
SALSIFY 
SALSIFY, Vegetable Oyster 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 8 Ibs. per acre. 
The roots of this vegetable are appetizing and nutritious. 
and the flavor is like that of Oysters. Salsify succeeds best in 
a light, well enriched soil, which should be stirred to a good 
depth. Coarse and fresh manure should be avoided, as it will 
cause the roots to become irregular and branched. Sow early 
and quite deep, giving the general culture recommended for ° 
Parsnip. 
Mammoth Sandwich Island. Large and strong growing with 
long, smooth, white, tapering roots less likely to branch than 
those of other sorts. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30¢; 14 Ib. 90e. 
VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI 
A most unusual viny squash with creamy white fruits, 8 
inches long and 4 to 5 inches in diameter. To prepare: When 
matured, boil whole 30 minutes. Cut open, remove the center 
seed core and season the flesh, that appears as spaghetti, 
with salt and butter. Mild, delicious flavor. Keeps well. Pkt. 10c. 
SPINACH 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 8 Ibs. per acre. 
Sow in rows 16 to 20 inches apart and thin to 6 inches apart 
in the row when leaves are an inch wide. In the North, seed 
can be planted as soon as the ground can be prepared. In the 
South, Spinach will Winter over with little or no protection. 
Pkt. 10¢e; 1 oz. 25¢e; %4 Ib. 60c. 
Improved Thick Leaf. The seed of this thick leaved variety 
produces the largest Spinach. They grow rapidly and remain 
in good condition a long time. The medium green leaves are 
large, rounded, slightly crumpled, succulent, and tender. It is 
an excellent home garden Spinach. 
New Giant Smooth Leaf. The largest and the most productive 
of any sort we have tried. Plants 20 inches across are not un- 
common on good soil. The leaves are simply immense, of deep 
green, very heavy, brittle and tender. It is very slow to seed 
and is especially valuable for spring, summer and fall cutting. 
New Zealand. Although not a true Spinach, the leaves look 
like Spinach and are very useful as greens. On soil too poor to 
grow Spinach successfully, the plants thrive and produce 
groups of small fleshy leaves that are tender and delicious 
when cooked. Hach branch of the plant produces others, so 
that it goes on providing a continuous supply of greens 
throughout the summer. Pkt. 10¢; 1 oz. 20c; % Ib. 60c. 
Mustard Spinach. A new boiling vegetable, healthful and pal- 
atable. Has a pleasant flavor, and many who do not like 
true Spinach will relish it. Cut within a month of sowing seed. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c. 
Giant Nobel. Large, smooth, deep green leaves, thick arrow- 
shaped with round tip. Very prolific. Popular with canners 
as well as home gardeners. 
Tampala—New! Delicious green vegetable, so different in 
flavor to other vegetables used as ‘‘greens”’ that it is difficult 
to compare it to any of them. It does well in hot weather 
and will keep on producing all summer. Pkt. 15c. 
SQUASH 
Summer, 2 oz. to 100 ft., 4 Ibs. per acre. 
Winter, 1 oz. to 100 ft., 2 Ibs. per acre. 
Culture. Squash plants are very tender and sensitive to cold, 
and planting must be delayed until warm weather. The general 
methods of culture are the same as those given for cucumbers 
and melons, but squash is less particular as to soil. The sum- 
mer varieties should be planted 4 to 6 feet apart each way, 
and winter sort 8 to 10. Three plants are sufficient for a hill. 
In gathering the winter sorts care should be taken not to 
bruise or break the stem from the squash as the slightest 
injury will increase the liability to decay. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz: 20c; 
% Ib, 60c. 
Summer Varieties 
Table Queen, also Danish. In size, Table Queen equals a fair 
sized husked cocoanut, and a half, baked, serves one person 
amply. This avoids the waste often resulting from the use of 
larger varieties. The shell is unusually thin and it does not 
require over 20 minutes for baking or boiling. A good way to 
prepare it is to cut in half, place a lump of butter on one 
half, top with the other and then bake whole. This squash is 
ready before the Hubbards and yet stores equally well. The 
color is dark green. 

10 WE LIST ONLY THE BEST AND NEWEST VARIETIES 

SPINACH, IMPROVED THICK LEAVED 
Golden Table Queen (New). Similar to regular Table Queen, 
except a beautiful golden yellow color. Has clear yellow flesh, 
which is sweet and fine grained. 
White Bush Scallops. The best summer sort for the home gar- 
den or market; very productive and of good size. 
Giant Summer Crookneck. Our strain of this popular squash 
produces fruit nearly double the size of the old standard 
“Crookneck.”’ The plants are healthy, husky and compact; 
they produce in quantity fruit that is heavily warted and 
true to type. The flesh is a rich golden yellow. 
Giant Straitneck. Similar to Crookneck, but long. 
Zucchini or Italian. The favorite Italian Squash. It should be 
eaten when quite young, 4 to 6 inches long. It is a ‘delicious 
summer variety; do not hesitate to plant it. It is very prolific. 
Black Zucchini. Newer Italian squash. Wonderful flavor. Long 
greenish black. Flesh white. 
Winter Varieties 
Improved Hubbard. The best seller and most popular variety 
on our list. Rind dark green, warty and very hard. Flesh light 
orange, very dry, sweet and rich flavored. Has no superior. 
Marblehead. Large slate colored variety of fine quality. It 
produces heavy yields of thick meated squash. Popular ship- 
ping variety. 
Blue Hubbard. The fruits are an attractive blue-gray color, 
larger than the True Hubbard. The shell is rough and very 
hard, so keeping qualities are good. Flesh is bright yellow- 
orange, fine grained, dry and exceptionally sweet. Squashes 
grow 15 to 18 inches long and 9 to 12 inches across; average 
weight, 15 lbs. each. 
Mammoth Chili. The largest of all squashes, growing to an 
enormous size, often weighing over 200 pounds, while its rich 
fine flavored flesh insures its value for all purposes. 
Banana Squash. Grows from 1 to 2 feet in length. Flesh firm 
and solid, of beautiful orange-yellow, and excellent quality. 
Rind or shell smooth and grayish-green color. Resists heat 
of the sun better than the Hubbard and is a good keeper. 4 
Golden Hubbard. The same in size, shape and quality as the 
well known Hubbard Squash, except that it is bright red or 
golden color, and somewhat earlier. Good keeper. . 
Boston Marrow. Skin yellowish, very thin; flesh dry and fine Fe 
grained; of unsurpassed flavor. : 
Sibley, or Pike’s Peak. Shell smooth, thin and of a pale green — : 
color; the flesh is thick, solid, deep orange color; very dry, 
fine grained. bs 
The Delicious—For quality. A squash of exceptional merit 
for table use. A fall and winter variety, but is fine in all © 
seasons, though its best quality is not attained until winter. 
The fruit varies in shape and size, weight ranging from 5 to 
10 pounds each. The rind is very ‘thin, uniformly green, and 
the flesh is very thick and dark orange color. i 
Golden Delicious. 




frying. Distinctive flavor, Bush. 
