
BETTER THAN SPINACH—STANDS HOT WEATHER 
Tampala, as a cooked, canned or 
quickly frozen green, is, in the opinion 
of many, far superior to spinach or 
Swiss Chard. Its color is more appe- 
tizing, its flavor more delicious, shrinks 
very little, holds its.color better, and 
requires less cleaning and washing 
when preparing the leaves because 
they are smooth, not savoyed. 
Tampala is a so-called hot-weather plant 
doing best when days are long. Seed, then, 
should not be sown until the ground has be- 
come warm. Within 6 to 8 weeks from sowing, 
Tampala is ready to use when the entire plants 
make the most delicious ‘‘greens,’’ either eaten 
raw as a salad or cooked as you would spinach. 
For a continuous supply of the most tender 
leaves, make several successive sowings 10 
days to 2 weeks apart and use young plants 
when 6 to 10 in. tall. However, a plant may be 
left every 2 ft. and leaves picked as they ma- 
ture. So tender are the leaves that they re- 
quire only 5 minutes to cook with just the 
water that clings to them when washed. 
Stems are cooked like asparagus for 8 to 10 
minutes or a little longer, depending on size; 
they have a flavor suggestive of artichokes. 
Tampala is a horticultural variety of Ama- 
ranthus gangeticus L. 
1375 Burpee Tampala 
A delicious green vegetable raw or 
cooked which has been enjoyed by the 
Chinese and the people of India for 
centuries. Introduced by us in 1944 
as ‘‘Tampala”’ by which name it is 
known in India. Light green leaves. 
| Pkt. 20¢; 2 pkts. 35¢; 14 oz. 50¢; 
14, oz. 80¢; 
oz. $2.25 
Burpee Fordhook Tampala 
1376 Burpee Red Tampala 

1377 Burpee Fordhook Tampala 
The darkest green-leaved selection of this newly recog- 
nized green leafy vegetable which has an unusually 
It is equal in all respects to Burpee Tampala and Bur- 
pee Fordhook Tampala, but instead of the leaves being 
green they are variegated green and red, the red extend- 
ing out along the veins of the dark green leaves whose 
underside also is red. When cooked, prepared, and 
long period of usefulness in the summer garden. 
served as you would spinach, it is most luscious. 



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