131 B Stkbr N.W.. Washington, D. C. 



RHUBARB. 



Very familiarly known as the Pie Plant. The foot stalk is the portion that is used, and is the first vegetable of the 

 season from the garden ; cultivated to a great extent, and is indispensable wherever it is known. Sow the seed early 

 in the spring, in Vows 1 foot apart, on rich ground ; the seoond year after planting they can be removed, in autumn. 

 to the permanent spot allotted to them : plant the roots 9 feet apart each way. in ground that is well enriched, at least 

 2 feet deep. Packet. 10 oents ; ounce. 90 cents ; j ponnd. 40 cents j pound, $1.50. Roots, 75 cents per dozen ; $4.00 

 per hundred. 



One ounce for 100 feet of drill. 



SPINACH. 



10 to 15 lbs. in drills for an acre. 



This is an important market gardener's Qrop, of easy culture. For spring and summer use, sow either broadcast or 

 in drills, one foot apart and one inch deep. a< early as the ground ran be worked, and every two weeks for a succession. 

 For winter and earlv spring u^. aow in Beptember, in well-manured ground ; cover with straw on the approach of 

 severe cold weather, ft D >t be too rich ; the -troiig.-r the groond the more delicate and succulent will be 



the lea - 



True Bloomsdale Curled 

 Savoy Spinach. 



True Bloomsdale Curled Savoj 



Spinach.— Fifteen pounds to the acre. 

 Many thousands of acres find profitable 

 employment in growing spinach, and no 

 crop pays better. Our stock Curled Savoy 

 Spinach was the truest and most beautiful 

 in the market. Its growth is rapid, the 

 leaf is properly curled, which gives it a 

 very attractive appearance, and causes it to 

 measure better than other sorts, and makes 

 it the favorite with the largest growers. 

 Packet, 5 cents ; 4, pound. 10 c*-nts ; ponnd, 

 15 cents. 



NEW SPRING SPINACH. 



NEW SPRING SPINACH. 



The most valuable for spring sowing. Its 

 long-standing quality makes it absolutely the 

 best for that purpose. The foliage is a very 

 attractive, heavy dark green, curled leaves, of 

 the true Savoy appearance, and of the finest 

 quality. It will stand from two to three weeks 

 after all other varieties of Spinach have shot 

 to seed. It can be planted all spring and sum- 

 mer with surety of making a crop. Last 

 spring the demand far exceeded our supply. 

 Packet, 5 cents; £ pound, 10 cents; 1 pound, 

 15 cents ; 5 pound, 75 cents. 



New Victoria Spinach.— The foliage is heavy, the broad, dark green leaves are of the finest quality. It is in 

 prime condition from two weeks to three weeks after all other varieties of spinach have run to seed. Packet, 5 cents ; 

 j pound, 10 cents : pound, 15 cents. 



Long Standing 'Thick-Leaved .—The leaves are large, thick, fleshy, and crumpled, fully equal in quality 

 to the Savoy-leaved. Packet, 5 cents ; \ pound, 10 cents : pound, 15 cents. 



Your Big Boston Lettuce satisfied me. 1 cvt my crop and they ran 40 heads to the barrel. They are fine. Four 

 stock of Spinach ha* pleated me for a number of yearn, and I expect to continue the use of it. 



HARRY B. SWEENEY. 



