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White Icicle. A popular white radish. Roots long, clear, white, 
especially mild. 
Other Varieties. Early Scarlet Turnip, Long Black Spanish, 
China Rose Winter, Crimson Giant. 
All Spinach—Packet, 5c; oz. 15c. 
Spinach is a cool season annual, grown for greens. No spinach 
will stand extreme summer heat without “shooting” seed stalks. 
For this reason the seed must be sown early in the spring or late 
in summer to avoid the danger of the crop maturing in July or 
August. For spring and summer use sow as early as the ground can 
be worked and make successive plantings every two weeks until 
May 15th. The leaves will be ready for use four or five weeks after 
sowing. For Autumn use, sow seed about August 1st. Spinach will 
grow very large and can be cut from the first of September until 
the ground freezes. 
Improved Thick Leaf. Believed by many as the finest spinach 
on the American market today. It is the largest-leaved spinach 
grown and is exceedingly crisp, tender and tasty. It grows rapidly 
and remains in good condition a long time, making it fine for 
market. The medium-green leaves are large, rounded, slightly 
crumpled, succulent, and tender. 
New Zealand. Thrives in hot weather in any soil. Leaves com¬ 
paratively broad and pointed. Will grow through 
the summer. 
Prickly Winter. Hardiest variety. Must be sown 
in the fall. Seeds prickly. Leaves long, pointed, thick 
and succulent. 
All Radishes—Packet, 5c; oz., 15c. 
This is the easiest of all vegetables to raise and 
no garden is complete without at least one or two 
varieties. 
The common Radish will germinate in four to 
days and if grown properly will have useful roots 
ready to harvest in twenty-eight to thirty days. If it 
takes longer than this the roots will be spongy, acid 
or woody, hence useless. The secret of getting crisp, 
delicious radishes is quick growth; for this they 
need a rich mellow soil. Sow the seed about one- 
third of an inch deep in drills not over 8 to 12 inches 
apart. 
All through the spring a succession should be 
sown every ten days. Keep in mind that an old 
radish is a worthless one and being harvested as 
soon as possible, they must be quickly grown and 
of course kept thoroughly cultivated. It is advisable 
to use crude Naphthalene flakes in the soil at the 
time of sowing seed. This will protect the crop from 
soil insects such as maggots and worms. 
Early Scarlet Turnip. White Tipped. Turnip 
shaped roots tipped with white. Flesh white, crisp, 
tender and sweet. Tops small. Matures very early. 
French Breakfast or Half Long. Excellent for 
both home and market gardening. Tops small, roots 
oblong and blunt. Scarlet with white bottoms; flesh 
white, crisp and sweet. Splendid quality. 
Early Scarlet Globe. Matures very early. A 
bright carmine-red color. Perfect oval shape and 
ideal size makes this an excellent radish for market. 
They reach this size in about 25 or 30 days and are 
best when not quite full grown. Sweet, crisp and 
tender flesh of the highest quality. 
Other Varieties. Nobel Giant Leaved, King of 
Denmark, Long Standing. 
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This is a minor member of the cabbage tribe, the 
erect stem of which is swollen just above the ground 
level. The swollen part, while still tender and juicy 
has a fine flavor liked by some, but later it becomes 
hard, bitter, almost woody, and useless. Kohl-Rabi 
is closely related to the turnip and by some consid¬ 
ered superior. 
Its culture is exactly the same as for early cab¬ 
bage. Kohl-Rabi is set 8 inches apart in the row and 
the rows can be 18 inches apart. 
Whether early or late crops are grown, it is im¬ 
portant to secure quick growth and cut the whitish 
thickened stems before they become tough and 
woody. The plant will not stand a great deal of heat. 
Early White Vienna. This is the best table 
variety and matures very early. If used for table it 
is the tastiest when the bulbs are 2 inches in diam¬ 
eter. The plants are light green with white flesh of 
excellent quality. Packets, 5c; oz., 20c. 
Early Purple Vienna. Standard early sort. 
The plants are small, with dark green leaves spotted 
with purple. The exterior is purple, but flesh is 
White. Packets, 5c; oz., 20c. 
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