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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 285, 13 September 1933, Page 4

BUSINESS NOTICES. NEW SEASON'S SEEDS NEW SEASON'S SEEDS AT FLETCHER BROS. SWEET PEAS Are still the most popular of all Hardy Annuals. What is more beautiful than a table decorated with Sweet Peas, and one thus decorated invariably gets the First Prize at any Show. We are offering wonderful value in Waved Sweet Peas in the following collections:— - OUR IMPERIAL COLLECTION. Eight Named Varieties, each 20 Seeds, as follows: Charming Constance flinton Powerscourt Youth Mrs Tom Jones Magnet Grenadier Warrior Those Eight Wonderful Varieties for 2/-. The following is our Exhibition Collection, 12 varieties, each 14 seed, 2/6: R. F. Felton—Lilac Standard, French Grey Wings. Countess Spencer •« Large Flowered Pink Mr Tom Jones—Bright Delphinium Blue. Apple Blossom—Rose Standard and Blush Wings. Helen Lewis—Fine Orange Pink. Warrior—Rich Chocolate Maroon. Royal Purple—Fine Purples. Tom Stevenson—Very Fine Orange Scarlet. Barbara—Fine Salmon Pink. White Spencer—Pure White. John Ingram—Giant Rich Rose. Elsie Hubert—Cream White Standard, Pink edge. Also 6 Varieties for 1/6. BEET. Cheltenham Green Leaved. (Specially-selected stock.) This variety has Dark Red flesh, and free from the earthy taste, that spoils some varieties. This very line stock is the result of long endeavours of the grower to produce a perfect type, and is quite distinct from the stocks usually offered under this name. Once grown, always grown. A New Plymouth customer states: "The Cheltenham variety, was far away the best out of the three kinds I tried this season." 6d per packet. CHICK FOODS SHELL GRIT. GARDEN MANURE, Etc. CHICK FOODS. For day old, Week old and 4 weeks. 71bs for 10 121bs for 1 9 251bs for 3 3 SOlbs for 6 3 OYSTER SHELL GRIT. lOlbs for 10 lOOlbs for SHELL GRIT. 121bs for , lOOlbs for Chick Grit, 81bs for Nitrate Soda, 4lbs for 1 0 Rockland Garden Manure, 141bs 1 6 Eclipse Garden Manure, 141bs 1 6 Aerex Garden Manure, 14lbs 1 6 Hotnap (earth steriliser) , 2 6 Cooper's Lawn Grass Seed, lib 1 6 Cooper's Sprayon Lawn Weed killer 2 0 Restar Weed Killer, quant bottle 1 6 Perfection Calf Food, 251bs 3 9 Gilruth's Calf Food, 251 b bag 6 1 A few Novelties in Vegetables which we can recommend, taken from our 40-page illustrated Catalogue. CURTIS'S NINE STAR PEREN- (SALSIFY OR VEGETABLE OYSTER NIAL BROCCOLI. Mammoth Sandwich Island. Is quite hardy, defies frost, and will , A delicious winter vegetable relished grow a splendid crop anywhere year !* * he epicure. Resembles the oyster after year. All the wholesale seeds- n } flavour. Treat the same as Parsmen of Great Britain are handling it, nips - bow seed thKk - ri , . so that speaks for itself. Each plant will bear from 5 to 13 heads, and the crop will stand for years; in fact, at Mr Curtis's own Nursery one bed has been down seven years, and in 1926 6d per packet. Mr Curtis's own Nursery one bed'has TOOGOOD'S SOUTHAMPTON been down seven years, and in 1926 CHAMPION ONION, stood frosts of 30, 31, and 32 degrees Winner of the world's championship on consecutive nights without losing' for 4 years, scores of gold and silver a single leaf. Seed should be planted medals, and many thousands of valubetween August and November, and able money prizes. No other onion transplanted 4 feet apart in well combines so great a perfection of size, manured ground. 1/- per packet, symmetry and keeping quality. Mr Thomas Wilkins won the world's chamSWEDISH GIANT CABBAGE. pionship 4 years in succession, held A new and marvellous production, each year in England. 1/- per packet. known in Europe as the Central or 100 lb. Cabbage. A most rapid grower and TOOGOOD'S IMPROVED MARROWgreat blight and drought resister. FAT PARSNIP. Grows enormous heads, very solid and The ] argesti handsomest, and best compact, and as hard as a cannon ball, variety of Parsnip on the market. Infrequently measuring 24 inches across, valuable for exhibition purposes. One has very few outer leaves Quality exhibitor states that he grows Parsnnsurpassed for delicacy of flavour- nips of this variety up to 4a feet in leaves are fine grained, tender and fength and 17 inches in circumfer* crisp. Ihe most handsome and uniform enee six of which we ighed 42 pounds cabbage ever grown Specimens grown g ounces . Notwithstanding its size, in Sweden weighed over 601 b. whilst it is ul , equa ]j ed f or delicacy of flavour m Australia many growers report and agl . e eableness. Invaluable for all weights from 201 b to 501 b each. They purposes 1/. per packet, also praise in glowing terms its edible qualities being far superior to any NEW ZEALAND 0 R HOT other cabbage grown in this country. WEATHER SPINACH 1/- per packet. 4/- per ounce, ounce „-,-", lots "only. The plants resist heat and make a lots "only. The plants resist heat and make a strong growth, supplying during sumBURPEE'S BRITTLE ICE mer and autumn an abundance of rich ■ LETTUCE. green leaves. Superior in quality to A very fine variety, of quick arowth, ordinary Spinach. Will not stand with bright green leaves. The heart is heavy frosts. 6d per packet, extremely tender and juicy. Brittle Ice Mrs W. P. Law (Otoria. Bay of Isretains its crispness and mild flavour lands) writes:— "Your N.Z. Drought during warm weather longer than other Proof Spinach has been a great success crisp head variety except Iceberg. It is and will be found in nearly every garan exceptional luscious, variety, and den round here in future." enjoys great popularity with all gardeners who appreciate the remarkable BROAD BEAinS—Sharpe's Conqueror brittleness of this lettuce. Long Pod. 1/- per packet. The longest and best of all loinr pod I beans. Pods 12 to 16' inches long, unBURPEE'S ICEBERG LETTUCE, rivalled for exhibition and general purCrisp as Ice—Tender and Juicy. poses. This stock has recently been A very popular variety of medium re-selected, and what we now offer, is size and outstanding brittleness. Com- much truer to type and mow prolific pact heads, with a solid heart of clear than the old stock. 1/- per packet, white colour, protected by a few tender outer leaves. It withstands the . , BEANS, heat of summer remarkably well; and French Blue Podded or Wonder keeps in first-class condition for a long Bean—Much heavier cropper than - tinie - 6d per packet. ot h e r French Beans. The pod* are of PAT?T?nTQ "TUT? TTWAT >r ' striking Blue colour when on the tAiiituiB — xa.\j iui-,a.ij. plants, but on being boiled become a It is quite coreless and has tender deep rcen co l onr aml are Q f excellent almost transparent flesh of rich colour. fI aVOUI . 6d per packet. This is a new carrot of Frwoga origin, 'pinner Bean, Dairymaid—A lovely! which we have pleasure m ofteiw as wax or ]low po j de d sort, often 15 we believe it to be one of the finest inches ]o Fine qua i{ ty a „d good high-class varieties where quality is cropper . . 6 d per packet. the main consideration. Although it has fine leaves "The Ideal Cferrot" is SUTTON'S PRIZE-WINNER RUNa quick and vigorous grower, and will NER BEAN be found to be the ideal carrot either . ' ' for householder or for the market gar- Height—up to 6 feet. Pods grow m dener who wishes to supply products bunches up to 18 inches m length A of extra good quality. 6d per packet. s ui - e prize-winner. ]/- per packet. Mr S., of New Plymouth, writes:— „ T -, T^-^,T "Your Ideal Carrot is all you say about WONG BOK CHINESE OR CELERY it, and T am strongly recommending CABBAGE, it to my friends." Chinese Cabbage can be served as THE WORLD'S WONDER PEA. sa i a d like lettuce, or when boiled, is Truly a Avorld's wonder. The plants f ar more palatable than the ordinary are simply covered with pods up to ca bbage. Wong Bok Chinese Celery 6 inches in length; each pod contains Cabbage has rather short, broad heads an average of from 9to 11 large peas composed of well blanched tightlyof delicious flavour. Wonderful crop- folded leaves. The ribs are juicy, of an per and continues to bear for a long agreeably pungent flavour.' Does reperiod. 1/- per packet. mar k a blv well in a cool climate. PEA— "CHANCELOT." This has been proved to be one, of the finest main crop peas on the market. It is of robust constitution, crow-) ing to a heigh*, of 3 feet, and produce*J 6d per packet. BRUSSELS SPROUTS. This is the earliest grown, and proSerfs? rs sW.OT *~ » 7= *Kr£ tiuppt-i. p. ycao * giowers, on account ol its earhness. rows J./- pel iwihti. o ' ~ mTT?T>i?F'Q T TPTTTTVTNfi'OR 7 1 Brussels sprouts are a quality vegeBURPEES, LIGHIAINU UK H a) . e hard and jn Burpee's state that this is a* out- warm, situations will live throughout a +nr,dW «Jw earlv varietv of superb the winter without any protection. The qualSyf auT most" proStive Vhe quality and flavour of the ; Sprouts are Slants make a vigorous bush growth, improved by frost. Sow the seed thinly about 15 inches till, loaded with fine in drills early in August and transpodsV\ to 8 weeks after planting; in plant to rows 3to 4 feet apart in the cold districts will take garden. Look out for our List of Flower Seed Novelties in To-morrow's "Guardian," U we pay up to £3O per ounce to get the latest and best. 1 NOELTY SEED SPECIALISTS, TELEPHONE 24. P.O. BOX 116.