Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. r *r (j? VEGETABLE SEED TRIALS HORTICULTURE JAN 9_1933 J. M. LUPTON & SON, - — . — — - - — — - o i o a :? v ii jtc c m x v ii i> * JAN 19 ^33 * U. S. Department of Agriculture. embers: American Seed Trade Assn. Southern Seedsmen Assn. Western Seedsmen Assn. GROWERS to the WHOLESALE SEED TRADE c. Producers of: Beet :: Turnip Cabbage :: Kale Swiss Chard :: Spinach Brussels Sprouts Mustard HEADQUARTERS AND BREEDING FARMS AT MATTITUCK, L. I., N. Y. Value per dollar is the important factor in business today. We believe our customers testify that they are getting from us, at close prices, stocks which can be sold to the most exacting trade, at a profit, and which will stay sold and give satisfaction. Forty-six years of breeding enables us to offer, today, seeds of better quality than ever before, at the lowest prices we have ever sold our productions. Grown only by ourselves, bred only by ourselves, when we ship a bag of seed, we are very confident' as to what it contains. We sell both on contract and spot, and welcome inquiries at any time of year. Terms — 1 14% 30, net 60 days; bags at cost; f. o. b. point of production. CABBAGE Western Grown I O. B. Mt. Vernon, Wash. Our Western grown cabbage is produced by ourselves in the State of Washington from the same stock seeds used in planting our Long Island crop, replaced annually from our Long Island breeding farm and is a very high class product. It represents the finest possible stock for the merchant who desires a first quality product at a reasonably competitive price. I Golden Acre Copenhagen EXTRA EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD . . . EARLY JERSEY WAKEFIELD We have been breeding the Wakefield and the Flat Dutch types for some 40 years. Our production of them is large and we are very confident as to their quality . CHARLESTON WAKEFIELD . GOLDEN ACRE . ALL HEAD EARLY Originally selected on our Long Island farm and continuously bred from the same stock since that time . Market Glory of Enkhuizen COPENHAGEN MARKET . Our strains of Golden Acre and Copenhagen Market are carefully compared with each ocher so as to furnish the gar¬ dener with strains fitted for his requirements. No finer stocks can be obtained. SUCCESSION Similar to- All Head Early, slightly more foliage EARLY SUMMER A conspicuously light blue color, heads rounded GLORY OF ENKHUIZEN A rounded head Dutch sort. Our strain is ex¬ ceptionally fine . EARLY WINNINGSTADT A sharp pointed head of good weight, not as early as the Wakefields . STEIN’S FLAT DUTCH Our introduction, has become extremely popular, displacing the later sorts to a large extent HOLMES HOUSER Used by growers in Pennsylvania and Ohio ALL SEASONS Frequently confused with Succession to which it is in no way related. An excellent' main crop variety . LARGE LATE DRUMHEAD . SLIREHEAD — The original strain . LOUISVILLE DRUMHEAD Our strain of this variety is frequently sold in the South under the name of Florida Header VOLGA . PREMIUM LATE FLAT DUTCH . PENN STATE BALL HEAD Described under Special Sorts . LUPTON FLAT SAVOY Described under Special Sorts . LUPTON ROCK RED . SHORT STEM DANISH BALL HEAD . . . No stock that we know will equal our strains of Ballhead in productiveness. They are used in the principal cabbage growing sections to a very large extent and have been univers ally satisfactory. BRUSSELS SPROUTS Our Long Island strain of this i9 the only one which should be offered in the trade as it is the only acclimated variety. We are using the same stock used by the professional Long Island growers. LONG ISLAND IMPROVED . 9 YELLOWS RESISTANT CABBAGES We have been giving special attention to cabbages re¬ sistant to yellows with the idea of providing the trade with a reliable article at a reasonable price and lately have been doing our own breeding work on them near Racine, Wis. You can buy our strains with every assurance that they are right. WISCONSIN ALL HEAD A resistant form of All Head Early .... WISCONSIN BRUNSWICK . WISCONSIN ALL SEASONS . WISCONSIN HOLLANDER NO. 8 . BUGNER . TURNIP F. O. B. Mt. Vernon, Wash. Grown in the West from planting stocks bred at our Long Island farms. New crop generally ready for shipment August 1 if requested. EXTRA EARLY WHITE MILAN . PURPLE TOP MILAN . WHITE EGG . SNOWBALL More round and uniform than White Egg EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH . PURPLE TOP STRAP LEAF . GOLDEN BALL OR ORANGE JELLY . . . AMBER GLOBE . PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE Described under Special Sorts . POMERANIAN WHITE GLOBE . PETROWSKI . PURPLE TOP ABERDEEN . COW HORN . SEVEN TOP . SOUTHERN PRIZE . A KALE BLUE SIBERIAN A special market garden strain of exceptionally healthy color and bred on Long Island to withstand severe winter conditions CURLED SCOTCH A very dark colored dwarf compact strain densely curled . RUTA BAGA LONG ISLAND PURPLE TOP A round, neckless stock not too large and coarse, free from side root, bred specially for market garden trade . LUPTON EARLY NECKLESS Described under Special Sorts . SWEET PERFECTION WHITE . MACOMBER . © JAPANESE TURNIPS EXTRA EARLY WHITE BALL Described under Special Sorts . EARLIEST FLAT JAPAN The earliest White Flat Turnip known — earlier than White Milan or White Flat Dutch, foliage upright like Shogoin, rendering it less liable to injury from lice . . . . SHOGOIN A special stock of the Japanese Foliage Turnip already so successful in the South. Roots large, round, white; leaves upright. Our stock carefully re-selected and bred ® MUSTARD We grow fine strains of Mustard adapted to rh<> r*rar^et rr2rd0n tmds. GIANT SOUTHERN CURLED . FLORIDA BROADLEAF . CHINESE BROADLEAF . FORDHOOK FANCY . MUSTARD SPINACH A Japanese plant of the mustard family which has become popular with gardeners for its extremely quick habit of growth, producing a marketable crop of excellent mild mus¬ tard greens in about four weeks from seed SWISS CHARD F. O. B. Mt. Vernon, Wash. GREEN LYON Dark green leaves with broad white midrib, the best strain for home or market garden e SPINACH In Western New York State we grow some very high quality strains of Spinach including the Virginia Blight Re¬ sistant. We can ordinarily make shipment from the growing station in time for the fall sowing in middle Southern States. Sold F. O. B. Bergen, N. Y. Shipment as early as August 15. VIRGINIA BLIGHT RESISTANT . BLOOMSDALE SAVOY . OLD DOMINION A new strain bred by the Virginia Truck Experi¬ ment Station, similar to the Virginia Savoy but long standing, in limited quantities this season . BEET F. O. B. Mt. Vernon, Wash. We produce fine stocks of beet in the West from Long Island bred planting stocks. EXTRA EARLY FLAT EGYPTIAN We have just produced a new extraordinarily fine stock of this sort . EARLY WONDER . CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN We have a medium dark extremely uniform strain of Crosby’s which we know to be extremely satisfactory to the market garden trade. No side root, no extremely light' roots EARLY ECLIPSE . EDMOND’S BLOOD TURNIP . DETROIT DARK RED We have a good planting of this entirely from our Long Island bred stock, roots twice sorted CRIMSON GLOBE . LONG SMOOTH BLOOD . WINTER KEEPER . Also Two new strains of Beet of exceptional merit, described under Special Sorts. OHIO CANNER . LUPTON PERFECTED DETROIT . MANGEL LONG RED . GOLDEN TANKARD . GIANT HALF SUGAR ROSE . SLUDSTRUP . The Sludstrup should be used more than it is. It is of better quality and higher sugar content than others and for dairy trade is much more valuable. . . . . New OHIO CANNER BEET \ I The produrt of nine generations of in-breeding to pro¬ duce a beet specifically adapted for commercial canning. It is slow in habit of growth, has an extremely small top; at tne canning size of 1 in. to 114 in., this beet is round and tender; extremely dark red in color; when canned, remains red — not turning brown or purple. Produced commercially only by ourselves, we are pre¬ pared, after 1932 crop harvest, to put this in sealed bags or packages, with the specific recommendation of the Ohio Ex¬ periment Station, and we believe it will supplant all other strains for canning purposes. Samples are available for testing under canning conditions. and Special Stock LUPTON PERFECTED DETROIT This strain is not a selection from a commercial stock, but is the result of several generations of in-breeding; it is unquestionably the darkest red and most uniform stock of Detroit ever offered to the trade. It is from three to four weeks earlier than the Ohio Canner, has more top and will run better than 99 % extremely dark red in color without visible zones. An extremely small quantity is available for 1932 crop harvest. Larger supplies at lower prices in the future. LUPTON FLAT SAVOY CABBAGE Well bred strains of Savoy Cabbage are not common and there is no item in regard to which the gardener is more par¬ ticular. Ours has been bred for market garden purposes, is dark, densely curled and exceptionally hard heading; it never fails to satisfy. I ) of Exceptional Value to the Critical Tr PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE TURNIP EARLY NECKLESS RUTABAGA For some years we have been giving special attention to the breeding of this variety, and this season our entire crop is the progeny of a single plant which was selected some years ago. Samples in the trial grounds of various seedsmen, as well as in our own, have shown it to be a very fancy stock, and we believe there is no commercial stock on the market of such uniformly high quality. The greatest improvement in Purple Top Yellow Ruta¬ baga in a generation. A stock three weeks earlier, entirely neckless, free from sideroot, round and uniform; its bulbs are half grown before American Purple Top starts to bulb. EXTRA EARLY WHITE BALL TURNIP The earliest turnip we have ever seen. Of Japanese origin, its foliage is more like an English turnip. In our trial grounds, this turnip produced marketable bulbs four weeks from seed, and far ahead of any other variety. LONG ISLAND GROWN SPECIAL STOCKS iide . . . . /pENN STATE BALI_HEAPX THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Department of Horticulture The seed in this package is produced by the only grower who is supplied with stock seed of the PENN STATE BALLHEAD cabbage grown by The Pennsylvania State College. In order to be sure of securing the true type of this variety, seed should be purchased only in sealed packages bearing this statement. Put up in your own packages, and sealed with the recommendation of the Pennsylvania State College, this item will satisfy the most exacting demand for a finely bred stock of Short Stem Ball Head. The breeding work is to be maintained continuously by the College; therefore, no deterioration is to be expected in the future. No extra charge is made for putting this seed in your packages on which our name does not appear. We grow stock seeds of extremely fine breed¬ ing on our Long Island farms and can frequently offer lots for market garden trade, of wonderful quality. At present we can offer the following: Cabbage Extra Early Jersey Wakefield Charleston Wakefield Lupton Flat Savoy Wisconsin Yellows Resistant Round Red Lupton Rock Red Kale Blue Curled Scotch or Bloomsdale Blue Siberian ' - "• - • ‘Beefs : ’ -;iY Crosby’s Egyptian Crimson Globe T urnip Purple Top White Globe Most of these are stocks bred from single plants of extremely uniform heredity factors, and represent surplusses produced over and above our requirements for stock seed. For high class mar¬ ket garden trade, they have no equal. Write us in regard to special needs in other varieties in small quantities.