FOR TABLE INTEREST 
Just a selected few of vegetables and herbs are here, less 
usual ones chosen for piquant relish, for zestful tang or savor, 
for early season, or again, because certain of them may still 
be a bit on the rare side, and deserve better knowing. Then 
there are herbs for flavor, a gamut to inspire any chef. It’s 
a group altogether that will make for more interesting eating 
—as a part of more interesting living. Try these garden de- 
lights. It may surprise you to find how many of them you 
can fit into odd corners and spaces. 
CURLED _CRESS—A zestfully 
snappy, piquant salad plant of 
easiest culture, ready to use 
within 40 days from sowing, 
or less. Try it with lettuce in 
a tossed salad. It will add the 
tang that lettuce needs. Just 
by itself, it will make an ap- 
petizing sandwich filling, and 
it is curly and finely cut 
enough to be valued for gar- 
nishing. Make first sowing 
early, another in mid-summer. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c. 
LETTUCE SALAD BOWL— 
It quickly makes close, deco- 
rative rosettes of deeply cut, 
wavy leaves that are exceed- 
ingly tender, crispy and sweet, 
just right for bowl-tossed sal- 
ads. Stands long, even in heat 
of summer. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 
40e. 
ROMAINE LETTUCE — The 
new Parris Island Cos variety. 
Erect, elongated, well blanched 
heads of fresh crispness and 
mild sweetness of flavor that 
is excelled by no other lettuce 
whatsoever. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 
A40c. 
ROQUETTE — A salad plant 
better known in Europe than 
in America. The tender young 
leaves, with their mild horse- 
radish flavor, are used. Of 
easy culture. Make first sowing in early spring, with an- 
other in late summer for autumn use. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 
0c. 
CHIVES—The leaves have delicate onion flavor, and may be 
used in salads, mixed with cream cheese, chopped for sand- 
wiches and the like. A winter-hardy, enduring, tuft-forming 
perennial, and foliage may be cut repeatedly. Quite orna- 
mental when in flower. Sow it in early spring. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts. for 50c. 
PARSLEY DWARF EMERALD CURLED—Masses of deep 
green leaves, much crisped and moss-curled. For flavoring, 
and decorative garnishing. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 30c. 
CHICORY WITLOOF—The blanched sprouts or heads make 
an appetizing, tangy, winter salad. In autumn, pack the 
lifted roots upright in boxes, after cutting tops back an inch 
from crown. Sift sandy soil in to fill spaces between roots. 
Then water, and place in medium cellar. When new growth 
begins, blanch by inverting another box over top. Pkt. 20c; 
Y% oz. 50e. 
THE SUGAR PEA 
Here you eat pods and all, no shelling, just prepare them 
as you would snap beans. The pods are succulent, sweet, 
brittle and stringless. Use when young. 25 inches. No support 
needed. DWARF GRAY SUGAR variety. Pkt. 15c; % Ib. 
85c; 1 Ib. 65c. 
AN EXTRA EARLY SWEET CORN 
GOLDEN MIDGET—FExtra quick, 65 to 68 days usually. The 
plants grow to about three feet, the 8-row ears to 4% 
inches, a size just right when you want to freeze or can 
whole ears for winter corn-on-the-cob. A true Sweet Corn, 
tender, sweet, fine-flavored, but remember, to have any Corn 
at its superb best, you must pick it fresh from the garden, 
and cook it within the half hour. Pkt. 35c; 2 pkts. 65c; 
Y lb. $1.00. 
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FOUR FINE TOMATOES 
Selected particularly for the home garden. SWEET 
CHERRY—the bright red, sugar-sweet fruits are size of a 
big cherry. Also called Cocktail Tomato. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
VICTOR—An extra-early ripener of very good eating quality. 
Gives firm, smooth, meaty, scarlet fruits of good size. 
Plants of short-jointed, non-sprawling growth, right for even 
the smallest garden. Pkt. 15c; Y% oz. 60c. NEW TRELLIS 
HYBRID—For growing on trellis or other upright supports, 
an excellent way to secure maximum yield of high-quality, 
unblemished fruits. Firm, smooth, bright red. Full Fl hybrid 
vigor. Pkt. of 35 seeds for 40c; 3 pkts. for $1.00. JUBILEE 
—The fruits are great, smooth, firmly solid, golden globes. 
Exceptionally sweet, mild flavor, the sweetest large-fruited 
Tomato we have tried. Fine for any use. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
UNUSUAL SWEET PEPPER 
AVALON SWEET BUTTON— 
A miniature,Pepper of even, 
smooth form, somewhat but- 
ton shaped, about 2 inches wide 
by one inen through, but in 
very rich soils may grow a bit 
larger. The glossy red fruits 
are exceedingly uniform, with 
meat thicker than in any other 
Pepper we have grown or 
seen; skin thin and _ tender; 
flavor and eating quality sweet, 
juicy, crisp, delicious. Won- 
derful for salads or for pickling or canning whole. Illustrated 
opposite. Pkt. 20c; %4 oz. 50c. 
NINE TASTE DELIGHTS 
SPANISH OYSTER PLANT—Scolymus hispanicus. To be 
grown like Salsify, but flavor is milder, more enjoyed, and 
the yield is about twice as heavy. The leaves may also be 
blanched with straw or earth, and used in salads, or as a 
cooked vegetable. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
PERENNIAL BROCCOLI—Curtis Nine Star variety. The 
individual plants produce as many as 15 small, creamy, 
white heads, and continue to do so for several years. In 
colder areas give winter protection. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
SQUASH, COCOZELLE BUSH—Italian Marrow. Long and 
slender, deep green fruits, of delicious, delicate flavor when 
used young. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 35c. 
SEA KALE—Crambe maritima. A delicious perennial vege- 
table, grown in England. Full winter hardiness. In spring 
the crispy, blanched shoots are prepared in Asparagus ways, 
blanching by putting baskets or straw over the plants. 
General culture is that of Rhubarb. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
ONION JAPANESE BUNCHING—It is just for delicious 
green onions (scallions). It makes no bulb, but instead 
grows as a cluster of silvery, tender stalks of delightful, 
appetizing flavor. Grown only from seed. Sow in early spring 
for green onions in autumn. Pkt. 15¢c; % oz. 50c. 
NEW PURPLE CAULIFLOWER —Makes large, deep purple 
heads of fine quality. Turns green when cooked. Requires 
no tying or blanching. The easiest and surest home garden 
Cauliflower. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
SAVOY CABBAGE VANGUARD —tThe Savoys are the most 
delicious of Cabbages, extra crisp, sweet and delicate in 
flavor. Medium early. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
FINOCCHIO—Florence Fennel. The bulb-like enlargements 
of the succulent stem-bases are enjoyed as fresh salads, or 
when boiled and served with butter or cream sauce. The 
‘bulbs’? may be blanched by hoeing earth up about them. 
Sow early and thin. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c. 
SWEET PHYSALIS—Ground Cherry. It yields prodigally of 
small, bright yellow fruits, each in its own easily removed 
husk. Flavor is pleasant, richly sweet, much liked for eating 
out of hand. Also makes good pies or sauce, a bit of lemon 
then being usually added. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
GIANT SUNFLOWER 
The great, golden flowers are showy, and they are followed 
by immense heads of seeds that are valued for poultry. Pkt. 
10c; % Ib. 30c; % Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. 80e. 
