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Title: Dreer's a real old fashioned quality garden book for 1952 : to make your garden more beautiful more productive more enjoyable
Identifier: dreersrealoldfas1952henr (find matches)
Year: 1952 (1950s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Fordhook 242 Longreen Bush Bean The 1952 ALL AMERICA WINNERS Selected by outstanding judges as the best of the new vegetables for 1952. Be sure to so"w every one of them. 5056 Snapbean, Wade Gold Medal Winner Attractive dark green, stringless and practically fiberless, round pods 6 to 7 in. long. Especially resistant to mosaic. The pods are carried high on the plants that makes picking easy and keeps them clean, and they mature within a rela- tively short period of time. The smooth- ness of the pods is very noticeable and the yield exceeds that of any other sort. Pkt. 25c; 1/2 lb. 55c; lb. $1.00 5451 Lettuce, Salad Bowl Superb for Home Growing The most vigorous of the cut-leaved sorts developed by Dr. Ross C. Thomp- son of the USDA Bureau of Plant Indus- try Station, Beltsville, Md. Larger and more resistant to heat and tip-burn than any other yet tender and sweet over a long period and the slowest of all loose-leaf lettuce to bolt to seed. Resembles Endive with a mature plant filling a medium-sized salad bowl. Very uniform and high in vitamin C and A. Pkt. 25c; V2 oz- 50c; oz. 95c. 5853 Spinach America This new variety which originated in Holland surpasses all others in its abil- ity to withstand hot weather and that is good ne"ws to many home gardeners who lose the tail end of their spring- sown crop due to hot weather. It also is the most productive of all spinach with thick, heavily savoyed, dark green leaves. Looks tender and is very tasty. Every spinach lover should give it a trial to get acquainted with it. Pkt. 25e; oz. S5c; 1/4 lb. $1.65. 5714 Pepper, Vinedale lust think of this: Vinedale was devel- oped at the Horticultural Experiment Station, Ontario, Canada. What a boon that is to northern gardeners who so far could not get a full crop from the other kinds that take so much longer to mature. The plants are only 12 to 14 in. tall, well branched, and bear a heavy crop of medium-sized, green-red fruits with thick, fleshly walls. Pkt. 35c. Pumpl<in, All Neck Cushaw 5753. Productive North and South al- though it originated in Georgia. Ex- cellent for baking and pies—and real quality, too. The long, curved fruits are smooth and have cream-colored skin. You will be amazed at the solidity of the attractive, solid, orange flesh—and so much of it with just a small bole at the blossom and where the seeds are formed. Grows about 30 in. long and matures in about 108 days. Pkt. 35c. Muskmelon, Golden Delight 5520. Bred in Michigan where the sea- sons are short and summers on the cool side. The many who have to be content with similar conditions can-with confidence include it in their gardens. And what large fruits: 6 by 41/2 in.; of oval shape with gray skin and luscious, thick, salmon flesh that tastes every bit as good as it looks. Always of top quality and able to withstand adverse weather conditions better than most varieties. Pkt. 25c. 25

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