ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN (60 days)—De- 
sirable as a novelty and a different species 
than ordinary cucumbers. Vines grow vigor- 
ously and yield small, oval, light green fruits, 
dimensions 14 by 1 inch, covered with 
short, prickly spines. Makes excellent pickles 
in a young stage. 
WHITE WONDER BLACK SPINE (58 
days)—A novel sort, with an ivory white 
color, which develops in cylindrical form with 
rounded ends, size 7 by 3 inches. Good eating 
quality. 
Dill 
LONG ISLAND MAMMOTH—Plants grow 
bushy, 2% feet high, with finely cut leaves. 
Brown seeds are flat, used for flavoring, also 
the flower heads and immature seed clusters. 
Ege Plant 
Egg Plants can be grown in any good, fer- 
tile, garden soil, with culture similar to the 
Tomato. Being a long season tender crop, 
the plants must be started in hotbeds or a 
greenhouse and transplanted when the seed- 
lings are 3 to 4 inches high. A small packet 
will provide plants for a hundred feet of row, 
or 4 ounces for plants to the acre. Rows 
should be 4 feet apart and plants stand the 
same difference apart in the rows. This vege- 
table adds a delightful variety to the table. 
BLACK BEAUTY (80 days)—The erect 
plant grows 24 to 30 inches tall and compact 
with large green leaves. Bears 4 to 6 globular 
to oval fruits to the plant which are a smooth 
dark purple. 
NEW YORK SPINELESS (85 days)—This 
smooth variety bears 4 or 5 fruits a little 
larger and longer than Black Beauty, with a 
glossy dark purple color. The prolific vines 
stand close to 3 feet tall. 
Endive 
Endive is a plant of very ancient cultiva- 
tion, used for salads and for garnishing. A 
hardy annual, seeds may be sown in flats 
about 3 weeks before transplanting, or in the 
open later in 18 to 24-inch rows and thinned 
to stand 12 to 15 inches apart. Sow %4 ounce 
to 100 feet of row, 2 pounds to the acre. The 
hardy plants may be protected with a mulch 
or winter covering and used through the au- 
tumn until early winter. 
FULL HEART BATAVIAN (ESCAROLE) 
(80 days)—This variety has largely replaced 
Broad Leaved Batavian. Plants grow upright 
around 12 inches in diameter and spread to 
form a mass of thick, mildly crumpled, well- 
bunched leaves, thus producing a_ well- 
blanched heart. Suitable for shipping and 
home market. 
GREEN CURLED, GREEN RIBBED, RUF- 
FEC (75 to 80 days)—Plants develop 16 to 
18 inches in diameter with deep cut fringed 
—15 
outer leaves, medium green color. Midrib a 
pale green, blanches easily. 
WHITE CURLED (75 to 80 days)—Plant 
is similar to green curled but smaller in diam- 
eter, 12 to 13 inches. It develops a pale green 
color which blanches to a creamy white heart. 
Fennel 
FLORENCE, FENNEL, FINOCCHIO or 
ITALIAN—Plants grow up to 3 feet tall with 
broad, overlapping stalks much like celery. 
A bulb-like enlargement forms at the base of 
the stem. This bulb, anise flavored, is used 
like celery or for seasoning soups. 
Herbs 
Herbs are among the oldest cultivated 
plants with a revival of interest by home gar- 
deners. They add important ingredients, zest, 
spice and flavor to culinary recipes and fur- 
nish flavoring, seasoning and garnishing. Ac- 
cording to kind they are used cut fresh, or 
the leaves and other part of the plants dried 
and stored, or the seeds harvested and stored. 
ANISE is an aromatic annual plant growing 
14 to 16 inches high. The finely divided stem 
leaves are used for garnishing. The delicate 
flavor of the gray seeds serves as a flavoring 
for food and drink. 
BALM or LEMON BALM is a perennial 
plant growing to a height of about 1% feet. 
The lemon scented leaves are used to flavor 
drinks and the oil in the manufacture of per- 
fumes. 
BASIL SWEET, BROAD LEAF—The pur- 
ple flowered plants grow a foot to a foot and 
a half high, bearing light yellow-green foliage. 
Leaves are aromatic with a spicy flavor and 
find use for seasoning and as a garnish. Oil 
is used in perfumes. 
BORAGE is a much branched, hairy annual 
plant growing 1% to 2 feet high, bearing blue 
star-shaped flowers which impart an aromatic 
flavor to drinks; its small, tender leaves hav- 
ing a flavor like cucumbers are used for 
seasoning, garnishing and as a potherb. 
CARAWAY is a biennial 1% to 2 feet tall 
bearing in second year white flowers and aro- 
matic seeds. Seeds find a wide use in bread 
and cake making, confectionery condiments, 
meats and liquors. 
CATNIP or CATMINT—This hardy peren- 
nial grows in clumps 2 to 2% feet tall. It 
blooms with prolific clusters of small laven- 
der flowers. The plant has a mint-like aroma. 
The dried leaves and shoots are used for tea. 
The plant appears to attract bees and domes- 
tic cats. In an earlier day plants were com- 
mon around the homes and in gardens of the 
eastern states. 
CHERVIL resembles parsley. The curled 
green leaves are aromatic and used for gar- 
nishing and flavoring. 
CORIANDER—This hardy annual grows 2 
to 2% feet high with finely cut foliage and 
