D A S Fal E E A Delicious Vegetable and 
Ornamental Foliage PI ) i 
Large Tuberous Roots Used Like Potatoes, Blanched Stems ‘Like Asparagus, and fore 
Leaves Used for Greens. Large Tropical-like Ornamental Foliage Similar to the Popular 
Elephant’s Ear Caladium. Ss 
The Dasheen is popular in various parts of Europe and Asia, where it is grown principally 
as a root crop, the tubers being used the same as potatoes. The tubers sometimes reach a 
weight of more than 6 pounds each. One hill will produce on good rich soil 6 to 8 pounds or 
more of tubers, and in rare instances 20 to 26 pounds of Dasheens have been taken from a 
single hill. Crops of 600 to 900 bushels per acre have been produced, 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports 1,400 bushels from less than 5 acres in Florida, 
and on their different experimental grounds have secured yields of 450 bushels to ‘the aere. 
The food value of the Dasheen is higher than that of the potato, and about fifty per cent. 
more protein and fifty per cent more starch. The flavor of the Dasheen is decidedly richer 
and more tempting than that of the potato. 
The Dasheen can be used in almost any way that Irish Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes can be used. They are 
excellent when baked, boiled, fried, creamed, stuffed, meat filled or scalloped, and for Saratoga Dasheen Chips | = 
and Fritters they are delicious. ie 
Dasheen crisps, made from raw Dasheen with a fluted vegetable slicer and fried in deep fat, are acca 8G 
by some epicures to be the most delicious of all Dasheen dishes. The delicate, nutty flavor of the Dasheen_is sa 
accentuated by this method of preparation. 
As a filling for fowl and other meats the Dasheen’ can hardly be surpassed. Served au gratin, that TSee 
cooked with grated cheese, it is equal to any similar dish. It makes a delicious salad and may be French 
fried or German fried like potatoes. 
The young leaves of the Dasheen make excellent greens, used like Spinach. 
The stems, when grown under a box or barrel, so as to be blanched, are equal to Asparagus, and 5 to 8 
crops of these shoots can*be harvested. The Department of Agriculture says: ‘‘The shoots are very tender — 
and have a delicate flavor, suggestive of mushrooms. There. are probably few plants so well suited for forcing 
purposes as the Dasheen.’’ First cutting can be made in about 35 days after tubers are set in ground, and © 
subsequent ones at intervals of 10 to 14 “days. 3 
Land that is too wet for ordinary crops can be used to advantage in growing Dasheens. They can be grown 
on lands that are subject to short overflows that would ruin most other crops, thus making much land avail- 
able for food crops that is now considered worthless. They may also be successfully grown in hot, dry - 
regions as has been demonstrated by tests in Arizona and Southern California. An abundance of humus in 
the soil is essential for successful Dasheen culture. A liberal quantity of well-rotted barnyard manure at 
planting. time is very beneficial. 
Dasheens require a rather long growing season in order to produce large size tubers, so planting should aw 
done as early in the spring as conditions of soil and climate will permit. 
The United States Department of Agriculture recommends planting two 
weeks or more before the last spring frost is expected. Where the frostless sea- 
son is short, the tubers can be started a month earlier inside and the plants set 
out when danger from frost is past. For field culture the tubers are planted : 
singly and entire, not more than 2 to 3 inches deep in hills 3 feet apart, the dis- E s E [> 
tance between rows being 4 feet. This will permit horse cultivation. In cultivat- 
ing, the soil should be gradually drawn to the plants and the ground kept free 
from weeds, but require little cultivation after large enough to shade the ground. 
For ornamental purposes, they produce a gorgeous effect when planted with ONE CENT 
Cannas or used in the shrubbery or perennial border. 
While we do not recommend the Dasheen as a root crop in Northern sections 
where the season is short, we surely consider it worthy of a place in every gar- 
den. If you live in a locality where the growing season is not long enough to 
mature a Satisfactory crop of tubers, the blanched asparagus-like stems and 
spinach-like leaves alone will many times repay you for the small garden space 
occupied by a few hills of Dasheens, If you haven’t the room in your garden 
EES to give them a trial, you can at least plant a few for ornamental purposes and 
food. In addition to being one of the finest vegetables, you will also find them one of the 
most showy ornamental foliage plants, the leaves “resembling closely the Caladium Esculentum, 
or Elephant’s Ear. As our stock of tubers is limited, we recommend that you send your 
order early. 
Choice seed tubers, 3 for 40c; 6 for 75c; 12 for $1.25; 25 for $2.00; 50 for $3.75; 100 for 
$7.00, delivered to you prepaid. Pamphlet giving cultural directions and recipes for prepar- 
- ing and cooking the Dasheen free with each order. 
GIANT CABBAGE-LEAVED DANDELION 
One Ounce Wili Sow [00 Feet of Row : “fy f 
GIANT CABBAGE-LEAVED or IMPROVED THICK LEAF is an improved type which should H TG F 
not be confused with the wild Dandelion. It is One of the earliest spring vegetables, and is Via Ny 
much prized as a blood purifier and for its other health-giving qualities. Unsurpassed for early § 
spring greens, and esteemed for making salad when the leaves are young and tender. The : 
leaves are of a dark green color, but can be blanched by sheltering from light with inverted isa 
pots, covering with boards or tying up the same as Cos Lettuce. Cultivate same as Lettuce. 2c “FoR. . 







. Large Dasheen Tubers like this often grow from 3 to 
5 Ibs. each and sometimes to more than 6 Ibs. 








































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