GREAT LAKES LETTUCE 
LETTUCE 
Y2 oz. to 100 ft., 3 Ibs. per acre 
Sow indoors in February and March, plant- 
ing outdoors when weather is suitable. 
Big Boston. Very large, tender heads; 
leaves are light green with a slight tinge 
of brown on margins of the outer leaves. 
Bibb. Small head with smooth, dark green 
-leaves blanching to yellow inside. Crisp 
and delicious. Just right size for individ- 
ual salads. 
*Great Lakes. 
tions, page 3 
See All America Selec- 
Early Great Lakes. Early variety of 
the All America variety described on 
page 3. 
Iceberg. Large solid heads; light green, 
slightly tinged with brown; very tender 
and crisp. 
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. 
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. 
Romaine or Cos Lettuce. This type of let- 
tuce forms long upright loose folding 
heads and the inner leaves bleach white. 
It is usually preferable to tie up the 
heads to assist bleaching. 
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. 
MUSTARD 
Y2 oz. to 100 ft., 4 libs. per acre 
Make successive sowings in open from early 
spring to midsummer. 
Southern Giant Curled. The leaves are 
large, light green with a tinge of yellow, 
and much crumpled and frilled at the 
edges. The plant is upright or slightly 
spreading in growth. Valued for its vigor, 
hardiness, and good quality. 
Mustard Spinach or Tendergreen. Strictly 
speaking it is not a variety of mustard. 
A quick growing plant from the Orient. 
Leaves oblong, broad, fairly smooth with 
light green center ribs. Slow to seed, re- 
sistant to heat and drought. The flavor 
combines that of spinach and mustard. 
MUSKMELON 
1 oz. to 100 ft. 
3 to 4 Ibs. per acre 
Where summers are short sow in pots in- 
doors, planting out in rich, well manured soil 
when danger of frost is over. 
Tip Top. The melons are of medium 
size and nearly round, well ribbed and 
slightly netted over a light green skin. 
The flesh is quite thick and bright 
salmon in color. Very richly flavored. 
Hale’s Best Improved No. 36. (80 days.) 
Fruits slightly oval, weight 3 to 4 pounds. 
Flesh exceptionally thick, deep salmon in 
color, sweet, aromatic and of very fine 
quality. Uniform in shape. 
Hale’s Best, Jumbo Strain. An outstand- 
ing shipping variety. Fruits slightly oval, 
uniform. Flesh thick, deep salmon in 
color; sweet, and of very fine quality. Has 
a delightful aroma. Ripe in 75-80 days. 
Hearts of Gold. (100 days.) This popular 
medium sized melon follows the earlier 
varieties. Fine for succession planting. 
The fruits are 5 to 6 inches in diameter. 
The smooth orange salmon flesh is excep- 
tionally thick and fine flavored. 
Imperial No. 45. (87 days.) Extensively 
used because of resistance to downy mil- 
dew. Similar to Hale’s Best but faintly 
ribbed. An exceptionally good shipper. 
Imperial No. 4-50. Same as above, but 
larger in size. 
ROCKYFORD MELON 
Rocky Ford or Netted Gem. (92 days.) 
Fruits are small with rather large seed 
cavity, nearly round; no ribs, and heavily 
covered with hard gray netting. Flesh 
thick, green in color with gold tinge at 
the center. Juicy, spicy, and of good 
quality. 
OTHER MELONS 
Casaba. (110 days.) The casaba is a melon 
for the late season after the muskmelons 
are past. Fruits are medium, large, globe 
shaped, weigh 6 pounds; outer color 
golden yellow, surface wrinkled. Flesh 
white, luscious and spicy. 
Cranshaw. (96 days.) A_ thick-fleshed 
melon with salmon color inside, golden 
green outside. Round at base, stem end 
pointed. Weighs 7 to 8 pounds. 
Honey Dew. (112 days.) A very fine melon. 
Fruits large globular, weight 5 to 6 
pounds. Surface is smooth, hard, with 
practically no netting, creamy white. 
Flesh light emerald green, thick, ripen- 
ing to the rind; juicy and tender, with a 
distinct sweetness not found in others. 
Persian. (115 days.) A late, slow grow- 
ing variety. Fruits globular; rind very 
dark green, netting fine but sparse. Flesh 
thick, orange-pink in color. Of a distinct 
and delicious flavor. 
OKRA or GUMBO 
2 oz. to 100 ft., 8 to 10 Ibs. per acre 
Sow seed early in May, in rows 3 feet apart 
and 2 inches deep. As plants appear, thin out 
to about 1 foot apart. 
Improved Dwarf Green. Early. Short 
thick pods. 
Perkins Mammoth Long Pod. Standard 
medium early sort for home, market gar- 
den and canning. Plants 4 to 5 feet tall; 
pods dark green, fleshy, tender; become 
7 to 8 inches long, 1% inches in diameter. 
Distinctly ribbed and tapered. 
ONIONS, YELLOW GLOBE DANVERS 
ONIONS 
V2 oz. to 100 ft., 3 to 4 Ibs. per acre 
As early as soil can be worked in spring, sow 
the seeds thinly in drills 1 foot apart, and cover 
lightly, later thinning out to about 6 inches 
apart in the row. The soil must be well fertilized 
and be made very friable. In hot weather, 
water frequently. 
Southport White Globe. White winter 
onion. A heavy yielder and large size. 
Good keeper. Silvery white in color, globe 
shaped. Mild flavor. 
Yellow Sweet Spanish (Utah Strain). A 
large, globe shaped onion, weighing 1 to 
3 pounds. Small tops. Flesh mild and 
sweet. Good for slicing. Most popular 
marketing onion. (Fz.) 
White Bunching. Crisp, sweet and mild, 
the best variety for green onions. 
White Portugal, or Silverskin. A good 
second early white flat onion. It should 
be planted any time from November 1st 
until April 1st. It is a good keeper and 
desired for shipping. Fine for pickling. 
White Sweet Spanish. (112 days.) A very 
large onion with pure white flesh, similar 
to the Yellow Sweet Spanish. A good 
keeper. Globular with small neck. 
Yellow Globe Danvers. Dependable, me- 
dium late, hardy and excellent keeper; 
used for shipping and storage. Bulbs me- 
dium size, clear yellow, firm and solid 
with tough, clinging skins. Flesh white. 
ONION SETS 
Sets are northern grown, hardy, care- 
fully cleaned, graded and packed. Pro- 
duced for western conditions. Plant onion 
sets deep for green onions and shallow 
for dry onions. 1 lb. to 50 ft. 
GARLIC SETS 
(In about 110 days.) Garlic is grown by 
planting the small bulbs in rows, 4 inches 
apart in the row. Cover the bulbs with 
one inch of soil. When the tops turn yel- 
low, lift the bulbs and dry in the shade. 
To keep for the winter, hang in strings 
in a dry basement. 
PRICES FOR ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS ON PAGE 17 3 wa 21 
