Eggplant 
Black Beauty Eggplant 
One oz. for 1000 plants; 4 oz. 
per acre. Sow in hotbed or in- 
doors in February or March, % 
in. deep. Keep warm and moist. 
Transplant to small pots when 
2 to 3 in. tall. Set out when 
nights have turned warm, 2% 
ft. apart in rich loamy soil. 
BLACK BEAUTY. 81days 
from plants. The most popu- 
lar home garden sort and the 
earliest of the large-fruited 
kinds. Very desirable for 
early market. Retains its rich 
purplish black color and fine 
quality for a long time. Of 
low, bushy habit; spineless 
and very productive. Pki.10¢; 
16 oz. 55c; oz. $1.00; %4 Ib. 
$3.00. 
IMPROVED LARGE PURPLE. 
83 days from plants. Not 
only the largest but also the 
most productive. Spreading; 
spineless. Large, oval, glossy 
black-purple fruits. Pkt. 10c; 
1% oz. 55e;. oz. $1.00; %4 Ib. 
$3.00. . 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH. 
85 days from plants. Upright, 
spineless plants; disease and 
drought resistant with long, 
thick, purple fruits. Pkt. 10c; 
16°-0z. 55c; oz. $1.00; %4- Ib. 
$3.00. 
Fennel or Finnochio 
FLORENCE or ITALIAN. 
110 days. Celery-like stalks 
with bulbous base. Eaten raw 
or boiled with cream sauce. 
Sow in June or July, 1 oz. to 
100 ft. Earth up later to 
blanch. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; 
oz. 50c; % Ib. $1.50. 
Leek 
MAMMOTH or 
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG. 
85 days. Thick 10-in, stems 
and large, broad, dark green 
leaves. Extra large, vigorous, 
mild, and tender. 1 oz. to 100 
ft. Sow in rich soil in early 
spring, % in. deep. Thin to 3 
in. in row. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 45c; 
oz. 85c; % Jb. $2.50. 
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Kale or Borecole 
One oz. per 200 ft.; 3 lb. per 
acre. Healthful winter and 
spring greens boiled like spinach. 
Most tasty after touched by 
frost. Kale will succeed in al- 
most any soil. Sow April to 
June, % in. deep, in rows 24 in. 
apart, and for large plants thin 
to 18 in. in the row. For spring 
use, sow in August.or September 
and winter over under a light 
hay cover. 
DWARF BLUE CURLED. 55 
days. Broad plants, 9 to 12 in. 
across with ‘finely fringed, 
very dark blue-green leaves. 
Exceptionally hardy. Pkt. 
10c} oz; 40e; %4 1b.*$1.10. 
DWARF SIBERIAN. 65 days. 
Large, deep bluish green 
leaves curled on the edges 
only. Of heavy texture, 12-16 
in tallivePk te 10es o2z- 3bc; 
Y% Ib. 95c. 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch Ka 
DWARF GREEN CURLED- 
_very attractive quality va- 
55 days. We have an espec 
ally fine strain of this deeply 
curled, bright green variety. 
Low plants, 9° to 12, an wetar 
and very broad. A hardy an 
riety. Pkt. 10c;. oz. ee Yh lb. - 
$1.10. e 
Kohli Rabi 
cellent flavor. 
One oz. per 200 ft.; 
Sow at 10-day intervals during spring. 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA. Light green pe tender tasty, erisp, 
white flesh. 1% 02. 50c; oz. 90e; 
EARLY PURPLE VIENNA. Purple skin; crisp white flesh of 
% oz. 50c; oz. 90c; 
% |b. $2.65 
4 lb. per acre. 
4% Ib. $2.65. 
Lettuce—|oose-Leaf Varieties 
GRAND RAPIDS. 
SALAD BOWL. 50 days. (B.S8.) 
A new slow-bolting variety 
with short, closely-set, waved, 
and notched leaves. Stands 
heat better than Oak Leaf 
which it resembles. A single 
head fills a salad bowl with a 
perfect rosette of rich green. 
Pkt. 10¢e3944 .0z.. d0G5 oz: 90c: 
% |b. $2.65. 
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON. 
50 days. (W.S.) Also called 
Silesia. A well-known variety 
for home gardens. Early, 
hardy, and quick growing. 
Forms no heads but a large 
bunch of yellowish green, 
crumpled leaves, frilled at the 
edges. Crisp, sweet, and ten- 
der. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; oz. 
40c; % lb. $1.10. 
BLACK -SEEDED SIMPSON. 
50-day s: (BTS. Our big 
seller in Pennsylvania. Grows 
quickly into large, thick 
bunches of very attractive, 
yellowish green leaves that 
are well crumpled and frilled 
at the edges. Hardy and easy 
to grow. Much appreciated for 
its crispness, tenderness, and — 
delicious flavor. More crin- 
kled than Early Curled SEE 
son. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25e; oz. 
40c; %4 lb. $1.10. 
* Recommended fae neo 
- doors. Large, compact, up- 
- right plants forming a de 
EARLY PRIZE HEAD 
tasty. Pkt. 10c;- 4 ‘OZ. 
~ bunch of bright ees en tha 
attractive and Be fe 
02. 30c; | OZ. Bey 
x 
50 da 
(B.S.) A popular non-head 
lettuce well adapted to green- 
house forcing or early 
cluster of light green lea 
which are broad, wavy, frin 
curled, sweet, and tender. | 
10e; VY, OZ. 25e; OZ. 40c; 
$1.10. 
days. (W.S.) Despit 
name this does not form ar 
heads but a very thick bun 
of slightly curled, sweet 
tender leaves with the ot sic 
ones shaded brownish red. T 
inner ones, however, are b 
green. Plants medium la 
of quick growth, and v 
oz. 40c; % lb. $k 10. 
very popular becaucale 
tender texture and the abi 
of the plants to surv 
summer weather without t 
ing bitter. Of mediu 
with fairly smooth 
tinctly lobed | ie 
many oaks. 
home gardens. 
