WALTER S. SCHELUS QUALITY SEEDS FOR MA RKET-GARDENERS 
SALSIFY, or VEGETABLE OYSTER 
(^aferiviutjel) 
One ounce for 50 feet of drill 
Used the same as carrots; or, after having been boiled, made into 
cakes and fried like oysters, which they resemble in flavor. Cultivate 
the same as carrots or parsnips; it is hardy; can remain in the ground all 
winter for early spring use, but should be taken up before it starts grow- 
ing; take up a supply for use during tlie winter. Succeeds best in a 
light, well-enriched, mellow soil. Sow early in the spring in drills 15 
inches apart, i inch deep; thin to 6 inches in rows. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. The best variety. Grows to a large 
size and is very mild and delicately flavored. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts 
i^lb. so cts., lb. $1.50. 
SPINACH 
High-germinating 
Seed 
One ounce will plant a row 100 feet long 
Long-standing. Large, crimped, thick, savoy-leaved. Stands the heat 
well. One of the best for spring sowing. Oz. 10 cts., Klb. 20 cts lb 
60 cts.. 10 lbs. at 55 cts. per lb., 100 lbs. at 50 cts. per lb 
Bloomsdale, or Savoy-leaved. Leaves are curled and wrinkled. Very 
hne tor fall sowing. The favorite of the market-gardeners. Oz 10 cts 
. »° "^P- 't*- ^° '^'s., 10 lbs. at 55 cts. per lb.. 100 lbs. at 50 cts. per \b. 
imck-L.eaI. Large, thick, crumpled leaves of fine quality; very slow in 
running to seed; one of the best for market. Oz. 10 cts., Klb. 20 cts 
lb. 60 cts., 10 lbs. at 55 cts. per lb., 100 lbs. at 50 cts. per lb. 
Victoria. Heavy, crimped, dark green leaves; very fine for spring sowing- 
is very slow to run to seed, Oz. 10 cts.. 'Alb. 20 cts.. lb. 60 cts., 10 lbs 
at 55 cts. per lb., 100 lbs. at 50 cts. per lb. 
Long Season, or All Seasons. Grows longer during early summer and 
stands heat without going to seed much longer than any other. Does 
not grow so large, but the quality is the finest. Oz. 10 cts., ;<Ib 20 
cts. lb. 60 cts.. 10 lbs. at 55 cts. per lb., 100 lbs. at 50 cts. per lb 
Prickly, or Winter. Oz. 10 cts., 'Alb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts., 10 lbs. at 5'; cts 
per lb.. 100 lbs. at 50 cts. per lb. 
New Zealand. Oz. 10 cts., 'Alb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts., 10 lbs. at 55 cts. per 
lb., 100 lbs. at 50 cts. per lb. 
New Giant Eskimo. The leaf is intensely dark green, very thick and 
crumpled, with small ribs. Will stand the heat a long time without 
running to seed. Oz. 10 cts., 'Alb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts.. 10 lbs. at 55 cts 
per lb., 100 lbs. at 50 cts. per lb. 
SWEET POTATO PLAMTS 
I make a specialty of an extra-fine selected strain of the Big Jersey 
Yellow Sweet Potatoes. I furnish the plants in any quantity. 
Extra-fine plants, 30 cts. per 100, 40 cts. postpaid, $2 per 1,000 
A perfect plant of Bloomsdale Spinach 
Grown from my Quality Seed by Mr. Frank Matzinger. market-gardener. 
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Mammoth Sandwich Island Salsify 
Grown from my seed. They could 
scarcely he "made to order" better. Plant 
Schell's Quality Seeds this year and have 
the best crops. 
"The Salsify I got from you was very 
fine, 1 think as fine as any I ever grew." — 
Russell Byers. 
HORSE-RADISH 
ROOTS OKeerreftig) 
Maliner Kren. A large, quick- 
growing variety, which is now the 
very best Horse-Radish grown. 
Large, strong cuttings, 25 cts. per 
doz., 75 cts, per 100 (postpaid li), 
$6 per 1,000, 
RHUBARB ROOTS 
Victoria. 75 cts. per doz., $5 per 100, 
