HERBS 
Every garden should have a selection of 
herbs. Attractive in the vegetable or flower 
garden—indispensable to savory cooking. 
ANISE — Annual. For garnishing, season- 
ing and cordials. Seeds have an aromatic 
flavor. Plants about 14" high. 75 days. Pkt. 
hos 
BASIL, SWEET—Annual. Leaves, green or 
dried, are used for seasoning soups, stews, 
omelets, and other dishes. Height 12 to 18”. 
85 days. Pkt. l5c. 
CHIVES—Perennial. Tops, finely chopped, 
add mild onion flavor to soups, stews, sal- 
ads and other dishes. 6” high. 80 days. 
Pkt. 15c. 
DILL—Annual. 2 to 3 feet. Seeds and leaves 
used for flavoring—especially for dill 
pickles. 70 days. Pkt. 10c. 
MARJORAM, SWEET—Annual. Height 1 to 
2'. A seasoning, either fresh or dried. 70 
days. Pkt. 15c. 
SAGE — Perennial. About 1¥2' high. Use 
fresh or dried for seasoning. 75 days. Pkt. 
10c. 
SUMMER SAVORY—Annual. 1’ high. The 
small spicy leaves add pungent flavor to 
soups, stews and gravies. Pkt. loc. 
THYME—Perennial. 8 to 12" high. Aromatic 
foliage used as seasoning. 85 days. Pkt. l5c. 
KALE OR BORECOLE 
Kale, like Collard, provides excellent greens 
in late fall and winter when other fresh 
vegetables are gone. Leaves are best after 
a frost. Kale should be in every home gar- 
den. High in nutrients and vitamins. Cul- 
ture same as late cabbage. 
*DWARF GREEN — Plants have wide- 
spreading, finely curled blue-green plume- 
like leaves. 55 days. Pkt. 10c. 
THOUSAND HEADED—Called Chicken or 
Cow Kale. Vigorous branching plants with 
enormous cabbage-like leaves. Relished by 
poultry and livestock as winter greens. 65 
days. Pkt. 10c. 
KOHLRABI 
Deliciously flavored turnip-shaped bulbs 
that grow above ground level in early 
spring in light rich soil. Space rows 1)2' 
apart and thin to 6” in rows. 
WHITE VIENNA EARLY — Excellent table 
variety if used when bulbs are 2” in di- 
ameter. Medium sized light green bulbs 
with white flesh. Excellent quality. Matures 
early. Fine for forcing. 60 days. Pkt. l5c. 
LEEK 
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG—An early popu- 
lar sort. Stems 8 to 10 inches long, 1%” 
thick: white and attractive. Leaves large, 
medium green, drooping backward. 130 
days. Pkt. l5c. 
LETTUCE GRAND RAPIDS GROWING FOR SEED 
LETTUCE 
Sow indoors in February and March, plant- 
ing outdoors when weather is suitable. 
Heading Varieties 
HANSON—Favorite hardy lettuce for home 
and market garden. Big, compact, globular 
heads. Tender and sweet. Broad, curly, 
light yellow green leaves. 80 days. 
NEW YORK OR LOS ANGELES — Large 
curled head lettuce widely used as a long 
distance shipper. Sweet, tender, well bal- 
anced heads. Deep green curly edged 
leaves. 80 days. Pkt. l5c. 
*PENNLAKE — All America Winner 1949 
Great Lakes crossed with Imperial No. 847 
produced this fine variety. Distinct because 
of its lack of ribbiness, its uniformity and 
dark green color. 82 days. Pkt. 15c. 
GREAT LAKES—1944 All America Winner, 
All Time All America Award. A variety of 
the Imperial type developed by U. S. Dept. 
of Agriculture and Michigan Experiment 
Station. Leaves large and well folded; ribs 
heavy. Shows considerable resistance to 
tipburn and ability to head under adverse 
conditions. 82 days. Pkt. l5c. 
WHITE PARIS COS—A self folding cos with 
dark green loaf shaped heads. Greenish- 
white, well balanced interior. Pkt. 10c. 
Leaf Varieties 
*SALAD BOWL—1952 All America 
Gold Medal Winner. This is a honey 
for home gardens. An early rich 
green, loose leaf variety, that makes 
a very decorative leaf. Stands sun 
and slow to bolt. Recommended for 
fancy market trade. Pkt. l5c. 
GRAND RAPIDS—Very hardy and disease 
resistant. Upright, compact plants with 
large, solid, light green leaves with broad, 
heavily frilled margins. Very tender and 
sweet grown under glass. 43 days. Pkt. 10c. 
OAK LEAF—Leaves shaped like oak leaves. 
Stands up well in hot weather and does not 
turn bitter. 40 days. Pkt. 10c. 
PRIZEHEAD, REDLEAF—An early variety 
very good for home and garden use. Plants 
of medium size, crisp and tender. Color me- 
dium green 'with brownish red edges on 
outer leaves. 47 days. Pkt. 10c. 
SIMPSON’S EARLY CURLED—Also called 
Early Curled Silesia. Large plants with 
light green crumpled frilled leaves. Tender, 
succulent and delicious. Early, hardy and 
dependable. 45 days. Pkt 10c. 
LETTUCE SALAD BOWL 
WATERMELON 
Culture similar to cantaloupe. 
*NEW HAMPSHIRE MIDGET — 1951 
Gold Medal All America Winner. 
Early and prolific, up to 6” through 
and weighing up to 6 pounds. Rind 
very thin. Flesh strawberry red and 
of excellent flavor. Probably the best 
midget watermelon so far produced. 
78 days. Pkt. l5c. 
STRIPED KLONDIKE— Early garden and 
shipping variety with irregular dark green 
stripes. Fruit oblong, of medium size. Flesh 
sweet and crisp; of the deepest red known 
to any watermelon. 90 days. Pkt. 10c. 
KLECKLEY’'S SWEET OR WONDERMELON 
— Average weight 35 pounds. Dark green 
with bright red, tender, melting flesh. Seeds 
white with dark tips. 85 days. Pkt. 10c. 
GREEN KLONDIKE—A melon of exception- 
ally sweet and fine flavor. Flesh is deep 
red and brittle, fruit oblong. Small black 
seeds. 80 days. Pkt. 10c. 
MUSTARD 
Make successive sowings in the open from 
early spring to midsummer. Sow 1 oz. to 
100 ft., 4 lbs. per acre. 
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED—Large light 
yellowish green leaves much crumpled and 
frilled at the edges. 35 days. Pkt. 10c. 
MUSTARD SPINACH OR TENDERGREEN— 
A quick growing wholesome green. Leaves 
oblong, broad, fairly smooth with light 
green center ribs. Slow to seed, resistant to 
heat and drought. The flavor combines that 
of mustard and spinach. 30 days. Pkt. 10c. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE MIDGET WATERMELON 
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