Black Beauty Egg Plant 
Fennel or Finocchio 
1 Oz. per 100 Ft.; 4 lbs. per Acre 
Culture—Sow in June or July 
¥% in. deep in rows 18 ins. apart 
and thin to 6 ins. in the row. The 
plant should be earthed up when 
half grown in order to blanch it. 
Cultivate like celery. 
FLORENCE (or Italian) 
110 Days—The stalks, resem- 
bling celery, form a bulb at the 
base. Eat the stalks the same as 
celery or as a salad, sliced raw, 
or served boiled with a cream 
dressing. Plants grow 36 ins. 
high, branching habit with dense 
feathery foliage. 
Kohl Rabi 
4g Oz. per 100 Ft.; 4 lbs. per Acre 
This plant forms a turnip-shaped 
bulb above the ground on a cab- 
bage-like root. Use when the 
bulbs are young and tender. Re- 
move the outer skin before boil- 
ing and prepare the same way as 
turnips. 
Culture—Plant in early Spring 
and at intervals of 10 days for 
a succession until hot weather. 
Sow in light rich soil, % in. deep 
in rows 18 ins. apart. When es- 
tablished, thin to 8 to 6 ins. in 
the row. Cultivate like cabbage. 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA 
55 to 60 Days—Plants dwarf, 
short-leaved with slender stems. 
Bulbs 2 to 3 ins. in diameter, 
globular, very light green. Flesh 
white, tender and crisp. 
EARLY PURPLE VIENNA 
60 Days—Leaves dark green, 
stained purple. Bulbs purple with 
white flesh, very mild, crisp and 
tender. 
Eg G Plant I Oz. for 1,000 Plants; 4 Ozs. per Acre 
Culture—Egg Plant seed 
germinates slowly 
and requires a higher 
temperature than any other vegetable. Sow the seed early in the Spring 
% in. deep in prepared soil, using a hot bed or a seed pan placed in- 
doors at a sunny window. To produce strong, healthy plants, transplant 
when 2 to 8 ins. high in small pots and plunge them in a frame admit- 
ting fresh air in mild weather. Cover the frame at night, providing 
adequate protection\against frost. For best results the plants require 
continuous warm temperature without any checking in growth. Set 
out in the open ground the middle of May, if the ground is warm, 2 ft. 
apart in rows 2% to 8 ft. apart. They thrive and produce the best fruit 
planted in rich, loamy soil. Cultivate frequently, keeping the soil loose 
and fine. 
The plants are often injured by insect pests and blight. Control by 
spraying with Nicotine Pyrox. 
BLACK BEAUTY 
81 Days from plants—The most 
popular home garden sort and the 
earliest of the large fruited varie- 
ties, very desirable for early mar- 
kets, retaining its color and qual- 
ity a long time. Plants low and | 
bushy, spineless, with 4 to 5 fruits. 
The large egg-shaped fruits are 
smooth and a very attractive rich, 
purplish-black. 
EARLY LONG PURPLE 
78 Days from plants—The earliest 
and most productive of all. Fruits 
dark purple, oval in shape, 7 to 
8 ins. long, 2% to 3 ins. thick. 
IMPROVED LARGE PURPLE 
83 Days from plants—Our per- 
fected variety producing the lar- 
gest fruits in great quantities, is 
recommended for home market 
garden. The spreading, spineless 
plants bear 6 to 8 fruits. The 
broad, oval fruits are a handsome, 
glossy, black-purple, slightly lar- 
ger than Black Beauty. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH 
85 Days from plants—A very vig- 
orous, disease and drought-resist- 
ant variety tall and upright in 
growth, bearing the fruit well off 
the ground. Plants spineless; fruits 
purple and slightly longer than 
thick in shape. 
Ka le or Borecole 4; Oz. per 100 Ft.; 3 lbs. per Acre 
This vegetable produces excellent 
“greens” for Spring and Winter. 
The leaves are boiled the same as 
spinach. It is the hardiest of all 
Winter greens, frost improving 
pe quality rather than injuring 
i: 
Culture—Kale will succeed in al- 
most any soil. Sow April to June, 
% in. deep in rows 24 ins. apart 
and for large plants thin to 18 ins. 
apart in the row. For Spring use, 
sow in August or September, as 
it will winter over if protected 
by a light covering of hay. Culti- 
vaté like cabbage. 
DWARF BLUE 
SCOTCH 
55 Days—This im- 
proved strain has 
the same charac- 
teristics as the 
Green Curled 
Scotch but is har- 
dier and very dark 
blue-green in color. 
It will stand over +, * oe 
the Winter in any My 
locality where the 
temperature does 
not go below zero. 
Prices see page 4 
DWARF GREEN SCOTCH 
55 Days—Our strain of this popu- 
lar variety is exceptionally fine. 
Plants low, 9 to 12 ins. high, with 
wide spreading, deeply curled 
bright deep green leaves hugging 
the ground. A hardy and attrac- 
tive sort. 
DWARF SIBERIAN 
65 Days—A _ hardy, vigorous, 
spreading variety of dwarf habit 
12 to 16 ins. tall. Leaves large and 
heavy in texture, plain at center 
with edges curled. Color deep blu- 
ish green, 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch Kale 
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