Mustard Spinach—see page 27 for description. 
New Zealand Spinach—70 Days. Absolutely 
distinct in form, color and habit from other Spinach 
—it is not a Spinach, though used as a Spinach. 
Foliage thick, succulent, dark green, never sunburns, 
a true heat resistant, leaves covered with water 
globules like an ice-plant. Later to mature for table 
than Spinach of usual form, but remaining in edible 
condition ten times as long. Plants remain in edible 
condition from July until killed by frost. A sort to 
“cut and come again.” 
Salsify 

Old Dominion Spinach—45 Days. A long 
Standing Blight Resistant Savoy which has the 
long standing qualities of the King of Denmark, 
and is as dark green as the Bloomsdale types. 
Leaves well savoyed and well rounded as the other 
varieties of Bloomsdale. It is quite an improve- 
ment over the Virginia Blight Resistant Savoy. 
Special Summer Savoy Spinach—48 Days. “‘All- 
America” Bronze Medal 1937. Is a new type of 
Long Standing Bloomsdale Savoy. Is later by 
about three days than Bloomsdale Long Standing 
Savoy but stands about one week longer before 
bolting. Leaves are more crumpled or blistered 
than Long Standing Bloomsdale and darker green 
than Bloomsdale Long Standing. 

SALSIFY or 
OYSTER PLANT 
A Native of South Europe. Four ounces of seed 
to 100 yards of row. Eight pounds will sow an 
acre. Seed breaks ground in 9 days. One inch 
high in 13 days under most favorable circum- 
stances in greenhouse. 
Sandwich Island Mammoth—110 Days. A very 
superior strain producing smooth, large, vigorous 
roots, 6 to 8 inches long, 1 to 13 inches thick. Roots 
similar to a slim Parsnip. Often called “vegetable 
oyster.”’ 
SORREL 
European Origin 

Broad Leaved French—Sorrel is cultivated for its 
leaves which are used in the same manner as Spinach. 
As with Spinach the seed stalks should be cut off as 
soon as they appear; if this is not done the leaves 
become acrid and tough. 

SUMMER and WINTER SQUASH 
Of American origin. Three ounces of seed will plant 100 yards of row. Use three to four pounds 
per acre. Seed breaks ground in 6 days. One inch high in 9 days under most favorable 
circumstances in greenhouse 
Summer Varieties 
Benning’s or Green Tinted Bush—48 Days. 
An early greenish colored scalloped squash of ex- 
cellent quality. Similar to White Bush in shape and 
manner of growth, with somewhat thicker, smaller 
fruits. A true non-running squash. © 
Cocozelle or Italian Green Striped—70 Days. 
A compact bush vine. Fruit somewhat the shape 
of a Banana Cantaloupe, about 12 to 15 inches 
long, 4 to 5 thick. When young, dark green, after- 
wards changing to alternate stripes of green and 
gold. Excellent for frying like eggplant. 
Zucchini Black—70 Days. Similar in all respects 
to Cocozelle except shorter; skin darker. 7 to 8 
inches long, 3 inches in diameter. 
SEED COMPANY 

Golden Summer Crookneck 
Early White Bush or Patty Pan—52 Days. 
The 
Cymbling of the South, sometimes called Patty Pan. 
Listed by us for over 100 years. The shape of this 
variety is round, about 4 inches thick, 8 to 10 inches 
across, scalloped on the edges with frequent warts 
on sides. 
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