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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Vegetable Seeds 



New Zealand 



The Cut and Come Again Spinach. Best for Hot Weather 

 Yields Continuously from Early Summer to Late Fall 

 806. Th£ New Zealand Spinach is a valuable addition to the sum- 

 mer 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 delightful delicate flavor. As the 

 tops are cut off, side shoots develop and in a few days another crop 

 may be cut. Hence the appellation Cut and Come Again Spinach. 



The seed should be sown outdoors after there is no longer danger 

 from frost, in rows from 2% to 3 feet apart, covering the seed about 

 one inch. 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 cron start the seed indoors during March and trans- 

 plant the seedlings to the open ground after danger from frost is 

 past. (See engraving.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., C5c. % lb., $1.50 lb. 



Norfolk Savoy-Leaved 



808. A very popular variety to sow for the late fall cutting. It is 

 quick growing anda heaVy cropper, producing large, fleshy, dark 



green leaves as deeply 

 crumpled as a Savoy Cab- 

 bage. It is largely grown in 

 the South for winter and 

 early spring 

 crops. If 

 sown in the 

 spring it 

 must be cut 

 as soon as 

 ready, as it 

 quickly 

 runs to 

 seed. (See 

 engraving.) 



Price, 10c. 

 ■ 7>KI., 15c. oz., 

 15c. \i lb., 

 60c. lb. 



Sec also Prin- 

 cess Juliana 

 Spinacl), page 

 IS 



Spinach 



CULTURE.— Sow thinly in 

 rows 12 or l.'< italics apart cover- 

 ing llie seed about one half-inch: 

 thin the plants to four inches apart 

 in the row. The main crop is 

 sown in August and September. 

 It is sometimes covered up in cold 

 localities with straw or salt 

 meadow hag during winter, but in 

 sheltered fields there is no neces- 

 sity for covering. For summer use 

 it mag be sown at intervals of tarn 

 nr three weeks, from April to June. 

 Spinach develops best and is most 

 tender and succulent when grown 

 in rich soil and in cool weather: 

 during the hot summer months 

 it often bolts to seed. 1 oz. for 

 100 feet of row, 



Thick-Leaved 



810. The -best sort for fall 

 sowing to winter over for 

 spring cutting, being very 

 hardy It produces large, 

 thick, bright green crum- 

 pled leaves of fine quality, 

 yielding a heavy crop, and 

 is one of the best market 

 sorts. It is also much used 

 for spring sowing, being 

 slow to run to seed and standing the heat well until 

 about the middle of June. (See engraving.) 

 Price, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 25c. M lb., 60c. lb. 



Spinach as a blood-purifying health food is being more and more appreciated. Make frequent sowings and insure a 



continuous supply 





