Fifty-six Years——Forbes Seeds for Best Seeds 
For your good-will we are truly grateful. It encourages us to carry on 
in our fifty-sixth year with firm determimation that our high standard of 
quality shall never relax. It Is our aim at all times to fully deserve your 
continued confidence through the coming years. 
ALEXANDER FORBESSaaCo: 
Try these new strains for 1954 
Broccoli, Green Mountain. Very large, dark green, tight center heads week before 
Calabresi. Side heads slowly approach size of centers. 
Broccoli. Waltham No. 29. For fall crop. Large dark blue-green, tight heads ma- 
ture slowly at one time. Many side shoots, often a pound per plant. 
Cabbage, Pennvalley. Closely resembles Penn State Ballhead but the solid big 
heads are held off the ground on longer stems. They are fairly uniform. 
Cauliflower, Snowball Five. Plants resemble Reliance but slightly smaller and, 
over a short time, produce earlier nearly 100% cut of quite large, smooth, deep 
white curds well protected by long erect leaves. Best for fall and summer. 
Celery, Cornell No. 619. This yellows-resistant Celery, with thick edible ribs, 
averages a 9-inch jomt, one inch more than Cornell 19, so the compact, vigorous 
plants are slightly taller. Don’t use for early crop as cold weather may produce 
seeders. Excellent for main crop on muck and upland. 
Hybrid Sweet Corn, Earliest Market King. This fine variety is very useful for 
northern sections where the growing season Is short, as 1t matures high quality, 
7 to 8-inch by 1%4-inch, golden yellow ears in 64 days. These, mostly 12-rowed, 
appear first as low as 18 inches from the ground on 5!%-foot vigorous stalks. 
Dark green husks, 1 to 2 inches beyond the ear tip, give protection. 
Fennel XXX (Finocchio). Large bulb-like base having very little tendency to split. 
An extra fine strain preferred by all of our Italian-American market gardeners. 
Leaf-stalks are branching with dense fine feathery aromatic foliage. 
We gladly open charge accounts for persons of approved credit. Trans- 
Terms. portation charges on all seed orders are either prepaid or shipped collect 
———_ and the charges deducted from your invoice with the exception that ship- 
ments of ONLY Beans, Corn, Peas, Radish and Spinach by themselves will be shipped 
collect, or if sent by mail the postage will be added to your invoice. We ship by Parcel 
Post, Express or Freight, whichever is cheapest. If you specify Express where we would 
ship by Freight, you'll be charged for the difference between Express and Freight. 
We make no charge for bags. 
In small seeds, we supply, unless otherwise specified, 4% ounce at the ounce rate, 
14 pound at the pound rate, and, when there are no specific prices for the following, we 
supply 5 Ibs. at the 10-Ib. rate, 25 Ibs. and over at the 100-Ib. rate, 250 Ibs. and over at 
the 1000-Ib. rate. In Peas, and Beans, we supply 25 Ibs. and over at the 100-Ib. rate, in 
Corn, 30 Ibs. and over at the 100-Ib. rate. Write for special prices on large quantities. 
All orders are subject to Approval of Alexander Forbes & Co. and acceptance by them 
at Millburn, New Jersey. Disclaimer: Alexander Forbes & Co. warrant, to the extent 
of the purchase price, that Seeds, Bulbs, or Plants sold are as described on the container, 
within recognized tolerances and give no other or further warranty, express or implied. 
All prices in this Catalog are subject to change without notice 
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