THEY GROW BETTER • THEY YIELD BETTER 
SALSIFY, or VEGETABLE OYSTER 
(ipafetltiurjel) 
One ounce for SO 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. I)ut should be taken up before it starts grow- 
ing; take up a supply for use during the 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.. 
yi\h. 40 cts.. lb. Si. 
SPIINACH (®''-*) 
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 sowmg. Oz. 5 cts.. KIb. 15 cts.. lb. 
30 cts., 10 lbs. at 20 cts. per lb., bus. (56 lbs.) $8.40. 
Bloomsdale, or Savoy-leaved. Leaves are curled and wrinkled. \'er\- 
fine for fall sowing. The favorite of the market-gardeners. Oz. s cts.. 
Klb. 15 cts.. lb. 30 cts.. 10 lbs. at 20 cts. per lb., bus. (56 lbs.) $8.40. 
Thick-Leaf. Large, thick, crumpled leaves of fine quality; very slow in 
running to seed; one of the best for market. Oz. 5 cts., J^^lb. 15 cts., 
lb. 30 cts.. 10 lbs. at 20 cts. per lb., bus. (56 lbs.) $8.40. 
Victoria. Heavy, crimped, dark green leaves; very fine for spring sowing; 
is very slow to run to seed. Oz. 5 cts., Kit). 15 cts., lb. 30 cts., 10 lbs. 
at 20 cts. per lb., bus. (56 lbs.) $8.40. 
Long Season, or All Seasons. This can be grown longer during early 
summer and standing the heat without going to seed much longer 
than any other variety. Does not grow so large, but the quality is the 
finest. Oz. 5 cts., |<lb. 15 cts.. lb. 30 cts.. 10 lbs. at 20 cts. per lb., 
bus. (56 lbs.) $8.40. 
Prickly, or Winter. Oz. 5 cts., Klb. 15 cts., lb. 30 cts.. 10 lbs. at 20 cts. 
per lb., bus. (56 lbs.) $8.40. 
New Zealand. Oz. 5 cts.. J4\h. 15 cts., lb. 30 cts., 10 lbs. at 20 cts. 
per lb., bus. (56 lbs.) $8.40. 
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. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 'Alh. 20 cts., lb. 50 cts. 
SWEET POTATO PLANTS 
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 be "made to order" better. Plant 
Srhell's Quality Seeds this year and have 
the best crops. 
"The Salsify I got from you was very 
fine. I think as fine as any I ever grew." — 
Russell Bykrs. 
HORSE-RADISH 
ROOTS (OTcemttig) 
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 Ji), 
$6 per 1. 000. 
RHUBARB ROOTS 
Victoria. 75 cts. per doz.. $5 per too, 
