ROSWELL SEED COMPANY 
ALL GARDEN SEED PRICES ARE FOUND ON PAGE 11-14 17 
RHUBARB 
Sow seed in spring, plants will be ready to re-plant the following fall or spring. 
Set plants 4 feet each way. 
Linnaeus. A second early variety with long thick reddish stalks. 
Victoria. The main crop sort. Vigorous, upright, thick, red stalks of splendid color 
and flavor. 
Shae: The largest and the reddest of the main crop. Preferred in the Roswell 
istrict. 
SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT 
Grows like a parsnip. Good in soup. Needs deep soil. Plant in early spring, ready 
to use in November. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. 6-8 inches long, 1-1% inches thick. Long tapered white 
roots. A standard for home and market gardens. 
SQUASH 
Plant when danger of frost is past in hills 4-6 feet apart. One ounce of seed plants 
40 hills. 
Early White Bush Scallop (53 days)—Also known as patty pan. Plants bush type. 
Fruits greenish white turning to white when matured, flattened and smooth with 
scalloped edges. 
Golden Summer Crookneck (50 days)—Productive, bush type plant. Fruits about a 
foot long, bright yellow and warted. 
Early Yellow Bush Scallop (58 days)—Very similar to Early White Bush in size and 
shape but yellow in color. 
Giant Summer Straightneck (55 days)—One of the best for shipping, since, straight 
neck packs well without breaking. Fruits are large and heavier than Crookneck. Skin 
warted and yellow. A very good seller. 
Fordhook (62 days)—A trailng sort for fall and winter use. Skin ridged, smooth, cream 
colored. Flesh thick, dry and sweet. 
Italian or Zucchini (60 days)—Increasingly popular, weighs 3-4 lbs., nearly cylindrical 
and straight. Green mottled with creamy-grey. Bush type plant. 
Banana (105 days)—A winter trailing sort. About 2 feet long, 6 inches in diameter 
with pointed end. A gray-green color with irregular stripes. Solid, dry, yellow, fine 
grained, sweet flesh. Excellent for pies or baking. 
Hubbard (100 days)—A standard winter squash. Fruits 9-10 inches through, globular, 
dark bronze green, very hard warted shell. Thick, yellow, fine grained flesh of 
excellent quality. 
SPINACH 
Sow in February and March and again in October for early spring use. Will not do 
well in hot weather. One ounce to 50 feet, 10-15 lbs. per acre broadcast. 
Viroflay (45 days)—The long, broad, pointed, thick, smooth leaves make this spinach 
generally preferred when conditions will allow it to be planted. Blights and bolts 
to seed readily in warm weather. Easy to wash and a good spinach to can. 
