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WEST CHICAGO 
ILLINOIS 
HERBS 
Sell an Herb Garden! 
Five plants each of the 10 varieties listed, ready for 
sale in Ball PlanTrays as shown in the picture above, 
make an ideal merchandising package. Or for the 
customer who wants to have more of one kind, have 
flats of 12 or 25 plants of one kind ready. More and more 
frequently home garden and housekeeping magazines are 
stressing the use of herbs in cookery. Take advantage of this 
free publicity and let your customers know you are ready to 
fill their needs. Leaflets describing each variety with collection 
offers. 
Anise 
Coriander Dill 
Savory 
Basil Borage 
Sweet Fennel 
Prices above 7, each: tr. pkt., 15¢; 1 0z., 60c. 
Sweet Marjoram Sage 
Prices above 2, each: tr. pkt., 15¢; % oz., 60c. 
Thyme. Tr. pkt., 15c; %4 oz. 60c. 
COLLECTIONS 
Tr. pkt., each of above 10 Herbs, $1.00. 
60c pkt., each of above 10 Herbs (approximately the same 
number of seeds of each variety), $5.00. 
KALE 
Danish Grown 
loz. 4ozs. 1b. 
(About 7000 seeds per oz.) 
Dwarf Green Curled. Very hardy...... $0.30 $1.00 $3.00 
KOHLRABI 
(About 7000 seeds per oz.) 
@Early White Vienna. Standard sort for 
forcing and home garden. Globe-shaped .. .30 1.00. 3.00 
Early Purple Vienna................... .30 1.00 3.00 
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Elephant. 150 days. 8-in. stems. Best 
strain of this fine “Asparagus Onion” ..$0.45 $1.50 $4.50 
LEEK 
(About 9000 seeds per oz.) More delicately flavored than 
the mildest Onion. Has a decided sweet flavor. Cooked and 
served like Asparagus. Grow for plant sale like Onions. 
Stores well; extremely hardy. 
loz. 4ozs. IIb. 
Vegetable Seeds for Florists (Continued) 
premium on Lettuce PLANTS. They are readily transplant- 
ed in plant bands and heading varieties will make large 
LETTUCE 
(15,000 seeds per oz. % oz. for 100-ft. row.) There is a 
solid heads, if set out early, even before late frost is over. 
Sow March 15 or 4 weeks before setting out plants. Space 14x18 in. 
FORCING VARIETIES 
Approximate growing time 60-90 days. Temperature 50°. Trans- 
plant. Sow any time. 
liozs" “4.028: e8 Ib: 
@Grand Rapids Forcing. Mildew-resistant. 
The standard LOOSE LEAVED variety for 
greenhouse forcing. Tender and_ sweet. 
Best early err ee. enon female eee $0.25 $0.80 $2.40 
@Bibb Forcing. Butterhead type of finest 
flavor and well adapted to greenhouse cul- 
ture. Demands even temperature, more so 
than Grandy.Rapidarcy. ov saeces.aer eens .30 1.00 3.00 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
Big Boston. HEADING; used for spring 
and fall hotbed and cold frame culture .. .20 .70 2.10 
Black-Seeded Simpson. LOOSE-LEAVED  .20 .70 2.00 
Great Lakes. New outstanding HEAD let- 
tuce; slow to bolt. “All-America” winner .50 1.70 5.10 
Imperial No. 44. Sure HEADING Ice- 
berg type. Recommended for plant sales .50 1.60 4.80 
New York No. 12. Early sure HEADING 
Iceberg type. Does well in midsummer... .50 1.60 4.80 
May King. Earliest of the Butterheads, 
Valuable for forcing outdoors or frames... .30 1.00 3.00 
Oak Leaf. Rather indefinite HEADS; me- 
dium sized. Leaves deeply lobed ...... Eby dietiey cj) cht 
Cos or Romaine. “White Paris.” Self- 
folding, oblong heads for forcing and out- 
MOOT CUILUITEG Meas. 1... > hcndre nt mateo eee 25 tes PMO 
Salad Bowl (New). LOOSE-LEAVED. All- 
America Gold Medal winner, 1952. Early 
(45 days), stands summer heat excep- 
tionally well; slower to bolt than most 
other varieties. An improvement over Oak 
Leal. ae, ears 28 4st. koe ee ee 15 2.0 oO 
MELONS 
MUSKMELON 
(1000 seeds per oz.) loz. 4ozs. Il)b. 
Golden Delight. A.A.S. Large, early. 
Hard shell, small seed cavity .. $0.45 $1.50 $4.50 
Honey Dew. MILDEW-RESIST- 
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Honey Rock. 85 days. Flesh orange, sweet 
and of finest flavor. Good shipper ....... 30.5) 3905 Z0 
Iroquois. 86 days. Resistant Bender type. 
Orangegtiesn aac? eg ik ke ke ae .30 90 2.70 
Pride of Wisconsin. 90 days. Thick, or- 
ange-fleshed, popular ................. .30 .90 2.70 
WATERMELON 
Harris Earliest. 80 days. Fruits oval..... .20 .70 
New Hampshire Midget. (New.) Early .35 1.20 
2.10 
3.50 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Lambert’s Mushroom Spawn. 1 brick, 50c¢; 5 bricks, $2.00; 
10 bricks, $3.50. Bricks weigh approximately 1 lb. and will 
plant 16 sq. ft. 
64 The dot (@) indicates best vegetable varieties for greenhouse forcing. 
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