Spinach 
Bloomsdale Spinach. 
One ounce of seed for 100 feet of drill — 
ten to twelve pounds in drill per acre. 
CULTURE. — Spinach is very hardy, ex- 
tremely wholesome and palatable and makes 
a delicious dish of greens, retaining its 
bright green color after cooking. It should 
be planted in very rich ground, the richer 
the better. Sow in drills one foot apart, 
and commence thinning out the plants when 
the leaves are one inch wide. All should 
be cut before hot weather, or it will be 
tough and stringy. For early Spring use, 
the seed should be sown early in autumn. 
In the North the plants will require a slight 
protection of leaves or straw, but in the 
Southern States no protection is necessary, 
and they will continue their growth most 
all winter. 
BLOOMSDALE SPINACH. — Forty days. 
Earliest cutting of any sort. This is a 
form of Spinach superior to other sorts be- 
cause of its leaves being curled, twisted 
and bloated to an unusual degree, this 
curled quality giving the leaves an elastic- 
ity especially fitting them to shipment to 
long distances, while at the same time giv- 
ing the crop large measuring qualities, 
many more barrels of the Bloomsdale Spin- 
ach being cut to the acre than any other 
variety, and thus adding an increased profit 
to the shipper. It is especially recommend- 
ed for autumn sowing, as when sown in 
springtime it shoots to seed early. On 
good soil 150 barrels of Bloomsdale Spin- 
ach should be cut to the acre. 1 lb., 25c; 10 
lbs., or more, 20c per lb. 
EARLY LONG- STANDING SPINACH. — 
It is most extensively grown during the 
Winter and Spring months, for the reason 
that the plants quickly run to seed in hot 
weather. With our new Long Season va- 
riety, Spinach may now be continuously 
grown in any home garden, so that this 
most delicious of “boiling greens" may be 
enjoyed not only during the cool weather months, but in the Summer as 
well. It forms a dense rosette of thick, tender succulent, crumpled leaves 
of intensely dark green color. Their substance and short leaf stalks 
enable them to "stand up" in hot weather, retaining their freshness for a 
long period after cutting. It is the best variety to be sown in the Spring, 
and at monthly intervals for a successive Summer supply. 1 lb., 25c; 
10 lbs. or more, 20c per lb. 
LONG STANDING PRICKLY. — Matures a little later than the round- 
leaved sorts, but furnishes a large quantity of thick leaves of excellent 
flavor. 1 lb., 40c. 
ROUND THICK LEAF. — One of the best sorts for Spring sowing, as it 
is somewhat slower to go to seed than Bloomsdale. Plant upright, vigor- 
ous; leaves large, thick, fresh bright green color. 1 lb., 25c; 10 lbs. and 
over, 20c per lb. 
Salsify or Oyster Plant 
When properly cooked, it is a good substitute for oysters in taste and 
flavor, and is very nutritious. A most palatable vegetable; the cultiva- 
tion is precisely the same as directed for Parsnips and Carrots. Salsify 
will keep finely through the Winter, in the ground where grown, in exactly 
the same manner as Parsnips. The roots are perfectly hardy; in fact, 
they are best after the frost has touched them. 
When cooking, boil the roots (a small piece of codfish, which should 
be discarded when the Salsify is done, boiled with them strengthens the 
oyster flavor); when cold, mash, and fry as patties or fritters. This 
vegetable is also good stewed, plain boiled, and also as a salad, sliced 
raw in vinegar with pepper and salt. Succeeds best, perhaps, in light, 
well enriched soil. If it is necessary to use manure, it should be very 
fine and well-rotted. Sow early in drills 18 inches apart and cover firmly 
one inch deep; thin to three inches apart in the drills. One ounce of seed 
will sow fifty feet of drill; eight pounds is sufficient to plant an acre. 
MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND— This is in every 
way superior to the barge White, being larger, stronger 
growing and less liable to branch. Invaluable to market 
gardeners. *4 lb., 30c; 1 lb., $1.00. 
REMEMBER. If anything you buy of us proves unsatis- 
factory in any way, your money will be re- 
funded cheerfully, and without argument, upon the prompt 
return of the goods. No firm is more anxious to do the 
“square thing” than The C. S. BRENT SEED CO. 
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