CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
RADISHES — Continued 
Small White Turnip. A desirable, small, quick growing, waxy-white, turnip-shaped variety, with 
small top. 
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 commencing their growth. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. We consider this the largest and most profitable Salsify in cultiva¬ 
tion; roots are two to three times the size of the ordinary Salsify, and of more agreeable flavor. It 
is pure white in color, and invaluable to market-gardeners. 
One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill 
Spinach 
Culture. —This is a very important crop in our market gardens, and is one of the most easily man¬ 
aged 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 dur¬ 
ing the winter, which prevents it from being cut by frost; but in sheltered fields there is no neces¬ 
sity 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 con¬ 
dition 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 displac¬ 
ing other long-standing varieties because of its 
handsome appearance, dark green, crumpled, 
thick leaves, borne on short stems. The truck¬ 
er’s favorite and excellent for the home 
garden. 
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