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SUNSET SEED AND PLANT COMPANY. 
Spinach 
Bpinard. Spinal. Espinaca. 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; ten pounds will sow one acre. An exceedingly ricli, well-worked 
soil is necessary. Sow thinly in drills ten inches apart and half an inch deep. When the yonng plants are 
established, thin out to the distance of three or four inches in the row, and in a future thinning every alter- 
nate plant may be removed, as Spinach does not do well when crowded. 
Long-standing. Kound, thick leaves, of a dark green color, per oz., 10 cts; per j-lb., 15 cts; per lb., 40 cts. 
Prickly. A very hardy variety; strongly recommended, per oz., 10 cts; per J-lb., 15 cts., per lb., 40 cts. 
Perpetnal or Spinach Beet. Produces a great abundance of green leaves, and as soon as one gathering 
has been made, a fi-esh crop appears, thus insuring a constant supply of this valuable vegetable, per oz., 
10 cts; per j-lb., 25 cts; per lb., 75 cts. 
Viroflay. A large-leaved variety; grown largely in many localities., per oz., 10 cts; per i-lb., 15 cts; per 
lb., 40 cts. 
Kew Zealand. Withstands heat and droutn and produces leaves in great abundance throughout the sum- 
mer in the hottest climates, where ordinary Spinach will not do well; should be transplanted three feet 
apart each way, into light, rich soil, per oz., 10 cts; per J-Ib., 30 cts; per lb., $1. 
Squash 
Omrge. 
SQUASH, MAMMOTH CHILL 
ICuchfn Kurbis. Calabaza * 
One ounce will plant fifty hills; four to si.K pounds, ac- 
cording to variety, is required for one acre. Plant in well- 
manured hills, the bush varieties three or four feet apart, and 
the running sorts from six to eight feet. Eight or ten seeds 
should be allowed to a hill, thinning out after danger of bugs 
is over, and leaving three or four of the strongest plants to a 
hill. 
Boston Marrow. Has a thin bright orange skin ; rich salmon 
yellow flesh, fine grained, sweet and dry; is a splendid ta- 
ble squash, per oz., 10 cts; per J-lb., 25 cts; per lb., 75 cts. 
California Field Marrow. An excellent and nutritious food 
for stock, per oz., 5 cts; per J-lb., 15 cts; per lb., 40 cts. 
Canada Crookneck. Very robust and suffers less from in- 
sects than many other sorts; excellent for pies, per oz., 10 
cts; per }-lb., 25 cts; per lb., 75 cts. 
Early White Scallop Bush. Very early; productive, sweet 
and good, per oz., 10 cts; per J-lb., 20 cts; per lb., 60 cts. 
Hubbard. Flesh fine-grained, dry and sweet; the best 
keeper, per oz., 10 cts; per J-lb., 20 cts; per lb., 60 cts. 
Mammoth Chili. The largest of all, often attaining a 
weight of two hundred pounds; flesh bright yellow, 
thicTc and of good quality, per oz., 15 cts; per J-lb., 40 
cts; per lb., $1 25. 
Mammoth White Busli Scallop. Earlier than the com- 
mon variety and at least double the size; is a continu- 
ous bearer from early in the season until late in the 
Fall; a splendid variety for market, per oz., 10 cts; per 
J-lb., 25 cts; per lb., 75 cts. 
Perfect Gem. An excellent variety, creamy white, fine 
grained and splendid flavor, per oz., 10 cts; per i-lb., 
20 cts; per lb., 60 cts. 
Summer Crookneck. A good summer sort; golden skin, 
warted; of especially fine and delicate flavor, per oz., 
10 cts., per J-lb., 20 cts; per lb., 60 cts. 
SQUASH, BOSTON MARROW. 
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