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New Zealand Spinach 



THE CUT AND COME AGAIN SPINACH 



Yields Continuously from Early Summer to 

 Late Fall 



806. The New Zealand Spinach is a valuable 

 addition to the summer supply of edible greens, the 

 beneficial effects of which are so well known that it 

 is needless to add further comment. 



During the hot summer months, when ordinary- 

 Spinach bolts and goes to seed, the New Zealand 

 Spinach is at its best. It thrives on almost any soil 

 and withstands drought wonderfully well. 



The plant is bushy in form, and produces great 

 quantities of succulent, rich green leaves of a de- 

 fightful delicate flavor. As the tops are cut off, side 

 shoots develop and in a few days another crop may 

 bo cut. Hence the appellation GUT AND COME 

 AGAIN SPINACH. 



The seed should be sown outdoors after there is 

 no longer danger from frost, in rows from 2H to 3 

 feet apart, covering the seed about one.ihch. When 

 the plants are a few inches high they should be 

 thinned out, so that at the final thinning the plants 

 stand fully twelve inches apart. 



For an early crop start the seed indoors during 

 March and transplant the seedlings to the open 

 ground after danger from frost is past. (See en- 

 graving.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 70c. M lb., 

 $2.00 lb. 



Mammoth Bush Summer Crookneck Squash 



836. A highly improved type of the popular Yellow Summer Crookneck. 

 It is just as early and the fruits are much larger, measuring 20 to 24 inches in 

 length, are solid, heavy, and freely produced on healthy, vigorous plants of 

 compact bush habit; fruits heavily wartod; surface color deep golden; flesh 

 yellow and of superior quality. (See engraving.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz. 

 65c. 14 lb., $2.00 lb. 



HENDERSON'S 



Long Island White Bush Squash 



834. The white scalloped "Patty Pan" or "Cymling" has for years been a 

 favorite summer Squash, on account of its earliness, etc., but this new sort is 

 a vast improvement; it is just as early, more prolific, and the Squashes are 

 much deeper, and have less prominent scallops, consequently are easier pre- 

 pared, contain less waste and almoot twice the amount of flesh, which is also 

 of finer quality. The plants are of the true bush habit. (See engraving.) Price 

 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 65c. H lb., $2.00 lb. 



Mammoth Sandwich Island Salsify 



OR OYSTER-PLANT 

 780. Salsify is one of the best of our root vegetables, and is rapidly increas- 

 ing in popularity. It is grown in the same way as the Parsnip, and if grown in 

 well prepared soil, will produce large, smooth roots. Failing this, they are 

 liable to fork. Cooked in any form. Salsify is wholesome, appetizing and 

 nutritious. Its peculiar oyster-like flavor is most apparent when sliced and 

 fried; it may also be served and eaten as Asparagus. It is one of the best 

 remedies for various forms of indigestion. Most of its medicinal value is 

 contained in the milk which exudes from the skin; the surface should therefore 

 be broken as little as possible. This is best avoided by boiling whole, and 

 peeling after cooking. (See engraving.) Price, 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., 85c. jk lb., 

 $3.00 lb. 



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The Labor of Cultivating a Gardea Can Be Reduced to a Minimum by Using Modern Garden Tools and Implements. (See Pages 144-172.) 



