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SANDWICH ISLAND.—It attains a large size; can be called with right mammoth. 
Packet, 5c. and 10c.; 0z., 25c.; 1% lb., 90c.; 1b., $3.00, postpaid. 
SPINACH. 
CULTURE.—A great deal of this is raised for the local market, as well as for ship- 
ping. It is very popular. 
Sown from September to the end of March. 
If the Fall is dry 
and hot is is useless to sow it, as the seeds require moisture and cool nights to make 
them come up. 
days. 
Steckler’s Fullbasket. 
STECKLER’S FULLBASKET.—Produces 
its broad thick leaves early in the season. 
Its giant leaves often measure 20 inches 
across which when cooked are very tender 
and of excellent flavor. Full basket is an 
early maturing, as well as giant leaved 
spinach, becoming very popular. Packet, 
5c. and 10c.; oz., 15c.; % Ihb., 35c.; 1b., $1.25, 
postpaid. 
EXTRA LARGE LEAVED SAVOY.—The 
leaves of this variety are large, thick and 
a little curled. Very good for family use 
and the market garden. Packet, 5c. and 
10c.; oz., 15c.; 14 Ih., 25c.; 75c., postpaid. 
MONSTROUS VIROFLAY, OR THICK- 
LEAVED.—A variety producing a remark- 
ably thick leaf, slightly crimped and grown 
extensively by the market gardener. 
Packet, 5c. and 10c.; oz., 15c.; %4 Ilhb., 30c.; 
lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
NEW ZEALAND.—Unlike true spinach 
in type and in that it thrives during hot 
weather and in any soil, rich or poor. 
The tender shoots are of good quality and 
may be cut throughout the summer. The 
plant becomes very large and spreading. 
The leaves are comparatively small, broad 
and pointed. Packet, 5c. and 10c.; 0oz., 25c.; 
Y% 1b., 60c.; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
White Shallots. 
The richer the ground the larger the leaves. 
One ounce to 150 feet of drill; 10 pounds to the acre. 
Matures in 60 to 100 
BROAD LEAVED FLANDERS.—This is 
the standard variety, both for market and 
family use. Leaves large, broad and suc- 
eculent. A fine shipping variety to Northern 
markets. Packet, 5c. and 10c.; oz., 15c.; %4 
lb., 25¢.; 1b., 75c., postpaid. 
White Shallots. 
SHALLOTS—wWhite. 
A small-sized onion, which grows in 
clumps. It is grown very extensively in 
Louisiana and large quantities are shipped 
to the Northern markets during the Winter. 
In the Fall or early Spring the bulbs are 
divided and set in rows twelve inches 
apart and about six inches in the rows. 
They grow and multiply very rapidly and 
can be divided during the Winter and set 
out again. Late in the Spring, when the 
tops are dry, they are taken up, thorough- 
ly dried and spread out thinly in a dry, airy 
place. 5 bushels to the acre. 50c. per qt.; 
$1.50 per gal., postpaid; $3.00 per peck, not 
prepaid. 
SORREL. 
Sorrel is cultivated for its leaves, which 
possess a very fine flavor, boiled and served 
like Spinach. It also makes a good salad 
and also a delicious soup. Broad-leaved 
French. Plant in Spring. Packet, 5c. and 
mee 0z., 20c.; % Ilb., 50c.; lb. $1.50, post- 
paid. 
SQUASH. 
CULTURBE.—Sow in hills from 3 to 4 feet apart, 6 to 8 seeds. When well up thin 
them out to three of the strongest plants. 
For a succession they can be planted from 
