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Long- Standing Bloomsdale Spinach, New 



SUPER-STANDARD 



Will stand from two to three weeks longer than ordinary Bloomsdale 



Days to maturity, 45. This new variety, together with Princess Juhana hsted below, is a new hermaphrodite 

 or bi-sexual sort which has been produced by an entirely new principle apphed to Spinach-breeding. Spinach- 

 growers have known for some time that male plants are always the hrst to bolt, beside producing small-leaved 

 plants. If a large percentage are present in a crop undergoing a few days of hot weather, the whole crop is usually 

 worthless. Using this point as a premise, our Holland grower has isolated four different types, three of which, if 

 not pure female plants are of the female habit of growth. The photograph was taken on June 20, 1925, and 

 we understand it is the identical field from which our present seed was taken. On the same day, the ordinary 

 Bloomsdale on adjoining properties had entirely run to seed. Photographs at best are not very satisfactory, but 

 this one, taken near The Hague, Holland, very clearly shows two things: First, the success of the new breeding 

 principle in its long-standing feature, and, secondly, the almost perfectly formed plants. These will bear close 

 examination. Any grower who had a field of that kind to cut three weeks after all competitors' fields of Bloomsdale 

 were off the market can appreciate the value of such a strain. Our supply of seed this year of this variety is quite 

 limited. Anyone really interested will, therefore, order promptly. Price, delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; V4,lh. 

 20 cts.; lb. 40 cts.; 5 lbs. $1.75; 50 lbs. $15; 100 lbs. $28. 



Princess Juliana, New STANDARD 



A second-early, long-standing Spinach 



Days to maturity, 50. This variety was developed through the same principles described above. We consider 

 it a great improvement over both our Long Season and King of Denmark, and have allowed it to supersede both 

 our varieties, which we have discontinued. Princess Juliana, named in honor of the daughter of the Queen of the 

 Netherlands, wilT prove a very valuable sort of its class. It is second-early, grows close to the ground, develops 

 crumpled, dark green leaves which have a way of retaining their crisp freshness long after being cut. This variety, 

 also a hermaphrodite strain, will stand a remarkably long time, even in warm weather, before bolting to seed. We 

 recommend that it be planted a few days after Long Standing Bloomsdale. Price, delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 

 Cts.; y4lb. 20 cts.; lb. 35 cts.; 5 lbs. $1.50; 50 lbs. $12.50; 100 lbs. $24. 



New Zealand ( Tetragonia expansa) 



Days to maturity, 60. Unlike true Spinach, this one thrives during hot weather and in soil which is 

 rich or poor. It is the best hot weather substitute that we know of. The plant is bush-like in form, 



growing to a height of 12 inches and spreading to 

 about 18 inches. The leaves are small, broad and 

 pointed, and of excellent quality. They may be cut 

 throughout the summer, thus the name Cut-and-Come 

 Again. The germination of this seed is hastened by 

 soaking the seed in luke warm water for twenty-four 

 hours before planting. Plant three or four seeds in 

 hills 3 feet apart each way. Price, delivered: Pkt. 

 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; V^lb. 20 cts.; lb. 75 cts.; 5 lbs. or 

 more, 70 cts. per lb. 



Virginia Savoy 



SUPER-STANDARD 



A yellows resistant stock for fall planting only 



Days to maturity, 40. This variety has a very different, 

 although equally interesting, history from the two sorts 

 described above. It has been developed primarily to 

 resist Mosaic, commonly known as yellows, a disease 

 which is getting more and more severe in certain Middle 

 Atlantic districts during the fall season. Virginia Savoy 

 contains about 70 per cent male plants. It will, there- 

 fore, shoot to seed very quickly in warm weather. For 

 this reason it must not be planted in the latitude of 

 Philadelphia until about August 20. This seed is only one 

 generation removed from the stock seed grown by the 

 Virginia Truck Experiment Sta tion, which was responsi- 

 ble for the final development of this strain. 



Virginia Savoy is a cross between Bloomsdale and a 

 Manchurian dandelion collected by the late lamented 

 plant explorer, Mr. Frank N. Meyer, near Liaoyang. Our 

 friend. Dr. J. B. Norton, secured natural crosses of this 

 plant with Bloomsdale, thus infusing into Bloomsdale a 

 resistance to Mosaic and a hardiness against cold weather, 

 as carried through into the present variety. In offering 

 Virginia Savoy, we wish to pay our compliments to the 

 scientists who have been responsible for its development. 

 We still have this variety in limited supply of the 1925 

 crop. Our principal offerings of it came from the new 

 crop which is usually delivered about August 25. Orders 

 against this crop may be booked at any time. Price, 

 delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; y4lb. 20 cts.; lb. 

 35 cts.; 5 lbs. $1.50; 50 lbs. $12.50; 100 lbs. $24. 



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