Lettuce 
PLANT FEBRUARY TO MAY, JULY TO OCTOBER 
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Lettuce requires rich, moist soil, clean and thorough 
cultivation, and plenty of water. Make your plantings 
in boxes or hotbeds and harden by exposure; later 
plant outside and transplant 12 to 15 inches apart in 
18-inch rows; or plant in 18-inch rows and thin out. 
The curled varieties planted thickly make a beautiful 
border, the rows being thinned out by pulling as 
wanted. For a constant supply plant every three weeks 
—lettuce may be had all seasons of the year. An 
ounce will produce about 1,500 plants; 3 pounds will 
make plants enough for an acre. 
232. SALAD BOWL 
See full description and price on page I. 
230. WOOD’S CABBAGE 
(65 Days) If asked to name the most satisfactory 
all-round lettuce, we would unhesitatingly 
name Wood's Cabbage. May be planted in the 
early spring, in the later summer, in the fall, 
and it is fine for forcing in hotbed, making a 
medium large, firm head that blanches nicely. 
Quality is excellent, flavor sweet and buttery. 
242. ICEBERG 
(80 Days) No lettuce is more crisp; the large 
ribs are like celery stalks. A sure and reliable 
header even in summer. Forms a large com- 
pact head, very white inside; the quality is fine, 
being sweet, crisp and delicious. A choice let- 
tuce for home gardens and nearby markets. 
236. IMPERIAL 44 
If you have not been able to get your lettuce to 
head plant this newer New York or iceberg 
type. It makes firm, deep green heads of good 
size in warm weather. Plant it instead of New 
York No. 12. Fine for home gardens and market. 
231. IMPROVED BIG BOSTON 
(75 Days) May be grown in the open ground 
for summer and fall use, or under canvas, and 
always makes large, buttery heads with thor- 
oughly blanched hearts. The heads are extra 
large, firm and solid, brittle and buttery; the 
hearts are crisp and beautifully blanched. 
240. COS or ROMAINE 
(65 Days) Dark green strain.. Has no equal for 
quality. Forms long, conical heads which, if 
tied up, blanch pure white, and crisp as celery. 
Makes fine heads even in hot weather. Very 
sweet, has distinct quality that is a pleasant 
change from other varieties. Try it yourself; see 
how well it merits a place in your garden. 
233. SLOBOLT 
(45 Days) Long standing, tender, resists heat. 
An open head lettuce which develops well in 
hot weather, without producing seed stalks as 
early as other varieties. The foliage is light green 
savoyed and frilled. Withstands mid-summer heat 
without going to seed for 2 or 3 weeks longer 
than Grand Rapids or Black Seeded Simpson. 
243. GREAT LAKES 
(82 Days) An All-America Winner. Imperial 
type, sure heading summer lettuce. Especially 
valuable for the home garden or trucker; it has 
a medium size solid head and is resistant to 
tip burn. The leaves are a distinctive dark green. 
239. CRISP-AS-ICE 
(75 Days) Neither extra early nor extra large, 
but fine for the private garden. In delicate 
flavor and tenderness no other is superior. The 
heads are hard, with rich, creamy yellow hearts 
that are exceedingly tender and sweet. Slow 
to start to seed. It heads even under adverse 
weather conditions. 
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237. SUMMER ALLHEART 
(65 Days) No lettuce can compete with Allheart 
for heading in hot weather and make such 
large, compact, finely blanched heads; nor is 
there a summer lettuce of better quality. Its 
ability to head in almost any weather places it 
in a class by itself. A thoroughly dependable 
header under various weather conditions. 
238. GRAND RAPIDS 
(45 Days) Among the loose leaved lettuces 
there is nothing handsomer. It makes a quick 
growth, is hardy and holds its crispness for days 
after being cut. Forms large, compact clusters 
finely crimped around the edges. Crisp, tender 
and sweet. 
234. BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON 
(50 Days) Fine for outside planting to make a 
tender, semi-solid, crisp head. It is the easiest 
lettuce to grow; reliable and heat-resistant. If 
you have not been successful with head lettuce, 
try Black Seeded Simpson. 
235. EARLY CURLED SIMPSON 
(50 Days) A sure cropper even under adverse 
conditions. Makes a well-blanched, curly, loose 
head; early, crisp and tender. Especially adapted 
for sowing thickly in rows and cutting when 
young. 
2.1. CHICKEN LETTUCE 
(55 Days) Unlike any you have ever grown, 
one that will yield more chicken feed than any 
plant grown for greens. Three to four feet 
high, loaded with leaves that may be pulled 
like kale. After cutting it keeps on growing. 
Kohl Rabi 
PLANT MARCH TO MAY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 
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The edible part is the turnip-shaped bulb that grows 
above ground. Combines the flavors of the cabbage 
and turnip and makes a splendid dish if used when 2 
to 3 inches thick. Plant in drills as early as the ground 
can be worked, thinning out to stand 5 to 6 inches 
in the row. For a succession, plant every two weeks 
till end of April. For fall use, plant in August or early 
September. Kohl rabi should be more generally grown. 
225. EARLY WHITE VIENNA 
(55 Days) The best and earliest variety; flesh 
white and very tender; the quality and flavor 
are excellent. 
Leek 
PLANT FEBRUARY, MARCH AND SEPTEMBER 
CULTURE—Superior to onions for soup flavoring, etc. 
Plant early in the spring in a light, rich, moist soil in 
drills half an inch deep. When 6 to 8 inches high, trim 
off the tops and roots and transplant 3 to 4 inches 
apart in 18-inch rows setting the plants in the ground 
up to their center leaves, and earth up to blanch the 
necks. One ounce will plant about 100 feet of drill. 
227. LARGE FLAG 
An early popular strain, having long thick, 
white, well-blanched stems; 1/2 inches thick 
and 7 to 10 inches long with large, medium 
drooping leaves. 
Gourds 
PLANT MAY ANw JUNE—Plant in hills after frost is 
past and cultivate like squash. 
216. DIPPER 
For making dippers. 
214. NEST-EGG 
Good nest-egg; lasts for years. 
217. MIXED GOURDS 
Small varieties, mixed. 
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CANTALOUPE 
COLORADO GROWN—PLANT IN MAY AND JUNE 
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CULTURE—Prepare hills, 4 to 6 feet apart, in a rich, 
moderately dry sandy soil, using well-rotted manure. 
When frost is over, plant 10 to 12 seeds in each hill 
about one inch deep, and when well up, thin out, leav- 
ing four strong plants to the hill. Pinch off the ends 
of the vines when about a foot long; this will make 
them strong and bear more freely. Give frequent but 
shallow cultivation till the vines cover the ground. One 
ounce plants 50 hills; two pounds to the acre. 
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256. HALE’S BEST- JUMBO STRAIN 
A larger strain than the well known Hale’s Best 
No. 36, largely grown for roadside markets and 
delivery by truck to city markets. The melons 
are slightly oval, weigh 5 to 6 pounds, heavily 
netted and more ribbed than No. 36. The sal- 
mon flesh is thick, sweet and of excellent 
quality. 
260. HALE’S BEST No. 36 or H. B. 
This is probably more generally grown com- 
mercially than any other melon. It has held its 
place as a shipper on account of its earliness, 
thick meat, fine texture, delicious eating quality 
and its ability to stand up under hard shipping 
conditions. About 6 inches long, nearly round, 
densely covered with netting and almost en- 
tirely without ribs. It is also a splendid home 
market melon. 
257. PRIDE OF WISCONSIN 
(90 Days) Splendid variety either for home 
gardens or market gardeners. Fruits are nearly 
round, very coarse netting, orange flesh, solid 
and thick with very small seed cavity. Very 
sweet and of fine flavor. 
251. IMPROVED ROCKY FORD JR. 
(80 Days) An early rust and blight resistant 
type of Rocky Ford, but somewhat larger. A 
vigorous grower, the vines keep green and 
produce big crops of beautifully netted melons. 
The green flesh is thick, the seed pocket small; 
the netting is close and deep; the flavor is 
deliciously sweet. 
253. GOLD LINED ROCKY FORD 
(85 Days) In delicious flavor excels the ordinary 
Rocky Ford; is slightly longer and a few days 
later. The rich golden meat is thick, fine grained, 
and deliciously sweet and juicy and can be 
eaten right down to the rind. Melons are 
covered with closely laced gray netting except 
a narrow strip between the ribs. 
252. ROCKY FORD NETTED GEM 
(85 Days) The original Rocky Ford. The green 
flesh is thick, with a small cavity; has that 
spicy flavor that makes a cantaloupe so de- 
licious. Slightly ribbed, well covered with fine 
netting and uniform in size and shape. 
261. HOLLYBROOK LUSCIOUS 
(90 Days) For flavor and size, this is the king 
of all melons. Too large to be profitable for the 
market—they often weigh 15 to 20 lbs.—they 
are ideal for home use; one melon is enough 
for one family. The flavor is equal to that of a 
Honey Dew melon. Continues bearing till cold 
weather and holds its splendid quality up to 
the very last. 
254. LONG JOHN 
(85 Days) The melons usually average 8 to 10 
inches long, but often grow to 12 inches in 
length. Oblong in shape, distinctly ribbed and 
heavily netted; green fleshed, thick meated and 
of most delicious spicy flavor. When marketed 
it commands highest prices. 
OTHER VARIETIES ON PAGE 16 
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