Ol Gr ashioned Kitchen Thexbs 
No Herb Garden Should Be Without Tarragon “Epicure” 
Angelica Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
(Angelica officinalis.) Supposed to have angelic healing virtues and 
used in flavorings. Very ornamental. 
Chive (French Delicate) Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
(Allium schoenoprasum.) Finely chopped leaves give a delicious flavor 
to hors d‘oeuvres, and salads. 
Common Thyme Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
(Thymus vulgaris.) Dried leaves season meat dishes, gravies and dress- 
ings; fresh leaves excellent in salads. 
Lemon Geranium Each 90c, Three $2.25, Doz. $6.50 
(Pelargonium limoneum.) Fragrant leaves used in potpourris. 
Mother-of-Thyme Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
(Thymus serpyllum.) Leaves used medicinally and for seasoning meat 
and fish sauces and stuffings. 
Parsley Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
(Petroselinum hortense.) Leaves commonly used to garnish meat and 
vegetable platters or to flavor soups. 
Peppermint Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
(Mentha piperita.) Leaves and tender tops may be infused in cooling 
drinks. 
Pot Marjoram Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
(Origanum vulgare.) Flowers are picked for potpourris. 
Rose Geranium Each 90c, Three $2.25, Doz. $6.50 
(Pelargonium graveolens.) Leaves flavor puddings and jellies. 
Rosemary Each 85c, Three $2.10, Doz. $6.25 
(Rosmarinus officinalis.) Fragrant leaves scent potpourris. 
Sage Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
(Salvia officinalis.) Dried leaves season meats, sausages, stuffings, and 
cheese. 
Sage (Dwarf Compact Form) Three $1.80, Doz. $5.05, 100 $28.90 
This is a fine compact, low but upright growing form of Salvia offici- 
nalis. Leaves are somewhat smaller but otherwise there is no differ- 
ence. It makes a splendid edging to beds or walks. Its silvery green 
foliage is fragrant as well. 
*Savory, Summer Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
(Satureia hortensis.) Leaves and young shoots used to flavor soups, 
stews and vegetables, especially string beans. 
Savory, Winter Three $1.50; Doz. $4.75 
(Satureia montana.) Leaves season meats, sausages, vegetable dishes 
and certain liqueurs. An excellent plant for edging borders. 
Spearmint Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
(Mentha spicata.) Fresh leaves used to flavor sauces and iced drinks, 
particularly juleps. 
Sweet Marjoram Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
(Origanum majorana.) Fresh leaves season sausages, vegetable dishes 
and salads or scent potpourris. 
Sweet Woodruff Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
(Asperula odorata.) Hay-scented leaves used to flavor wines. The plant 
is a good ground-cover for shady places. 
Tarragon, ‘‘Epicure”’ Each 80c, Three $2.00, Doz. $5.75 
This variety is particularly delicate and rich in flavor. Our plants are 
from a rare and much prized French strain. Used in salads and in the 
making of vinegar. Delicious in jello and fruit cups. 
True Lavender Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
(Lavandula officinalis.) Dried flowers commonly used for scenting linens 
and in potpourris. 
Watercress ' Three $1.50, Doz. $4.75 
(Radicula nasturtium-aquaticum.) Spicy leaves flavor sandwiches and 
salads. Moist spots. 
ASPARAGUS. PARADISE 
We offer the variety Paradise, which most people consider the 
best of all Asparagus. It produces extra large stalks of excellent 
size which are tender and rich in fine flavor. Well established plants 
produce delicious stalks, all with tender long tips for many weeks in 
the spring. 
We offer early bearing 3-year-old roots at: 
25 $4.50, 50 $8.00, 100 $15.00 
“Knot Garden and Herb Garden” by courtesy of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, their exhibit at the N. Y. World’s Fair 
“Red Rich 
Cwo Gine New Strawberries 
(Plant Patent No. 993) 
25 for $5.00, 50 for $8.50, 100 for $15.00 
Red Rich is the best everbearing -variety of the day by University tests: 
Quote: “University of Illinois 
College of Agriculture 
Red Rich is by far the best. | think it is the everbearer for 
which we have been waiting. 
Sincerely, 
Herschel L. Boll, Assistant in Pomology” 
Unexcelled Production: A pint per plant the first season, doubled to a 
quart or more the second season under proper growing conditions. 
Unsurpassed as a freezing berry; firm and deep red clear ‘through; 
does not mush-up when thawed. Being honey sweet, it requires little 
additional sugar. Red Rich can be frozen whole! You can make an im- 
portant test with Red Rich by slicing the berry through and noticing the 
deep red color that runs clear though the core. It is the only Strawberry 
that will not mush-up when thawed. 
THE NEW, LATE BEARING STRAWBERRY 
°4 WINE DARK 
Instead of us telling you about this new incomparably flavored berry, 
we are going to let the Director of the Division of Markets of the state 
of Massachusetts express his opinion. Here are his observations and opin- 
ion. 
“Wine Dark” berry is a completely new variety developed in Holland 
and the United States by the Wayside Gardens Company, and Captain 
John Peterson, owner of the famous Cape Codder Hotel. It has been 
seven years in the process of development and has some very interesting 
and valuable characteristics. 
1. It is an attractive, dark color. 
2. \It ripens solid color with no green tips. 
3. It is large and reasonably even in size. 
4. It fills the need of a late season berry. 
5. It has a high sugar content and can be eaten without sugar or cream. 
6. It is an unusually heavy berry without a puffy core; weighs about 
twenty percent more than ordinary berries. 
7. It is apparently a heavy yielder with incomparable flavor. 
“Wine Dark” is a combination of various varieties, none of which are 
well known in this country, and some of them coming from Switzerland 
and South Africa. 
It is generally agreed that there is need of new varieties in Massa- 
chusetts, and “Wine Dark” bids fair to be the answer, or at least one of 
the answers. Mr. Webster was so impressed with the incomparable flavor 
of the fruit that he arranged at once to have the introduction of 
this new variety announced and fruit shown on television. Here is the 
opinion of the person who performed this task over Columbia’s WEE! in 
Boston on June 26, 1953. 
Well! Those were the very best Strawberries | ever tasted! Both my 
mother and | agreed that they were so sweet and juicy that the best 
thing to do with them was to wash ‘em and just eat ‘em out of the 
basket no sugar, no cream just those wonderful Strawberries. 
Heard from Priscilla Fortesque and Mom Parker that they were positively 
the best ever! Thanks muchly, Mr. Webster hope they’re on the 
merket soon. 
Plants will be available from Wayside this Spring. Don’t delay planting 
this superb variety and learn as soon as possible what a Strawberry 
really should taste like. 
25 for $6.00 50 for $10.00 100 for $18.00 
Che CNew VALENTINE Rhubarb 
A splendid, new Rhubarb that will replace all other varieties in 
very short order. Valentine is the latest and best of the red-stemmed 
Rhubarb introductions. It has the best flavor, the best color, and 
requires the least amount of sweetening. It produces dark red stems 
which are dark red clear through to the heart. When cooked, makes 
a tempting looking dish of the sweetest and finest flavored. most beau- 
tiful red sauce. The plant grows fast and produces an immense amount 
of stems. ; 
Stock is not too plentiful of this novelty, but six divisions are 
enough for the average family. Also remember that Rhubarb is what 
might be called a lifetime plant. Therefore, buy the best, a few cents 
more spread over many years does not mean anything. Will produce 
stems for use first year. 
Each $1.25, Three $3.05, Doz. $9.50 
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