Salsify 
For Cultural Instructions, refer to 
Carrot. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island 
Many prefer Salsify to oysters, the soup 
from which grives off an odor exactly 
the same as oysters; It has much the 
same flavor. Every garden should produce some of this easily grown plant. 
Plant very early in the spring. Culture much the same as beets. Roots 
6 to 8 Inches long. 1 % Inches thick, tapering, smooth, dull white. 
(Pkt., 5c) (ox., 15c) lb., 40c) (lb., $1.35) (5 lbs., $5.90) prepaid. 
Spinach 
For Health, Eat More Greens. 
Days to Edible Stage, See Page 2. 
Market Growers' Prices, Page 91. 
HOW TO GROW Everybody knows that Spinach is high on the list 
^PIKIAPW health-giving and body-building vegetables. 
orllNA\.,n Grow more and eat more. It is essentially a spring 
and autumn crop and delights in cool, moist weather. While an an¬ 
nual, it is so hardy that it may be sown in the autumn and carried over 
winter except in the extreme north, coming on very early in the spring. 
(See page 2 for preparation of the soil.) Abundant, quickly available 
plant food is desirable and an application of highly nitrogenous fer¬ 
tilizer is advantageous when the plants are about half grown. Plant 
to a depth of one inch in rows 16 to 20 inches apart, thin to 6 inches 
apart in the row. Spinach has had much attention from plant breed¬ 
ers the past few years and varieties are now much larger leaved, 
more succulent and remain in good, edible condition longer. Do not 
use poisonous insecticides for insect control. We recommend Aphicide 
Pyronic, page 89. Plant 1 ounce of seed to 100 feet of drill, 8 pounds 
per acre. 
Spinach is the ideal vegetable for greens. Grow more of it. 
Bloomsdale Long Standing "sSnSci”* MSk" °n ‘dl* 
--- "" - mand for home and market gardens. 
It is slow to run to seed. Plant uniform, handsome, compact with large dark 
green blistered and crumpled leaves. Shipped extensively from the extreme 
south. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., lOc) (14 lb., aOc) (lb., 40c) (5 lbs., $1.60) prepaid. 
Holland la 
King of Denmark 
Plants are of the giant thick leaved type. Leaves large, very 
dark green and slightly crumpled. Is exceptionally slow in 
running to seed. Perfectly adapted for fall planting, being 
very hardy and gives much larger yields than other varieties usually used 
for fall planting. Prickly seeded. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (^ lb., 2Sc) (lb., 60c) (5 lbs., $2.50) prepaid. 
48 days. Highly desirable for canning and market 
garden. Plants large and spreading. Leaves large, 
thick, dark green and only slightly crumpled. Ex¬ 
cellent for spring planting because the seed stalks are slow in forming. 
(Pkt., 5c) (ox., 10c) (% lb., 20c) (lb., 40c) (5 lbs., $1.60) prepaid. 
See Page 91 for Special Prices to Market Growers 
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