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JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO 
LA CROSSE, WIS 
1936 
SALZERSALAD 
The Wonderful Salad Plant 
Salzersalad is a distinct new salad plant that is most 
delicious when used in a number of ways. The sweet 
and tender stalks may l>e cut or dieed raw for salads, 
they may he cooked and creamed like asparagus or 
celery, serving them hot, the tops may he cooked and 
served as greens, or th,e entire young- plants may be 
cooked for greens, so necessary for the physical sys¬ 
tem. Doctors tell us that plenty of “greens” are very 
beneficial and necessary for good health. 
Salzersalad was bred from Chinese or Celery Cab¬ 
bage and has heavily crumpled deep green leaves home 
on long, thick, white, closely folded stalks, tender, 
sweet and delicious. It is so much superior to anything 
heretofore offered, that we know it will give the ut¬ 
most satisfaction. Salzersalad yields heavily and over 
a long period, being quite slow to go to seed. Home 
gardeners should find a place for it in their gardens, 
and market gardeners should give it a trial, as at 
La Crosse markets the plants find a ready sale. 
Healthful and tasty, both raw and cooked, Salzer¬ 
salad has been declared the most delicious salad plant 
ever produced, by all who have tried it, and we believe 
that every one of our customers will be very much 
pleased with it. For best results, sow early in spring 
and again about the fore part of August. 1050—Pkg., 
10c; oz., 23c; oz., 35c; 2 oz., 60c; % lb., 93c; lb., $3.00, 
postpaid. 
Salzer’s Tastygreen 
Salzersalad 
TASTYGREEN—The New Vegetable! 
Tastygreen is a new vegetable, rich in protein, mineral 
matter, and other elements so necessary to the develop¬ 
ment and maintenance of the human system. “Greens” are 
highly essential to our well-being, and of these, Spinach is 
perhaps the most widely planted and the most widely used, 
being served once each week at almost every table and 
eaten for its medicinal properties, although unpalatable 
to many. 
Tastygreen, the new vegetable, is far superior to Spinach 
or any of the other greens, and has a delicious flavor all its 
own, slightly and agreeably pungent with a Mustard taste 
when served hot, and when eaten raw, the flavor somewhat 
resembling raw Turnips. It is very rich in body and bone¬ 
building material, the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 
Auburn, Alabama, reporting a content of 22.81 per cent 
Protein, 25.01 per cent Mineral Matter, 2.10 per cent Lime, 
0.11 per cent Iron, and 2.45 per cent water. We believe 
that Tastygreen is going to become America’s most popular 
vegetable green and that it will be canned on a large scale 
by canneries within a very short time. 
Tastygreen has small thin roots, about two inches long, and 
large oblong shaped leaves, rich dark green color, with a nar¬ 
row white center rib. The leaves, stem and all, are prepared 
for table use in the same manner as Spinach or Turnip greens. 
It Is very prolific and hears abundantly. The plants grow 
quickly and are ready for use in 21 to 23 days after planting. 
Successive sowings may be made, although the plants are very 
slow to go to seed; at Cliffwood Farms, plants sown in June 
had not gone to seed on September 5, two and one-half months 
later. Tastygreen withstands to a remarkable degree, extreme, 
dry, hot weather conditions, and will grow and produce bounti¬ 
fully during our spring and summer months, and in the south, 
during most of winter also. 
Customers should give Tastygreen a trial this year, as every¬ 
one who has tried it, pronounces it delicious and very much 
superior to Spinach. Market gardeners will find Tastygreen a 
profitable crop to grow. Maturing rapidly and growing all 
summer long, it permits of three or four crops a year in the 
North and seven or eight crops a year in the South. The seed 
may be sown by hand or with a seeder; if with a seeder, set 
the marker about 2 notches higher than shown for Turnip 
seed, as Tastygreen should be planted thickly. Use 5 to 6 
pounds per acre in drills (1 ounce seed to 50 feet of drill), with 
rows 2 y 2 to 3 feet apart. Gsirdeners have reported profits of 
$375.00 per acre from Tastygreen! The crop has sold readily 
at all markets, and as Tastygreen becomes better known to 
the public, we anticipate a demand much heavier than the 
supply, which will net gardeners very handsome, profits. 
Tastygreen seed is obtainable only from us and should be 
ordered early. 
Home gardeners, do not fail to plant this delicious and tasty 
new vegetable in your garden this year. Market gardeners, 
plant a small acreage to it at least, and see for yourself how 
rapidly the crop sells at market! 
I 107—Pkg., lOe; % oz., 13c: oz., 20c; 2 oz., 35c; *4 lb., 57c; 
V 2 lb., $1.00; lb., $1.75; 2 lbs., $3.40, postpaid.^ 
I must say that Salzer’s Tastygreen and Salzersalad are two of the finest greens that we have ever eaten.— 
Mr. Frank Spurr, Sr., Box 335, Galena, Illinois. 
