SWISS CHARD or Spinach Beet 
A packet of seed will sow 15 feet of row; an ounce 50 feet. 


Swiss Chard is really a beet grown for its leaves. The entire leaf may 
be boiled and served as spinach or the midrib cooked alone; either way 
they are excellent. Sown in the spring the leaves are soon ready to eat and 
if cut will continue to grow and produce tender young leaves all summer 
and fall. If given a little protection it will survive the winter and make 
unusually good greens early in the spring. 
FORDHOOK GIANT. The Best Variety. The leaves are 
dark green, very large, much curled 
or ‘‘Savoyed,” thick of texture and quite tender making excellent boil- 
ing greens. The stems are pure white, broad and thick and make an 
unusual vegetable when cooked separately. We have the true stock. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 45c; Lb. $1.50. 
LUCULLUS. This is a very large variety with curled leaves like a Savoy 
cabbage. The plants grow nearly 2 feet high and the leaves are very 
large and of fine quality. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25. 
SILVER LEAF. Large, smooth, dark green leaves with broad silvery 
white ribs and stems. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 44 Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25. 
HARRIS’ FARM SEEDS 
Harris’ Farm and Field Seeds are unsurpassed for purity, 
vitality and high quality. They are sold at the lowest possible 
price for such high grade seed. You will find that it always pays 
to plant only the best field seeds. See pages 44 to 49 of this catalogue. Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard 
Either leaves or stems or both are used. 
SPINACH 
A packet of seed will sow 25 to 30 feet of row; 14 lb. 200 ft; 12 to 20 Ibs. of seed an acre. 



Spinach may be sown very early in the spring. It will be ready for use 
in four or five weeks after sowing. For fall use sow August Ist, and to 
winter over sow about September Ist in this latitude, and later further 
south. 
Spinach runs to seed quickly in hot weather, so the seed should be sown 
early in the spring or late in the summer in order to avoid having the crop 
mature in July or August. If sown about August Ist, spinach will grow 
large and can be used from the first of September until the ground freezes. 
About Spinach Seed for 1942 
Spinach seed was one of the most important of the imported seeds, 
most of it coming from Holland and Denmark. As this source has been 
cut off entirely and there is no hold over of seed, it has been necessary to 
depend on American grown seed for 1942. Large acreages were planted 
in 1941 but weather conditions were unfavorable and the crops small, 
so there is now a marked shortage of seed. 
While we are not able to fill orders for spinach in large quantities, 
we do have seed of the varieties offered here and we expect to be able to 
supply our home garden customers throughout the season. 

cS : BLIGHT-RESISTANT SAVOY. Grow this variety for Fall Crops. 
Photo shows King of Denmark still standing long after This strain of Norfolk or Bloomsdale Savoy is quite resistant to the 

other varieties have bolted to seed. blight or “‘yellows” which is destructive in many localities especially in 
the fall. A valuable variety in localities where blight injures fall spinach. 
KING OF DENMARK The Longest Standing Kind. Named ; Although no spinach of this class will stand a long time when sown 
* and introduced by us in 1920. This in the spring, our strain stands without bolting three or four days 
spinach is one of the best for the home garden because it will stand longer than most stocks, and is the most uniform stock of this variety. 
longer without bolting to seed than any. other variety. The leaves Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15e; 4 Lb. 250; Lb. 75c; 5 Lbs. $3.60. 
are broad, heavy, dark green and of the finest quality. It yields VIKING. Early, Large, Dark Green, Long Standing. The leaves 
enormous crops and is highly popular for home gardens and canning. are very large, somewhat crumpled, dark green, quite tender and 
See further description on page 5. of excellent quality. This spinach grows fast so that it is ready before 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 14 Lb. 25c; Lb: 75c; 5 Lbs! $3.60. most other kinds. It is so large in fact, that you can start to cut it 
OLD DOMINION. A Longer Standing Blight Resistant. This new when it is only about two-thirds grown. : ; 
spinach is a cross between Blight Resistant Savoy and King of Den- This is a long standing variety and has an important place in 
mark. It has the large dark green crumpled leaf of the Savoy and stands both home and commercial gardens. 4 
up longer than other Blight Resistant kinds. This variety yields large Crop failed. 
crops and holds up well when cut. It is a most valuable kind for fall, SPECIAL SUMMER SAVOY. Long Standing. For home 
and for spring sowing in places where spinach blights. gardens as well as commer- 

Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; 144 Lb. 25c; Lb. 75c; 5 Lbs. $3.60. cial planting this variety is the best of the Long Standing Bloomsdale 
type. The leaves are large, dark green and heavily crumpled. See 
i New Zealand Spinach photo and full description on page 5. 
Although this is not a true spinach, it has become one of the most Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15¢; 14 Lb. 30c; Lb. 85c; 5 Lbs. $4.00. 
popular summer “greens.’’ The leaves resemble spinach and are produced LONG STANDING BLOOMSDALE. For a number of years the 
in abundance on stems a foot or more in length. It will grow during hot standard long standing savoyed type. Special Summer Savoy (listed 
dry weather when other spinach would fail entirely and a few feet of row above and on page 5) is an improved strain of this variety and we 
in the garden will furnish nice “‘greens’’ all summer. The seed is slow to urge our customers to grow it. 
germinate and should be soaked 24 hours before planting. We are not offering seed of Long Standing Bloomsdale this year 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15¢; 14 Lb. 45c; Lb. $1.50. because of crop failure. 
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