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| You'll enjoy that first delicious taste of juicy, red rhu- 
| barb early in the spring. Keep cutting and using it, 
and it will be just as tender and flavorful throughout 
| the season. For a treat, try mixing in a few raspberries 
or strawberries. 
| Rhubarb is the most under-rated, easy-to-grow and 
| easy-to-prepare garden product ever known. The new 
red varieties make sauce or pies that are a beautiful 
cherry-red. The flavor is pleasantly tart and tantaliz- 
ingly sweet. The red skin is so smooth, tender and sweet 
that peeling is unnecessary. Rhubarb is fine for can- 
ning and freezing, too. 
MacDONALD RED 
A heavy producer of extra large, thick, juicy stalks that are good all 
spring and most of the summer. Skin is bright red and tender; flesh 
is white and sweet. Makes delicious, cherry-red sauce and pies with 
less sugar. Recommended for freezing, too. Yields early and heavily; 
very popular with commercial growers. 
PRICES: 2 for $1.30; 6 for $3.35; 10 for $4.50; each 70c, prepaid. 
VALE NTI N E MacDonald Red Rhubarb PoumiMonths After Planting 
—note large crop of tender stalks 

Introduced from Canada, Valentine is the persons tasted cooked rhubarbs identified 
newest and best of the red rhubarbs. It is only by numbers. The Morden Station re- 
sweetest of all, requiring the least sugar. ports: “Valentine rated highest. Color was 
Makes delicious pies and a smooth, tender, an even bright red; texture smooth and ten- 
bright red sauce. Combines rich flavor, high der. Flavor was pleasing with a slightly tart 
uality and vigorous growth. Excellent for : 
eRe ee Sean deen . after-taste. All testers accorded Valentine 
A rare taste treat, Valentine was among 25 the highest standard.” 
varieties tested at Dominion Experiment PRICES: 2 for $1.80; 6 for $4.80; 10 for 
Station, Morden, Manitoba, Canada. Six $7.00; each $1.00, prepaid. 
CANADA RED 
The reddest of all red rhubarbs and a runner-up in 
taste appeal to Valentine Sweet. Has large, tender, 
juicy stalks that are rich red all the way to the heart 
and even to the midribs in the leaves. Skin is so 
tender you need not peel it. 
Canada Red is a heavy producer of the hardy, ever- 
bearing, seedless type. Plant now and have rhubarb 
this year. 
PRICES: 2 for $1.60; 6 for $4.20; 10 for $6.00; 
each 85c, prepaid. 
| PARADISE ASPARAGUS 





You'll enjoy extra-green, tender and ed eH Tor ake 
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| tasty Paradise Asparagus. It’s full of 5s aes oy KG 
| vitamins and minerals you need. Eat 2 year ......... $1.50 $2.65 $4.35 
allpvourcdmi ter, O-cris nuceksu and calm ect ee nc: 7 * OPN ee Es EE! 
or freeze a winter’s supply, too. Re- SPRING TONIC SPECIAL 
tains its fresh flavor in freezing. 5 at eee 
2 Valentine Rhubarb 
Paradise is reported to yield twice the 
crop of ordinary asparagus, and pro- Only 79.95 Postpaid 
duces a normal crop a year earlier. 


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