Tri-State’s Turnips 
CuLtureE. Sow for either an early spring crop or a fall crop. Plant in rows 18 inches apart, and thin to 3 to 4 inches 
apart. Rutabagas need 6 to 8 inches. 1 oz. plants 300 ft. of row; 1 lb. an acre. 
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE. 55 days. The | GOLDEN BALL. 60 days. One of the best and 
leading Turnip—one of the best and the most popular. quickest maturing of all yellow Turnips. : Skin is 
It serves for every purpose whether in the home or bright yellow; flesh golden orange, fine grained and 
market garden or for shipping and storage. Tops sweet. Roots are globe shaped. 
medium large, dark green, erect, compact and used EXTRA EARLY WHITE MILAN. 45 days. Roots 
extensively for Turnip greens. Roots 2 to 4 inches 3 to 4 inches in diameter, very flat, with clear white 
in diameter, globe shap ed, upper portion bright skin and small tap root. Flesh snow-white, tender, 
PaPe ed and pure white below; small tap root. sweet. Tops are 10 to 12 inches tall, medium green; 
Flesh white and tender. strap leaved with small collar. Excellent early home- 
SEVEN TOP. (For Turnip Greens). 45 days. Ex- garden and forcing type. 
tremely hardy foliage Turnip for table and forage 
use. Root woody and inedible; crown sends up . 
numerous leafy shoots which are excellent for greens Tri-Stat e’s Rutabagas 
and for stock to graze on. Much grown for greens 
in the South. AMERICAN PURPLE TOP. 90 days. An excellent 
variety for home or market garden and for shipping 
or storage. Roots are large, globular, small crowned, 
yellow in color with purple top; flesh tender, crisp 
RUTABAGA, and fine textured. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 85 days. This variety of Ruta- 
baga is the famous Bucks County type. The roots 
are globe shaped, with yellow skin and purple crown 
and practically neckless. Our seed of Pennsylvania 
Rutabaga is especially grown for us in Bucks County. 
American 
Purple Top 
Quality will be remembered long after 
the price is forgotten. We have seen grow- 
ers who lost hundreds of dollars in crops 
because they saved a few dollars on the cost 
of the seeds. 
Tri-State’s Wilt-resistant Watermelons 
CuttureE. Sow in hills 6 to 8 feet apart when the soil is warm. Rich, well-drained soil is required. 1 oz. plants 25 
to 30 hills; 4 to 5 lbs. an acre. 
Wilt is a soil-borne disease and lives in the ground for at least ten to fifteen years. The 
only remedy is to plant wilt-resistant varieties of Watermelons. 
WILT-RESISTANT DIXIE QUEEN. 82 days. 
Similar to Dixie Queen except that it is resistant to 
wilt. Large, almost round melons; skin is greenish 
ivory striped dark green. Dark red, fine-flavored 
flesh. An early variety. Our stock is desirably uni- 
form and produces a large percentage of marketable 
melons. Seeds white. i 
BLACKLEE. 85 days. New fusarium-wilt resistant 
variety with melons of Tom Watson type but some- 
what thicker and shorter. Melons weigh 40 pounds 
or more, are long, dark green with a thin but firm 
rind, making it suitable for long-distance shipping. WATERMELON, Hawkesbury 
Flesh is rich red, finely grained, of good flavor and , d . ; 
free from stringiness. Vines are very vigorous and HAWKESBURY. 85 days. Highly resistant to wilt. 
most prolific. Seed black, medium size. Fruits are large, weighing 25 to 40 pounds, oblong; 
oO EL light gray-green, tough rind with slight veining. 
Watermelons, Continued on Page 33 Flesh is dark red, sweet. Seeds brownish black. 
32 TRI-STATE SEED COMPANY, Inc. 
PHILADELPHIA 6, PA. 
