One ounce 
plants 
100 foot 
row. 


Bloomsdale Spinach has thick, glossy green leaves, 
attractively crumpled. 
Swiss Chard 
One ounce will sow 
100 feet of drill. 
Swiss Chard is a sum- 
mer green that will stand 
the hottest weather and 
continue to produce until 
frost. Use only the young 
tender leaves six to twelve 
inches long. Old large 
leaves must be pulled off 
and disposed of at regular 
intervals. 
588. LUCULLUS — (55 days.) 
Forms tall, sturdy plants, upstanding in 
habit of growth. Light green leaves, large, 
broad and heavily crumpled. Very tender 
when cooked. The thick white stalks are 
splendid for creaming like asparagus, and 

Spinach 
Beet 



Culture— Spinach succeeds best during 
soil. 
go to seed. 
584. KING OF DENMARK—(45 
days.) Highly desirable for canning and 
for market gardens. Large, spreading 
plants carry broad, rounded, very dark 
green leaves which are somewhat crum- 
' pled. Excellent for spring planting as it is 
slow to go to seed. Very hardy and of 
good quality. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, % Ib. 30c, 
Ib. $1.00, prepaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs, at 
85c per lb. 
585. TENDERGREEN MUSTARD 
SPINACH—A _ quick-growing variety, 
producing large, dark green leaves with 
small lighter green ribs. It is the only 
vegetable that is ready for table or mar- 
ket in 21 to 24 days after planting, and 
will produce from 8 to 9 crops a year. 
Mildly pungent, combining the flavors of 
mustard and spinach. May be used in 
salads or boiled like spinach, Pkt. 8c, 
oz. 15c, % Ib. 35c, Ib. $1.15, prepaid. 
Not prepaid, 5 lbs. at 90c per Ib. 
: SPINACH — Important in Your Diet 
Contains Vitamins A, C, G, Cateium and Jnan 
the cool, moist weather of early spring, 
and should be sown just as soon as the ground can be worked, in rich, well-drained 
Make a shallow furrow and cover the seed with 14 inch of soil, then firm. 
Make the rows 8 to 12 inches apart. As the crop matures in 5 to 6 weeks, it can be 
planted between rows of slower-growing crops. 
Pull up the plants as soon as they 
586. BLOOMSDALE SAVOY 
LEAVE D—(39 days.) A very early, 
vigorous variety, desirable for home gar- 
dens, for shipping to distant markets and 
for canning. Plants erect in growth, har- 
dy and attractive, Leaves large, crum- 
pled, somewhat blistered; dark glossy 
green, Seeds fairly early. Pkt. 5c, 02. 
10c, %4 Ib. 30c, Ib. $1.00, prepaid. Not 
prepaid, 5 lbs. at 85c per lb. 
587. NEW ZEALAND—(60 days.) 
This green, distinct from spinach proper, 
thrives in hot dry weather. It makes a 
large plant, with small, thick, deep green 
leaves, and grows with a branching, 
spreading habit to a diameter and height 
of two feet or more. Both leaves and 
stalks are fleshy and brittle and of finest 
quality when cooked. In_ harvesting cut 
only the 4-inch tips of branches. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 20c, %4 Ib. 70c, lb. $2.50, pre- 
paid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs. at $2.25 per Ib. 


One 
Pkt. 
Each 
Tampala 

New Zealand Spinach 
Swiss Chard Lucullus 

vegetable from China. 

Yimadls 
Contains Carbohydrates, Minerals, 
Protein and Vitamin A 
590. TAMPALA — The 
All-Season “Greens” Collection 
Bloomsdale Spinach 
FL! 
ppd. 
Value 38c 
The Three-in-One 
Vegetable! 
1—Cooked Tampala 
is different in flavor 
from all other greens. 
tasty new 
tender, 2—Youn g I eaves, 
finely chopped, make 
Smooth, 
rich green leaves—cooks in five minutes 
and holds its appetizing color. Different 
in flavor, it is a delightful change from 
all other greens. A real ‘‘cut-and-come- 
again’’ vigorous grower, ready to cut six 
weeks after planting. New shoots and 
provide a most appetizing dish. Pkt. 8c, 
0z. 18c, % lb. 60c, lb. $2.25, prepaid. Not 
prepaid, 5 lbs. at $2.00 per lb. 
a refreshing salad. 

Lucullus 

3—Tampala stems 
too are tender and 
tasty. Remove leaves, 
cook and serve like 
Eat leafy greens 
for health—Swiss 
leaves keep coming even in hot weather. 
Plants grow 2 ft. tall, 1% ft. across, and 



—(60 days.) The leaf-stalks, 
considered by many as the most 
A delicious part of the Chard plant, 
S are bright prinison, the rich color 
wiss extending out through the veins 
into the dark green, heavily crum- 
Chard pled leaves. Grow and cook it as 
with you would other Chards, and you 
will find it even more delicious. 
bright The plant is so decorative and 
striking in appearance that it may 
crimson be grown in the flower garden. 
stalks. Pkt. co oz. 45¢c, Y% Ib. $1.35, 
prepaid, 
Crimson 
<< Chard 
Has a Sweet, Delicate 
Flavor You Never Knew 
Existed in a Leafy Vegetable 
589. RHUBARB CHARD 
Chard is rich in 
vitamins. 
New 
will not go to seed. 
Tampala— 
crop. 

fh 
Pkt. 
$1.00, oz. $1.75, prepaid. 
“cut-and-come-again” 
£5e: 
WY 02. 
asparagus. 
Produces greens 
all Summer. 
Stands hot 
weather. 




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