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WILLIAM EWING; &. ,CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE 
SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT 
Thin out to six inches apart. 
A portion of the crop may remain in the ground all winter, like the Parsnip 
Mammoth Sandwich Island This is 
SPINACH 
-FK. SALSIFIS. Sow early in the 
spring, in anils 
a foot or more apart, covering the seed 
not more than two inches in depth. 
One ounce will sow 75 feet of drills, 
the largest and most profitable 
Variety now in cultivation. 11). S2,00; 
i lb 60c. ; oz. 20c. ; pkt. 5c. - , ^ c 
LONG WHITE FRENCH— The old favorite variety, lb. S 1.75 ; 1 lb. SOc. ; oz. ISc. ; pkt. 5c. 
-PR PPTIMARD One ounce will sow one hundred feet of 
rix. ariii^x-ij. ^^.ji^ Sow in early spring, in drills a foot 
apart (10 to 12 lbs. to the acre), every two weeks for a succession, 
and as it grows, thin out tor use. Sow the seed of New ^aland 
in hiUs 2 feet apart each way, three or four seeds in a hill. This is fit for cutting all summer. 
VJp+nria The foliage is heavy, the broad dark-green leaves being of the true 
VlLlUiitt. g^^^y appearance and of the finest quality. It remains m pnniie 
condition from two to three weeks after neariy all other varieties have run to seed, 
lb. 30c.;oz. 10c.;pkt. Sc. ^ , j 
BLOOMSDALE or (NORFOLK SAVOY).— Large curied and wrinkled leaves; tender, and 
of the finest flavor, lb. 30c.; oz. lOc; pkt. Sc. 
Tvr/»TTT T/»<j1<in/1 ^SninnrVi This variety is gromi to supply the place of the 
New Zealana bpmacn. ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^i, d^j^ing the hottest months of the 
year or in drv' arid localities where the ordinary spinach does badly. The plants 
continue to yneld a supply of leaves during the whole summer, requiring hardly any 
attention, lb. 81.00; i lb. 30c.; oz. ISc; pkt. Sc. ' 
VIROFLAY— One of the best varieties, producing thick crumpled leaves; stands a 
long time without running to seed. lb. 30c.; oz. 10c. ; pkt. 5c. 
LONG STANDING — Valuable for spring sowings; does not run to seed quickly, lb. JUc.; 
oz 10c.;pkt. Sc. PRICKLY— Hardy, for autumn sowing, lb. 30c.; oz. 10c. ; pkt. 5c. 
-FR. COORGE. 
CULTURE— 
Squash should be 
_ planted in a 
warm, Ught, rich soil, after the weather has be- 
come settled and warm. Plant in hills in same 
manner as Melons or Cucumbers. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
Giant Summer Crookneck . 
This squash is a great improvement 
upon the standard, popular, yellow 
Summer Crookneck. It has nearly 
double the former size, runs more evenly 
as to type, and grows fruit in quantity 
on healthy, compact, bushy plant,- 
SQUASH 
Salsify Mammoth Sandwich Island. „ , . ■ . ,• 
The fruit is heavily warted, its flesh is of a deep golden color, and its quality 
is of the very best. lb. 81.00; i lb. 30c.; oz. ISc; pkt 5c. 
Mammoth White Bush Scallop Squash. 
instead of the yellowish white so often seen in the old Early White Bush 
Scallop Squashf and is superior to that vanety in size and beauty The 
handsomest of the scalloped Squashes, lb. 81.00; i llj. 30c., oz. ISc, pU. Sc. 
YELLOW BUSH SCALLOP— Verv eariy. Fruit flat, round and scalloped. 
yellow lb. 81^0; i ^;^J^'xZo"'E&in VEGETABLE MARROW (TRAILING^-A 
VEGETABLE MARROWS, favorite earfv variety. Skin greenish-vellow. Fruit 
lonsr flc-sh white and of rich fla^ or. Plant in hills, 8 ft. apart. IK 81.75; i lb. 60c.; 
oz. 20c.; pkt. .Sc. 
LONG WHITE BUSH MAR- 
ROW — Is an improve- 
ment on the Trailing 
Vegetable Marrow. Fruit 
Ewing's Warted Hubbard 
Giant Summer Crookneck. 
i'sTarge" and"handsome, and the plants are of bush form, 
BO can be planted from 3 to 4 ft. apart. Flesh is creamy 
white, and of excellent quality, lb. 81.75; J lb. OOc; 
oz. 20c. ; pkt. Sc. 
AUTUMN AND WINTER SORTS 
Ewing>s Warted Hubbard. ^[^^etlquXfoJ 
home or market. The vines are of strong robust growth. 
Fruits are very large and handsome shape. Skin is dark- 
green, thick and heavily warted. Flesh is of splendid 
quality. Grand keeper, lb. 81.20; i lb. 40c.; oz. ISc; 
pkt. Sc. (See photo engraving.) 
■no1i/>iniie In size it resembles the Hubbard. In 
X^CiiV/iuuo. tijici^ness of flesh it surpasses nearly every 
variety. The color is a dark orange. For table use no 
and exceeding richness 
best quality until winter. 
Specially reselected strain. lb. 81.20; i lb. 40c.; oz ISc; pkt. Sc 
