GARDEN GEMS YOU’LL APPRECIATE Q SEED TAPES
Great for vegetables that gardeners tend to plant too thick such as carrots, lettuce, radishes and beets. We’re offering several of our most popular varieties incorporated in seed tapes. Tapes are sent as three, 5 ft. sections and will plant a total of 15 ft. of row. They can be cut to any length, so you can custom fi t to raised beds and containers, as well as the garden. Completely biodegradable and organic, made with a special paper that contains no adhesives or other artifi cial products. • Saves time. • No wasted seed. • No need to worry about correct seed spacing, planting depth or thinning.
CARROTS (Page 23)
01675ST Early Coreless 01670ST Chantenay Prices, per variety: $2.95 each; 2 for $4.90.
01617ST Baltimore 01680ST Sweetness III 01620ST Caracas (p3) 01656ST Napoli (p5) 01657ST Nelson (p4) Prices, per variety: $3.95 each; 2 for $6.90.
TURNIP (Page 49)
04005ST Purple Top White Globe $2.95 each; 2 for $4.90.
BEETS (Page 16)
01356ST Red Cloud 01330ST Cylindra 01340ST Detroit Prices, per variety: $3.95 each; 2 for $6.90.
RADISHES (Page 48)
03350ST French Breakfast 03315ST Cherry Belle 03365ST German Giant (Parat) 03383ST Rivoli Prices, per variety: $2.95 each; 2 for $4.90.
SWISS CHARD (Page 48)
03742ST Bright Lights $2.95 each; 2 for $4.90.
04898(X) COMPLETE ASPARA- GUS GARDEN. You get three differ- ent varieties, 30 plants total. This is a won- derful opportunity to start an asparagus bed at a bargain price. You get 10 healthy roots each of Mary Washington, Purple Sweet and Jersey Supreme. You'll marvel over the thick, tender, dark green spears of Mary Washington. Purple Sweet produces heavy shoots that are deep, dark purple (turns green when cooked) with less fi ber and a unique taste. Jersey Supreme is disease resistant, cold and heat tolerant, ensuring a good crop under diverse growing conditions. Hardy pe- rennial. 30 heavy roots (10 of each), $21.95.
30040 TRISTAR STRAWBERRY PLANTS. This deli- cious everbearing variety produces berries all season. You can look forward to a heavy early crop, a lighter summer crop and good yields again in the fall. Firm medium size fruits have an excellent sweet fl avor and an inviting bright red color. Hardy plants are resis- tant to several diseases. Good variety for hanging baskets. We recommend denser planting due to the light runner production of this
for $10.95; 50 for $18.95; 100 for $34.95; 400 for $111.95.
Zones 4-8. 25 plants unusual variety. LETTUCE (Page 39)
02545ST Black-Seeded Simpson 02591ST Red Salad Bowl Prices, per variety: $2.95 each; 2 for $4.90.
01620 CARACAS CARROT. Ideal for containers or square foot gar- dens. Enjoy the delicious, mild fl avor of these bright orange, charming little car- rots in salads and snacking. Best sown quite thinly to produce short, conical, coreless roots. Harvest when 4 to 4-1/2 in. long. Plants have strong tops and re- sistance to Cercospora. 57 days. (A) Pkt. (750 seeds) $2.75; 2 pkts. $4.70; (J) 1/4 oz. $9.95; (K) 1/2 oz. $16.95.
03720 GIANT
01763 BLUE DENT CORN. The real Indian Corn from the American Hopi Indians. Very old Indian eating corn with a distinctively delicious fl avor, which many believe no other corn can equal. Slender ears on 5 ft. stalks have 8 rows and are 8 in. long, with very tender, tasty kernels in milk stage. Dries to an in- tense royal blue. 110 days. (A) Pkt. (1 oz.) $2.95; 2 pkts. $4.75; (M) 1/4 lb. $7.95; (P) 1 lb. $25.95.
SUNFLOWER. Great for bragging, birds, and impressing the kids. This is the giant of giants, Giant Grey-Stripe. Produces huge heads up to 20 in. across that are fi lled with large, thin-shelled, very plump seeds that are high in protein. Use seeds for snacks, bird food or chicken feed. Not only is the head/bloom size impressive, so is the plant height… 8 to 12 ft. tall. Makes a good prop- erty line screen. 78 days. (A) Pkt. $1.85; 2 pkts. $3.15; (M) 1/4 lb. $5.50; (P) 1 lb. $12.95.
02175
Vigorous, disease resistant vines kick out big yields of 10 to 12 in. fruits. And early maturity to boot. 48 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.45; 2 pkts. $4.35; (J) 1/4 oz. $10.95; (K) 1/2 oz. $21.50.
TOMATO & PEPPER GRAFTED PLANTS.
TOMATO & PEPPER STARTER PLANTS.
00029PL Amish Paste - See page 52. 00001PL Goliath - See page 2.
TOMATOES
00087PL Big Zac - See page 54. 00112PL Brandywine - See page 4. 00481PL Mortgage Lifter - See page 52. 00618PL Roma - See page 52. 00175PL Celebrity - See page 54. 00240PL Early Girl - See page 54. 00068PL Better Boy - See page 54. 00711PL SunSugar - Candy sweet gold cherry, 62 days.
00075PL Big Beef - See page 54. 00630PL San Marzano - Roma-type, perfect for canning, 80 days.
Growth habit of Roma and Celebrity are determinate, all others are indeterminate.
03142PL Early Sunsation - Early, big and bright yellow, 69 days.
PEPPERS
03144PL King Arthur - Big, fat, sweet bell, 61 days.
03116PL Big Bertha - See page 44. 00005PL Goliath - See page 5.
03071PL Peter - See page 4. 00006PL Jalapeno Goliath - See p. 44.
HOT PEPPERS
00955(X) TOMATO & PEPPER
COLLECTION. 4 plants each of Early Girl, Celebrity, Big Beef and Big Bertha.
STARTER PLANT
$19.95 each; 2 to 3 for $17.95 each; 4 or more $16.95 each.
For shipping information on all starter and grafted plants see p53.
Additional tomato plant collections - p53. Additional pepper plant collections - p45.
Sorry, we cannot ship these plants to AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, OR and WA.
Non-Grafted Plant
00075PG Big Beef - See p. 54. 00175PG Celebrity - See p. 54. 00481PG Mortgage Lifter - See page 52.
TOMATOES 03116PG Big Bertha - See p. 44. PEPPER
39652(X) BIG BEEF GRAFTED/ STARTER COLLECTION 1 Grafted Plant & 4 Starter Plants. $14.95 each; 2 to 4 $12.95 each; 5 or more $11.95 each.
Two different varieties grafted onto one vigorous rootstock, for a single, super-productive plant that yields two delicious kinds of tomatoes! Increased yields, hardiness, vigor and disease resis- tance. Can be grown in large containers or in the ground.
+ Cherokee Purple - See pages 4 & 52. 39567PG Brandywine plus +
39568PG Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye plus Pork Chop - See page 5.
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Grafted Plant
very dark green color on the outside, extremely crispy, burp- free and sweet on the inside. Per- fectly refreshing solo or in salads.
You may agree, this just might be the best tasting cuke – period. It has it all – long slim fruits with extra- thin, bitter-free tender skins,
YET HYBRID CUCUMBER.
SWEETER
01020 BLUE LAKE BUSH BEAN. Our most popular with commercial canners and packers. Heavy producer with a long
season. Tasty, tender,
are vigorous with many branches. Upright growth for easy picking. Pods are 5-1/2 to 6-1/2 in. long, round, with slow devel- oping seeds so pods do not look lumpy. Excellent texture and fl avor, fresh or canned. Especially good for freezing. White seeded. 55 days. (A) Pkt. $2.45; (N) 1/2 lb. $5.45; (P) 1 lb. $8.95; (P) 2 lb. $14.50; (P) 5 lb. $29.95.
the extra price? These were some of the ques- tions we also asked when grafted vegetables fi rst appeared on the American market. We admit we were skeptical – until we grew them ourselves and saw the proof. Grafted plants were stronger, produced fruit faster and because they were able to fend off diseases, the yields were higher.
Wondering why you should pay more for grafted plants? What makes them worth
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Grafting joins the top of one plant (the scion) to the root system of a separate variety (the rootstock). As the tissues fuse, the vigor and disease resistance of the rootstock combines with the exceptional fruit qualities of the original variety. The result is a “Su- per-Powered” plant. Plants will be shipped in 2” pots. Special growing instructions are included.
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