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MICHAEL-LEONARD SEED CO. 
SPINACH 
Culture. As early as the soil can be worked, sow it one-half inch 
deep in fourteen-inch rows, using one ounce of seed to one hundred feet, 
and in the second week will appear a tiny plant with two very narrow 
leaves that do not resemble the true leaves that follow. Cutting should 
begin forty-five days from sowing. It is impossible to put spinach on too 
rich soil, and nitrate of soda is used on it with profit. 
BROAD FLANDERS 43 Days 
Standard home and market garden sort, well adapted for canning. Plants 
large and vigorous; leaves deep green, smooth, broad and thick. 
GIANT NOBEL THICK LEAF 42 Days 
Plants large, vigorous and slow to run to seed. Very heavy yielder. 
Leaves medium green, thick and tender. The best thick leaved variety. 
JULIANA 46 Days 
Plants compact and dense, growing close to the ground; leaves rounded 
with short stems, thick, crumpled, very dark green. Slow in producing 
seed stalks. 
KING OF DENMARK 44 Days 
The best long season spinach, remaining two weeks longer than others 
before bolting to seed. Plant vigorous and spreading; leaves large, round¬ 
ed, crumpled and blistered, deep green in color. 
LONG STANDING 42 Days 
Leaves are smooth and very dark, rich green. Very popular with market 
gardeners. 
NEW ZEALAND 
This branching plant — a spinach in its use but not in its growth — 
frost-kills but grows luxuriantly in the summer heat. Plant these large 
seeds three in a hill, 3x2 feet apart or start the plant under glass and 
transplant. 
OLD DOMINION (BLIGHT RESISTANT) 40 Days 
A cross between Virginia Blight-Resistant Savoy and King of Denmark. 
Large, dark green, heavily crumpled leaves. Long standing and resistant 
to mosaic. Used mostly for an early spring crop. 
PRICKLY WINTER 43 Days 
A very hardy variety and will withstand the severest weather with only a 
slight protection of leaves or straw. The seed is prickly; leaves triangular, 
oblong or arrow shaped. It is used extensively for fall sowing. 
SAVOY LEAVED BLOOMSDALE 39 Days 
One of the best to plant in autumn for early spring use. Plant of up¬ 
right growth with narrow, pointed leaves, which are curled like those of 
the Savoy Cabbage. It grows quickly to suitable size for use but soon 
runs to seed. 
SAVOY BLOOMSDALE BLIGHT RESISTANT (VIRGINIA SAVOY) 39 Days 
Used principally in sections where blight occurs. Similar to Savoy 
Leaved or Bloomsdale but somewhat smoother in leaf and inclined to bolt 
to seed earlier. 
