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EGG PLANT, NEW YORK IMPROVED 
EGGPLANT 
VY oz. to 100 ft., 5 to 6 oz. per acre 
Sow in mild heat, about the middle of March, 
and transplant on June 1, setting the plants 
2% feet part. 
Black Beauty. (80 days.) The fruits of this 
variety are large and symmetrical. Re- 
tains its glossy black-purple coloring for 
a long time. This lasting quality makes 
it distinctly popular. 
ENDIVE 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre 
Sow about the middle of April, in rows 11 
feet apart, and thin out to about 9 inches 
apart. 
Broad-leaved Endive. Leaves long, broad, 
and succulent. Fine for winter salads 
and cooking. , 
Green Curled Endive. Outer leaves bright 
green, midribs tinged with rose. Center 
leaves blanch readily. Makes attractive 
salads. Vigorous and resistant. 
KALE 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre 
Culture same as late cabbage 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch. (55 days.) 
Plants have wide-spreading, finely curled 
blue green plume-like leaves. Relished 
as a vegetable green and useful as an 
ornament. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch. (60 days.) 
Hardy plants with leaves deeply cut. 
Curled at the edges, light green in color; 
very tender and finely flavored after 
touched with frost. 
Jersey or Thousand Headed. Called 
Chicken or Cow Kale. Vigorous branch- 
ing plants with enormous cabbage-like 
leaves. Relished by poultry and livestock 
as winter greens. 
KOHL RABI 
V2 oz. to 100 ft., 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre 
The delicious flavor of this turnip-shaped 
bulb combines both cabbage and turnip. Early 
in spring sow the seed in light rich soil in rows 
1% feet apart. When plants are well estab- 
lished, thin to 6 inches apart in the row. 
Early White Vienna. (55 days.) For 
forcing. The best table sort if used when 
the bulbs are 2 inches in diameter. It 
matures early and produces medium sized 
light green bulbs with white flesh of ex- 
cellent quality. 
LEEK 
Large American Flag. An early popular 
sort. Stems 8-10 inches long, 112 inches 
thick; white, and attractive. Leaves large, 
medium green, drooping backward. 
LETTUCE 
Y2 oz. to 100 ft., 3 Ibs. per acre 
Sow indoors in February and March, plant- 
ing outdoors when weather is suitable. 
*Great Lakes. (83 days.) A heading va- 
riety of the Imperial type. Leaves large 
and well folded; ribs heavy. Shows con- 
siderable resistance to tipburn and ability 
to head under adverse conditions. 
Early Great Lakes. Early variety of 
above. 
New York No. 515 Improved. A develop- 
ment from Number 12, matures slightly 
earlier. Resistance to tip-burn makes this 
lettuce ideal in hot weather. 
PRICE LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS 
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LETTUCE GREAT LAKES 
LEAF LETTUCE 
Black Seeded Simpson. (45 days.) A good 
non-heading or cutting lettuce with 
broad, light green, frilled outer leaves. 
Center leaves are almost white. Crisp 
leaves with a delicate flavor. 
Grand Rap‘ds. Very early. Hardy, dis- 
ease resistant. Most used for greenhouse 
forcing. Plants large, upright, compact, 
and handsome; bright, solid, light green, 
large leaves with broad, much frilled 
margin. Very tender and sweet when 
grown under glass. 
Oak Leaf. Shaped like an oak leaf. 
Stands up well in hot weather and does 
not turn bitter. 
Red Leaf Prize. An early non-heading 
sort, very desirable for home garden use. 
Plants of medium size, crisp and tender; 
color medium green with brownish-red 
edges on outer leaves. 
WHEN TO SOW 
Plants are geared to light and warmth 
and, when these are right, their growing 
mechanisms will respond. These factors may 
vary in varying locations and different 
years. So Nature’s signs in your own neigh- 
borhood are what you need to watch rather 
than calendar dates. 
Dates of average last killing frost in 
your region can be obtained from the 
Weather Bureau. These give rough idea of 
the time frost danger is past. But while 
you use the Weather Bureau date as a base, 
correct it with observation of weather be- 
haviour in your own immediate environ- 
ment. Plants that are started from seed in 
hotbed or coldframe, or pots upon the 
windowsill, should be sown in time to be 
ready to transplant outdoors as soon as 
frost danger is past. Plants that are hardy 
can be sown outdoors in the spring as soon 
as the ground can be worked—or when the 
farmer is sowing his spring oats. Lettuce, 
Cabbage, Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower, 
Onions, Spinach, Turnip, Radish, Parsnips, 
Potatoes, Peas, and such go in at this time. 
Crocus and Snowdrop are then usually in 
bloom. 
«When early Tulips, Daffodils and Maple 
Trees are blooming, plant Beets, Onion Sets, 
Swiss Chard and the like. 
During the time of the apple blossoms, 
Lilacs and late Tulip blooms, Pumpkins, Bush 
Beans, Sweet Corn and Squashes may be 
planted. 
When frost season is well past and the 
apple b'ooms have fallen and tall Bearded 
Iris are blooming, you can feel safe planting 
Lima and Pole Beans, Melons, Peppers, Egg- 
plant, Tomato plants, Cucumbers, Chard, 
and other frost-tender material. 
In autumn, Beets, Collard, Kale, Lettuce, 
Mustard, Spinch, Turnips and other such 
hardy plants can be set out, 6 to 8 weeks 
before the first killing frosts—when Dahlias, 
early Chrysanthemums and others of the fall 
flowers usually get well into bloom. Fall 
plantings are somewhat of a gamble to 
garderers who aren‘t experienced in their 
local climate, but a gamble that usually pays 
off fairly well except in extreme northerly 
climates. 
Good practice for continuing gardening 
over several seasons is to keep a diary 
and check each season on planting dates, 
frost dates and results of each season’s 
activity. Within a few seasons a pattern 
of your garden will be apparent, by which 
you will be able to time your planting of 
material with steadily increasing accuracy to 
obtain best possible results. 
If you are growing potted vegetables, 
such as a few tomatoes, peppers, eggplant 
or the like, these may be started indoors 
and carried along under protection until 
temperature and weather outdoors becomes 
favorable and them moved out. This method 
may hasten their fruiting time somewhat. 
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