Title: (Catalog) : spring 1964
Identifier: catalogspring1961964wyat (find matches)
Year: 1964 (1960s)
Authors: Wyatt-Quarles Seed Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture), North Carolina; Raleigh, Catalogs; Nursery stock, North Carolina, Raleigh, Catalogs; Seeds, North Carolina, Raleigh, Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants), North Carolina, Raleigh, Catalogs; Vegetables, North Carolina, Raleigh, Catalogs; Gardening, North Carolina, Raleigh, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs; Flowers, North Carolina, Raleigh, Catalogs; Agricultural implements, North Carolina, Raleigh, Catalogs
Publisher: Raleigh, N. C. : Wyatt-Quarles Seed Co
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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238 Corn, Seneca Chief 288 Cucumber Polaris 288 Cucumber, Polaris A fine new slicing cucumber recommended for both shipping and home garden. Vines are moderately vigorous, about the same as Ashley. Fruits are moderately long (7-7V2 inches), smooth, gently rounded on both ends with color essentially the same as Ashley. Polaris is rated as having resistance to Downy Mildew superior to any variety cur- rently available. It is highly resistant to Race 1 and moderately resistant to Race 2 Anthracnose. 59 days. Pkt. 25c; oz. 45c; 14 lb. $1.10; lb. $3.50, postpaid. 496 Okra, Clemson Spineless A uniform, spineless variety, pods rich green, angular, ridged; plants 5 ft. 55 days. Pkt. 20c; oz. 30c; 14 lb. 65c; lb. $1.75, postpaid. 570 Garden Pea, Wando Pods 3 inches long; good quality; seed small; plants 2',2 ft. tall. More cold and heat toler- ant than other peas. 68 days. Pkt. 20c; 14 lb. 45c; lb. 85c; 2 lbs. $1.30; 3-9 lbs. @ 50c lb.; 10-24 lbs. @ 42c lb., postpaid. 559 Blackeye Pea, Princess Anne This new variety was selected from a cross between a bunch Purple Hull and California No. 5 Blackeye. Plants are compact with no basal runners. Flowering stalks are erect and fairly long, bunching a high proportion of the pods at the top of the plant. It is 7-9 days earlier maturing than Large Blackeye. The harvest period for three years averaged 12 days for Princess Anne compared to 32 days for Large Blackeye 55-58 days. Vz lb. 45c; lb. 80c; 2 lbs. $1.25; 3 to 9 lbs. @ 54c lb.; 10 to 24 lbs. @ 46c lb., postpaid. 591 Pepper, Yolo Wonder /n ii\ Similar to California Wonder with VDeil/ thicker flesh. Mosaic resistant. 80 days from plants to harvest. Pkt. 20c; I4 oz. SOc; oz. SOc; 14 lb. $2.50; lb. $7.00, postpaid. 706 Squash, Early Yellow Sum- r'-^^lxKioz-L- Bush type plant, vigor- mer V-rOOKneCK ous, and prolific, fruits curved at neck, light yellow at edible stage. 52 days. Pkt. 20c; oz. SOc; '4 lb. SOc; lb. $2.00, postpaid.
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(16 Squash, Greyzini 716 Squash, Greyzini ^?onte l^^eS'fi winner for 1963. An outstanding highly produc- tive home and local market Fi Hybrid. The husky bush vines produce fruits that are cylin- drical, blunt-ended, light green, splashed with dark green, bright and glossy with tender skin, tender and delicious up to 10 inches in length. Greyzini is considered of maximum quality when 2 to 4 days old. Pkt. S5c; oz. 65c; oz. $1.20; Va lb. $3.10. 735 Tomato, Marion ^IV^'^^^^^'^H ketable fruits per acre than Rutgers and equal to Homestead. It is resistant to grey leaf spot and fusarium wilt and moderately resistant to early blight. Fruit is large, smooth, deep ovate with red flesh, less cracking than most varieties. This is an excellent tomato for both market and home gardens. 85 days. Pkt. 35c; oz. 75c; oz. $2.15; 14 lb. $5.40; lb. $15.00. 732 Tomato, Manapal f^^fZ (Illustrated on I e front cover.) An excellent new variety, Manapal was grown and tested at N. C. Experimental Station at Method, N, C. in soils heavily infected with Fusarium wilt. All varieties in the test died except Manapal, Marion and Homestead. Manapal looked the best of the three varieties. It also has field immunity to gray leaf spot and 4 races of leafmold. Most fruits range from 5.5 to 7 ounces (the size preferred by shippers), smooth at both ends and slightly larger around than from stem to blossom end, but this feature is strongly influenced by the growing conditions. The fruits are firm ripening, thick-walled and fleshy rather than seedy. 90 days. Pkt. 35c; 14 oz. 75c; oz. $2.15; 14 lb. $5.40; lb. $15.00, postpaid.

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