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RHUBARB. 



Very familiarlv known as the Pie Plant. The foot <talk if 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 rows i foot apart, on rich ground : the second year after planting they can be re- 

 moved, in autumn, to the permanent spot allotted to them : plant the roots 2 feet apart each way, in ground that 

 is well enriched, at least 2 feet deep. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; yi pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.50. Roots, 

 7; cents per dozen : $4.00 per hundred. 



SPINACH. 



One ounce for 100 feet of drii;. 10 to 15 pounds in drills for an acre. 



This is an important market gardener's crop, of easy culture. For spring and summer use, sow either broad- 

 cast or in drills, one foot apart and one inch deep, as early as the ground can be worked, and every two weeks for 

 a succession. For winter and earlv spring use, sow in September, in well-manured ground ; cover with straw on 

 the approadi of severe cold weather. The ground cannot be too rich ; the stronger the ground the more deli- 

 cate and succulent will be the leaves. 



True Bloorrvsdale 

 Curled Savoy Spinach. 



True Bloomsdale Curled Savoy 

 Spinach.— Fifteen pounds to the acre. 

 Many thousands of acres find profi^ble 

 employment in growing spinach, and no 

 crop pays better. Our stock Curled Savoy 

 Spinach was the truest and most beauti- 

 ful 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; % 

 pound, 10 cents; pound, 15 cents. 



BLOOMSDALE CURLED SAVOY 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 summer with surety of mak- 

 ing a crop. Last spring the demand far 

 exceeded our supply. Packet, 5 cents; yi 

 poirad, 10 cents; i pound, 15 cents; 5 pound, 

 75 cents. 



NEW SPRING SPINACH. 



New Improved Curled Long Standing 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 ; ^ pound, 10 cents ; pound, 15 cents. 



Liong Standing (Thick-Leaved.) — The leaves are large, thick, fleshy, and crumpled, fully equal in 

 quality to the Savoy-leaved. Packet, 5 cents; J4 pound, 10 cents; pound, 15 cents. 



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

 Your stock of Spinach has pleased me for a number of years, and I expect to continue the use of it. 



HARRY B. SWEENEY. 



