WHOLESALE SEED GROWERS 
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Rape 
Dwarf Essex . 
For sowing. There is no plant that will give so large a 
so small a cost as this. 
Tel. 
Cipher 
.Rapids 
yield of forage at 
Rhubarb, or Pie Plant 
Myatt’s Lineus Giant..Rhenish 
The most popular variety. Broad thick tender stalks showing much of 
the preferred red color. Many growers prefer growing their own plants 
from seed instead of setting divided roots. 
Salsify, or Vegetable Oyster 
Mammoth Sandwich Island.Salsing 
A great improvement over the ordinary, type. The roots produced are 
shorter, thicker and of even straight growth; flesh nearly white and finely 
flavored. 
Sorrel 
Large Leaved French.,.Sorrow 
The standard variety; produces large, bright, green leaves somewhat 
sour in flavor. 
Spinach 
Bloomsdale, Long Standing.Spicman 
Nearly as early as the old strain and will stand two weeks longer before 
bolting to seed. Plants very uniform, leaves intensely crumpled and 
blistered, dark glossy green in color. 
Bloomsdale Savoy Leaved (Norfolk Savoy)...Spicery 
Very early and hardy, and one of the best for market and canning. Plant 
of upright growth with a tendency to go quickly to seed in hot weather. 
Petiole (stem) 3 inches long, leaves of medium size, the lower ones 
rounded while the upper leaves become pointed, more or less crumpled 
and blistered; color glossy deep green. 
Early Giant Thick Leaved (Round Leaved).Spicular 
A strong, upright growing medium early sort. 
Giant Nobel .Spider 
A greatly improved strain of the Viroflay or smooth-leaved types; a very 
productive variety with large, very thick, rather smooth rounded leaves. 
Long standing and one of the best for canning. 
King of Denmark (Antvorskov).Spifler 
A fine long-season Spinach, remaining longer than most varieties before 
bolting to seed. Plant vigorous and spreading; leaves large, rounded, 
fairly crumpled and blistered; dark green in color; fine for spring 
seeding. 
Large Viroflay.Spigot 
For either spring or fall sowing. Plant of upright growth; leaves are 
very large, broad, thick and arrow-shaped with a 4 inch petiole much 
crumpled and dark green in color. Desirable for canning because of its 
clean, upright leaves. 
New Zealand (Tetragonia Expansa).Spinal 
Entirely distinct from the true Spinach; plant tall and spreading with 
numerous side shoots; leaves medium green, rather small and pointed; 
grows well in hot weather and under adverse conditions. 
Princess Juliana .Spinny 
An exceptionally fine type of Long Standing Spinach. Plant a dense 
compact rosette with very short petioles; leaves are large, rounded, thick 
in texture much blistered and crimpled, very dark green in color. 
Victoria .Spinacle 
Makes a dense, flat rosette with very short petioles. Leaves very large, 
thick and much wrinkled, blunt or rounded and dark green in color. 
Stands hot weather well and is exceedingly slow to shoot to seed. 
Virginia Blight Resistant.Spinner 
A blight resistant strain of the Savoy Leaved spinach developed at the 
Virginia Experiment Station, making it now possible to grow spinach 
successfully on infected soil. A fairly early seeder. 
