F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
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SWISS CHARD, OR SPINACH BEET 
A very useful and easily grown 
vegetable much used as a substitute 
for Spinach. The leaves are prepared 
for the table in the same manner as 
Spinach, the leaf stem or mid-rib may 
be served separately like Asparagus. 
In picking always pick the large or 
developed outer leaves or stalks, leav¬ 
ing the smaller leaves in the center 
of the plant to develop; in this man¬ 
ner the plant will bear continuously. 
Sow seed in rows eighteen inches 
apart, thinning out so that plants 
stand twelve to sixteen inches apart 
in the row. Seed can be sown from 
February to July. The earlier the 
seed is sown in the spring the longer 
will be the bearing season, as the 
plants continue to bear throughout 
the season until the following spring 
when they run to seed. Chard also 
makes excellent greens for chickens 
and is grown to a large extent for 
this purpose. 
LIJCULLUS — The leaves of this 
variety are crumpled and savoyed. 
Leaves are light green, the Chard, or 
stalks, are white, not so broad as 
those of the large ribbed white. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 15c; J4 lb. 25c; lb. 85c; 2 
lbs. $1.50. 
LARGE RIBBED WHITE — 
Smooth dark green leaves with very 
large, broad white stalks and mid-ribs. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; l / lb. 25c; lb. 85c; 
2 lbs. $1.50. 
SWISS CHARD OR SPINACH BEET—LUCULLUS 
CHERVIL 
An easily grown and most useful 
vegetable. The aromatic leaves are 
crisped or curled. It constitutes the 
basis of the French mixture known as 
“Fines Herbes,” the accompaniment to 
a great number of dishes and salads. 
The rows should be about one foot apart 
and cultivated like parsley. 
Fine Curled—Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c. 
CHERVIL, FINE CURLED 
CELERIAC, or Celery-Root, or 
Turnip-Rooted Celery 
In this kind of Celery the roots and not the leaf-stalks are 
the edible portion. Sow seed same as for Celery. When plants 
are sufficiently large transplant in rows twelve to twenty-four 
inches apart and six to nine inches in the row. When roots 
are two inches in diameter they are ready for use. A fine 
vegetable and should be better known. 
GIANT SMOOTH PRAGUE—An improved variety produc¬ 
ing large roots of nearly globular shape, and comparatively 
smooth surfaced. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; *4 lb. 75c; lb. $2.50. 
VEGETABLES THE YEAR AROUND 
In the Sacramento Valley vegetables can be had in the 
garden throughout the year. Parsnips, Salsify, Carrots, Ruta¬ 
bagas, Turnips and Beets are root crops that can be had in 
the Winter ’garden. Kale, Collards, Mustard, Celery Root, 
Broccoli, Kohl-Rabi, Celery, Cabbage and Cauliflower also 
can be sown so that they will mature for the Fall and Winter 
Garden. The cold Winter weather improves the quality of 
most of the Winter vegetables. It is not necessary to store 
the root crops: they are left in the ground and harvested as 
they are required for the table. 
