PUMPKINS 
One ounce will plant a row 100 feet long; 2 to 3 Ibs. 
an acre in hills. 
Culture: Plant from May to July 1 inch deep in hills 8 feet 
apart each way. Cultivation the same as for squash. (See page 34.) 
KING OF THE MAMMOTH. (120 days.) This is the 
largest of the Pump- 
kins, and where one fruit is allowed to remain on the plant, 
they have been grown to weigh nearly 100 pounds. The fruits 
are somewhat variable in size and shape, with mottled yellow 
skin and deep coarse orange flesh, of splendid flavor and is a 
long keeper. 40 to 50 Ibs., Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 1% Ib., 80c; 
Ib., $2.25, postpaid. 
LARGE CHEESE. (110 days) Our strain of this flat Pumpkin, 
— ee ———-__ with orange colored skin is justly popular 
over the whole country. The color is a light reddish orange and 
the flesh is thick, fine grained and sweet. 12 to 15 pounds. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 20c; 1% Ib., 55c; Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
King of the Mammoth Pumpkin 
CONNECTICUT FIELD. (115 days.) The common globe- 
shaped Pumpkin grown in corn- 
fields and grown principally for stock. Very productive. 15 to 
20 pounds. Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20c; 1% Ib., 55¢; Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
CASHAW (110 days.) This popular old variety with a curved neck has a hard creamy 
= skin, with dark stripes, and has solid yellow flesh. 8 to 10 Ibs. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
25c; V4 Ib., 65c; Ib., $1.75, postpaid. 
TENNESSEE SWEET POTATO. (110 days.) Fruits are pear shaped with creamy white 
skin and faint light green stripes. The flesh is yellow 
of Sweet Potato flavor. Keeps well. 10 to 12 pounds. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25¢; Y% Ib., 65c¢; 
Ib., $1.75, postpaid. 
H (105 days.) A small but very prolific round variety slight- 
SUGAR (New England Pie). ly ribbed, with bright orange skin and a rich orange flesh. 
Sweet, fine grained, and of excellent quality. Pkt., 10¢; oz., 25¢; 1% Ib., 65c; Ib., $1.75, 
postpaid. 
RADISH 
One ounce will plant a row 100 feet long; 5 to 8 pounds will sow an acre in 12-inch rows. 
When broadeast, 15 pounds of the long, or 25 to 30 pounds of the globe varieties for an acre. 
Culture: The tenderness and sweetness of Radish are greatly dependent upon the rapidity of 
their growth. In the latitude of Norfolk, sow out-of-doors, Y2 inch deep, from February to 
October, broadcast in drills 18 inches apart, or on beds in 10-inch drills, or in drills 1 foot apart. 
The early varieties are very hardy, but do best if they are sheltered by fences or woods. The 
winter varieties are sown from the middle of July to the last of September and used as needed. 
Grown under glass or cottons, the quality of all Radishes is wonderfully improved, and under this 
cultivation they may be sown at any desired time during the winter. 
Striped Cashaw Pumpkin 
Winter Keeping Varieties 
(55 days.) An_ all-seasons Also called Scarlet 
CELESTIAL. variety but particularly CHINESE ROSE. Chinese. (50 days.) 
adapted for winter use. The large white An old variety with bright crimson skin 
roots are slightly oval with blunt base and and crisp, pungent flesh. The roots are 
average 7 inches long and 2% inches at cylindrical, slightly larger at the lower end, 
the shoulder. The flesh is firm, crisp and and average 5 inches in length, and 2 
quite pungent. Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20¢; 1% Ib., inches in diameter. Pkt., 10¢; 0z., 20c; 
55c; Ib., $1.50, postpaid. Y4 tb., 55¢; Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
ROUND BLACK SPANISH. LONG BLACK SPANISH. 
(50 days.) This slightly top-shaped Radish (55 days.) The roots of this variety are 
grows 3 inches long and 4 inches in diam- cylindrical, slightly tapered at tip; grow 8 
eter; has black skin, and very pungent, inches long, and are 2) inches in diameter; 
crisp, white flesh. Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20c; has black skin, and pungent, crisp, white 
4 Ib., 55¢; Ib., $1.50, postpaid. flesh. Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20c; 1% Ib., 55c; 
Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
Tait’s Thorobred Seeds have pleased the most particular home and 
market gardeners for over 80 years, and they will please you. 
French Breakfast Radish 
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