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WINTER VARIETIES 
Seed for winter radishes should be sown about the first of August in rich, warm, sandy 
loam, in rows about twenty inches apart, covering half an inch deep. When well up thin to 
three inches apart in the row and give frequent cultivation. For winter use, the roots should 
be pulled and packed in damp sand and stored in a cool cellar. 
e This is an extensively grown variety for fall and winter use. It is 
Scarlet China known also as Chinese Rose. The roots are cylindrical, or largest 
near the bottom, stump rooted or blunt at both ends. The skin is smooth and of a bright 
deep rose color. The flesh is white, firm, crisp and pungent. The tops are moderately 
large with leaves distinctly cut and divided; leaf-stems tinged with rose. The roots are 
usually four to five inches long by about one and one-half to two inches in diameter when 
fully mature, sometimes growing considerably thicker. It is a desirable late maturing 
garden sort. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15¢; 2 Oz. 25c; %4 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 
Cc ] ° l This excellent variety is sold also as Chinese White Winter. The roots are 
elestia long, cylindrical, with beautiful white skin and flesh, the whitest and usually 
the least pungent of the winter varieties. When fully mature the roots are six to nine 
inches long by about two and one-half to three and one-half inches in diameter. Blunt or 
stump-rooted with comparatively small tap-root, The fleshis compact and crisp. Pkt. 
10c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 4% Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 
i 1 1 = The roots of this very large white winter 
California Mammoth White China sort grow nine roumea inches long, 
by three to four inches or more in diameter just below the shoulder, tapering regularly 
to the tip. The flesh is very crisp and solid, decidedly pungent but well flavored, keeping 
well through the winter. The variety matures later than Celestial and the roots are not as 
mild but they attain a larger size under favorable conditions. For table use they are pulled 
before fully grown. Crop’ failed. 
2 The roots are round, sometimes slightly top shaped, three 
Round Black Spanish or four inches in diameter. The skin is almost black. The 
flesh is white, very compact, decidedly 
pungent, but well flavored. The variety 
keeps well through the winter. Pkt. 10c; 
Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; %4 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 
This variety is in- 
Half Long Black termediate in 
Winter shape between the Round and 
the Long Black Spanish, and 
seems to combine the good qualities of 
both. The roots have grayish black skin 
and crisp, pungent but well flavored white 
flesh. ‘They are four to five incheslong and 
oneand one-half totwoinches in diameter, 
sometimes approaching stump rooted 
form at maturity. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 
2 Oz. 25c; %4 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 
° One of the 
Long Black Spanish jatest’ and a 
hardiest long garden radishes, especially Gernenan 
adapted for winter use. The roots are 
long, thick, almost black, somewhat 
wrinkled. The flesh is white, of firm texture, decidedly pungent but well 
flavored. The roots when mature are usually seven to nine inches long by two 
to three inches in diameter at thickest part. Pkt. 10c;Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 14 Lb. 
40c; Lb. $1.25 
RHUBARB or Pie Plant 
Rhubarb, also known as Pie Plant, or Wine Plant, is the earliest spring vege- 
table and is grown for its leaf stalks which are extensively used for pies and sauce, 
Rhubarb succeeds best in deep, somewhat retentive soil and the richer this is 
and the deeper it is stirred, the better. Sow in drills an inch deep and thin out the 
plants to six inches apart. In the fall transplant into very highly manured and 
deeply stirred soil, setting them four to six feet apart each way and givea dress- 
ing of coarse manure every spring. The stalks should not be plucked until the 
second year. When a blossom stalk appears, it should be cut back well into the 
Rounp Brack Spanis# ground andthe plant never allowed to exhaust itself by running to seed. Our 
seed is saved from selected plants of the Linnzus, Victoria, Giant and other improved sorts, but like the seeds of fruit trees, 
rhubarb seed cannot be relied upon to reproduce the same varieties. 
SEED—Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 4% Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 
ROOTS—by mail, prepaid, 20c each; by express or parcel post, mot prepaid $1.00 per ten. 
ROQUETTE A hardy annual, the leaves of which are long, smooth and glossy and when young are used like 
mustard for salads. When in condition for use the plants are from eight to ten inches high. Sow 
the seed in shallow drills about sixteen inches apart, in early spring and for succession every few weeks thereafter. Water 
freely. The young leaves will be ready for cutting in about six weeks from time of planting. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 
35c; 4% Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 
 SALSIFY or Vegetable Overer 
One of the most desirable winter vegetables. The roots when cooked are very palatable and nutritious and are served ina 
variety of ways. The flavor is similar to oysters. Salsify succeeds best in a light, well enriched soil, which should be stirred 
to a good depth. Coarse and fresh manure should be avoided, as it will surely cause the roots to grow uneven and ill-shaped. 
Sow early and quite deep, giving the general culture recommended for parsnip. The roots are perfectly hardy and may 
remain out all winter, but should be dug early in spring, as they deteriorate rapidly after growth commences. Frost does not 
injure the roots, but before the ground freezes a quantity for winter use may be stored in a pit or in a very cool cellar. 
° This variety is large and stron rowing with long, smooth, white, tapering roots, and 
Mammoth Sandwich Island is lesetiabic to branch than ines Brier sorts. The tops are grassy. It is invaluable for 
market gardeners’ use. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; 14 Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.50 
SORREL The improved varieties of Sorrel when well grown and cooked like spinach makea palatable dish. Sow in 
=“ drills early in spring and thin the seedlings to six or eightinches apart inthe row. One may commence 
cutting in about two months and the plants will continue in full bearing from three to four years. 
The best garden variety, having large, pale green leavesof fine quality. Pkt, 10c; Ox. 20c; 
Large Leaved French 2 62. 35; 4 Lb. 60c; Lb. $2.00 : } 
