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Title: 1913 annual catalog : machinery, seeds, fertilizers, etc
Identifier: 1913annualcatalo1913cmwo (find matches)
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: C. M. Woolf & Co. Inc; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : C. M. Woolf & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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the most tender and delicate, and would be much more e.xten- sivily grown than it is if its excellent qualities were generally known. The varieties arc all extremely hardy, and are best w/en touched by frost. D varf Green Curled Scotch. Rarely exceeding 18 inches in heip'it, but spreading out nuder good cultivation to 3 feet in dian eter; leaves beautifully curled and bright green. Oz., 10c; 14 lb., 20c; lb., 50c. German Curled. Price, 30c. per pound. KOHLRABI (Turnip-Rooted Cabbage) German, Kohl-Rabi French, Chou-Rave Spanish, Col de nabo One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill Cu'ture.—This vegetable, the popularity of wliich is rapidly ir.criasing, combines the virtues of the turnip and cabbage, but exic!> both in nutritive, hardy and productive qualities. The seed may be sown in Tune, in rows 18 inches apart, and the plants thinned out to 8'or lo inches in the rows. Early White Vienna. Best for general table use; flesh ten- der and white. Pkt., 5c: oz., 15c; '4 lb., 40c; lb., $1.25. Large Green, or White. Good for table use and is also used lor feeding stock. Same prices as White Vienna. LEEK German, Lauch French, Poireau Spanish, Puerro One ounce will plant 200 feet of drill Culture.—The Leek is very hardy and easily cultivated; it succeeds best in a light but well-enriched soil. Sow as early in the spring as practicable, in drills i inch deep and i foot apart. When 6 or 8 inches high transplant in rows 10 inches apart each way, as deep as possible, that the neck, being cov- ered, may be blanched. Large London Flag. The oldest and best-known and most largely grown variety. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; % lb., 40c; lb., $1.25. LETTUCE German, Lattich French, Laituce Spanish, Lechuga One ounce will sow 100 souarc feet, or 120 feet of drill. Culture.—Requires a rich, moist soil, and to be crisp and ten- der needs to be grown in cool weather. For winter use, sow in hotbeds every two weeks, at the rate of one ounce of seed to four sashes (a sash is 3 feet long by 6 feet wide); cover very lightly and transplant first to 3 inches apart each way, after- ward to 8 inches. For garden or Held, sow in rows, and cover one-fourth of an inch dee)), and thin out to 12 inches apart in the rows. For New England, the White-seeded Tennishall, for cultivation under glass, and the lilack-seeded Tennishall, for outdoor use, are the standard varieties. Big Boston. A most desirable variety, either for forcing in cold frames or open ground planting; always produces large, solid, salable heads. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 14 lb-, 3.=lc; lb., i.oo. Boston Market. One of the best for forcing under glass, as well as for outside use; forms fair-sized heads; edges of leaves slightly tinged with red. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 4 lb., 35c; lb., $1.00. Grand Rapids. .Xs a distinctly forcing and shipping Lettuce th s variety undoubtedly stands at the head of the list; beauti- ful in appearance. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; !4 lb., 40c; lb., $1.25. Immensity. New. The largest head Lettuce in the world. Tender, sweet and crisp. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; '4 lb., 40c; lb.,_ $".•25.
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Prize-Head Early. Leaves green and red, very thin, crisp and tender; one of the best for private use. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; '4 lb., 40c; lb., $1.00. Salamander. Fine, compact heads, which resist summer heat admirably; very popular in some sections. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; '4 lb., 35c; lb., $1.00. Simpson Black-seeded. Nearly double the size of the Early Curled Simpson; leaves are delicate golden yellow; super or variety for forcing or sowing out-of-doors. Pkt., 5c; oz., isc; '4 lb., 35c; lb., $1.00. May King. Heads extra large and solid; green outside, but heart clear yellow; very desiralle. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; '4 lb., 4ric ; II)., $1.2;. PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

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