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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 280, 8 September 1939, Page 7

NEW SEASON’S SEEDS AT Fletcher Bros Moore Street. FLOWER AND VEGETABLE . . . . from 2d per packet - PEAS AND BEANS . from 5d per packet SWEET PEAS. SWEET PEAS. Burpees New Giant Ruffled Exhibition SWEET PEAS — I*2 Magnificent Named Varieties each 14 seeds for 2/6. 6 Named Varieties, each 14 seeds for 1/6. Burpees Finest Ruffled Mixed Sweet Peas, 6d per packet.

NOVELTIES IN FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. Just a Few Taken from our Novelty List.

Toogood’s Ten Weeks’ Cabbage. A very early and quick developing Cabbage. The plants have only a few small outsize leaves, of a dark colour, all of which are edible. 6d and 1/- per packet. Fletcher’s Ideal Carrot. It is quite' coreless, and has tender, almost transparent flesh of rich colour. . Suitable for household, or market gardener who wishes to supply produce of extra good quality and of rich colour. This is a new Carrot of French origin, which we have pleasure in offering, as we believe it to be one of the finest high-class varieties where quality is the main consideration. Although it has fine leaves “The Ideal Carrot” is a quick and vigorous grower, and will he found to be the ideal Carrot either for household or for the market gardener who wishes to supply products of extra good quality. 6d per packet. Mrs Ricketts (Eltham, Taranaki), writes: “I find your Ideal Carrot excellent, and planted about November keeps well through the winter. Never becoming hard, even in the following spring.” Genuine Swedish! Giant Cabbage, A most rapid grower, and great blight and drought resister. Grows enormous heads, very solid and compact,, and as hard as a cannon-hall, frequently' measuring 24 ins across. Has very few outer leaves. Quality unsurpassed for delicacy of flavour. Leaves are fine grained, tender and crisp, 1/- Per packet. 4/- oz lots only.. New Globe or Turnip-Rooted Parsnip. Round, Flat, Short Leaved—A worthy! companion to the great Marrowfat Parsnip, which lias found a most wonderful sale. Grows quickly, and its pure white flesh ■ is firm and tender. On account of its very short foliage, this Parsnip requires considerably less room, and therefore yields larger, .crops than the stronger leaved varieties, Very, suitable for .planting in shallow soil. Gdper packet, Luther Burbank’s Tomato. This Tomato is one of Burbank’s, which speaks for itself. Earliest of earlies —seven to ten days ahead of others. Smooth, thick, solid, heavy, medium to large. Bright crimson tomato. 6d and 1/* per packet. Burpee’s Pumpkin, “The Orange.” The fruits are of medium size, averaging about 10 inches in diameter almost round and slightly ribbed. The skin is deep orange yellow, and the flesh ie rich orange, meaty, sweet, fine" grained and of '• superb flavour. Easily stored , for winter use. Very suitable for small families. Once grown—always grown. Gd per packet. Brussels Sprouts, Eversham Special. This is the earliest grown, and produces an abundance of large, heavy sprouts of splendid quality. An excellent strain, especially for market growers, on account of its earliness. Brussels Sprouts are a quality vegetable. The plants are hardy, and in warm situations will live throughout the -winter without any .protection. The quality and flavour of the sprouts are improved by frost. Sow the seed thinly in drills early in August and transplant to rows 3 to 4 feet apart in the garden. 6d p’er packet. Burpee’s Iceberg Lettuce. ) as Ice—Tender and Juicy.—A popular variety of medium size outstanding brittleness. Compact s with a solid heart of cleai e colour, protected by a few tenouter leaves. It withstands the of summer remarkably well and s in first-class condition for a time. 6d per packet. «y, Tall, Golden, Self-Blanching is a new, tall strain, which diffrom the ordinary self-blanching nalcing a decidedly heavier and growth. The foliage is also quite net) and has been bred for disease banco. The slender heart is well died. It is an extra early variety h should be carefully tested by v growers for the market to see "itable for their particular local1/- per pkt. ahtning Cauliflower, Early Six Weeks. is undoubtedlyi the earliest Cauli!V grown, and will become the , popular early Cauliflower. Plants ted out in September will cornice to form fine heads m Novemthis is about G to 7 weeks from ing out the plants to cutting the head. Comes in a little earlier arm climates, and takes a little er in cold climates. 1/- and 2/6 per pkt. Celery, Bobbie’s Invincible White. Verv large, solid heads of magnificent quality. v 6d per packet: We advise buying early to save Import Restrictions Sto

FLETCHER BROS MOORE STREET, P.O. BOX 116. TELEPHONE 24.