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VEGETABLE SE 
CHARTIER RADISH 
ST. martin’s RHUBARB 
THICK LEAVED SPINACH 
MAMMOTH SUMMER CROOKNECK SQUASH 
COMPLETE 
LIST OF 
Vegetable Seeds 
RADISH — Continued. 
White Strasburg. An early summer Radish, 4 to 5 inches long and tapering, 
flesh and skin white, solid and fine. 
Sandwich, Henderson’s. The finest medium early summer Radish; medium 
long and heavy; skin and flesh snow-white; flavor delicate and mild . 
WINTER VARIETIES. These varieties grow so firm and compact that they will 
keep almost all winter, if stored in a dry cellar; they require 2 to 3 months 
to mature. 
Celestial, or White Chinese. An extra fine, large, white Radish, often grow¬ 
ing a foot in length by 4 to 5 inches in diameter; flesh firm, mild and crisp. . 
Rose China Winter. A distinct cylindrical variety, 4 to 5 inches long by 2 
inches in diameter; skin rosy-red; flesh white and firm; good keeper. 
Long Black Spanish. A leading winter variety, one of the best keepers. Roots 
cylindrical, 7 to 10 inches long; skin blackish-brown; firm white flesh. 
Half-Long Black Spanish. Differs from the above in its shorter, stockier 
growth; flesh white, compact and the mildest flavored of this type; good 
keeper. 
RHUBARB, or PIE PLANT. (For roots . see page 176.) 
Spring-sown seed produces plants of good size to pull from the following spring; 
planting roots saves one year. 
St. Martin’s. A large, red-stalked, compact-growing, immensely productive 
variety and the earliest; quality unusually juicy, rich and spicy. 
Champagne. Small stalks of very superior quality; rich red color. 
Victoria. A very large, thick, red-stalked late variety of fine quality. 
SALSIFY, or OYSTER PLANT. (/ oz. to 75 feet of drill.) 
Long White French. One of the most nutritious and delicious of vegetables. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. (See Specialties, page 46.) . 
SCORZONERA, or BLACK OYSTER PLANT. 
Analysis shows this root to be the most nutritious vegetable grown; although 
the skin is black the flesh is white and properly cooked is most delicious.... 
SEA KALE. 
The blanched leaf stalks arc eaten boiled as Asparagus, having a fine, agreeable 
flavor. From seed they will be fit to cut the third year, continuing to bear 
for 8 or 10 years. The roots may be forced in a warm cellar for a winter supply. 
SORREL. Broad-Leaved French. The best of the Garden Sorrels; large, pale 
green leaves of mild, acid flavor; esteemed as salad, cooked as “greens,” etc. 
SPINACH. (/ oz.for 100 feet of drill; 10 to 12 lbs. in drills for an acre.) 
(Varieties prefixed * may be sown in the fall in latitude of New York for 
spring crop.) 
Round-Leaved. A well-known sort, with thick, round, succulent leaves. 
♦Thick-Leaved, Henderson’s. Produces large, thick, bright green crumpled 
leaves of fine quality; very slow in running to seed; one of the best market 
sorts. 
Long Season, Henderson’s. (See Specialties , page 46.) . 
Norfolk Savoy-Leaved. Large, fleshy, dark green leaves, closely crumpled. . . . 
Long-Standing. An excellent compact variety; thick, fleshy, dark green 
leaves; grows slowly but remains a long time fit to use before going to seed. . 
♦Viroflay, Large Round-Leaved. A large, very hardy variety. 
♦Hardy Winter, Henderson’s. A new and superior Spinach, either sown in 
spring for early summer use or fall sown for winter use, being very slow to 
run to seed and very hardy; plant compact-growing, with short-stemmed, 
thick and fleshy rich green leaves. 
Victoria. Very heavy, broad, deep green, crumpled leaves; of fine, succulent 
quality; it stands in prime condition long after other varieties have bolted to 
seed, rendering it especially valuable for spring sowing and summer use. . . . 
New Zealand. Produces leaves in abundance throughout the summer; may 
be raised in heat and transplanted three feet apart each way into good soil. . 
SQUASH. SUMMER VARIETIES. (Bush varieties, 1 oz.for 50 hills; 5 to 6 lbs. 
per acre. Running varieties, 3 to 4 lbs. in hills per acre.) 
Yellow Bush Summer Crookneck. A bush variety, early and prolific; sur¬ 
face deep yellow, densely warted; quality and flavor good. 
Mammoth Bush Summer Crookneck. (See Specialties, page 47.) 
White Bush Scalloped. The white “Patty Pan” or “Cymling”; creamy-white 
skin; fine quality, free cropper. 
Long Island White Bush. (See Specialties, page 46.) . 
Golden Custard, Henderson’s. A mammoth golden, scalloped bush Squash, 
often 1 foot in diameter; wonderfully productive and of extra quality. 
Vegetable Marrow Bush. A favorite English variety, bearing freely oblong, dull 
yellow fruits 10 to 15 inches in length by 4 to 5 inches in diameter; flesh, be¬ 
fore being quite ripe, tender, marrowy and delicious.. 
AUTUMN AND WINTER VARIETIES. 
Boston Marrow. A popular second early Squash for autumn use; skin thin, 
reddish-yellow; flesh dry, fine grained and delicious. 
Delicious. Resembles Hubbard; it excels in flavor. 
Early Prolific Marrow. Similar to, but an improvement over Boston Marrow ; 
earlier, more productive; exterior color, deep orange-red; flesh deep, fine 
grained, dry and sweet. A good keeper. 
Delicata, Henderson’s. (See Specialties , page 47.) . 
Essex Hybrid. One of the best for fall and winter use; a good keeper, of good 
size, bright orange; flesh thick, dry and most delicious. 
Heart o’ Gold, Henderson’s. (See Specialties, page 47.) . 
Hubbard. (See Specialties , page 47 .). 
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