16 CAMPBELL SEED STORE, Pasadena 1, California 
Be Thrifty—Grow Your Own Vegetables 
THIS IS A SELECTION OF VARIETIES BEST SUITED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 
Many Vegetables Not Listed Are In Stock 
All Vegetables, Pkts. 10c, Except Where Noted — They Are Also Available In Bulk 
MELONS 
Hales Best, thick sweet salmon flesh. 
Honey Dew, very sweet green flesh. 
Golden Casaba, very large round fruit. 
Thick, sweet, juicy white flesh. 
Watermelon, Chilian, small round fruit, 
flesh deep red, very sweet. 
Klondike, large oblong, 
BEANS 
Stringless Greenpod, bush, early. 
Kentucky Wonder, pole, prolific. 
Burpee Bush Limas, fine flavor. 
Fordhook Pole Limas, beans stay green. 
BEETS 
Detroit Dark Red, very tender. 
Early Egyptian, flat, small fine tops. 
BROCCOLI 
Italian Green Sprouting. Early heads 
should be cut before flowers show. 
BRUSSELLS SPROUTS 
Long Island. Dwarf plants producing 
sprouts successively. 
CAULIFLOWER 
Early Snowball. Finest early variety, 
sow Aug.-Jan. Pkt. 25c. 
Winter Cauiflower. Sow in Summer. 
Pkt. 25c. 
CABBAGE 
Copenhagen Market, early, solid. 
WINNERS FOR ’53 
TOPCROP SNAP BEAN 
This is an outstanding government de- 
velopment, extra early, vigorous, and 
prolific. Topcrop is very tender, green, 
and meaty. The stringless round pods 
are 6 inches long. Pkt. 25c. 
SALAD BOWL LEAF LETTUCE 
Gives a longer harvest. Its tender, crisp 
leaves ‘‘take the dressing” in a tossed 
salad and blend perfectly with the more 
pungent greens. It is very early, stands 
hot weather, grows fast but is slow to 
seed. Pkt. 25c. 
dark green. 
Flesh bright red, crisp, delicious. 
CUCUMBER 
Golden Acre, second early, good heads. 
Savoy, sweet, curled, dark green, late. 
Danish Ballhead, large, late, good keeper. 
Large Red, pretty in salad, late. 
CARROTS 
Chantenay, red-orange, 5-6 in. 
Danvers Half Long, crisp, orange, 7 in. 
Chicago Pickling, the best. 
Lemon, sweet and mild for salad. 
Long Green, smooth, even for slicing. 
Small Gherkin, prolific pickling type. 
Syrian, sweet, unusually digestible. 
EGGPLANT 
Improved N. Y. Purple. Strong plants 
bearing many large fruits. 
CELERY 
Utah, early, finest flavor. ENDIVE 
COLLARDS Broad Leaved, Curled, Chicory. 
Greens of the cabbage family. Hardy, 
vitamin-rich. Sow Aug.-Mar. 
CORN 
Golden Cross T 51. Best hybrid for fine 
flavor and disease resistance. 
Black Mexican. Kernels white at table 
stage, tender and sweet. 
Country Gentleman, sweet white kernels. 
Oregon Evergreen, white, long cobs. 
Pop Corn. New hulless, pops the hull off. 
Field Corns, Hickory King, Golden Dent. 
LETTUCE 
Heading Varieties: 
Los Angeles Market, best all-purpose. 
Slobolt, new, crisp, slow to seed. 
Bibb, early, small head, fine flavor. 
Leaf Varieties: 
Early Curled Simpson, sweet, dark green. 
Oak Leaf, tender, pretty for salad. 
Prize Head, early, outer leaves edged red. 
Campbell's Planting Chart for the home 
Vegetable Garden 
Celery 
Seed In Calif. Distance Between Cover Days to o ° 
Variety 100 ft. Sow Rows Plants Seed Ripen 5 POT with GLASS WICK 95 
Beans, Bush........... 1lb. March-Aug. _— 2-24 ft. Sains “Mnen ins 45-60 pronee Plastic bats and Sata at 
Beans, Pole. z-. 72 Lb. March-July 3-4 ft. 12 in. 2 in. 50-75 supply. Wick feeding is considered a “ag = 
Brocceoliz 2. meaty OZ Aug.-Feb. 2-215 ft. 16-20 in. ¥ in. 100-130 “must” by many growers of African 
Beets eee ea 20z. All Year 112-2 ft. 3-4 in, 3g in. 58-80 violets. It is also fine for many other 
Cabbage ....... Ea YoOZe Sept.-May 2-24 ft. 16-20 in. 1% in. 90-120 house plants, The pots do not tip eas- 
Cantaloupe ............... VY Oz April-July 4-5 ft. 3-5 ft. 34 in. 90-120 ily. The visible water supply is a great 
Carrot; 28a. eae LOZ: All Year 14-2 ft. 2-3 in. 4 in. 70-100 convenience. Ppd. or at dealer, 
Celery ..... 14 Oz All Year 145-2 ft. 4-5 in. 1% in 120-150 
Commis.) 8 oz March-Aug. 30-42 in. 9-12 in. 2 in. 75-100 
Cucumber ... LOZ, March-Aug. 4-5 ft. 144-3 ft. lin. 60-90 
Eggplant ..... sel OZ. Jan.-April 3-4 ft. 3-344 ft. 1%4 in. 120 
Endive ...... loz, All Year 114-2 ft. 8-10 in. 1% in. 0 
Lettuce 16 Oz All Year 114-2 ft. 14-1 ft. 1 in. 60-90 
Mustard 2 OZ. All Year 14-2 ft. 6-9 in. 4% in. 0 
Onion 15 OZ. Aug.-April 146-2 ft. 3-4 in. 14 in. 140-180 
Parsley 14 OZ. All Year 1-114 ft. 3-6 in. 14 in. 9 
peas a Ib. Sep March Pia AS 5 1-2 in. 1% in. ease 
epper 14 OZ an.-Apri 16 ft. -216 ft. 14 in. - 
Radish woz, AllYear 1-114 ft. 1-2in. 3p in. 21-36 GLASS WICKS ‘4c EACH 
Spinach eres eee ee OZs ept.-Marc - 3 -6 in 32 in. - " ON" ; 
Squash, Summer... 20z. | March-Sept. 4-5 ft. 3 ft lin. 60-75 eg Bae Ai 
Squash, Winter.......... 1 oz. April-Aug. 6-8 ft. 5-6 ft lin. 90-120 Makes 200-3" x I!" wicks or 100-3" x 3" 
Swiss Chard All Year 144-2 ft. alongs 3g in 9 aerating pads - the modern “crock” for 
Tomato. March-Sept. 3-4 ft. 3-4 ft %4 in 60-90 flower pots. Wick feeding is considered a 
Adeb iu atl oleae ae Sept.-March 1-2 ft. 3-7 in 1%4 in 75-130 must by many growers of African violets and 
Watermelon April-Aug. 8-10 ft. 8 ft lin 90-120 similar house plants. Also for seed flats. 
Wrap-On Insulation ppd. or dealers $1. * 
