Healthful Spinach 
If you have never eaten Spinach fresh from your garden 
you don’t know how delicious it can be. 


Bloomsdale 
Long 
Standing 
For spring and summer use, sow in drills 1 foot apart and 
Y4 inch deep as early as the ground can be worked and every 
two weeks up to May 15th, for a succession. For winter and 
early spring use, sow in September in well-manured ground. 
1 Pkt. for 25 ft.; 1 oz. for 100 ft. 
843 Princess Juliana. 48 days. An excellent long-standing 
variety for the home garden and for shipping. The plants 
make a compact, dense growth close to the ground with 
rounded, thick, heavily crumpled, very dark green leaves 
on short stems. Highly valued because it is very slow in 
producing seed stalks. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; %4 Ib. 70c; lb. 
$2.25. 
SSErLsue 
0 You will loveit - properly distributed seed 
goes twice as far - saves thinning. For peas 
O to petunias. Cork of 6/2" x 1" plastic tube 
pivots in palm - tap gently. SATISFACTION 
© GUARANTEED. Prepaid : 

849 Bloomsdale Long-Standing Savoy 
45 days. An early, hardy, attractive spinach. The dark 
glossy green leaves are heavily crumpled and savoyed. It 
combines all the good qualities of the best Savoy strain 
with remarkable long-standing properties. Pkt: 10c; oz. 25c; 
4 Ib. 75c; Ib. $2.10. 
851 Bloomsdale Reselected Dark Green. 40 days. This is 
noted for its aptitude to remain in perfect condition for a 
long period of time. Has large, broad, glossy, dark green 
leaves which. are heavily crimped and curled. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 25c; %4 lb. 75c; Ib. $2.10. 
855 Virginia Blight-Resistant Savoy. 35 days. A strain 
of Savoy which has proved remarkably resistant to Spin- 
ach blight. Recommended only for late summer and fall 
sowing. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; %4 lb. 75; Ib. $2.10. 
856 Giant Nobel (Giant Thick-Leaved). 45 days. Vigorous 
yesemi-erect plants with broad, medium thick, bright green 
leaves which are slightly crumpled. A productive variety 
quite slow to bolt to seed. It is the best of the large 
smooth-leaved Spinach varieties. Easily cleaned. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 25c; % lb. 75c; Ib. $2.40. 
847 
New Zealand 
Hot Weather 
Spinach 
65 days. (Tetragonia 
expansa.) Not a_ true 
spinach but provides a 
great quantity of small 
dark green tender leaves 
throughout the hot sum- 
mer and _ fall season. 
Grows continuously if 
only the young tender 
tips are gathered. It is 
the nature of the seed to 
germinate rather slowly. 
Pkt. 15c; 0z. 35c;°% lb. 
$1.00; Ib. $3.50. 


Summer Squas 
These early varieties are ready for table use while their 
skin is still tender and soft. They are splendid for summer 
and fall use but are not suited to winter storing. Depending 
upon the variety they will mature in 50 to 60 days. This 
bush type is best for the small garden. 1 pkt. for 6 hills; 
1 oz. for 25 hills. 
864 Early Prolific Straightmeck. 55 days. Sturdy compact 
plants bearing an abundance of long slender pear-shaped 
fruits 10 inches long and 2% inches thick. They are quite 
smooth with light yellow skin. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; %4 Ib. 
90c; Ib. $3.00. 
883 Early Golden Summer Crookneck. 50 days. The best 
of the Crookneck Squashes with long bright orange-yellow 
fruits densely covered with warts. Has sweet fine-grained 
flesh of rich buttery flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; %4 Ib. 90c; 
Ib. $3.00. 
868 Giant Straightneck. 58 days. Similar to the Crook- 
neck but the fruits are perfectly straight which makes 
them easier to prepare. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; ™%4 Ib. 90c; 
Ib. $3.00. 
862 Cocozelle Bush. 60 days. A handsome, oblong, dark 
green variety speckled with lighter green. Fruits 10 to 12 
inches long. Of distinct buttery flavor; of true bush habits. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c;, 4% Ib. $1.00; Ib. $3.50. 
873 Early White Bush (Patty Pan). 54 days. Flat, scal- 
loped fruits of greenish white color when young and 
practically white when mature. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; ™%4 Ib. 
90c; lb. $3.00 
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Early White Bush 
860 Black Zucchini. 62 days. Similar to Cocozelle but 
with greenish black skin and well-flavored greenish white 
flesh. The cylindrical fruits grow 12 inches long and 3% 
inches thick. Most delicious if used when much smaller. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 90c; Ib. $3.00. 
882 Yankee Hybrid. 50 days. A true single cross Hybrid 
between Connecticut Straightneck and Early Prolific 
Straightneck. Oblong creamy yellow fruits of splendid 
quality. Early, reliable, and a prolific yielder. Pkt. 15c; oz. 
75c; %4 Ib. $2.25; Ib. $7.50. 
Be Modern—Use Seed Protectants. 
Modern seed protectants insure a good stand of seed- 
lings by killing seed born plant diseases and helping to 
prevent rot, decay and damping off. The cost is low. 
See page 88. 


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