QUALITY VEGETABLE SEEDS 
LETTUCE 
NEW YORK NO. 12—Pictured above. A well 
bred selection of New York for spring and 
Summer. Lighter in color, more desirable 
for general planting. Per packet, 15c. 
GRAND RAPIDS—The best leaf lettuce to sow 
outside for family use. Produces beautiful, 
tender, long, curly and wrinkled leaves. 
Per packet, 10c. 
SALAD BOWL—AIl America Gold Medal 1952. 
Tender and crisp new variety that produces 
a bushy plant which fills a salad bowl with 
rich, green leaves. Very hardy and sun 
resistant. Per packet 20c. 
MUSKMELON 
HALE’S BEST No. 36—Very early. Oval fruit. 
Skin heavily netted. Flesh is very firm, 
rich orange in color, remarkably sweet and 
juicy. Per packet, 10c. 
WATERMELON 
EARLY KANSAS SWEET—One of the finest 
melons. Large, medium early, tough rind, 
bright red flesh of excellent flavor. Per 
packet, 10c. 
PARSNIP 
HOLLOW CROWN —Roots are creamy white, 
long and smooth, tender sweet and of ex- 
cellent flavor. Easily raised and very pro- 
ductive. Per packet, 10c. 
PEAS 
LITTLE MARVEL—Best and most popular 
High quality and 
the home garden. ; 
freezing. '/2- 
pea for 
Excellent for 
very productive. 
Ib. packet, 25c. 
PEPPER 
YOLO WONDER — 
The leading’ veg- 
etable novelty’ for 
1953. Produces larg- 
er and fancier fruits 
and heavier yields 
than California 
Wonder which here- 
tofore has been our 
best variety. Resis- 
tant to Mosiac dis- 
ease while Calif. 
Wonder is suscept- 
ible. Per packet, 15c. 
RADISH 
CHERRY BELLE—New early red_ radish. 
B ight scarlet, olive-shaped, crisp and tend- 
er. Per packet, 10c. 
ICICLE—Most popular white radish. toots 4 
4 to 5 inches long. Snow white, mild, crisp 
and tender. Per packet, 10c. 
PUMPKIN 
SMALL SUGAR—Rich 
orange flesh, thick, 
sweet and fine flav- 
or. Fruits weigh 
about 4 pounds. 
Makes delicious pies. 
Per packet, 10c. 
SPINACH 
BLOOMSDALE 
rounded, glossy 
LONG STANDING—Thick, 
C leaves that remain a long 
time in condition for use without bolting, 
even in hot, dry weather. Very good for 
successive sowings. Per packet, 10c. 
SOU ASH 
EARLY WHITE BUSH—Mso called 
Patty- 
Pan, Very early and very productive; ma- 
tures in 55 days. Per packet, 10c. 
TABLE QUEEN (Acorn)—A_ small squash 
4 to 6 inches long by 3 inches in diameter, 
shaped like an acorn with sides scalloped. 
Rind is deep green turning to orange when 
ee, Early and prolific. Per packet, 
ie. 
order by mail 
TURNIPS 
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE—Most popular 
variety. Globe-shaped. Sweet, white, ten- 
der flesh. Per packet, 10c. 
BONNY BEST—An old favorite that produces 
large, smooth and uniform fruit. Yields 
well until frost. Per packet, 10c. 
BREAK O’DAY—A new wilt resistant tomato 
that is nearly as early as Earliana, yet more 
productive and of better quality. Its fruit 
is large, smooth, meaty, red and globular. 
Per packet, 15c. 
FIRESTEEL—HEAT RESISTANT variety 
that has no equal in setting fruit during hot 
dry weather when other types drop their 
blossoms. The fruit is of good quality, 
being large, smooth and red. The vines do 
not get large, hence they may be planted 
a little closer together. Usually bears as 
early as Earliana. One of the best varieties 
for Kansas. Per packet, 15c. 
HYBRID—Fruits are medium to large. Flesh 
is meaty, scarlet red in color and rich in 
flavor. Great producer. Per packet, 25c. 
JUBILEE—A new and different tomato that 
should have a place in your garden. A 
beautiful orange-yellow fruit with a tangar- 
ine-orange flesh. It has small seed cavities 
and a strictly non-acid flavor. A vigorous 
vine and a heavy producer of high quality 
fruits, uniform in both size and shape. Ex- 
cellent salad and canning variety. Per 
packet, 15c. 
RUTGERS—A wilt resistant variety that is 
one of the heaviest croppers. Meaty with 
small seed cavity. Deep red and medium to 
large in size. Per packet, 10c. 
slioUX—Another HEAT RESISTANT tomato 
like Firesteel, Fruits are borne in clusters 
of two to seven and have been known to 
have as many as 97 tomatoes on a single 
vine, The fruits are medium to large, extra 
smooth, meaty and solid. They are a 
beautiful bright red color with no green 
This great new variety 
Per packet, 15c. 
shoulders or spots. 
is bound to become popular. 
WE RECOMMEND ARASAN (SEED DISINFECTANT) AND NITIRAGIN (SEED INOCULANT) SEE PAGES 42 AND 43 
Our Family GARDEN SEED COLLECTION 
DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR THE HOME GARDEN. 
of the most essential, successful, and easily grown vegetables for The Great Plains Region. 
lot of small 5c packets of unnecessary varieties, or varieties that you will want to buy the plants 
but liberal “bulk” quantities of the most essential 
All varieties listed are recommended by Kansas State College. Planting instructions on 
to set out (such as Tomatoes, Cabbages, etc.), 
vegetables. 
each packet. POSTPAID. 
1. 1b. BEANS—Topcrop. 
2. '4 lb. BEANS—Golden Wax. 
3. ‘|b. PEAS—Little Marvel. 
4. 4 lb. SWEET CORN—Golden Bantam. 10. 
5. Pkt. BEETS—Detroit Red. 
6. Pkt. CARROTS—Chantenay. 
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PREMIUM: 
7. Pkt. CUCUMBERS—Hybrid. 
8. Pkt, LETTUCE—Grand Rapids. 
9. Pkt. LETTUCE—New York No. 12. 
Pkt. RADISH—Icicle. 
11. Pkt. RADISH—Cherry Belle. 
12. Pkt. SPINACH—Bloomsdale Long Standing. 
LEADING VEGETABLE SEEDS 
In Liberal Quantities Described and Listed Above 
2 Blooming Size Gladiolus Bulbs, if you call at our nursery office for your seed collection. 
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