NEW ZEALAND SPINACH 
Tetragona expansa, not a true Spinach. It yields freely 
of tender, meaty leaves, just right for ‘“greens’’, all 
through hot summer and early autumn, seasons when the 
regular Spinach is difficult. Sow at end of April or early 
in May, soaking seeds well in warm water first. <A vig- 
orous, bushy grower, and plants should stand two feet 
apart. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 35c; %4 Ib. $1.25. 
POTATO 
As this catalog goes to press we are unable to tell just 
what a fair price on seed potatoes will be. Rather than 
make the price too high, we are making no price at all 
now. Just write us at the time you are ready to order 
and we shall get a quotation on true to name, high quality 
seed potatoes back to you by return of mail, or if you 
wish, just remit a sum to us and ask for potatoes of the 
desired kind to the value, and we shall see that the 
value, as expressed in seed potatoes, is as high as we can 
possibly make it. We expect to have available IRISH 
COBBLER, smooth, early cream white; EARLY ROSE, 
early, large, pink skin, dependable; GREEN MOUNTAIN, 
long-keeping late of highest quality, smooth, attractive; 
JERSEY REDSKIN, a sure-cropping late with smocth red 
skin. The Jersey Redskin is not supplied until after 
June 1st, for it must be planted late, and not dug until 
very late in fall, just before ground freezes. Quality 
very good. 
RHUBARB or PIEPLANT 
First fruit of spring, paradoxically a “fruit” that is not 
a fruit. The succulent, tartly juicy stems are stewed 
for ‘“‘sauce’’, or made into various delicious desserts, and 
there can be nothing quite as good as a just-right, home- 
made rhubarb pie. We offer seeds of the variety VICTORIA, 
a thin-skinned, heavy-stemmed sort, red, rich-flavored. Bears 
third year, and continues yielding then for many years, 
unless over-pulled. Sow it early. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; 
1% Ib. T0c. 
SALSIFY or OYSTER PLANT 
Your garden needs Salsify, the vegetable of the three 
“‘verys’’, very easy to grow, very easy to store, very 
easy to enjoy in the eating cf it. As to the storing, all 
you need do is leave it over winter right where it grew, 
for like Parsnip, winter is no foe of it. You will appre- 
ciate the fresh-dug roots next spring, but you~ will 
probably want to store a few in dry sand in your cellar 
so that you can get at them through the winter, too. Of 
course you needn’t wait until winter, the roots are usually 
large enough to cook any time after mid-summer. Get- 
ting back to our oysters, it’s true enough that the roots 
do carry a delicate. reminder of the oyster flavor, 
strongest when served in manner of oyster stew or soup. 
The roots are good, too, when boiled and served with 
butter, fried, mashed, in fritters, or added to stews. A 
strong, quick germinator, doing best on deep, loose 
soil. Sow quite early and be sure to thin well. We 
offer variety Mammoth Sandwich Island. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 
20c; % Ib. 70c; 1 Ib. $2.60. 
SWISS CHARD 
Wide thick, tender stalks that may be cooked as Aspara- 
gus, or they are good just barely boiled to tenderness, 
then lightly sauted in butter. The thick, tender, crumply 
leaves are cooked as a seperate vegetable, in any way 
that spinach is’ served. Flavor is very good, _many 
prefer it to spinach at all times, and there is the 
added advantage that it yields heavily all through the 
hot summer months, continuing often until into November. 
Sow in spring in manner of beets, thinning to one plant 
each ten inches. 
GIANT LUCULLUS—Wide, white, tender stalks, with 
great leaves of light green, heavily crumpled, savoyed. 
We prefer this sort. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25¢; %4 Ib. Tic; 
lb aeig2.D0s 
NEW RHUBARB CHARD—Stalks of translucent crim- 
son. Leaves thick, heavily crumpled, deep green with 
red veins. Flavor very good. A showy sort that may 
be grown for decorative use, as well as for eating. Pkt. 
l5c. 
SUNFLOWER 
It is the Giant Russian variety, bearing immense heads 
that yield seeds valued for poultry. Showy in flower. 
Pkt. 10c; %4 Ib. 20c; 1 Ib. 35c; 2 lbs. 60c. 
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STRAWBERRIES FROM SEED 
The plants of the Runnerless Strawberries are grown 
from seed, the only practicable way of increasing them, 
since they make none of the usual runners, and the plants 
themselves grow just as compact tufts or clumps that in- 
crease slowly in size as new crowns form. The seed 
germinates readily if it has cool soil conditions. Other- 
wise it simply lies dormant until such time as the de- 
sired conditions come. Seeds sown outside in late 
autumn will bear well the first season. Seeds may also 
be sown in spring, but sowing should be early. The 
plants are near to everbearing, giving heavy crop in 
spring when established, only an occasional berry through 
heat of summer, but with ccolness of September they 
come again into an enthusiastic fruit bearing that con- 
tinues until end of October. Fruit is pointed, smaller 
than that of other Strawberries, the plants rather dec- 
orative. Flavor is of the best, blending the aromatic 
piquaney of the wild strawberry into the sub-acid honey 
richness of the garden kinds. Two varieties, much alike 
save in color of ripe fruit. HARZLAND, rich red, WHITE 
BARON, fruits cream-white when ripe, either sort per 
pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
SWEET PHYSALIS 
Fruits. in the Tomato relationship, but quite different 
in flavor, habit and _ use. May be started early and 
transplanted, Tomato fashion, or simply sown in rows 
where plants are to stand, and then well-thinned. 
GROUND CHERRY—Rather small bright yellow fruits, 
each in its own easily removed husk. Fruits are about 
size of hickory nut. Flavor is pleasant, very sweet, 
much liked for eating out of hand. Also make good 
pies or sauce, a bit of lemon being then usually added. 
Sometimes canned. Heavy yielder, and easily grown. 
Also called Husk Tomato. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c; % oz. 
40G; 1S 0zs (0c; 
TOMATILLO—Physalis ixocarpa. Fruit over twice as 
large as that of the last, round, a bit of waxy stickiness 
about it. Coloring may be ivory, pale creamy yellow, 
or deep purple, those of lighter coloring usually showing 
a purple flush on one side. Fruits usually fill, then 
burst, the husks. Flavor is quite different from that of 
the Ground Cherry, not quite as sweet, rather distinc- 
tive. Sometimes eaten fresh, but usually it is cooked, used 
in preserves and the like, or in making pickle relishes, 
chili sauce or catsup. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
SPAGHETTI SQUASH 
Sometimes called Vegetable Spaghetti. Here it is the 
spaghetti-like center of the fruit. rather than the flesh, 
that is used. Fruits are ivory white, about 10 inches long 
by 5 inches diameter. They are boiled whole, then cut 
open, and the center part seasoned and served. Culture of 
any Squash. Will winter-store. Many are quite en- 
thusiastic about this relatively new vegetable. We sug- 
gest limited trial of it. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 30c. 
SUMMER SQUASH 
These are bush varieties, making no running vines, and 
so may be planted more closely than the winter types. 
The Summer Squashes should be used when young, while 
the skin is still tender. They are delicious sliced and 
fried as one would Eggplant, or they may be boiled until 
just tender, (don’t overcook), and served with butter. 
Easy to grow. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH—tThe tender Patty-pan Sqaush, an 
easy sort of excellent quality, and there is none earlier. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 60c; 1 Ib. $1.60. 
GIANT SUMMER STRAIGHT-NECK—Golden yellow fruits 
to 14 inches long. High quality, caught young, as of 
course all Summer Squash should be. Attractive in ap- 
pearance, and easier to prepare than the Golden Crook- 
neck which it supersedes, since here the necks are usually 
pretty straight. Popular for both home garden and 
market. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % lb. 60c; 1 Ib. $1.60. 
ZUCCHINI BUSH—A delicious Vegetable Marrow with 
slender fruits of dark green. Try it sliced and fried in 
butter, or split lengthwise and baked with slice of bacon 
on each piece. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c %4 Ib. 60c; 1 lb. $1.60. 
SUMMER SQUASHES MIXED—AIl here, with others. 
Wide home garden variety. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c. 
There are those who, in gardens, see visions; but 
otheys see only from weed to weed. 
