DANDELION 
Italian (Cichoria Catalogna). The main 
stalk produces leaves resembling the broad- 
leaved variety, but much greater in length. 
It is cut and bunched same as Asparagus. 
Pkt. 15c, ¥% oz. 35c, oz. 60c. 
Arlington Thick-leaved (French Broad- 
leaved). Also known as Improved Thick- 
leaved. Plant rather upright, forming a 20- 
inch rosette of large, broad leaves which are 
thick and easily blanched. 
Pkt. 20c, 4% oz. 75c, oz. $1.25. 
ENDIVE - Chicory 
Chicoree (Fr.) Endivien (Ger.) 
Indivia (Ital.) 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of row. 
Sow from June to August, in shallow drills. 
Florida Deep Heart. 88 days. An improved 
form of the broad-leaved Batavian. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 45c, % Ib. $1.25. 
Full-Heart Batavian (Escarolle). 71 days. 
Leaves broad, light green, nearly plain. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 35c, % Ib. 95c. 
improved Green Curled. 73 days. Improve- 
ment over the common green variety, pro- 
ducing a larger head and thicker leaves. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 35c, %4 lb. 95c. 
White Curled. (Self-blanching.) 73 days. 
This is the finest White Curled variety; 
always crisp and tender. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 35c, “4 Ib. 95c. 
EGGPLANT 
One ounce will produce 2000 plants. 
Sow seed in March in hotbeds, and when 
8 inches high transplant into boxes or small 
pots. Plant outdoors in May or June or after 
the weather has become permanently warm. 
Black Beauty. 80 days. An extra-early, 
large, almost black variety with few seeds. 
Very prolific. 
Pkt. 15c, ¥2 oz. 50c, oz. 95c, 4 Ib. $3.00. 
Early Long Purple. 78 days. An early va- 
riety producing slender, dark purple fruit, 
7 to 8 inches long and 2% inches in diam- 
eter. Pkt. 15c, WY oz. 50c, oz. 95c. 
Fort Myers Market. 85 days.. The plants 
are of the high-bush type, carrying fruit well 
off the ground. Quite resistant to disease. 
Fruit is intense purple-black, long and oval, 
with no neck at stem end. 
Pkt. 15c, Y% oz. 75c, oz. $1.40, % Ib. $4.20. 
New Hampshire Hybrid. 68 days. A very 
early, highly productive variety. Fruit me- 
dium sized, blocky, pear-shaped, dark pur- 
ple color. Plant is rather dwarf and up- 
right; well adapted to sections where season 
is short. 
Pkt. 15c, ¥2 oz. 75c, oz. $1.40, 4 Ib. $4.20. 
New York Improved. 83 days. An old 
standard sort that is quite large and more 
elongated than Black Beauty, with a rich 
purple color. 
Pkt. 15c, ¥2 oz. 60c, oz. $1.10, %4 Ib. $3.25. 
GARLIC SETS 
One pound will sow 200 feet of row. 
A hardy flavoring Onion used extensively in 
the French method of cooking. 
V2uIb55Cy Ibs 95c: 
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HORSERADISH ROOTS 
Ready in March 
Set the roots in rows 24% feet apart, 142 
feet apart in the row. Late in the fall lift as 
many roots as you think you will use, cut off 
the top, and place in a cool cellar, covered 
with soil or sand. 
Maliner Kren. A quick-growing variety far 
superior to the common sorts. Large cut- 
tings. 
6 roots 75c, 12 roots $1.25, 50 roots $4.00. 
KALE - Borecole 
One ounce will sow 150 feet of row. 
For early use it may be sown in May; when 
desired for winter use, sow in September, 
broadcast or in rows 2 feet apart. 
Dwarf Blue Scotch. 55 days. A hardy strain 
with finely curled foliage having a distinct 
blue tinge. Pkt. 15c, oz. 45c, “4 Ib. $1.25. 
Siberian. 65 days. A very hardy variety with 
large leaves that cook very tender. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 35c, 4 Ib. 95c. 
KOHL-RABI 
One ounce will sow about 200 feet of row; 
3 pounds, an acre. 
Sow seed in early spring, and transplant 
when 3 inches high, in rows 1% feet apart, 
6 inches apart in the row. 
Purple Vienna. 62 days. Flesh white; skin 
a bluish color. Used for outdoor sowing. 
Pkt. 15c, ¥2 oz. 50c, oz. 90c, %4 1b. $2.70. 
Early White Vienna. This variety is suited 
for sowing under glass or outdoors. The top 
is very short, thus allowing all the develop- 
ment to go to the root, insuring early ma- 
turity. 
Pkt. 15c, Y8 oz. 50c, oz. 90c, %4 Ib. $2.70. 
LEEK 
One ounce will sow about 100 feet of row. 
Allied to the Onion family, but producing 
no bulb. Sow seed in April, in rows 1 foot 
apart, covering the seed about an inch; when 
about 4 inches high, transplant where they 
are to grow, in rich soil in rows 1% feet apart, 
6 inches apart in the row. 
American Flag. 142 days. Popular for the 
home garden. Makes a longer but narrower 
stalk than others. 
Pkt. 15c, ¥2 oz. 45c, oz. 85c, % Ib. $2.65. 
Giant Carentan. 150 days. Produces colossal 
stalks of tender quality. Excellent for ex- 
hibition purposes. 
Pkt. 15c, ¥2 oz. 45c, oz. 85c, 4 lb. $2.65. 
MUSTARD 
One ounce will sow 75 feet of row. 
Makes a delicious green salad, pungent in 
taste, highly palatable, and healthful. Sow 
every 2 weeks in rows the same as Spinach. 
Fine winter greens if sown in a heated frame 
or greenhouse. 
Southern Giant Curled. 65 days. The best 
of the curled Mustards. Sweet flavor; ma- 
tures very early and produces abundant 
foliage. Pkt. 15c, oz. 30c, %4 Ib. 80c. 
Tendergreen or Spinach Mustard. 40 days. 
A mild-flavored, dark green, smooth-leaved 
type. The leaves can be cut throughout the 
entire growing season. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 35c, % Ib. 95c. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Made in quart milk bottles under ab- 
solutely sterile conditions, so that every 
mould, weed seed, or insect is destroyed 
and each bottle contains nothing but 
pure Spawn. One carton equals 5 bricks 
of ordinary Spawn and is sufficient to 
spawn about 40 square feet. 
Carton $1.45; 10 cartons $13.50. 
Pure Culture Brick Spawn 
One brick will spawn 8 to 10 square feet. 
Ask for our Free Leaflet on Mushroom 
Culture. 
Pure White. Brick 45c, 5 bricks $2.15, 
10 bricks $4.00, 25 bricks $8.75. 
OKRA or GUMBO 
One ounce will sow about a 100-foot row. 
Sow seed after frost and cold have dis- 
appeared, in rows 3 feet apart; when about 
6 inches high, plants should be thinned out 
to stand | foot apart in the row. The pod is 
used when young and tender. 
Perkins Mammoth Long Pod. 64 days. A 
leading home-garden and canning variety 
about 4 feet in height and literally covered 
with pods 6 to 7 inches long, dark green, 
tapered, fleshy and heavily ribbed. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 25c, %4 Ib. 85c. 
Clemson Spineless. 55 days. All-America 
Selections. A uniform spineless strain of 
the Perkins long-podded type. Pods 8 to 9 
inches long. Plants 4 to 5 feet tall. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 25c, %4 Ib. 85c. 
Dwarf Long Green-podded. 51 days. Fine 
quality pods, somewhat smaller than the 
Clemson Spineless. Plants much smaller. 
Popular market- and home-garden variety. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 25c, Y% lb. 85c. 
White Velvet or Creole. 60 days. Pods are 
very free from ridges, almost perfectly 
smooth, tender; light green, almost white. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 20c, %4 Ib. 60c. 
HAerhs 
There is an increasing interest in herbs today, and herb gardens are becoming quite 
popular. The majority of them are very easy to grow and therefore should be grown more 
extensively than they are. 
Pkt. Yoz. Oz. 
Anise. Annual . .$0.20 $0.65 $1.20 
Basil, Sweet. Annual.... .20 .65 1.20 
Basil, Italian. Annual.... .20  .65 1.20 
Borage. Annual.......... 20 .65 1.20 
Caraway. Biennial....... 20 .65 1.20 
Catnip. Biennial......... -20 1.25 2.00 
Chives. Perennial........ -20 1.00 1.85 
Coriander. Annual....... 5 Oe SOOO) 
Pkt. “oz. Oz. 
Dill. “Annual: $2202) ee $0.15 $0.25 $0.40 
Fennel, Florence. Annual. .15 .30  .50 
Lavender. Perennial ..... .25 1.35 2.50 
Rosemary. Perennial..... .25 1.50 2.75 
Sage. Perennial .......... 25 .80 1.50 
Summer Savory. Annual. .15 .50 .90 
1.00 
1.20 
Sweet Marjoram. Annual. .25 
Thyme. Perennial........ 25 
1.90 
2.20 
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