QUALITY VEGETABLE SEEDS [9g 
LETTUCE 
NEW YORK NO. 12—A well bred selection of 
New York for spring and summer. Lighter in 
color, more desirable for general planting. Per 
packet, 15c. 
GRAND RAPIDS—tThe best leaf lettuce to sow 
outside for family use. Produces beautiful, tender, 
long, curly and wrinkled leaves. Per packet, 10c. 
SALAD BOWL—AIl American Gold Medal 1952. 
Tender and crisp new variety that produces a 
bushy plant which fills a salad bowl with rich, 
green leaves. Very hardy and sun resistant. Per 
packet 20c. 
MUSKMELON 
HALE’S BEST No. 36—Very early. Oval fruit. 
Skin heavily netted? Flesh is very firm, rich 
orange in color, remarkably sweet and _ juicy. 
Per packet, 10c. 
WATERMELON 
EARLY KANSAS SWEET—One of the finest 
melons. Large, medium early, tough rind, bright 
red flesh of excellent flavor. Per packet, 10c. 
PARSNIP 
HOLLOW CROWN —Roots are creamy white, long 
and smooth, tender sweet and of excellent flevor. 
Easily raised and very productive. Per packet, 10c. 
PEAS 
LITTLE MARVEL—Best and most popular pea for 
the home garden. High quality and very pro- 
ductive. Excellent for freezing. %2-lb. packet, 25c. 
WANDO—Here is a wrink- 
led pea, of excellent quality 
which thrives and_ bears 
through the hottest sum- 
mer months. Can be sowed 
every three weeks for a 
harvest all summer. Ex- 
cellent for freezing. Post- 
paid, per packet, 30c. 
PEPPER 
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TURNIPS 
YOLO WONDER— The 
leading vegetable novel- 
ty for 1953. Produces 
larger and fancier fruits 
and heavier yields than 
California onder 
which heretofore has 
been our best variety. 
Resistant to Mosiac dis- 
ease while Calif. Won- 
der is susceptible. Per 
packet, 15c. 
RADISH 
CHERRY BELLE—New early red radish. Bright 
scarlet, olive-shaped, crisp and tender. Per pack- 
et, 10c. 
ICICLE—Most popular white radish. Roots 4 to 5 
inches long. Snow white, mild, crisp and tender. 
Per packet, 10c. 
PUMPKIN 
SMALL SUGAR — Rich 
orange flesh, thick, 
sweet and fine flavor. 
Fruits weigh about 4 
pounds. Makes delicious 
pies. Per packet, 10c. 
SPINACH 
BLOOMSDALE LONG STANDING — Thick. 
rounded, glossy leaves that remain a long time in 
condition for use without bolting, even in hot, 
dry weather. Very good for successive sowings. 
Per packet, 10c. 
SQUASH 
EARLY WHITE BUSH—Also called Patty-Pan. 
Very early and very productive; matures in 55 
days. Per packet, 10c. 
TABLE QUEEN (Acorn)—A small squash 4 to 6 
inches long by 3 inches in diameter, shaped like 
an acorn with sides scalloped. Rind is deep green 
turning to orange when ripening. Early and pro- 
lific. Per packet, 10c. 
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE—Most popular 
variety. Globe-shaped. Sweet, white, tender flesh. 
Per packet, 10c. 
TOMATO © 
BONNY BEST—An old fa- 
vorite that produces large, 
smooth and uniform fruit. 
Yields well until frost. Per 
packet, 10c. 
BREAK O’DAY—A new wilt resistant tomato that 
is nearly as early as Earliana, yet more productive 
and of better quality. Its fruit is large, smooth, 
meaty, red and globular. Per packet, 15c. 
FIRESTEEL—HEAT RESISTANT variety that has 
no equal in setting fruit during hot dry weather 
when other types drop their blossoms. The fruit 
is of good quality, being large, smooth and red. 
The vines do not get large, hence they may be 
planted a little closer together. Usually bears as 
early as Earliana. One of the best varieties for 
Kansas. Per packet, 15c. 
HYBRID—Fruits are medium to large. Flesh is 
meaty, scarlet red in color and rich in flavor. 
Great producer. Per packet, 25c. 
JUBILEE—A new and different tomato that should 
have a place in your garden. A beautiful orange- 
yellow fruit with a tangarine-orange flesh. It has 
small seed cavities and a strictly non-acid flavor. 
A vigorous vine and a heavy producer of high 
quality fruits, uniform in both size and shape. 
Excellent salad and canning variety. Per nacket. 
15¢. 
RUTGERS—A wilt resistant 
variety that is one of the 
Meaty 
cavity. 
heaviest croppers. 
with small seed 
Deep red and medium to 
large in size. Per packet, 
10c. 
SIOUX—Another HEAT RESISTANT tomato like 
Firesteel. Fruits are borne in clusters of two to 
seven and have been known to have as many as 
97 tomatoes on a single vine. The fruits are 
medium to large, extra smooth, meaty and solid. 
They are a beautiful bright red color with no 
green shoulders or spots. This great new variety 
is bound to become popular. Per packet, 15c. 
We Recommend ARASAN (Seed Disinfectant) and NITRAGIN (Seed Inoculant) See Pages 42 and 43 
Our Family GARDEN SEED COLLECTION 
DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR THE HOME GARDEN. You will note that this collection consists of the 
most essential, successful, and easily grown vegetables for The Great Plains Region. Not a lot of small 5c pack- 
ets of unnecessary varieties, or varieties that you will want to buy the plants to set out (such as Tomatoes, Cab- 
bages, etc.), but liberal ‘‘bulk’’ quantities of the most essential vegetables. All varieties listed are recommended 
by Kansas State College. Planting instructions on each packet. POSTPAID. 
1. Y%4 Ib. BEANS—Topcrop. 
2. Va lb. BEANS—Golden Wax. 
3. Y% lb. PEAS—Little Marvel. 
7. Pkt. COCUMBERS—Hybrid. 
8. Pkt. LETTUCE—Grand Rapids. 
9. Pkt. LETTUCE—New York No. 12. 
4. V4 lb. SWEET CORN—Golden Bantam. 10. Pkt. RADISH—Icicle. 
5. Pkt. BEETS—Detroit Red. 
6. Pkt. CARROTS—Chantenay. 
11. Pkt. RADISH—Cherry Belle. 
12. Pkt. SPINACH—Bloomdale Long Standing. 
y LEADING VEGETABLE SEEDS $ 
In Liberal Quantities Described and Listed Above 
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1.00 
PREMIUM: 2 Blooming Size Gladiolus Bulbs, if you call at our nursery office for your seed collection. 
