CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
Icicle Radish 
RADISHES — Continued 
Long Scarlet Short Top. An old favorite variety of bright carmine-red 
color, with small top. 
Long White Lady Finger (White Vienna). An early maturing, long 
white summer radish. 
Pearl Forcing. A splendid long, pearly-white variety, of rapid growth; 
suitable for forcing or outside. 
White Giant Stuttgart. A large top-shaped variety, of clear white color; 
for summer or fall use. 
White Strasburg. A popular variety for fall use; roots fairly long, thick 
and tapering. 
FALL OR WINTER RADISHES 
California Mammoth White Winter. Of cylindrical form; skin and flesh 
white, crisp and tender. 
Half Long Black Spanish. Intermediate in size, with grayish-black roots. 
Long Black Spanish. One of the latest and hardiest varieties for winter 
use. 
Long White Spanish. Similar to Long Black Spanish, except in color 
and being less pungent. 
Round Black Spanish. Roots round, inclined to top-shape; skin almost 
black, flesh white. 
Rose China Winter (Scarlet China). One of the best winter sorts; 
roots cylindrical, bright rose in color; flesh white, crisp and pungent. 
White Chinese, or Celestial. The whitest and least pungent of the 
winter radishes. Roots 6 inches long, thick, cylindrical and smooth. 
SALSIFY, OR OYSTER PLANT 
Culture .—Sow the seed in light, deep soil, early in spring, in drills 12 
inches apart and 1 inch deep, thinning out the young plants to 4 or 5 
inches. The roots will be ready for use in October, when a supply should 
be taken up and stored like carrots. Those remaining will suffer no injury 
by being left in the ground till spring, but should be dug up before com¬ 
mencing their growth. 
One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. We consider this the largest and most profitable Salsify in cultivation; roots are two 
to three times the size of the ordinary Salsify, and of more agreeable flavor. It is pure white in color, and invalu¬ 
able to market-gardeners. 
SPINACH 
Culture :— This is a very important crop in ou 
market gardens, and is one of the most easily 
managed of all vegetables, requiring but little 
culture, and may be had fit for use the entire 
season. The main crop is sown in September. 
It is sometimes covered up in exposed places with 
straw or salt during the winter, which prevents 
it from being cut by frost; but in sheltered fields 
there is no necessity for covering. For summer 
use it may be sown at intervals of two or three 
weeks from April to August. Spinach is most 
tender and succulent when grown in rich soil. 
One ounce for 100 feet of drill; 10 to 12 pounds 
in drills to the acre 
KING OF DENMARK SPINACH 
While the plants are ready for use as soon as 
most early sorts, they remain in good condition 
two weeks after other varieties have gone to seed. 
The plants are of rapid growth, resembling Long 
Season in type, but the leaves are more crumpled 
and darker green in color. Highly recommended 
for both private and market garden. 
NEW PRINCESS JULIANA SPINACH 
Of recent introduction and rapidly displacing other 
long-standing varieties because of its handsome appear¬ 
ance, dark green, crumpled, thick leaves, borne on 
short stems. The trucker’s favorite and excellent for 
the home garden. 
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