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CAULIFLOWER 
Should be sown according to instructions for cab- 
bage. It will thrive best in cool, moist situations. 
Super Snowball (65 days). Head large, deep 
and solid: foliage strong and vigorous, form- 
ing a good protection when tied over the head. 
Per pkt., 25c.; %%4-0z., $1.80; 1 oz., $3.00. 
Early Dwarf Erfurt. An excellent stock of the 
Snowball type. Per pkt., 25c.; %%4-0z., $1.80; 1 
oz., $3.00. 
Early Purple Head (85 days). An excellent easy- 
to-grow variety. No tying required, will mature 
by September when set out in June. Perfect 
for freezing. The purple color is lost in cooking. 
Per pkt., 25c.; %%-0z., 95c. 
CELERIAC 
A variety of celery, having turnip-shaped roots 
which may be cooked, or sliced and used with 
vinegar, making an excellent salad. It is more 
hardy, and may be treated in the same manner 
as celery; 
Large Prague (120 days). Per pkt., 20c.; 1-oz., 
60c.; 1 oz., $1.00. 
CELERY 
Golden Plume (85 days). A new, improved, more 
compact, full-hearted strain with stems 7% to 
814 inches long. A heavy producer with an over- 
all height of 24 to 26 inches. A more vigorous 
grower than Golden Self-Blanching from which 
it was originally selected. Now probably the most 
extensively grown variety of this type. Per pkt., 
15c.; oz., $1.45; %4-lb., $4.25. 
Cornell No. 19 (100 days). An early easy to blanch 
strain of outstanding quality developed by the 
New York State College of Agriculture. A cross 
between Golden Self-Blanching and Utah, com- 
bining the fine quality of the Pascal type with 
color and earliness of Golden Self-Blanching. Stems 
10% to 11 inches long, thick rounded, smooth, crisp 
and tender, without strings. Plant resistant to yel- 
lows, 24 inches tall. Per pkt., 15c.; oz., $1.50; 
14-lb., $4.65. 
Summer Pascal (120 days). An early, green celery 
of exceptional quality. Stalks thick, crisp, string- 
less, excellent table quality. Per pkt., 15c.;  0z., 
$1.60; %%4-lb., $5.00. 
Platt’s Seeds and 
Utah No. 15 (130 days). A green midseason celery 
9 to 10 inches tall with compact full heart. When 
blanched, an attractive crystal white, and of superb 
quality. Suitable for winter storage and often sold 
at premium prices as “Pascal.” Per pkt., 15c.; 02z., 
$1.30; %%4-lb., $4.35. 
CHERVIL 
Cultivated and used like parsley. The young leaves 
are used for flavoring. For summer use sow in 
March, and in July for winter. 
Curled. Per pkt., 15c.; 0z., 50c. 
CHICORY Witloof 
A crisp Winter vegetable. Sometimes called French 
Endive. This makes one of the most delicious of all 
salads. It is also an excellent dish boiled. The 
seed is planted in May or June in the open ground 
and in the fall the roots are dug. The roots are 
then planted in earth in a dark cool place in the 
cellar or under a greenhouse bench. Finely bal- 
anced, crisp leaves are then thrown out, and when 
cut new leaves form. The roots keep a long time 
and may be planted so that a fresh and delicious 
salad may be had all winter. Fancy fruit and vege- 
table dealers have imported this vegetable from 
France on account of its delicious flavor. Per pkt., 
15c.; oz., 55c.; %4-lb., $1.65; Ib., $4.50. 
CHIVE 
Chives are used whenever the flavor of onion 
is required. Planted in small clumps in any garden 
soil, they will grow rapidly. The tops appear very 
early in spring, and can be cut through the season. 
Roots only, per bunch, 35c. 
COLLARD 
A variety of cabbage greens, used extensively in 
the south. 
Georgia (80 days). 
1%4-lb., 75c. 
SWEET CORN 
A packet will plant about 40 hills. A pound about 
400 hills. 
Outstanding Hybrid Varieties 
Hybrid varieties outyield Open Pollinated varieties 
up to 100% and are more resistant to disease and 
storm damage. 
Golden Beauty (73 days). Stalks 5 to 6 ft. Medium 
size ears with 12 to 14 rows golden yellow. 1955 
Silver Medal winner. Excellent early home or 
market garden variety for the northern states. 
Disease resistant. Per pkt., 25c.; %%4-lb., 50c.; Ib., 
85c.; 5-lbs. $3.55. 
Early King (75 days). Exceptional appearance, 
quality and yield for early variety, stalk 6 ft., ear 
7 inches, 14 to 16 rowed. Deep light yellow kernels. 
Per pkt., 25c.; 14-lb., 50c.; Ib., 85c.; 5-Ibs., $3.55. 
Marcross (77 days). An attractive ear 7% inches 
long, 12 to 14 rowed; good table quality. Per pkt., 
15c.; 14-lb., 40c.; Ib., 75c.; 5-Ibs., Saiz, 
Carmel Cross Improved (80 days). An excellent 
second early variety, about 3 days after Marcross. 
A heavier ear than the original stock. 8 inches long, 
12-14 rowed; kernel yellow with fine flavor and 
quality. Per pkt., 15c.; %%4-lb., 40c.; lb., 75c. 
Per pkt., 15c¢.; 0z.,.730cs5 
