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Spinach. 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; ten pounds required (or one acre. 
Spinach is very hardy, extremely wholesome, and makes most delicious greens, and is of the easiest 
culture. Sow in drills one foot apart, and commence thinning out the plants as soon as the leaves are an 
inch wide. Cut before hot weather, or it will become tough and stringy. For early spring use, the seed 
should be sown early in the autumn; and the plants protected through the winter by a light covering of 
leaves or straw. 
Hound Thick Lfaved. Leaves large, thick and 
fleshy; the variety generally grown for market, and 
equally good for spring or fall sowing. 
Bound Leaved Viroflay. 
A splendid variety, with 
leaves long and broad, 
round, thick and fleshy, 
dark green. Young plants 
transplanted into a rich 
soil will grow to an enor- 
mous size. 
Round Leaved Viroflay. 
Prickly or Pall, Best suited for fall planting, as 
it is the hardiest variety and will withstand the 
severest weather with only a slight protection of 
leaves or straw. The seed is prickly, leaves tri- 
angular, oblong or arrow-shaped. 
Long Standing Spinach. 
Long Standing. An improved strain; stands 
three weeks longer without going to seed than any 
variety we know of. This valuable property will 
be appreciated by market gardeners. 
Savoy Leaved. A very hardy and productive 
sort; leaves handsomely curled; a valuable variety 
for market or family use. 
Salsify or Vegetiiblo Oysters. 
superior quality and very delicate in flavor; it is 
such a decided improvement that we are quite sure 
all market gardeners who once try it will use it ex- 
clusively. The Salsify is one of the most delicious 
and nutritious of vegetables, and should be more 
generally cultivated for use in winter, when the 
supply of really good vegetables is so limited. 
Salsify. 
Sandwich Island Mammoth. Grows uniformly 
to an extra large size, averaging fully double the 
size and weight of roots of the old variety. The roots 
notwithstanding their enormous size, are of very 
Scorzonera or Black Oyster Plant. Similar 
to the White Salsify, save in color. 
Long, white, tapering roots, resembling some- 
what the small white parsnip, and when cooked, 
have a flavor similar to oysters. Cultivate same as 
parsnips. 
Large White. The standard variety; tender and 
very fine. 
Squashes. 
Squashes should he planted in a warm, light, rich soil, after the weather has become settled and 
warm. Plant in well-manured hills, in the same manner as Cucumbers and Melons— the bush varieties 
three or four feet apart each way, and the running kinds six or eight feet. Eight to ten seeds should be 
sown in each hill, thinning out, after they have attained their rough leaves and danger from bugs is over 
eaving three or four of the strongest plants per hill. 
Early Yellow Bush Scallop. An early, fiat, scal- 
lop-shaped variety; color yellow; flesh pale yellow and 
well flavored; very productive; used when young and 
tender. 
Early White Bush Scallop. Similar to the pre- 
ceding, except in color, which is white. 
Summer Crookneok. One of the best; very early 
and productive. It is small, crooked neck, covered with 
warty cxerescences; color bright yellow; shell very hard 
when ripe. 
Boston Marrow. A fall and 
winter variety very popular. Of 
oval form; skin thin; when ripe, 
bright orange mottled with light 
cream color; flesh rich salmon 
yellow, dry, fine grained, and for 
sweetness and excellence, unsur- 
passed. 
Marrow. 
Cocoanut. Very prolific, producing six to twelve 
on a vine. Outer color light yellow, the bottom of the 
fruit being of a rich green hue. Quality first-class. 
We have a Fine Stock of Vegetable Plants— See the List of Varieties and Prices- 
Hubbard Squash. 
Hubbard. This is a superior variety, and the best 
winter squash known; flesh bright orange yellow, fine 
grained, very dry sweet and rich flavored; keeps perfectly 
good throughout the winter; boils and bakes exceedingly 
dry, and is esteemed by many to be as good baked as the 
sweet potato. 
