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THE GROWER'S GUIDE
DISTRIBUTED BY
THE IMLAY CO.
Distributors of ASGROW Vegetable Seeds
Nursery Florist
ZANESVILLE, OHIO
PLANTING TABLE
* When plants are raised in greenhouse or hotbed.
+ Varies with method of cultivation, etc.
. Seed for Seed for +Inches || Inches apart +Planting
Species 100 ft. row one acre between rows in row depth, inches
Beans, Bush VY, Ib. 50-70 Ib. 24-30 3-4 1%
Beans, Pole 6 oz 30-40 Ib. 36-48 9, or hills 1%
Lima beans, bush 8 oz. 35-60 lb. 24-30 3-4 1%
Lima beans, pole Op Ley 25-40 lb. 36-48 9, or hills 1%
Beet Ys oz. 8-10 Ib. 14-24 3-4 VW
Broccoli Ye oz. *4 oz. 24-30 16-20 Yy
Cabbage Ye 02. *4 oz. 24-30 16-20 Y
Cantaloupe Y oz. 2-3 |b. 50-60 36-60 1
Carrot pes 2-3 Ib. 24-30 2-3 y,
Cauliflower Y oz. *4 oz. 24-30 16-20 Yy
Celery Ye, oz 4 oz. 24-42 4-5 \%
Corn, Sweet 2EOzt 6-8 lb. 36-42 9-12 1
Cucumber Y% oz. 1-2 Ib: 48-60 18-36 34
Egg Plant Ye, oz. Y-Y lb. 36-48 30-36 VA
Endive Y% oz. 2-3 Ib, 18-24 8-10 Y,
Kale Ym oz. Y Ib. 24-36 15-24 \Y
Kohl Rabi Y oz. Y, |b. 18-24 8 VA
Lettuce Y% oz. 2-3 |b. 16-24 10-14 %G
Muskmelon VY oz. 2-3 Ib. 60-70 36-60 1
Mustard Y oz. il Wop 18-24 6-9 Y%
Okra Y oz. 5-6 lb. 36-42 15 1
Onion Y oz. 3-4 Ib. 15-30 3-4 %
Parsley Vandi: 4 |b. 12-18 3-6 y
Parsnip Vaz. 4-5 lb. 18-24 3-4 Y
Peas Y%-1 Ib. 4-5 bu. 24-36 2 1
Pepper Mg 02. *4 oz. 30 24-30 Yu
Pumpkin Ye 072. 1-2 Ib. 8-10 ft 5-6 ft. 1
Radish VY OZ. 4-6 lb. 12-15 12 l,
Rutabaga Ye oz. A lbs. 18-24 4-8 Y%
Spinach Y% oz. +10-15 lb. 14-24 5-6 ¥
Squash, Bush wy oz. 3-4 Ib. 36-48 36 1
Squash, Vining VY oz eel. 6-8 ft 5-6 ft 1
Swiss Chard VYivoz: 3-4 |b. 24-30 12-20 WA
Tomato We OZ. 4 oz. 36-48 36-48 Yy
Turnip Y oz. 2-3 Ib. 12-24 3-7 Yy
Watermelon Vemozs 3-4 Ib. 8-10 ft. 8 ft. A
|| The figures refer to stand of plants, not rate of seeding. — f
t For medium soils. A little more in sandy soils, a little less in heavy soils. Moisture is also a factor.
COATED SEEDS—THE GARDENER'S NEWEST AID
When even the smaller seeds can be coated
so that they are as easy tO sOW as peas, you
save time in setting out the garden and still
more by abolishing’ the tedious work of thin-
ning, with its risk of disturbing the roots of
plants left standing. Several varieties of the
smaller seeds are now available from Asgrow
dealers, coated with a neutral medium by the
new Filtrol process which, in our judgment,
gives the best results. You will find them in
our Filcoat seed packets and we recommend
you to try them and see for yourself how much
easier they make your gardening in Spring. For
the commercial grower, orders can be filled on
a custom basis.
What means
lo the gardener
In brief, it means an opportunity to raise
vegetables of higher quality, often com-
bined with heavier yield and greater resist-
ance to disease, through the use of seeds
which have been bred to that end.
Here’s the story behind these seeds: In
1927, three of the oldest seed growing
firms in this country joined forces under
the title of Associated Seed Growers, Inc.
Their principal business has been for
nearly a century the breeding and grow-
ing of dependable strains of vegetable
seeds. Although this business started, and
now has its headquarters, in the East, most
of the seed is grown in the West. At
the present time, in addition to the many
thousands of acres planted in our seed
production, we have more than 1,000 acres
devoted exclusively to breeding work.
Asgrow breeding stations are operated in
eight different sections of the country, be-
cause work on the different vegetables
should be done in sections where those
vegetables can be most advantageously
grown. Similarly, much of our work in de-
veloping strains that will be resistant to
disease is carried on in those sections
where disease is causing most trouble.
Our staff engaged in this work is com-
posed of plant breeders and seedsmen
thoroughly trained in the seed business,
and this staff is directed and supervised by
men of scientific and technical skill. Their
first duty is the maintenance of Asgrow
stocks of accepted varieties true to type
and free from reversion to the more
rugged forms of wild nature. Extended
programs of breeding and hybridization
are also continually in progress toward
the introduction of desirable character-
istics and the development of improved
new varieties, for which we have been
awarded 21 medals by the All-America
Selections in the past 15 years.
Every season, while our crops are grow-
ing, our experienced field men keep con-
stant watch over the purity of the stocks
and supervise the roguing, cultivation
and harvesting of the crops, in order to
be sure that the care taken in developing
the parent stocks may show to full ad-
vantage in the seed crops.
In the fall the crops are brought into
our thirty-odd warehouses and fitting
plants. These are located in the principal
producing sections of the country—mostly
in the West. Here the crops are milled
and fitted for shipment, and samples are
sent to our seed laboratories to be tested
for vitality.
This comprehensive program of scientific
breeding and careful production is what
warrants the confidence of the gardener
and justifies the slogan
Asgrow Seeds are bred—not just grown
Seer creo |
A living trade mark, at our Eastern breeding station on the famous Merritt Parkway
in Connecticut.
BEANS—Bush
Plant only in warm, well-prepared soil, about 4” apart, 1Y%"—2” deep. Under hand
cultivation and in poor soil rows may be 18-24" apart; in rich fields under horse or
tractor cultivation, 30-36". Cultivate only before blooming and never when wet. Pick
frequently as pods approach maturity, to get full yield. Plant a succession every two
weeks to insure supplies throughout the season.
Green Pods
Asgrow Black Valentine: 50 days. The most
popular bean for shipping and market. Plant
vigorous and prolific; pods oval, dark green,
stringless, and of excellent quality.
Asgrow Stringless Green Pod (Tendergreen): 50
days. Plant hardy and strong; pods stringless,
fiberless, dark green, round and nearly straight.
Bountiful: 47 days. Early market variety with
light green, flat pods.
Burpee’s Stringless: 50 days. Round, slightly
curved pods of fine flavor.
Dwart Horticultural: Used both for snap beans
(54 days) and green shelled beans (62 days).
Florida Belle: 59 days. Resistant to some forms
of rust. Pods oval, straight and of good length.
Full Measure: 53 days. Under favorable con-
ditions a most excellent bean with plentiful
stringless, tender, round pods.
53 days. Large,
stringless and brittle,
Giant Stringless Green Pod:
long straight pods,
medium green.
Plentiful: 50 days. Strong and productive plants,
with flat pods, stringless and brittle.
Ranger (see front cover): 56 days. Introduced
by us in 1947, this unusual variety is widely
praised for yield and quality. Plants spreading,
with half runners on which pods are borne later
than the heavy center set. Pods silvery green,
of very fine quality whether used fresh, frozen,
canned or for dry beans. Seeds white and small.
Wax
Brittle Wax (Round Pod Kidney Wax): 53 days.
Handsome round pods of fine quality.
Cherokee: 5() days. A new, attractive variety
similar to Asgrow Black Valentine except for
the golden wax color of the pods. The most
prolific wax-podded variety, equal in yield to
the best green-podded types.
Asgrow Black Valentine:
the leading shipping variety
Red Valentine, Stringless: 54 days. Pods slight-
ly shorter and more curved than Red Valentine.
Rival: 50 days. Plant vigorous, highly tolerant
to common bean mosaic. Pods yellowish green,
slightly creasebacked, straight and smooth.
Tenderlong: 48 days. A new Asgrow variety
resistant to mosaic; early, hardy and _ heavy
yielding. Pods long, round, shapely, dark green,
stringless and of extra quality.
Tennessee Green Pod: 5(0 days. Of fine flavor
though not stringless. Pods large, broad, flat.
Topcrop: 5() days. A new introduction by the
U.S.D.A., resistant to mosaic; very prolific. Pods
round, very straight and stringless.
Pods
Pencil Pod: 55 days. Pods golden yellow, round,
creasebacked, fleshy, brittle, stringless.
Sure Crop: 53 days. Thick-flat, golden yellow
pods, stringless, brittle and well flavored.
Top Notch: 51 days. Straight, thick-flat, string-
less, creamy yellow pods.
BEANS—Pole
Plant a little later than dwarf beans when the ground is warmer. Poles 7-8 ft. above
ground should be about 4 ft. apart. Three or four poles may be pulled together at the
top and tied, for rigidity. Round each pole set 6 beans 114” deep, thinning to 4 per
pole later. Pole beans repay this work by heavier yields and longer picking seasons
than bush beans. Allow about 1 lb. per 100 poles; 30-40 lb. per acre, depending on
the size of the seed.
Blue Lake: 64 days. Popular for canning and
freezing because of its neat, straight, almost
round, dark green pods. A stringless strain has
been developed by our Pacific Coast breeding
station.
Kentucky Wonder: 65 days. The Asgrow strain
represents a thoroughbred development of this
old favorite. Plants tall and prolific; pods in
clusters, long, curved, round, fiberless and
brittle.
Kentucky Wonder Wax: 68 days. The standard
wax pole bean. Flat pods, nearly stringless.
London Horticultural (Speckled Cranberry): 70
days. Medium-sized pods, dark green when
young, stringless, slightly curved.
McCaslan: 65 days. Widely grown throughout
the South. Large, thick-flat, green pods, string-
less when young, and of good flavor.
Missouri Wonder: 66 days. Used when young
for snaps; later as dry shell beans. Pods shorter,
broader and flatter than Kentucky Wonder.
Potomac: 66 days. A strong climber, bearing
a heavy crop of very trim, dark green pods of
medium size, practically round and _ straight,
entirely stringless and of fine eating quality.
Striped Creaseback (Genuine Cornfield): 72
days. Round, straight, creasebacked pods, green
at picking stage; of good quality, though with
slight string.
LIMA BEANS
While the culture of Lima beans is in general the same as that of green and wax podded
beans, they require a rich soil and must not be planted until soil is thoroughly warmed.
Bush Varieties
Baby Potato: 72 days. All-America Silver Medal.
Plant similar to Henderson’s Bush but more
prolific; seeds small but plump, bright green
when fresh and of Fordhook flavor.
Burpee’s: 77 days. A large-seeded variety with
3 to 4 broad, flat beans to the pod.
Burpee’s Improved: 75 days. Larger and more
prolific than Burpee’s; beans average 4 per pod.
Clark’s Bush: 67 days. An attractive Asgrow
variety, similar to Henderson’s Bush but with
the notable difference that the beans are of pleas-
ing green color and very free from whites.
Fordhook, Asgrow Concentrated: 71. days.
Plants stocky and prolific; pods concentrated for
position and time of maturity, each with 3 to
5 large oval beans of rich flavor and high food
value.
Fordhook 242: 75 days. Of Fordhook type es-
pecially bred by the U.S.D.A. to set pods and
produce a crop in hot weather.
Henderson’s Bush: 65 days. A Baby Lima,
known in the South as Butter Bean. Pods con-
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tain 3 to 4 small beans, pale green when young.
Jackson Wonder: 65 days. An old Southern
favorite. Flat pods have 3 to 4 mottled beans.
Pole Varieties
Giant Butter Speckled: 90 days. Stands up well
in summer weather. Beans buff, spotted brown-
ish red. Pods in clusters, 4 or 5 seeds per pod.
King of the Garden: 88 days. A general fa-
vorite for its hardiness and vigor, Produces a
heavy yield of pods containing 4 or 5 large,
oval, greenish white beans.
Sieva: 77 days. Also known as Small White,
in reference to the beans, but the plants are
tall and prolific. Pods have 3 to 4 beans of ex-
cellent table quality.
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BEET
While beets will flourish in any reasonably good soil that is not acid, provided it is
properly fertilized and cultivated, they do best in deep sandy loam. The soil should
be well worked first and if smooth roots are wanted, fresh manure must not be used.
Sow about 12 seeds per foot Y2" deep m drills 18’ apart, rolling the earth after
planting. Plants should be thinned out to 3” or 4" apart; this may be done when
they are 2” high or they may be left until they reach 6” when those lifted can be
used for greens. To have supplies through the season, plant in succession every 10
days or so. Beets are at their best when about 2” in diameter.
Asgrow Canner: 65 days. All-America Silver
Medal, 1936. Bred primarily for home and com-
mercial canning, but also widely used as a
Asgrow Wonder: 57 days. All-America Gold
Medal, 1934. Recognized by this award as a
variety of supreme excellence, its performance
table beet because of its very deep, attractive
color and superior quality. Smooth, globe shaped
roots, with small neck. Tops medium and erect.
for market growers and shippers since then has
confirmed it in a position of leadership. Deepest
red all through, semi-flat with rounded bottom,
large, extra flavor and quality, smooth skin, 15”
tops for good bunching. Unsurpassed in earli-
ness, uniformity, and in depth of interior color.
Crosby’s Egyptian: 60 days. A standard early
variety, very popular with market gardeners, as
the tops bunch well and it makes a good ap-
pearance with dark red, flat-globe shaped roots.
Detroit Dark Red: 68 days. A leading main
crop sort and seen at its finest in the pure-bred
Asgrow strain. Tops small and erect, dark green
tinged with red. Roots globular, uniform, at-
tractive, with deep red flesh.
Early Blood Turnip: 68 days. An old-time fa-
vorite. Tops medium and rather bushy. Its name
indicates shape and color of roots. A good
keeper.
Early Flat Red Egyptian: 54 days. Used in
the North for forcing and transplanting from
hotbeds to catch the early markets.
Perfected Detroit: 70 days. A very popular
variety both for market gardens and canning;
roots globular, flesh dark red, of good quality.
Asgrow Wonder
SWISS CHARD (Leaf Beet)
A beet that 1s grown for its leaves and chards, or stalks, but not its roots. An excellent
vegetable for the home garden, as when the outer leaves are picked the others continue
to grow, assuring a supply of tasteful greens throughout the summer and fall. The ribs
may be served creamed like asparagus, the leafy part like spinach. Thin to 12” apart.
Fordhook Giant:
crumpled, dark green;
white.
Lucullus: The most popular sort. Erect and
vigorous, with stout, white stalks and large,
crumpled, bright yellowish green leaves.
Tall, sturdy; leaves heavily
stems broad, thick,
BROCCOLI
A delicious table vegetable, increasing greatly in popularity. Cultivate as for cabbage.
De Cicco: 80 days: A second early
type. Head large, somewhat loose,
followed by many shoots.
Early Green Sprouting (Calabrese): /7()
days from setting of plants. The plant
first produces an attractive, compact
head of bluish green. After this main
head has been cut, side shoots develop
with small heads.
Medium Green Sprouting: 95 days.
Adapted to the Pacific Coast and South-
west. Taller plant forms large, compact,
well colored head.
Broccoli Rab (Italian Turnip): See p. 24.
CAULIFLOWER
The cauliflower is a member of the Cabbage family and should be similarly cultivated.
Allow about 60 days from setting out plants to picking. To blanch the head; the outer
leaves should be loosely gathered round it and tied.
Snowball (Snowdrift): The best and most widely Super-Snowball: Preferred for the main crop
used variety. Dwarf plants with medium, solid by many market growers. Medium large, well-
pure white heads of the finest quality. shaped heads, blanching white and clean.
CHINESE CABBAGE
PE-TSAI
Also known as Celery Cabbage, though it 13
not a true cabbage and grows more like a cos
lettuce. It matures in 70-80 days and plant-
ing should be timed to avoid heading during
hot weather, in which it bolts to seed. Dif-
ficult to transplant. Thin to 12”—-16” in rows.
Tie up the outer leaves to blanch.
Chihli: The tall early variety, standing 18”-20” x
314” at base; somewhat tapered at tip, solid, sweet
and tender.
Wong Bok: Shorter and stouter than Chihli; 8”-9”
in diameter and 11”-12” high. This variety is pop-
: ular in the South where it is often known simply
Chinese Cabbage, Chihli as Pe-tsai.
CABBAGE
The earliest cabbages are started under glass and transplanted when 4’-6" high,
into rows 2-21ft. apart with 18” between plants. Later, larger sorts need a Uittle
more room. Each ounce of seed should produce about 3,000 plants and an acre of
cabbage will contain 12,000-15,000 plants.
Days given below are from setting of plants to marketable heads.
Yellows-resistant Varieties
Essential to the grower in yellows-infested areas.
Cabbage yellows or wilt is a serious disease which makes the plants turn yellowish, wilt and curl
up. It is caused by a fungus in the soil and there is no known remedy once the plants have become
infected. Where the disease exists, only yellows-resistant varieties should be planted.
All Seasons (Succession): 88 days. A very de-
pendable cropper. Heads large, become solid
early.
Marion Market: 79 days. Developed from Co-
penhagen Market but with slightly larger, round,
firm heads. Valuable for early kraut.
- Resistant Golden Acre: 65 days. A resistant
strain of the well-known extra early variety.
Wisconsin Hollander: 105 days. Similar to
Danish Balk Head. Large, firm, flattened globe-
shaped heads. Very hardy and a good keeper.
Standard Varieties
Charleston Wakefield: 74 days. A heavy yield-
ing, conical-headed sort largely used in South-
ern planting for shipment to Northern markets.
Larger than Jersey Wakefield.
Copenhagen Market: 69 days. An excellent
early variety for shipping or kraut. Heads round
and solid, 314-4 lb. weight; of superior quality.
Danish Ball Fed
Danish Ball Head (Hollander): 1()3 days. The
leading variety for kraut, storage or shipping.
Head deep, round, very hard; interior compact.
Early Round Dutch: 71 days. Heads nearly
round, deep, solid. Plants small, stem short.
Marion Market
Glory of Enkhuizen: 77 days. Large, round,
solid heads, few outer leaves, of excellent quality.
Golden Acre: 64 days. Outstanding for the
earliest markets of the season. Similar to Copen-
hagen Market but somewhat smaller and earlier.
Green Acre: 66 days. A selected strain of
Golden Acre; holds its fine color well. Valued
for shipping.
Jersey Wakefield: 63 days. Popular for the
earliest markets. Heads cone-shaped, small,
compact; inside white, crisp and tender; about
21% |b.
Mammoth Red Rock: 100 days. Large, round,
solid heads of purple-red color. A good keeper.
Premium Late Flat Dutch (Drumhead): 100 days.
A big, solid, late variety of great popularity
because of its heavy yield and quality.
Savoy, Perfection Drumhead: 9( days. Prte-
ferred by cabbage connoisseurs. Crinkled dark
leaves, solid round heads, of high quality and
flavor.
Stein’s Flat Dutch: 90 days. A medium early,
heavy producer: of large, solid, somewhat flat-
tened heads. Used chiefly for the fall crop.
CANTALOUPE and MUSKMELON
Muskmelons are the older type; large, heavily ribbed and adapted only to road stands
and nearby markets. Cantaloupes are smaller but with firmer, finer grained flesh, smaller
seed cavities, less ribbed and more netted, of better quality and adapted for shipping.
Plant 6 or 8 seeds in hills about 6 ft. by © ft., or drill in rows, 4-5 ft. apart when the
soil 1s warmed. Thin out to 2 or 3 plants per hill when grown to 4
tr
Hearts of Gold
Delicious
Orange- or Salmon-fleshed
Banana: 90 days. 314-4 lb. Shaped like a
huge banana. Very fragrant, salmon-tinted flesh.
Delicious: 83 days. An improved strain of
Bender’s Surprise. Earlier, slightly smaller, but
thick-fleshed and of excellent quality.
Hale’s Best No. 36: 80 days. This improved
strain has almost entirely replaced the older
Hale’s Best. A popular shipping cantaloupe,
heavily netted, oval, sweet, of very fine quality.
Hale’s Best Jumbo Strain: A larger strain, pre-
ferred by some shippers for its size.
Hearts of Gold: 90 days. Fruits about 5” diam-
eter and 2 Ib. weight. Distinctly ribbed. Juicy,
sweet and aromatic.
The Asgrow strain of Hale's Best No; 36
Honey Rock (Sugar Rock): 81 days. Nearly
round, about 514” diameter and 4 Ib. weight.
Thick, juicy, orange-salmon flesh. Grown for
nearby markets or home use.
No. 45: 85 days. Extensively grown for resist-
ance to powdery mildew. Similar to Hale’s Best
but faintly ribbed. A good shipper.
Pride of Wisconsin (Queen of Colorado): 90
days. A cross between Honey Rock and Hearts
of Gold. Flesh sweet and of fine flavor. Fruits
33% Ib:
Tip Top: 90 days. An excellent melon for
home or local market. Large, 6-7 lb. weight,
ribbed; flesh bright salmon, sweet and spicy.
Green-fleshed
Honey Dew: 115 days. A big, round, smooth
melon of distinctive flavor, for warm climates
only.
Rocky Ford (Netted Gem): 92 days. Strong,
prolific vines; melons nearly round, about 5”
diameter; neatly ribless. Flesh sweet, green,
juicy, spicy, and of good quality.
CARROT
A light deep soil is best, preferably fertilized the previous season, otherwise enriched
with old manure; new manure and lack of cultivation lead to split and crooked roots.
Sow a succession of plantings in rows 14” or more apart, thinning out later to 2-3”
between plants. Allow one-quarter ounce of seed for 200 ft. of row; 3 lb. for an acre.
Chantenay: 72 days. An all-purpose variety, shorter and
thicker than Imperator, 5”-6” long, blunt-ended, deep orange
with indistinct core.
Imperator: 77 days. All-America Silver Medal, 1933. Tops
medium, just right for bunching. Roots have rounded shoulders
and taper uniformly to a semi-blunt end, 7”-8” long, rich
orange in section, with indistinct core; fine grained, tender,
sweet and of excellent quality.
Long Orange: 88 days. Large and productive; for table or
stock.
Nancy: 70 days. An Asgrow introduction bred to provide
a variety intermediate between Nantes and Chantenay. Roots
larger at shoulder than Nantes, tapering slightly to blunt end;
pes short, strongly attached. Flesh deep red-orange, crisp,
tender.
Imperator
Nantes: 70 days. A deservedly popular variety, of trim,
cylindrical shape, with small tops. Crisp, tender and of
delicate flavor. Unsurpassed for the home garden.
Oxheart: 72 days. Stocky, blunt, rather coarse roots, used
chiefly for stock feed.
Red Core Chantenay: 72 days. Somewhat shorter than
Chantenay. Reddish orange flesh with faint core. Strong tops.
Very desirable for either market or canning.
Red Core Danvers: 75 days. Our selected long strain, well
received where uniform color is desired. Broad shoulder
tapering gently to blunt point. Of fine quality.
Nancy
A large field of Imperator carrot
CELERY
Celery is usually begun in cold frames as the seedlings do not thrive in temperatures
below 45°. A well-pulverized and fertilized seed bed is essential, kept moist but not wet.
Sow in rows 4" apart, allowing one level teaspoonful of seed to 6 ft. of row and dust
over with finely sifted soil mixed with a little zinc oxide to prevent damping off. When
seedlings are well started thin out to 3” apart and when 6” high transplant to a rich
field, setting in double rows 3-31 ft. apart with 8” between double rows and 4°—5”
between plants. Blanching 1s then usually done by boards or heavy paper strips placed
on either side of the rows. Where soil is used for blanching, the crop is set im single
rows somewhat wider apart.
Golden Self-Blanching—crisp and brittle
Giant Pascal: Good for fall and winter storage;
stalks long, broad, with nutty flavor and dark
green foliage.
Golden Plume (Wonderful): Resembles Golden
Self-Blanching but is earlier and larger. Shows
considerable resistance to blight and rust. Com-
pact, thick hearts, of excellent flavor.
Golden Self-Blanching: A popular variety for
market garden or home. Medium tall, compact,
with thick, crisp, brittle stalks that blanch easily
and golden yellow foliage.
Utah: A green-stemmed variety. Stocky, full
hearted and compact. Stems thick, broad, well
rounded, of fine nutty flavor and quality.
Celery seed requires great care in production
to avoid green or hollow-stemmed hearts and
early seeding plants. As the best seed costs so
little in proportion to the total expenses of
the crop, the grower should insist on the
highest quality.
COLLARD
Georgia: The old standard variety. Plant to 3 ft. tall, vigorous, tolerant of adverse conditions
of weather and soil.
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SWEET CORN
The great advances in vegetable quality, disease-
resistance and yielding power made possible in
recent years by the new science of genetics are
nowhere better seen than in corn. The greatest
triumph of corn-breeding is in the development,
through inbreeding and crossing, of hybrids
which accentuate the best features of both their
parents and have amazing strength, uniformity
and yielding power. So successful have these
new hybrids proven that the demand for seed
has Jed to supplies which are sometimes of
doubtful or unknown origin. With his crop at
stake, the grower should make sure, before
planting hybrid seed, that it was produced by
breeders who have skill and experience in this
wotk and whose hybrid stocks have demon-
strated their value and local adaptability.
Corn should be planted only in warm, well worked soil, either in rows or groups,
commonly known as hills, because it was formerly the practice to hoe up earth
around the stalks. If planted in rows, the rows should be 3-31 ft. apart, depending
on the size of the variety, planted 4 or 5 seeds per foot, and thinned out later to
9”-12” apart. If planted in hills, the hills should be about 3 feet apart, sown with 5
or © seeds, to be thinned out to 3 or 4 plants per hill. To insure good pollination and
well filled ears, do not plant a single row, but several short ones.
Hybrids
Calumet (No. 57): 86 days. A recent Asgrow
introduction, widely adapted. Plant vigorous,
relatively drought-resistant, almost suckerless.
Ears 814” long, slender, cylindrical, well filled
to tip, mainly 12-14 rowed. Very uniform in
maturing, high yielding, and suitable for mech-
anical harvesting.
Carmelcross: 79 days. A second early hybrid.
Vigorous and heavy yielding in comparison to
its earliness. Medium sized, gently tapering ears,
with 12-14 rows of yellow kernels.
Country Gentleman 8 x 6: 99 days. A drought-
resistant hybrid for the Midwest. Ears large,
with fine white kernels set irregularly.
Erie: 88 days. An Asgrow hybrid, having cyl-
indrical ears slightly tapered, 9” long, mainly
12-14 rowed. Plants wilt resistant and vigorous,
6” taller than Golden Cross Bantam.
Golden Cross Bantam: 85 days. The _ best
known and most adaptable yellow hybrid. Very
sturdy and reliable, showing high resistance to
bacterial wilt (Stewart's disease). Ears 8” long,
10-14 rows, of top quality.
Golden Hybrid No. 2439: 87 days. An excep-
tionally fine hybrid in eastern and far western
states especially. Strong and prolific plants, with
large, 14-16 rowed ears having long husks.
Calumet
Golden Cross Bantam
Oto: Erte
Huron Pawnee
Hybrids (continued)
Huron: 89 days: New Asgrow hybrid, showing
unusual resistance to heat and drought. Ears
12-16 rowed, deeper and narrower than Golden
Cross Bantam, and lighter in color. Yield is
higher, in both gross weight and husked corn.
Ioana: 87 days. All-America Bronze Medal.
An attractive variety, very resistant to drought
and wilt; ears 8” long, 12-14 rows of light yel-
low kernels.
Marcross C13.6: 76 days. A very good type
for the first corn of the season. Thrifty plants,
resistant to wilt. Ears are medium large, 10-14
rowed and of creamy yellow color.
Oto: 87 days. A long eared, wilt resistant
Asgrow hybrid. Ears 8-12 rowed with unusual-
ly small cob and excellent husk coverage. Plant
very vigorous, relatively drought-resistant, 14”
taller than Golden Cross Bantam.
Pawnee: 88 days. Developed to produce high
yields even under conditions of heat and drought.
Ears 814” long, cylindrical, with 14-16 rows
of sweet, tender kernels, narrower and deeper
than Golden Cross Bantam.
Peoria (No. 66): 94 days. A high quality, late
hybrid recently developed by us. Plant tall,
vigorous, almost suckerless. Ears 814” long,
12-16 rowed, with very white, tender kernels:
has consistently shown low ear worm damage.
Exceptionally high yielding.
Spancross C13.3: 70 days. Good for the early
markets. Medium sized ears with 10-12 rows of
golden yellow kernels.
Stowell’s Evergreen 14 x 5: 93 days. All-Amer-
ica Bronze Medal. A very valuable hybrid with
large uniform white ears 9”’-10” long, 16-18
rowed, excellent in appearance and quality.
Tendergold (Top Cross Sunshine): 83 days. A
good second early yellow sort for the market
gardener. Ears 12-16 rowed; kernels yellow,
medium and of fine quality.
E = 11
Open Pollinated—Yellow
Bantam Evergreen: 95 days. Large 14-18 rowed
ears of rich golden yellow.
Golden Bantam: 79 days. The old-time favorite.
Medium ears with 8 rows of broad, tender ker-
nels exceptional in flavor.
Golden Early Market: 72 days. Ears medium
size, 8-12 rowed, with medium broad kernels.
Golden Sunshine: 74 days. Medium sized ears
with tender golden yellow kernels.
Improved Golden Bantam 10-14 rowed: 82 days.
Our development from Golden Bantam; ears
larger and kernels remain tender a few days
longer.
Whipple’s Early Yellow: 87 days. Medium large
ears, 12-14 rowed, strong husks, well filled to
tips.
Open Pollinated—White
Adams’ Early: 72 days. A standard hardy va-
riety of early roasting ear corn.
Adams’ Extra Early Dwarf: 66 days. Earlier,
smaller form of Adams’ Early.
Adams’ Large Improved: 74 days. Largely used
in the South for roasting ears.
Clark’s Early Evergreen: 90 days. Asgrow ofig-
inated over 50 years ago, still popular for its
large ears with 16-20 rows of deep, ivory-white,
sweet kernels.
Country Gentleman: 95 days. Ears with white
kernels set irregularly, not in rows.
Early Surprise: 72 days. Asgrow originated. A
good first early, white sweet corn, 8-12 rows.
Stowell’s Evergreen: 95 days. A large main-
crop variety. Ears large and long, 16-20 rowed,
clear, deep, sweet, tender kernels.
Trucker’s Favorite: 77 days. Extensively planted
by Southern growers. A heavy yielder with
12-16 rows of kernels.
POP CORN 2A A
Hulless: 85 days. A dwarf white sort of very
high popping test, huskless and tender. Often
miscalled Japanese.
Minhybrid 250: 90 days. An improvement on
Hulless of about 15% per acre and increased
popping quality.
Purdue Hybrid No. 31: 95 days. Ears usually
at least two per stalk. Kernels high in quality
and popping expansion.
South American Giant: 100 days. Strong and
hardy plants with large, 12-16 rowed golden
ears. Kernels pop big and creamy.
White Rice: 90 days. The old favorite variety.
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CUCUMBER
Usually planted in hills 4-5 ft. apart; 6 or 8 seeds per hill, thinned out to 3 or 4 plants
when grown to 6” or 8”. The hill method of planting allows early cultivation in both
directions, but many growers prefer drills spaced 4-5 ft. apart, with the plants 18-36”
apart. The hills should be prepared with well-rotted manure before planting—which,
for the main crop, may be done as soon as all danger of frost is over. Pickling sorts
are planted 6 or 8 weeks later. Fruits should be removed when they reach the picking
stage; if left to ripen on the vines the yield will be decreased.
The letters w.s. in the following list indicate the white spines which characterize most of the slicing
cucumbers; pickling varieties are usually black spined as indicated by the letters b.s.
Model: for well-colored,
well-shaped pickles
A & C, ws: 65 days. A long variety which
is popular on account of its excellent exterior
color, fine slicing texture and shipping quality.
Chicago Pickling, b.s.: 59 days. An old favorite
and one of the best for pickling or slicing.
Medium green. Very prolific.
Clark’s Special, w.s.: 63 days. All-America
Silver Medal, 1933. Handsome, dark green,
slightly tapered at both ends; flesh crisp and
firm. Holds its quality well when shipped.
Colorado, w.s.: 65 days. Distinguished by its
attractive deep green color, length and smooth
cylindrical shape. Shows very little striping at
blossom end.
Cubit, w.s.: 60 days. All-America Bronze
Medal, 1944. Handsome long, cylindrical fruits
of dark green exterior, crisp, white flesh and
small seed area. Excellent for home or shipping.
Gherkin (Bur or West India), b.s.: 60 days. Not
a true cucumber, For small, oval pickles,
Improved Long Green, b.s.: 70 days. A stand-
ard large variety for the home garden; very pro-
lific, and hardy; deep green, white crisp flesh.
Marketer, w.s.: 65 days. All-America Bronze
Medal, 1943. Early and very prolific, greatly
admired for its uniformity and rich dark green
color down to blossom end. Fruits of medium
size, slightly tapered to each end, very trim. It
is now probably the most popular variety of
all. Use only the originator’s, Asgrow, strain.
Model, ws.: 56 days. A new pickling variety
developed by us. Shape and size similar to Na-
tional Association Pickling, but color a darker
green. Trim in appearance and uniform.
National Association Pickling, b.s.: 56 days.
Originally bred to meet specifications of the
National Pickle Packers Association. A most
desirable strain has been produced by Asgrow:
dark green, symmetrical and nearly square-
ended.
Snow’s Perfection Pickling, b.s. 56 days. Some-
what smaller than Chicago Pickling. Square-
ended.
Straight-8, w.s.: 60 days. Cylindrical and straight;
8” long. Medium green, attractive.
Marketer—Early, very prolific and neat
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EGG PLANT
The egg plant is a warm climate vegetable but can be raised wherever corn and tomatoes
do well. It requires loose, fertile soil and will not thrive in clay. Sow in hotbed or
flats and transplant with least posstble disturbance of the roots, when 3” high, setting
24-3 ft. apart, in rows 3-4 ft. apart.
Black Beauty: 80 days from transplanting. Plant
24” to 30” with 4-6 large, purplish black fruits,
2-3 lb., which hold their color and quality well
after picking.
Florida High Bush: 85 days. Upstanding and
vigorous. Long, dark purple fruits. Highly re-
sistant to drought and blight.
New York Spineless: 83 days. Fruits a little
later and larger than Black Beauty.
KOHL RABI
A member of the cabbage family and
cultivated similarly. The edible part is the
bulb which grows above ground; some-
thing like a turnip but much more tender
and sweet, eaten when 2-214" diameter.
Remove the outer skin before boiling.
Begin planting early and sow every 2
weeks until hot weather.
Purple Vienna: 62 days. Bulb interior light
greenish white and tender; exterior purple, with
purple-tinged foliage.
White Vienna: 55 days. Light green bulbs
with white flesh. A favorite home and market
garden sort—especially for forcing in the hotbed.
ENDIVE
The conditions for growth of endive and
lettuce are much the same and, as with all
salad crops, rapid growth is necessary for
crisp tender leaves. The rows should be
18” apart and plants thinned out to
about 8, Allow Ye ounce to 100 ft.
Full Heart: 71 days. The inside leaves, curly
crisp and tender, blanch to a creamy white. A
piquant addition to salads or soups. Shown at
left.
Ruffec: 76 days. A large late very curly sort
with heavy, tender white mid-ribs. 16”-18” in
diameter.
White Curled: 73 days. Smaller plants with
well curled leaves of fine flavor.
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KALE
A non-heading and hardier member of the cabbage family, similarly cultivated.
Extensively grown, especially in the South, for fall, winter and spring greens.
Dwarf Blue Scotch: 55 days. Similar to follow-
ing sort but blue-green in color. Used both as a
vegetable and an ornamental.
Dwarf Green Scotch: 55 days. The pedigreed
Asgrow strain is one of the most handsome
plants of the vegetable garden with its wide-
spread plume-like, dark green leaves, exception-
ally finely curled and frilled to meet the require-
ments of top-grade markets.
Dwarf Siberian (Sprouts): 65 days. Large, vigor-
ous spreading plants. Leaves frilled at edges,
deep bluish green in color.
Tall Green Scotch: 60 days. Leaves similar to
Dwarf Scotch, but about 3 ft. high, borne well
above ground.
Dwarf Green iseavee Kale
LEEK
Used in soups, stews and salads or creamed. Sow early in rows 16” apart, thinning the
plants later to 4’—-6" apart. When cultivating, draw the soil up around the plants.
Giant Carentan: Stalks 2”-3” diameter, white, Large American Flag: Early and very popular.
tender, mild flavored. For fall and early winter. Long, thick, white stems.
MUSTARD
Sow, as soon as the ground can be worked,
a short row, and repeat in two weeks; may
also be grown im fall. Leaves are usually
large enough for cutting in 30 days.
Chinese Broad Leaf: Vigorous plants, smooth
leaves with saw-toothed edges.
Florida Broad Leaf: Large, upright plants.
Bright green, smooth, thick leaves.
Fordhook Fancy: An excellent variety for salads,
with bright green, plumelike leaves.
Southern Giant Curled: The most popular sort
for greens and used widely in the South. Light
green leaves curled and crinkled at edges.
Tendergreen (Mustard Spinach): Plants vigorous a :
and hardy, withstanding well both cold and heat: Fordhook Fancy Mustard
the long oval, medium green leaves, ready for Leaves: Left—Tendergreen
cutting in 3 to 4 weeks, resemble in taste a Center—Florida Broad Leaf
mild mustard with a creamy spinach flavor. Right—Southern Giant Curled
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LETTUCE
Lettuce does not stand hot weather well but is not harmed by mild frosts; the earliest
sorts can therefore be transplanted from cold frames to the rows, after hardening by
gradual exposure, in the first weeks of spring and the later sorts sown V4"
deep in
the open then. Rich and well-prepared soil is advisable as the plants must be grown
quickly. Moisture and thorough cultivation are also required. Allow VY oz. per 100 ft.
of row; 3 lb. per acre.
Heading
Big Boston (Trocadero): 75 days. Very pop-
ular; an excellent butter-head type. Medium
size, compact head with creamy yellow center,
leaves tinged with bronze.
Great Lakes: 83 days. A dependable heading
variety for summer production. Leaves large,
thick and well folded; slow bolting.
Hanson (Nonpareil): 80 ‘days. Large, hardy
sort for fall and early markets.
Iceberg: 84 days. Not the shipping variety, but
an excellent large lettuce for home gardeners
and local markets. Heads solid light green and
blanched by the inward-curving outer leaves.
Of the New York
resistant
Imperial No. 44: 82 days.
type, with solid, firm, medium heads;
to tip burn. For the East and Southeast.
Imperial No. 615: 86 days. Large medium dark
green heads used for fall and winter cropping
in California.
Imperial No. 847: 84 days. Developed for
summer planting. Vigorous and blight-resistant,
producing medium large firm heads of the New
York type.
White Boston: 76 days. Smooth, light green
leaves; heart buttery and yellow.
Big Boston
Simpson’s Early Curled:
the favorite for home gardens
Loose-Leaved
Grand Rapids: 43 days. Popular for forcing
and early planting; handsome, hardy and vig-
orous. Large, light green, frilled leaves.
Prize Head: 47 days. A fine old favorite; bronze
tinted, crumpled leaves; stands long before go-
ing to seed.
46 days. Yellowish green
Seeds black.
The standard
Simpson’s Curled:
leaves, crisp and tender.
Simpson’s Early Curled: 45 days.
home garden sort; hardy and early.
Slobolt: 43 days. Very similar to Grand Rapids
in type and general appearance but slower in
bolting to seed in warm weather.
Cos or Romaine
Dark Green Cos: 66 days. Medium large, with
slightly crumpled deep green leaves, well folded
over to cover the head.
White Paris Cos (Trianon): 66 days. The favorite
cos or romaine lettuce. Upright and solid; light
green, crisp and sweet.
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OKRA
Popular in the South and becoming more widely used in the North. Plant when soil
is warm. Of easy culture; the tall varieties with their handsome blossoms make a
good garden screen.
Clemson Spineless: 55 days. All-America Silver
Medal, 1939. A handsome smooth, very uni-
form variety; rich green angular pods.
Green Velvet: 58 days. Tall, early and prolific,
with long, slender pods, spineless, round and
ribless.
Perkins’ Spineless: 50 days. Popular for its ex-
cellent pods and for its adaptability. Dwarf,
spreading plants with abundant pods, very long,
slender, bright green and 5-angled.
White Velvet: 58 days. Early and prolific, pods
pale greenish white, long, smooth and round.
A favorite in the home garden.
ONION
The onion is a heavy feeder and, for well-shaped, fully developed bulbs, demands a
rich and finely worked soul. It is a hardy plant and seed may be sown early in rows
15” apart. Thin out the seedlings to 3-4” and cultivate frequently to keep down weeds.
Ebenezer
Babosa: 95 days. A distinctive variety for fall
seeding in California and Texas. Large bulbs
with straw-colored skin and white flesh of mild
and pleasing flavor. White Babosa is very simi-
lar but with clear white skin,
Brigham Yellow Globe: 109 days. A hardy late
sort, valued for its superior keeping qualities.
Globe-shaped and solid; creamy white flesh, fine-
grained and of mild flavor.
Bunching: Grown for its long, white stems or
scallions; does not form bulbs.
Crystal Wax: 93 days. An early variety pop-
ular in the South for shipment to northern
markets. Attractive bulbs of medium size, flat,
clear white and of mild flavor.
Early Yellow Globe: 98 days. The earliest yel-
low globe, yet productive and a good keeper.
Earliness minimizes thrips’ damage.
Ebenezer: 100 days. Much used for producing
sets to plant for early onions. Thick, flat, thick-
skinned and very firm.
Red Wethersfield: 100 days. A thick, flat vari-
ety with purplish red skin and firm, white flesh.
San Joaquin: 93 days. Bulb large, semi-globe
shape; skin straw-yellow. Highly non-bolting
and relatively early.
White Portugal (Silverskin): 100 days. A most
popular and serviceable variety. Medium sized,
thick-flat bulbs; firm and white. A dependable
cropper and keeper. May be planted late to get
pickles in fall.
White Sweet Spanish: 110 days. The largest of
the white onions; similar to Yellow Spanish ex-
cept in color gf skin, but not quite so good a
keeper.
Yellow Bermuda: 93 days. Similar to Crystal
Wax but with straw-colored skin and nearly
white flesh.
Yellow Globe Danvers: 110 days. Deservedly
popular. Hardy and reliable. Medium large
bulbs with small neck. Skin yellow, flesh solid,
mild and white.
Yellow Sweet Spanish: 110 days. Skin is
golden yellow but flesh is white, crisp and mild.
A very large, globe-shaped onion, excellent for
shipping or storage.
HYBRID ONIONS
Entirely new in the vegetable field are
hybrid onions, offering the advantages of
(1) adapting desirable types to certain
areas where hitherto they did not grow
satisfactorily; (2) higher yields of high
quality bulbs; (3) greater uniformity in
size, shape and color .
An extensive program is being carried on by
the Asgrow Department of Breeding and Re-
search from which seed of certain hybrid onions
is already available. Each is known by the
word Asgrow followed by Y, W or R, denoting
yellow, white or red, and the individual number.
Thus Asgrow Y40 is a mild sweet type like
Early Yellow Globe but about 10 days earlier.
Ask your dealer for Asgrow hybrid onion seed.
PARSLEY
The seed is slow im germinating and
should be sown early, in rows 12-18”
apart. Thin to 3-6” apart.
Moss Curled: Its very dark green leaves are so
finely crimped and curled that it looks almost
like moss.
Multicurl: A new Asgrow variety of very attrac-
tive appearance and quality with bright green
leaves very finely cut and curled.
Plain: Flat leaves used for flavoring. Hardy.
Rooted (Hamburg): Grown for its roots, which
are used for flavoring.
Moss Curled parsley
PARSNIP
Parsnips require the whole season to ma-
ture and should therefore be sown early,
m rows 18-24” apart. The soil must be
well worked; lumps, stones or new manure
will lead to forked and wregular roots. A
few radishes are frequently sown at the
same time to mark the row. Thin out
3-4" apart. Frost improves the roots.
Hollow Crown: The most popular variety. Broad
shouldered with pronounced crown and long,
tapering roots; fine grained, tender.
All-American: Of medium length with wide
shoulder; flesh white; core small.
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PEAS
Peas are cool weather plants and should be sown just as soon as the ground can be
worked. The early, small, smooth-seeded varieties should be planted fwst; the large,
wrinkled-seeded sorts, which are sweeter and of better quality, are not so hardy and
should be sown when the ground is a little warmer. Prepare a good seed bed, properly
enriched. Allow 1-2 lb. per 100 ft. of double row; 4-5 bushels per acre. Plant 1”
deep in 8” double rows, 2 ft. apart for the dwarf sorts, 3 ft. for the tall. Cultivate
regularly and provide the tall sorts with brushwood or other supports. Commercial
growers have found it highly profitable to run a strip of fertilizer alongside the rows
about 3” away from the growing plants.
The letters w.r. indicate that the Asgrow strain of the variety so marked is resistant to wilt.
Continual work on the Asgrow breeding station and the careful supervision of growing seed crops
in the high, clean, mountain districts of the West insure a uniform standard of high quality.
Particular attention is given not only to freedom from disease infection but also to purity of
strain, uniformity and yield.
Smooth-Seeded Wrinkled-Seeded
One of
Alaska, w.r.: 57 days. Very early, hardy and
productive. Light green pods 3” long with 6-8
bluish green peas. The Asgrow pure-lined strain
is well known for good pod size and yield.
Laxton’s Superb: 61 days. The earliest large-
podded dwarf sort. Pods 414” long, 9-10 peas.
Pedigree Extra Early (First and Best), w.r.: 58
days. Asgrow originated. Through the South the
favorite for early cropping. Plump, short, light
green pods, 6-7 peas.
White Marrowfat, w.r.: SO days. Plants about
5 ft. tall, vigorous and heavy yielding.
Glacier: excellent fresh
or from the home freezer
Alderman (Telephone), w.r.: 74 days.
the most popular varieties with market growers
and shippers. Vines tall and vigorous, very
prolific. Large, handsome, straight, plump, dark
green pods. The Asgrow strain represents the
standard of high quality in peas.
Cody, w.r.: 57 days. A first early market and
freezing variety recently developed by Asgrow.
Of Gradus type but earlier. Pods dark green,
broad, plump, with 7-9 large oblong tender
peas.
Dwarf Telephone (Daisy), w,r.: 76 days. A little
later and with slightly smaller pods than Alder-
man. Vines light green, stocky and branching.
Pods medium light green with 8-10 peas.
Glacier, w.r.: 61 days. Simiiar to our Dark
Podded Thomas Laxton, but resistant to Fu-
sarium wilt.
Gradus: 60 days. A standard variety of World’s
Record type, but a few days later.
Hundredfold: 63 days. An attractive early
large podded sort. Very deep green pods, 414”
long, pointed, with about 8 large peas.
Laxton’s Progress: 62 days. Largest podded
and most attractive of the Laxtonian group.
Though not planted so early as smooth-seeded
varieties, it matures quickly and is widely used
for the early local markets and shipping. Hand-
some dark green pods, 414” long with 7-9 peas.
Little Marvel: 64 days. An old favorite with
3” blunt pods, 7-8 tender peas.
Number 40, w.r.: 74 days. Bred specially for
shippers and market gardeners. Pods of excep-
tional size and quality; round, plump and dark
green; 5”-6” long with 8-10 large succulent peas.
Wrinkled-Seeded (continued)
Premium Gem, w.r.: 64 days. A good early sort.
Dwarf vines with straight pods containing 6-7
peas of good quality.
Rondo: 72 days. A dwarf variety for market
garden, shipping and freezing developed at our
pea-breeding station. Plants dark green and
heavy-yielding. Pods largely double, similar to
Alderman, well filled with excellent quality peas.
Shasta, w.r.: 67 days. A very attractive variety
recently developed by us. Plant medium green,
sturdy; pods similar to Thomas Laxton, borne
mainly in pairs. Peas of excellent quality, for
fresh use or freezing.
Rondo: a late variety
with handsome, large pods
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Teton, w.r.: 65 days. All-America Silver Medal
1937. An attractive introduction resembling
our strain of Thomas Laxton. Large, attractive
pods, concentrated in season and well filled
with 7-8 large peas.
Thomas Laxton, Dark-Podded: 62 days. An ex-
cellent medium-early sort; 314”, blunt, broad
pods with 7-8 large, tender peas. Vines of
medium height. The Asgrow strain excels in
appearance, being a rich full green, darker than
the usual strains of this well-known variety.
World’s Record: 57 days. The Asgrow strain
is noted for earliness and large pods each with
7-8 peas of fine quality. A favorite variety for
the first markets; very uniform in maturing.
Pods medium green, pointed, broad, plump.
Edible-Podded
Known also as sugar or salad peas. The
large, broad, fleshy pods are picked when
young and used in the same ways as
snap beans.
Dwarf Grey Sugar, w.r.: 65 days. Earlier than
the Mammoth but not so fine.
Mammoth Melting Sugar, w.r.: 74 days. The best
of the edible podded sorts for home and market
gardens. Broad, brittle pods, 414” long, string-
less and fiberless.
For Southern Growers
May be used not only as table peas but
also as edible-podded sorts when young,
and as dried peas for winter.
Brown Crowder: 80 days. Long pods, crowded
with 12 to 20 buff-brown, well-flavored peas.
One of the earliest and most prolific varieties,
excellent also as a forage crop and soil improver.
Asgrow Pea Breeding Station, Hamilton, Montana
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PEPPER
Peppers are usually started indoors or in a protected seed bed. Transplant when 4”
high to rows 22 ft. apart with 2-21 ft. between plants. Cultivate regularly to keep
down weeds, drawing the soil up around the stems, and hoe m a light dressing of
pulverized manure or fertilizer when the plants are 7-8" high.
California Wonder: 75 days. Fruits 4144” x 4”;
3-4 lobed, smooth, uniform and dark glossy
green at eating stage, with very thick, mild flesh.
Popular because its flat shoulders allow it to
be stood up on end for stuffing. An excellent
shipper.
Early Calwonder: 69 days. An Asgrow strain
of California Wonder bred to make this popular
variety available in shorter season areas.
Harris’ Early Giant: 63 days. Early and produc-
tive; like Bell but larger and longer.
Hungarian Yellow Wax: 65 days. Large early
hot sort, 6” x 114”, tapering.
Long Red Cayenne: 70 days. A long, thin, hot
variety, used for canning, pickling or drying.
Early
Calwonder
California
W onder
World
Beater
Pimento (Perfection): 80 days. Heart-shaped;
used for canning. Mild and sweet.
Ruby King, Asgrow Strain: 68 days. All-America
Bronze Medal, 1935. Fruits large, 5”-514” long
and 3”-4” across shoulders, tapering, usually
3-lobed. Resembles the old Ruby King but is
in every respect superior.
Tuscany: 66 days. Developed by us for the
early market. Fruits 3- and 4-lobed, thick-
fleshed, resembling World Beater but smooth;
attractive in appearance.
World Beater: 7() days. Popular in the South.
Large upright, prolific plants; fruits 5” x 4”
tapering slightly, usually 4-lobed with mild,
sweet flesh.
Harris’ Early
Giant
RADISH
For well-shaped radishes the ground should be thoroughly pulverized and enriched
with some well-rotted manure and fertilizer. Fresh manure must not be used. First
sowings are made very early, as the radish is hardy, and successive sowings up to hot
weather. To avoid pithiness the crop should be grown quickly and pulled promptly
when mature. One of the easiest vegetables to grow.
Cincinnati Market: 28 days. Tops small; roots -
deep red, long, cylindrical with tapering end.
Flesh white and mild.
Crimson Giant: 28 days. A larger globe sort,
114”-134”, firm and not hollow or pithy; of ex-
cellent quality.
Early Scarlet Globe: 23 days. Globular roots
of bright red color, specially bred for attrac-
tive bunching.
French Breakfast: 25 days. Oblong shape, but
broader at tip; scarlet color tipped with white.
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Rice’s Early Scarlet Globe: 24 days. Pedigreed
originator’s stock. Roots olive-shaped, scarlet,
crisp and mild.
Saxa: 22 days. Tops small, roots spherical,
small, bright scarlet; flesh crisp and white.
Sparkler (Early Scarlet Turnip White Tip): 26
days. Very attractive and popular. Almost globe
shaped; carmine-red with white tip and small
tap root; crisp and tender flesh.
White Icicle: 27 days. The Asgrow strain is of
superior quality both in appearance and mildly
pungent flavor, with short tops to allow forcing
and close growing. Roots 514”, tapering, very
white and brittle, growing partly above ground.
White Icicle
Early Scarlet Globe
Winter Varieties
Celestial (Chinese White Winter):
60 days.
Larger and milder than the following.
Chinese Rose Winter (Scarlet China): 52 days.
The popular winter sort. Cylindrical roots 4”-5”
long x 2”; blunt, smooth, rose-red with firm,
white, rather pungent flesh.
Long Black Spanish: 58 days. Cylindrical,
slightly tapered, 7”-10” x 2”-214”. Pungent.
Round Black Spanish: 56 days. A fine keeper;
3”.4” diameter, strong flavor.
SPINACH
A quick-growing, cool-weather crop, unable to withstand heat. Usually sown in early
spring and as a succession crop im later summer, or m fall for early spring cutting
where winters are not too severe.
Bloomsdale Savoy, Long Standing: 42 days.
Stands heat better and remains in cutting con-
dition longer than other Bloomsdale types.
Dark Green Bloomsdale: 40 days. A popular
variety with Southern shippers.
Giant Nobel (Giant Thick Leaf): 45 days. Strong,
spreading, long-standing plants with very large,
thick, medium green leaves. Tender and well
flavored.
Hollandia: 39 days. Prickly-seeded, large leaved;
for winter crop in California.
King of Denmark: 46 days. Large plants with
broad, slightly crumpled, dark green leaves.
Popular for spring planting, being slow to
bolt.
New Zealand Spinach: Not a true spinach but
its small, pointed leaves when cooked have the
appearance and flavor of spinach. Thrives in
summer and forms new leaves after picking.
Virginia Savoy (Blight Resistant): 39 days. For
soils infested with mosaic blight.
Viroflay: 40 days. A very large and vigorous
variety with broad, thick, pointed leaves.
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PUMPKIN
Alagold: 100 days. A Southern variety. Fruits
vary in shape from cylindrical to bell, with
orange rind and deep yellow flesh.
Connecticut Field: 118 days. Round
fruit.
orange
Kentucky Field: 120 days. Thick, orange-yellow
flesh, sweet and of the finest quality.
Mammoth Chili (King of the Mammoths): 120
days. The largest sort.
Small Sugar (New England Pie): 108 days.
Round; ends flattened; thick, sweet flesh.
Striped Cushaw: 112 days. A handsome, crook-
necked sort. Grown extensively in the South.
SQUASH
Summer or Bush Varieties
Black Zucchini: 62 days. Long, smooth, dark
green. Flesh greenish white.
Bush Scallop (Patty-Pan): 52 days. Eaten young,
the flesh is tender and well flavored. Our early
green-tinted strain is popular.
Cocozelle, Long: 65 days. Dark green with
lighter stripes. Very prolific.
straight, firm fleshed, and of fine cooking
quality.
50. days.
Early Prolific Straightneck: A new
productive strain of attractive lemon-yellow
exterior color.
Early Yellow Summer Crookneck: 52 days.
Attractive yellow fruits, cream colored flesh.
Zucchini: 50 days. Cylindrical and _ straight,
medium green, mottled with light green.
Winter or Vining Varieties
Cozini: 48 days. Developed from Black Zuc-
chint x Long Cocozelle. Fruits dark green,
Blue Hubbard: 110 days. Large, round and
pointed. Of fine flavor; a good keeper.
Butternut: 90 days. A straight-necked Cushaw
type. Fruit 8”-10” long with small seed cavity
in the large end. Rind creamy yellow; flesh of
excellent table quality.
Marglobe
Pritchard
Rutgers
Clark’s Early
Garden State
Scarlet Dawn
Golden Hubbard: 100 days. Orange-red exterior,
with deep orange flesh.
Green Hubbard: 105 days. Standard winter
sort. Fruits 12” x 9”, pointed at ends.
Table Queen: 85 days. Fruits about 414” diam-
eter, acorn-shaped but ribbed, dark green with
yellowish orange flesh of pleasing flavor.
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Longred
Southland
Jefferson
Valiant
Baltimore
SIOUX
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TOMATO
Sow in hotbeds or indoor flats using fresh soil. Keep the young plants free of insects
and about 6 weeks later when danger of frost 1s past transplant to reasonably rich
soil, setting the plants 3-4 ft. apart. Various methods of staking and training the vines
are in use and the grower should adopt the one best suited to his circumstances.
Jefferson
Beefsteak (Red Ponderosa): 9() days. The Asgrow
strain is wilt-resistant. Very large, flat, scarlet
fruits.
Clark’s Special Early (Bonny Best: John Baer):
72 days. Medium large fruits, globular, bright
scarlet, smooth. Popular for shipping.
Earliana: 66 days. A first early, bright red,
thick-flat tomato of medium size.
Garden State: 84 days. Partially resistant to
Fusarium wilt and late blight; fruits flattened
globe shape, thick-walled and mild flavored.
Golden Queen: 84 days. The standard yellow
variety. Fruits flattish globe and solid.
Greater Baltimore: 82 days. Large, thick-flat,
deep red, solid fruits. The Asgrow strain is
earlier, more uniform, deeper and free from
ridges and cracks.
Gulf State Market: 80 days. For Southern ship-
pers. Globular, purplish pink, and thick-skinned.
Jefferson: 82 days. Our recent introduction for
general use. Plant vigorous and prolific, resist-
ant to Fusarium wilt. Fruits dark red, globe-
shaped, relatively free from cracking.
June Pink (Pink Earliana): 69 days. Very early;
flattened globe, medium size.
Longred: 75 days. Plant medium sized with
many branches; leaves abundant. Fruits glob-
ular, solid and well colored.
Marglobe: 77 days. A popular variety for local
or distant markets. Strong plants with heavy
foliage; fruits medium large, nearly globular,
smooth, solid, thick-walled, and scarlet.
Norton: 88 days. A wilt-resistant variety, simi-
lar to Stone, with large, flattened globe, deep
red fruits.
Pearson: 85 days. A vigorous, self-topping type
used in California for shipping and canning.
Medium sized, scarlet, semi-globe fruits.
Ponderosa: 90 days. Large spreading vines with
very big, flat, pink fruits, apt to crack but solid,
sub-acid and of excellent flavor.
Pritchard (Scarlet Topper): 76 days. A popular
wilt-resistant, self-topping or self-pruning va-
riety. Fruits of good size and solid; globular.
Rutgers: 86 days. An excellent main crop
variety, now the most extensively planted and
very widely adapted. Strong, prolific plants;
large, bright red fruits of fine quality, near-
globe shape, very attractive.
San Marzano: 8() days. Fruits rectangular, 3” x
114”, in clusters. The Asgrow strain is notably
solid; deep red flesh with little juice.
Scarlet Dawn: 70 days. All-America Gold
Medal, 1935. Vines medium, fairly open and
very prolific. Fruits globular, smooth, thick-
walled, bright scarlet, ripening well to the
stems. An exceptionally attractive early variety.
Sioux: 70 days. Fruits globular, medium size,
thick-walled and practically free from hard core.
This variety possesses the uniform ripening
factor.
Southland: 85 days. Plant vigorous with high
resistance to disease. Fruits slightly flattened
globe, well colored and free from puff. Intro-
duced in 1948.
Stokesdale: 73 days. Fruits of near globe shape,
smooth, of good size and fine red color. A pro-
lific, widely adapted second early variety.
Stone: 86 days. Large, thick-flat, deep, smooth,
scarlet fruits of fine quality.
Valiant: 70 days. Adapted to short-season areas
and the early market. Fruits globe-shaped,
bright scarlet.
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TURNIP
For summer greens or roots sow early in drills 12-15” apart for hand cultwation;
24” apart for horse cultivation, and press the soil down firmly. Thin out when the
plants have grown to about 1” high. Sow again in the summer for fall and winter use.
Amber Globe: 75 days. A stock feed variety
or for table when young. Root globe-shaped,
yellow with green shoulder; flesh yellowish-
white.
Broccoli Rab (Italian Turnip): Grown for
and tender flower shoots used as greens.
tops
Cow Horn: 70 days. Root white, 9”-10” long.
A good variety for table or stock.
Pomeranian White Globe: 75 days. Grown
largely in the South. Root large, globe-shaped,
slightly flattened, white, smooth and firm.
Purple Top Milan: 45 days. Very early. Strap-
leaved, with flat root of fine quality.
Purple Top Strap Leaf: 45 days. Tops medium,
upright, and compact. Root flat, purple-red
above, white below; fine grained and tender.
Purple Top White Globe: 55 days. For market
garden, shipping or home. Large, dark green,
cut-leaved tops. Root purple-red above, white
below, with white, sweet, tender flesh.
Seven Top: Grown for greens and forage. Root
tough and inedible.
Shogoin: Tops make excellent greens in 30 days;
root is crisp and tender in 40 days. Root semi-
globular, white inside and out.
White Egg: 60 days. Medium, cut-leaved tops.
White, egg-shaped roots 3” long.
White Flat Dutch: 45 days. An early Asgrow
strain of this white variety.
Yellow Aberdeen, Purple Top: 80 days. A yel-
low-fleshed sort, of fine flavor and excellent
keeping quality for winter use.
WATERMELON
Watermelons are grown like cantaloupes but require more room. The best results are
only to be expected from seed carefully selected by expert growers.
Blacklee: 95 days. Vines vigorous, resistant to
Fusarium wilt. Fruits somewhat thicker and
shorter than Tom Watson. Flesh bright red, of
fine quality.
Cole’s Early: 75 days. Grown in the North-
east. Medium sized, short, oval fruits; rind
striped.
Congo (new): 90 days. Resistant to anthracnose.
Medium long. Rind tough, dark with darker
markings.
Dixie Queen: 85 days. More round than oval,
30-40 Ib., light green with dark stripes. Crisp,
sweet red flesh. A good shipper.
Early Kansas: 8() days. [Early and_ prolific.
Nearly round, light green. Flesh bright red.
Florida Giant (Cannonball): 95 days. Dark
green globular shape, very large, about 40 Ib.
Deep red flesh. Now the most popular variety.
Kleckley’s Sweet (Wondermelon): 85 days. The
finest flavored long melon. Flesh deep red. Thin
rind limits shipping. (Shown above.)
Klondike, Dark Green No. 3: 8() days. A leading
variety in California. Oblong; very sweet.
Stone Mountain: 90 days. Widely known and
deservedly popular. Very large round-oval and
green, with scarlet flesh of exceptional quality.
Tom Watson: 95 days. A famous shipping va-
riety with tough, elastic rind. Dark green, long
and large, 40-50 lb., deep red, firm flesh.
The secret of a lovely lawn
Nothing adds more to the appearance of a home than smooth,
rich green turf around it. You can enjoy this luxury by re-
membering that the grass plot is a garden in which you are
growing many plants. If you were growing roses you would
select your varieties with care and would give them proper soil,
plant food and attention. With the same sort of treatment,
grass will be similarly rewarding in its own way. Our part is
to provide the proper kinds of grasses in well balanced pro-
portions to suit the climate and soil of your area. We do this
in the Asgrow lawn seed mixtures, of which Greenblade is the
leader, and they are sold by local dealers. Our booklet For
Lovely Lawns gives the necessary information on preparing a
good seed bed and keeping the grass in healthy condition.
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