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Rutabaga 
(Hot-water treated) 
LAURENTIAN (New)—95 days 
Use—Improved strain of American Purple Top developed 
by Canadian Experiment Station. Worthy of trial 
for home and market gardens and storage. 
Root—Almost neckless, thick skin. White solid sweet 
flesh. Good keeper. Quality—good. 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED—95 days 
Use—Home and market gardens. Good keeper. 
Root—Large, round with small crown. Yellow with pur- 
ple top. Light yellow, fine textured flesh. .Quality— 
good. 

Salsify or Vegetable Oyster 
MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND—135 
days 
Use—Home gardens, shipping and winter storage. 
Root—White, long tapered, vigorous. 


Spinach 
BLOOMSDALE RESELECTED (Savoy)—40 
days 
Use—Home and market gardens, canning and shipping. 
For fall or spring planting. 
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Plant—Fast growing, medium size, hardy. Goes to seed 
or bolts rather early. 
Leaves—Dark green, heavily wrinkled. Medium large 
and thick. 
KING OF DENMARK ~47 days 
Use—Home gardens. 
Plant—Fairly slow growing, large. size, erect in early 
stages. Slow to go to seed. 
Leaves—Bluish-green, practically smooth, moderately 
thick. 
LONG STANDING BLOOMSDALE—45 days 
Use—Home and market gardens. Early commercial 
variety. 
Plant—Very hardy, vigorous, fairly upright, compact. 
Very low in seeding. ‘ 
Leaves—Dark green, heavily wrinkled. Medium size, 
thick. 
VIRGINIA BLIGHT RESISTANT—40 days 
Use—Used as fall spinach where blight resistance is 
important. 
Plant—Fast growing, bolts or seeds very early. Not good 
for spring planting. Plant medium to small. Resem- 
bles Bloomsdale except in bolting habits. 
Leaves—Dark green, heavily crumpled. Medium size, 
thick. 
NEW ZEALAND SPINACH—55 days 
Not a true spinach but similar when cooked. 
Use—Home garden for continuous crop of greens. 
Plant—Large, somewhat spreading. 
Leaves—Thick and pointed, produced on fleshy stems. 
Leaves and tips of branches are removed for table 
use. Will stand high temperatures. 



Squash 
(Seed treated with corrosive sublimate) 
Summer Variety 
EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK—59 
days 
Use—Important for market garden and shipping. Also 
home gardens. 

Long Standing Bloomsdale 
