WALTER S. SCHELL, Inc., QUALITY SEEDS, HARRISBURG, PENNA. 
A field of Schell’s New Long-standing Bloomsdale Spinach. 
market, and at top prices 
Schell’s Long-standing Bloomsdale. A wonderful new 
variety that has an extremely dark green, very crumpled 
leaf. It stands the heat of summer better than the regular 
Bloomsdale, and will stand fifteen days longer before bolting 
to seed. Fine for late spring or summer, as well as early 
spring, yioz. 5 cts.; oz. io cts.; %"lb. 20 cts.; lb. so cts.; 
ro lbs. $4.50; 100 lbs. $35. 
Bloomsdale or Savoy-leaved. Reselected Strain. Leaves 
are curled and wrinkled. Very fine for fall or early spring 
sowing. The favorite of the market-gardeners. Ready to cut 
in 40 days. Koz. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; }i\b. 20 cts.; lb. 45 cts.; 
10 lbs. $4; 100 lbs. $35. 
Thick-Leaf. Large, thick, crumpled leaves of fine quality; 
very slow in running to seed; one of the best. yioz. 5 cts.; 
oz. 10 cts.; Xlb. 20 cts.; lb. 45 cts.; 10 lbs. $4. 
Prickly or Winter. Oz. 10c.; % lb. 20c.; lb. 45c. 
Virginia Blight-resistant Bloomsdale Spinach. A 
very fine variety of the savoy type, with dark green, 
curled and crimped leaves. This variety was bred 
by the Virginia Experiment Station to resist blight. 
Koz. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; K'-b. 20 cts.; lb. 50 cts.; 
5 lbs. $2.25; 10 lbs. $4; 50 lbs. $17.50; 100 lbs. $35. 
Schell’s Hot-Summer. HZ^y 
and also later than others, for it is not affected 
by the hot weather like other sorts. It has re¬ 
mained in perfect condition as long as a month 
after the other varieties had gone to seed. It 
is beautiful in appearance, having a distinct 
rich, fresh green color different from others; 
the leaves are crimped; the quality the very 
best. I urge you to grow it. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 
10 cts.; Vilb. 20 cts.; lb. 60 cts.; 10 lbs. $5; 
100 lbs. $45. 
SALSIFY or 
VEGETABLE OYSTER 
HOW TO GROW SALSIFY.—Sow early in 
the spring in drills 15 inches apart, 1 inch deep; 
thin to 6 inches in rows. Cultivate the same as 
carrots or parsnips. It is hardy; can remain in the ground 
all winter for early spring use, but should be taken up before 
it starts growing; take up a supply for use during the winter. 
Succeeds best in a light, well-enriched, mellow soil. Used 
the same as carrots; or, after having been boiled, it may be 
made into cakes and fried like oysters, which it resembles 
in flavor. One ounce for 50 feet of drill. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. 1 he best variety. Grows 
to a large size and is very mild and delicately flavored. 
Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; Klb. 75 cts.; lb. $2; 2 lbs. $3.70; 5 
lbs. $9. 
It is of excellent quality and it 
is especially valuable because 
it is so very slow to seed 
thfs recommends it for late 
First to be sold on every spring sowing. y 2 oz. 5 cts.; 
oz. 10 cts.; Vilb. 20 cts.; lb. 
50 cts.; 10 lbs. $4. 
Princess Juliana. Dark green crumpled leaf. Very fine long¬ 
standing sort for spring and summer, yioz. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; 
^4lb. 20 cts.; lb. 50 cts.; 10 lbs. $4.5.0. 
New Giant Eskimo. Dark green, thick and crumpled. Will 
stand the heat a long time without running to seed. yioz. 
5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; Klb. 20 cts.; lb. 50 cts. 
New Zealand. It forms a large plant covered with rich green 
leaves which keep coming as fast as others are cut, from 
early spring to fall. Oz. 10 cts.; 2 5 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 
Bloomsdale 
Reselected 
Strain 
This is the finest strain of the ever-popular Bloomsdale 
SPINACH 
High-Germinating Seed 
HOW TO GROW SPINACH. 
—Good rich soil is important to 
Spinach, both for its growth and 
in making the leaves more ten¬ 
der and succulent. Sow the seed 
in early spring in rows 12 inches 
apart; cover it an inch deep. 
Many broadcast the seed, cover¬ 
ing with a harrow or rake. Make 
a sowing every two weeks for 
continuous crops. Do not sow 
seed in dry weather; it will never 
come up. It must have a moist 
soil. Sow in September for fall 
and early spring crops. Use straw 
or ‘ ‘strawy” manure when really 
cold weather comes. Nitrate of 
soda is splendid to give rapid 
growth to Spinach. One ounce 
will plant a row 100 feet long; 10 
pounds to the acre when drilled. 
King of Denmark. 
Sweet Potato Plants 
I make a specialty of an extra-fine selected strain of the Big 
Yellow Sweet Potatoes. Our plants are strong and well rooted. 
Ready in May but it is important that you place your order now. 
Prices, 20 cts. per doz. (25 cts. postpaid); 65 cts. per 100 
(75 cts. postpaid); $2.50 for 500 ($2.85 postpaid); Is per 1,000 
($5-50 postpaid). Less than 500 at the single hundred rate. 
HORSE-RADISH ROOTS, Maliner Kren. A large, quick¬ 
growing variety, which is now the very best Horse-Radish 
grown. Large, strong cuttings, 35 cts. per doz.; $1.50 per 100 
($1.75 postpaid); $12 per 1,000 by express; or $14 per 1,000 
postpaid. 
RHUBARB, Victoria. The best variety. Roots, $1 per doz. 
($1.25 postpaid); $7 per 100 ($7.50 postpaid). Seeds, Pkt. 
10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; Xlb. 50 cts.; lb. $1.75. 
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