14 THE FRANK S. PLATT COMPANY 
Corn—Varieties for Field Culture Granone e Grano-Turco 
DENT VARIETIES—Prices subject to change 
Queen of the Prairie, or Pride of the North. This is an early Yellow Dent, medium size, 
uniform’ ears; cobysmall Py icciv vac. acces feaae CRRMieis > cs ceed cere e cnie mice acc 1 omer ene 
Lancaster Sure Crop. A comparatively early silage ~orn producing very large ears in 
115 days. Grain is yellow tinted red. A vigorous, leafy stalk; makes a heavy yield of both 
ensilage: and ‘¢ars*in, OOU season ay. vena vette mtineless © oon 6 sclelsts sos serie dane oe oat 
Ohio K 24. A high yielding hybrid with an excellent root system. The plants are leafy and 
dark green in color, ears are borne low on the stalk and have 14 to 16 rows of large, fairly 
deep, richly colored kernels. An excellent corn for grain in almost any part of Connecticut, 
about ten or twelve days earlier than U. S. 13. Yields more shell corn than any other of like 
Qt. Bushel 
(56 Ibs.) 
25c. Market 
25c. Market 
SEASON oe he Oke wt he oe Re Ts ee SEN so ts « VLG) Hae oe eee 40c. $8.75 
U. S. No. 13 Hybrid. A Yellow Dent of remarkable vigor. Very attractive dark green 
leafy plants that have the ability to stand erect, which is an important factor in the cost of 
harvesting. U.S. No. 13 is adaptable to Connecticut except in the higher section of Litch- 
field County. Corn planted May 15th to June Ist, the earlier the better, not only reaches the 
ideal medium soft dough stage for the silo, but normally has time to mature ears for shell 
corn. The food value per acre is high, and preferable to more tonnage of corn reaching only 
the éarly-miilk *staweeir a. ap tee ee ere silts Hola. Wks 5. nal cena 4 uae nies alae 40c. $8.75 
Corn Salad or Fetticus seed. One ounce of seed will sow a bed of sixteen 
square feet. 
Ackersalat—Macha o Valerianilla Extra Curled. Fine curley-leaved. Per pkt., 15c.; 
—Valerianello o Insalata *4-0z , 25c.; 1 oz., 40c. 
It is sown on the first opening of spring in rows one Upland. Resembles the water cress in flavor; 
foot apart, and is fit for use in six weeks from the time | same culture as spinach; a perennial plant. Per pkt., 
of sowing. If wanted for very early spring it may | 15c.; %4-oz., 60c.; 1 oz., $1.00 
be sown in September, and covered as soon as cold 
weather sets in, and is wintered over the same as 
spinach. Cress—Water 
Large Leaved. Per pkt., 15c.; 0z., 60c.; %4-lb 
175 ’ c ” Wusser Kresse—Crescione Acquatico 
$1.75. This is a well-known, hardy, perennial aquatic 
Cress or Pepper Grass plant, growing abundantly along the margins of 
running streams, ditches and ponds. 
Where it does 
Kresse—Berro a Masteurso—Criscione not grow naturally it is easily introduced by plant- 
Extensively used as a small salad. Sow early in | ing, and it increases, both by spreading of the roots, 
the spring very thickly in shallow drills. The sowing | and by seeding. 
should be repeated at intervals, as it soon runs to True Water Cress. Per pkt., 25c.; 
PB FW hk: 
Improved Early Fortune Cucumber 
Cucumbers 
Gurken—Pepino—Cetriolo 
Make rich hills of well-rotted manure, two feet in PICKLING VARIETIES 
diameter, and plant a dozen or more seeds, covering West India Gherkin. A small, early variety and 
half an inch deep. When all danger from insects is ¢ 
over, pull all but three or four of the strongest %-lb., $1.50 
plants. The middle of June is early enough to plant 
for pickling. Make the hills about six feet apart. For 
sets reek Perapktenl sci tozemooce 
Y-lb., 95c.; 
National Pickling. The most desirable pickling 
i variety, een size, dark green, duct 
early cucumbers the hot-bed is necessary. pkt., ifoecg , 35c.; Ree lb., gee . baer oe 
Per 
$1.50. 
