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CELERY 
One ounce will produce 3000 to 5000 plants; 12 pound will sow an acre. 
Sow in hotbeds in March, or in open ground in April. When 2 to 3 inches high, transplant 
in rows 3 feet apart, 6 inches apart in the row. Celery plants, if topped a few times, before and 
when transplanted into their permannt growing place, will make shorter, stockier plants. 
Corneil No. 19. 100 days. An early, easy- 
blanching strain highly resistant to fusarium 
wilt. A cross combining the fine qualities 
of the Pascal type with the color and earli- 
ness of Golden Self-blanching. 24 to 25 in. 
high. Stems are thick, rounded and of 
smooth texture. 10% to 11 inches to joint. 
Pkt. 25c, 4 oz. 50c, ¥2 oz. 85c, oz. $1.65. 
Easy-blanching. 110 days. Usual Strain. An 
excellent early variety, being ready in Octo- 
ber. Enormous, very crisp stalks. 
Pkt. 15c, Y% oz. 65c, oz. $1.25. 
Emerson Pascal. 120 days. A fine new 
top quality Pascal type with real blight 
resistance. The stalks are very long, thick 
and deeply rounded. Very crisp and of the 
finest flavor. 
Pkt. 25c, %4 oz. 70c, 4% oz. $1.35, oz. $2.65. 
Golden Plume. 115 days. Matures early and 
blanches quickly. Crisp, tender, stringless 
stalks of finest flavor. 
Pkt. 20c, Y2 oz. 75c, oz. $1.25. 
Giant Pascal. 138 days. Thick, meaty, tender 
stalks of unsurpassed flavor. One of the 
best because of its long season, being fit for 
use in October and keeps well into spring. 
Pkt. 15c, ¥% oz. 80c, oz. $1.45. 
Summer Pascal. Waltham Strain. 110 days. 
An early-maturing green Celery of superior 
quality that blanches to a pure white. The 
stems to first joint are 8 to 9 inches long. 
Pkt. 25c, 4 oz. 70c, YB oz. $1.25, oz. $2.25. 
Winter Queen. 132 days. A medium tall, solid 
variety that lasts through the winter. The 
heart is very full and large. 
Pkt 1502 130z.85¢,07.- 91,45. 
Super Fullheart. 98 days. This strain of 
Easy-Blanching or Fullheart is unsur- 
passed. Medium tall, compact, heavy, 
firm and crisp stalks. Excellent for 
hearts. Show considerable resistance to 
heart and root rot and blight. 
Pkt. 25c, %4 oz. 75c, V2 oz. $1.25, oz. $2.25. 
Super Plume. 114 days. The result of 
years of careful and rigid selection. Will 
grow 24 to 26 inches tall, with heavy, 
stringless, crisp, superbly flavored, 9-inch 
stems. Withstands blight and other dis- 
eases far better than most strains. 
Pkt. 25c, Y% oz. 75c, ¥2 oz. $1.25, oz. $2.25. 
Super Pascal. 137 days. The finest strain 
of Pascal Celery obtainable. Resistant 
to blight. Much heavier stalk than 
Giant Pascal. Stems entirely stringless. 
Stalks 22 to 24 inches tall. 
Pkt. 25c, %4 oz. 75c, ¥2 oz. $1.25, oz. $2.25. 
CANTALOUPE or MUSKMELON 
Hale’s Best 
While these do best in a light sandy loam, any good, 
well prepared garden soil suits them. Plant when the 
ground has become permanently warm, in hills 6 feet 
apart each way, 8 to 10 seeds in a hill. After the second 
tier of leaves has formed, thin out to 4 plants in a hill. 
Fordhook. 88 days. Flat; flesh salmon-orange, very sweet. 
Early and very prolific. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c, 4 Ib. $1.50. 
Golden Delight. 90 days. All-America Bronze Medal, 
1952. A strong growing Melon with large, oval 
fruit. The flesh is salmon colored, very thick and 
firm with the best of flavors. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c, Y lb. $2.25. 
Hale’s Best No. 36. 82 days. Heavily netted fruits with 
salmon color flesh; oval form; fine quality. 
Sf 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 60c, %4 Ib. $1.65. 
Iroquois. 88 days. This is one of the most delicious Melons, resistant to fusarium wilt and un- 
excelled for home and market use. The thick deep salmon colored flesh is extra sweet and re- 
markably rich in flavor. Fruits are nearly round, fairly heavily netted and ribbed with a firm 
rind. 
Pkt. 20c, ¥ oz. 35c, oz. 65c, “%4 Ib. $1.75. 
Jennie Lind. 86 days. A small, early, green-fleshed variety much flattened at the poles. Flesh 
medium thick, juicy and of excellent quality. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c, %4 Ib. $1.50. 
Pride of Wisconsin. 90 days. The rind is a gray color, with a distinct netting. Flesh is unusually 
thick and of very good flavor. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c, %4 Ib. $1.50. 
Rocky Ford. 92 days. Fruit oval, covered with a fine netting; flesh green, very sweet, highly 
flavored. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c, % Ib. $1.50. 
GARLIC SETS 
One pound will sow 200 feet of row. 
A hardy flavoring Onion used extensively in the French method of cookin 
Y2 lb. 55c, Ib. 95c, 2 lbs. $1.80. 
Black Beauty 
EGGPLANT 
One ounce will produce 2000 plants. 
Sow seed in March in hotbeds, and when 
3 inches high transplant into boxes or small 
pots. Plant outdoors in May or June or after 
the weather has become permanently warm. 
Black Beauty. 80 days. An_ extra-early, 
large, almost black variety with few seeds. 
Very prolific. 
Pkt. 15c, Y% oz. 65c, oz. $1.05, %4 lb. $3.15. 
Fort Myers Market. 85 days. The plants 
are of the high-bush type, carrying fruit well 
off the ground. Quite resistant to disease. 
Fruit is intense purple-black, long and oval, 
with no neck at stem end. 
Pkt. 15c, Y2 oz. 75c, oz. $1.40, Y% Ib. $4.20. 
New Hampshire Hybrid. 68 days. A very 
early, highly productive variety. Fruit me- 
dium sized, blocky, pear-shaped, dark pur- 
ple color. Plant is rather dwarf and up- 
tight; well adapted to sections where season 
is short. 
Pkt. 15c, % oz. 75c, oz. $1.40, 4 Ib. $4.20. 
HORSERADISH ROOTS 
Ready in March 
Set the roots in rows 2/8 feet apart, 112 
feet apart in the row. Late in the fall lift as 
many roots as you think you will use, cut off 
the top, and place in a cool cellar, covered 
with soil or sand. 
Maliner Kren. A quick-growing variety far 
superior to the common sorts. Large cut- 
tings. 6 for 75c, 12 for $1.25, 50 for $4.00. 
KOHL-RABI 
One ounce will sow about 200 feet of row; 
3 pounds, an acre. 
Sow seed in early spring, and transplant 
when 3 inches high, in rows 1¥ feet apart, 
6 inches apart in the row. 
Purple Vienna. 62 days. Flesh white; skin 
a bluish color. Used for outdoor sowing. 
Pkt. 15c, ¥2 oz. 50c, oz. 90c, % Ib. $2.70. 
Early White Vienna. This variety is suited 
for sowing under glass or outdoors. The top 
is very short, thus allowing all the develop- 
ment to go to the root, insuring early ma- 
turity. 
Pkt. 15c, V2 oz. 50c, oz. 90c, %4 Ib. $2.70. 
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