Early Scarlet White Tipped (20 days): 
Roots nearly round, carmine red with 
PH white tip. Flesh white, crisp and 
mild. 
French Breakfast (25 days): Roots oblong, 
thicker toward the bottom. Dull scarlet 
with white tip. Flesh white and crisp. 
Early Scarlet Globe (23 days): Solid red 
roots that are olive shaped. 
Early Scarlet Turnip (26 days): Roots 
round and slightly flattened. 
White Icicle (27 days): Roots long, 
slender and clear white. 
Crimson Giant (28 days): Large, globular 
shaped roots. Deep crimson. 
China Rose Winter (52 days): Winter 
variety. Roots long, thicker at lower end. 
Bright rose color. 
Long Black Spanish (58 days): Winter 
variety. Roots long and tapering. Skin 
black, flesh white and solid. 
SALSIFY 
The vegetable oyster, as it is commonly 
called, because of its oyster-like flavor 
after it is cooked, deserves to be more 
generally grown. It is a root of pleasing 
texture and flavor and is cultivated pre- 
cisely as parsnip, except that salsify, being 
slimmer, may stand a little close in rows. 
The leading variety is Mammoth Sand- 
wich Island. 
1% ounce, 30c; ounce, 50c. Also Packets. 
SPINACH 
Spinach is sown in the open as early as 
possible, setting the seeds an inch apart 
and a half inch deep in rows twelve to 
fifteen inches apart. Weekly sowings 
should be made, the last one about the 
first of June. 
The plants are thinned to stand 5 inches 
apart in the rows and weeds must be kept 
down. To encourage leaf development, 
add nitrogen halfway through the grow- 
ing period, troweling in a little nitrate of 
soda or sulphate of ammonia along the 
row, or sprinkle it on the soil, in a 
solution of two ounces to a gallon of 
Water. 
Improved Thick-Leaf is the most popular 
for home gardens. True to its name, it 
produces excellent “Greens. For a 
winter type of spinach, Prickly Winter is 
recommended for Northwest gardens. 
Vf ounce, 15c; ounce, 25c. Also Packets. 
Improved Thick Leaf (46 days): Excellent 
freezing variety. Leaves are large, thick 
and very tender. 
King of Denmark (45 days): Stands 
longer than most varieties. Leaves large, 
rounded and somewhat blistered. 
Prickly Winter (45 days: Best variety for 
fall sowing. Leaves thick, medium size 
and dark green. 
New Zealand (56 days): Thrives in hot 
dry weather. Plants large and spreading. 
Leaves small, thick and pointed. 
SQUASH 
The extensive family of squashes falls into 
two broad classes: the bush or summer 
type, growing compactly by comparison, 
and producing fruits which are eaten 
while immature, and the vine or winter 
type, which sprawl widely and produce 
fruits eaten at maturity. 
The summer type of squash may be grown 
handily in a medium sized home garden, 
as they may stand two feet apart in a row, 
or three to four feet apart in hills. The 
vining, or winter type squash requires 
twice this amount of space which often 
rules them out of the home garden with a 
limited amount of area for growing the - 
various types of vegetables: 
Soil should be well prepared where the 
plants are to stand as they have spreading 
shallow roots. A handful of commercial 
fertilizer may be worked into the soil 
for each hill. A packet of any one variety 
will be ample for family requirements. 
The most popular summer types are 
Zucchini and Cocozelle, similar in size, 
shape, and flavor, the first one being 
lighter skinned. Summer Crookneck is” q 
very popular in the yellow sorts. 
1% ounce, 15c¢; ounce, 25c. Also Packets. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
Zucchini (63 days): Skin is light green. 
Flesh pale green, thick, and tender. At 
best when 5 to 6 inches long. 
Cocozelle or Italian Marrow (65 days): 
Skin is dark green becoming marbled 
with yellow at maturity. Best when 5 to 
6 inches long. 
Early Summer Crookneck (52 days): 
Fruits curved at neck. Skin is light yellow, 
thin and warty. 
White Bush Scallop (50 days): Fruits flat 
with scalloped edges. Skin is creamy 
white. Also, flesh. 
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