Early White Vienna Kohlrabi 
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Burpee’s Fordhook Fancy Mustard 
Mushrooms, Pure Culture Spawn 
Perkins’ Long Pod 
Okra 
OKRA 
The pods are valuable for cutting up in soups, stews, cat- 
sup and other relishes. Also used as a vegetable. Pods must 
be picked when young, before they become too large and 
hard. Popular for its use in the famous gumbo and chicken 
gumbo soups. Sow in the open ground when soil is warm. 
A pkt. will sow 15 ft. of row; one oz. 50 ft. 
5034 Clemson Spineless © 56 days. All-America 
Silver Medal Winner. Dark green slightly grooved, straight, 
pointed pods, 7 to 9 in. long, without spines. The plants grow 
4 ft. tall and produce their long pods in abundance. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢; 1% Ib. 75¢ 
5263 Dwarf Green Long Pod 52 days. Pods ribbed, 
pointed, fleshy, dark green, 7 to 8 in. long and 1 in. across. 
2 to 2% ft. tall. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢; % Ib. 75¢ 
6077 Perfected Perkins’ Long Pod 55 days. 
Slightly ribbed, dark green, pointed pods, 7 to 8 in. long. The 
plants grow 3 to 4ft. tall. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢; 1% Ib. 75¢ 
5267 Louisiana Green Velvet 58 days. All-America 
Winner. Smooth gray-green spineless pods, 6 to 7 in. long, 
34 in. across. 4 ft. tall. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢; 1% lb. 85¢ 
102 ee WAATLEE BURPEE CO.) SeadiGrowers 
-KOHLRABL 
Edible portion is a large bulb produced on the stem above the ground 
and which, if used when young, 2 to 214 in. across, is most delicious. The 
sweet, fine-grained flesh has the combined flavor not unlike that of cauli- 
flower and turnip. Sow the seed in rows 12 to 18 in. apart early in the 
spring and cover %4 in. deep. Thin plants to stand 6 in. apart in the row. 
For a continuous supply, sow every two weeks until hot weather. For fall 
use, sow seed in midsummer. Excellent for home and market garden, also 
for forcing. Cooked kohlrabi may be served with butter, salt and pepper, 
or with sour cream or white sauce. When young, may be chilled and served 
raw. A pkt. will sow about 30 ft. of row; an oz. 250 ft. 
6032 Early White Vienna 55 days. Skin is light green and very 
smooth; the flesh is creamy white, tender and of a delicate mild flavor. 
Suitable for freezing. Dwarf growing plants with small, short leaves. 
Pkt. 20¢; 14 0z. 45¢; oz. 80¢; 1% Ib. $2.45 
5234 Early Purple Vienna 60 days. “Apple-like’’ bulbs are a pur- 
plish color and the flesh is an attractive greenish white. Matures five days 
later than White Vienna but otherwise resembles it in tenderness and fine 
quality; the bulbs usually grow a trifle larger. Milder flavor than turnips. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 40¢; oz. 75¢; 1% Ib. $2.25 
MUSTARD GREENS | 
Highly nutritive green leafy vegetable of fine flavor. 
May be eaten as a salad or cooked for “<greens.”? 
Sow seed early in the spring and make successive sowings every ten 
days up to the time the weather gets hot. For fall use, plant three or four 
times in late summer. Sow in rows 12 to 18 in. apart. Thin plants 5 to 6in. 
apart. A pkt. will sow 50 ft. of row; oz. 200 ft. 
5265 Burpee’s Fordhook® Fancy ©740 days. Dark green, deeply 
curled and fringed leaves curving backward like ostrich plumes. Of mild 
flavor; for greens or salads. Stands a long time before bolting to seed. 
Pkt. 20¢; oz. 40¢; 1% lb. 95¢ 
5261 Florida Broad Leaf 43 days. Upright plants. Leaves large, 
broad and medium green with light green midrib and toothed margins. 
Desirable for greens because of the ease of preparing the smooth leaves. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 30¢; 1% Ib. 80¢ _ 
5038 Southern Giant Curled 35 days. Popular curled mustard 
for spring or fall planting, The bright green leaves are of a pleasing, mild 
flavor and very large; moderately broad, fringed and curled at the margins. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 35¢; 1% Ib. 85¢ 
5264 Tendergreen © 28 days. Rapid growing mustard with large, 
broad, thick, dark green, rounded leaves, which when cooked have a 
delicious, mild spinach flavor. Heavy cropper. Resistant to heat and cold. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 35¢; 1% Ib. 85¢ 
MUSHROOM 
Pure Culture 
6910 Tobacco Stem Spawn 
Crumbled Tobacco Stem Spawn is the latest development in the pro- 
duction of Pure Culture Mushroom Spawn. The material is easier to 
handle, the growth is more vigorous, and results are more certain. Adverse 
growing conditions are more readily overcome, as the tobacco stem 
medium is high in food elements needed by the growing mushroom. One 
package will plant 10 to 12 sq. ft. Easy-to-follow cultural directions are 
sent with every package of spawn. 
50¢ per package; 5 pkgs. $2.30; 10 pkgs. $4.30 
{| OYSTER PLANT 
or SALSIFY 
6098 Sandwich Island 
Mammoth 12° days. Smooth, thick 
roots 8 in. and more in 
length, 1 to 1% in. in diameter at shoulder, 
slightly tapering, clean cut and uniform. 
Flesh is almost white. Delicious when made 
into soup, pancakes, fritters, diced or 
mashed; may also be cooked, chilled and 
served as a salad. Flavor is not unlike that 
of oysters. 
Sow seed in early spring in rows 1% ft. 
apart and cover with 1 in. of fine soil. Thin 
the seedlings to stand 4 to 5 in. apart. They 
are hardy and some may be left in the 
ground over winter for early spring use. For 
winter use, dig roots in the fall and store in ~ 
moist sand in a cool cellar. Best roots are 
grown on rather light soil. A pkt. will sow 
about 20 ft. of row; an oz. 100 ft. Pkt. 20¢; 
Vy oz. 40¢; oz. 75¢; %4 Ib. $2.25 
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Oyster Plant 
