c; 1 Lb. 80c 
448 Country Gentleman (90 days)—The 
late white corn with long, deep grained ker- 
nels irregularly arranged. Often called the 
shoe-peg type. A heavy yielder. : 
Big 3 Oz. Pkt. 10c; 14 Lb. 22c; 1 Lb. 39c 
*445 Golden Cross Bantam (82 days)— 
Our most popular yellow hybrid, producing 12 
rowed ears, 8 inches long. It is about 3 times 
as productive as Golden Bantam. It is also 
resistant to bacterial wilt which often causes 
failure with early yellow corn. We honestly 
believe that once you grow this corn, you will 
always want it. The kernels are so tender and. 
sweet they fairly melt in your mouth. 
Big 3 Oz. Pkt. 15c; 12 Lb. 35c; 1 Lb. 65c 
*433 Hlinois Golden #10 (90 days)—Wecon- | 
sider this one of the new real good late hy- 
brids that is adapted over a wide area. Large 
ears, deep kernels of finest quality, excellent 
for eating fresh and freezing. The tighter 
husk of this vigorous yellow hybrid makes it 
more tolerant to earworm. Try it, you will 
like it as it stands the heat, drought and wind. 
Big 3 Oz. Pkt. 18c; 14 Lb. 45c; 1 Lb. 80c 
*452 lochief (89 days)—This All America 
Gold Medal Winner for 1951 is now rated the 
very best main crop yellow sweet corn. Ideal 
for eating fresh, canning and freezing. Ears 
8-9 inches long, filled right to the tips, very 
tender and finest quality. Heavy yielder. 
Stands drought. 
Big 3 Oz. Pkt. 16c; 12 Lb. 40c; 1 Lb. 75c¢ 
451 Silver Cross Bantam (83 days)—We 
rate this the best hybrid white sweet corn. 
Large ears 8—9 inches long, very tender, finest 
quality, heavy yielder. Eat fresh, can or 
freeze. 
Big 3 Oz. Pkt. 15c; 14 Lb. 40c; 1 Lb. 70c 
449 Stowell’s Evergreen (94 days) — The 
standard main crop white sweet corn. Large 
ears, sweet and stays tender a long time. 
Especially fine for canning. 
Big 3 Oz. Pkt. 12c; 12 Lb. 25c; 1 Lb. 45c 
*446 Tendergold (75 days) — A very fine 
yellow hybrid corn that is sweet, tender and of 
finest quality. Matures a few days earlier than 
Golden Bantam. Much more productive and 
holds its quality two to three days longer than 
other corns. The golden ears are 12 rowed 
about 8 inches long. , 
Big 3 Oz. Pkt. 15c; 14 Lb. 35c; 1 Lb. 65c 
*450 Tendermost (83 days) — The most 
tender of all our yellow hybrids, giant size ker- 
nels sugary-sweet. Very large ears averaging 
nine inches in length with 14 to 16 rows of 
regular kernels. A high-yielder that stays 
sweet and tender on the stalk for nearly two 
weeks. Resistant to smut and ear worm. f 
Big 3°Oz. Pkt. 16c; 14 Lb. 40c; 1 Lb. 75c 
ALL SEASON COLLECTION 
1 Big 3 Oz. Pkt. each of 
Alphagold, Tendergold, lochief 
445A All 3 for 45c 
