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Have You Tried the Fine New Caserta Squash? 
RHUBARB 
One ounce will produce 500 plants. 
Cutture. Sow seed 1 inch deep in rows 
and thin to stand 6 inches apart. By fall, 
plants should be moved to their permanent 
location, in heavily manured ground, and 
spaced 3 to 4 feet apart. A heavy manure 
mulch around the crowns each winter will 
furnish extra-quality stalks. 
203. Victoria. A vigorous variety with 
upstanding thick red stalks of excellent 
quality. Pkt. 15c.; oz. 45c.; 4b. $1.10, 
postpaid. 
Roots, doz. $3.50, postpaid. 
SALSIFY or OYSTER 
PLANT 
One ounce will sow 50 feet of row; 
8 to 10 pounds, an acre. 
Curture. Does best in a light, rich, 
mellow soil and requires about same treat- 
ment as parsnips; can be left in ground all 
winter. Sow 1 inch deep in rows early in 
spring. Thin to stand 6 inches apart. 
Salsify is a delicious vegetable and really 
has an oyster flavor. 
330. Sandwich Island Mammoth. (120 
days.) Roots 8 to 9 inches long and 114 to 2 
inches in diameter. Flesh is almost white 
and the oyster flavor is excellent. Pkt. 15c.; 
oz. 60c.; 4b. $1.45, postpaid. 
SPINACH 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of row; 
15 pounds, an acre. 
Spinach is an excellent source of supply 
for vitamins A and C and for tron. An 1m- 
portant vegetable for everyone’s diet. 
Cucture. Use well-manured ground, and 
sow in rows, covering 1 inch deep, later thin- 
ning to 5 inches apart. Sow every two weeks 
from early spring until hot weather. Sow 
agai in September for a fall crop. 
574. Selected Bloomsdale Savoy. (40 
days.) A first-early vigorous variety pro- 
ducing fast-growing plants which are hardy 
and attractive. Leaves are dark glossy 
green in color and are heavily savoyed. 
Pkt. 10c.; oz. 15c.; Ib. 35c.; Ib. 90c., 
postpaid. 
576. Leng-standing Bloomsdale Savoy. 
(45 days.) Remains in cutting condition 
long after earlier types have gone to seed. 
Highly crumpled and_ blistered dark 
green leaves. Pkt. 10c.; oz. 15c.; 4b. 35c.; 
Ib. 90c., postpaid. 
324. Dixie Market. (40 days.) Developed 
by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. A fast- 
growing, savoy-type Spinach. The plant 
is dark green, upright growing and compact. 
Leaves are rounded, thick and _ well 
savoyed. Since it is a quick-growing 
variety, it is inclined to bolt quickly in 
warm weather. It should be planted for 
fall cutting only. Pkt. 15c.; oz. 20c.; 
Mlb. 45c.; Ib. $1.25, postpaid. 
335. New Zealand (Tetragonia expansa). 
(55 days.) The thick dark green foliage 
can be picked repeatedly throughout the 
summer and fall and cooked like Spinach. 
Seeds are hard and should be soaked for 
some time in warm water and planted in 
warm soil. Thrives in hot weather. Pkt. 
10c.; oz. 20c.; Y%Ib. 45c.; Ib. $1.25, post- 
paid. 
Gold Tag Fertilizers for golden harvests. 
See page 62. 
SQUASH 
SUMMER SQUASH. One ounce will plant 
25 hills; 3 to 4 pounds, an acre. 
WINTER SQUASH. One ounce will plant 
15 hills; 3 pounds, an acre. 
Winter Squash are an excellent source of 
Vitamin A, while Summer Squash provide 
both A and C. 
Curture. Plant in hills Itke cucumbers 
and melons, the bush varieties 3 to 4 feet 
apart and the running kinds 6 to 9 feet. 
Summer Varieties 
236. Black Zucchini. (62 days.) De- 
veloped from Italian Marrow. Fruits 
cylindrical, long, smooth, green-black, 
weighing 5 to 6 pounds; flesh greenish 
white at eating stage, excellent flavor. 
Pkt. 15c.; oz. 30c.; Y4Ib. 70c., postpaid. 
176. Caserta. (60 days.) A bush summer 
& variety similar to Cocozelle but 
(AS) cartier. More prolific, with tender 
— skin and much lighter color; stripes 
medium and light green. Pkt. 15c.; oz. 
30c.; 4b. 70c., postpaid. 
333. Cocozelle or Italian Vegetable Mar- 
row. (65 days.) Large, oblong, dark green 
fruits becoming marbled with yellow when 
mature. Fine-grained flesh of excellent 
flavor. Pkt. 15c.; oz. 30c.; Yb. 60c., 
postpaid. 
334. Early Prolific Straightnmeck. (50 
days.) An attractive, productive 
strain of Giant Straightneck. Though 
the fruits are somewhat smaller, 
they are earlier and of bright lemon color. 
Pkt. 15c.; oz. 30c.; M4Ib. 60c., postpaid. 
111. Early White Bush Scallop or Patty 
Pan. (52 days.) This old favorite for home 
and market gardens is shaped somewhat 
like a pie with scalloped edges. Pkt. 15c.; 
oz. 30c.; 4b. 60c., postpaid. 
304. Early Yellow Summer Crookneck. 
(52 days.) The earliest Crookneck. Warted 
yellow skin. Flesh of splendid quality. 
Pkt. 15c.; oz. 30c.; Mlb. 60c., postpaid. 
262. Farr’s Benning White Bush. (50 
days.) The color ts a beautiful green tinted 
white. The flavor is delicious; it has a few 
small seeds and is an excellent cooker. 
Pkt. 15c.; oz. 30c.; 4b. 60c., postpaid. 
Winter Varieties 
311. Acorn or Table Queen. (60 days.) 
In size the Acorn Squash equals a fair- 
sized husked coconut, and a half, when 
baked, serves one person amply. The 
shell is unusually thin and does not require 
over twenty minutes for baking or boiling. 
It retains tts dark green color after picking 
and storing. The meat is dry and mealy. 
It yields enormously. Pkt. 15c.; oz. 30c.; 
lb. 60c., postpaid. 
221. Butternut. (90 days.) A Winter 
Squash of excellent quality. Fruits bottle 
shaped, 10 to 12 inches long, 4 to 5 inches 
at greatest diameter. Thick, meaty neck 
and very small seed cavity at bulbous end. 
Shell pale orange with rich yellow meat. 
Pkt. 15c.; oz. 30c.; 4b. 80c., postpaid. 
312. Hubbard. (105 days.) The leading 
Winter Squash for years. It has a green, 
warted exterior and fine-grained, orange- 
yellow flesh which ts dry, sweet and richly 
flavored. It bakes very dry. Our stock of 
Hubbard is the very best. Pkt. 15c.; oz. 
30c.; lb. 70c., postpaid. 
TOBACCO 
Curture. One ounce of Tobacco seed 
produces at least 10,000 plants if sown prop- 
erly. The seed bed should be thoroughly 
prepared, working into the soil 20 pounds of 
Gold Tag 7-7-7 tobacco bed fertilizer to each 
100 sq. ft. of surface. Before seeding, it is 
advisable to treat the bed for weed control 
using Cyanamid or a soil fumigant. If Cy- 
anamid is used, a waiting period of 60 days 
Is required before seeding. The seed is sown 
broadcast and rolled or pressed down firmly 
with a plank, after which the bed must be 
protected by a cotton covering. Seedlings 
are ready for transplanting when 5 or 6 
inches tall. 
147. Maryland Medium _ Broad-leaf. 
Medium thick, broad leaves which produce 
a high percentage of bright Tobacco when 
cured. Pkt. 15c.; oz. 90c.; MWwlb. $3.00, 
postpaid. 
TOMATO 
One ounce will produce 1500 plants; 
6 ounces will plant an acre. 
Tomatoes are reliable providers of vitamins 
A and C and every garden requires a lot of 
them to supply the family’s needs the year 
round. 
Cuxrture. Seed should be started in a 
hotbed in March, transplanted toa coldframe, 
and finally to open ground in May. The soil 
should be rich and in full sun but protected 
from wind. In the home garden the plants 
should be supported on stakes or wires. Days 
quoted are from the setting of the plants. 
Red Varieties 
223. Red Beefsteak. (80 days.) A large 
Tomato for home and market use. Plants 
are heavy and of open habit. The scarlet- 
red, solid fruits have deep scarlet flesh with 
a rich subacid flavor. A meaty Tomato 
growing rapidly in popularity. Pkt. 15c.; 
looz. 85c.; oz. $1.45; lb. $3.60, postpaid. 
113. Chesapeake. (93 days.) Wilt-resistant, 
heavy yielding plants bear fruits that are 
uniform—ripening, well colored and not- 
ably crack resistant; slightly larger and 
firmer than Rutgers. Recommended for 
canning and late Market. Pkt. 15c.,; 
Voz. 85c.; oz. $1.45; Mlb. $3.60, post- 
paid. 
331. Marglobe, Certified. (77 days.) A 
second-early Tomato with strong, healthy 
plants. Globular red fruits with meaty 
flesh of delicious flavor, free from acid. A 
good shipper and should be in every home 
garden. Pkt. 15c.; Woz. 55c.; oz. 95c.; 
\lb. $2.35, postpaid. 
242. Pan America. (70 days.) Highly re- 
sistant to fusarium wilt. Fruit ts bright 
scarlet inside and out, and weighs about 
7 ounces. Pkt. 15c.; oz. 50c.; oz. 90c.; 
l4lb. $2.25, postpaid. 
160. Pritchard. (76 days.) Self-topping, 
with erect vines producing medium- 
(aS) size, scarlet fruits with thick walls 
and solid flesh of mild flavor. Pkt. 
15c.; Yoz. 55c.; oz. 95c.; lb. $2.35, post- 
paid. 
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