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DASHEEN 322 ect 
Ornamental Foliage 
Large Tuberous Roots Used Like Potatoes, Blanched Stems Like Asparagus, 4] “a 
Leaves Used for Greens, Large Tropical-like Ornamental Foliage Similar to the Popula: 
Elephant’s Ear Caladium. ‘ 
The Dasheen is popular in various parts of Europe and Asia, where it is grown principally 
as a rootcrop, the tubers being used the same as potatoes. The tubers sometimes reach a 
weight of more than 6 pounds each, One hill will produce on good,rich soil 6 to 8 pounds or 
more of tubers, and in rare instances 20 to 26 pounds of Dasheens have been taken froma _ 
single hill. Crops of 600 to 900 bushels per acre have been produced, Bir 
The U.S.Department of Agriculture reports 1,400 bushels from less than 5 acres in Florida, es 
and on their different experimental grounds have secured yields of 450 bushels to the acre. 
The Dasheen contains about fifty per cent more protein than the potato and can be used in almost any way 
that Irish Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes can be used. They are excellent when baked, boiled, fried, creamed or 
scalloped, and for Saratoga Dasheen Chips and Fritters they are delicious. 4 an 
Dasheen crisps, made from raw Dasheen with a fluted vegetable slicer and fried in deep fat, are declared by 
some epicures to be the most delicious of all Dasheen dishes. The delicate, nutty flavor of the Dasheen is ac- 
centuated by this method of preparation. ; 
The young leaves of the Dasheen make excellent greens, used like Spinach. a ; 
The stems, when grown under a box or barrel, so as to be blanched, are equal to Asparagus, and 5 to 8 crops ~ 
of these shoots can be harvested. The Department of Agriculture says: ‘‘The shoots are very tender and have a 
delicate flavor, suggestive of mushrooms. There are probably few plants so well suited for forcing purposes as 
the Dasheen.’”’ First cutting can be made in about 35 days after tubers are set in ground, and subsequent ones 
at intervals of 10 to 14 days. : : : 
Land that is too wet for ordinary crops ean be used to advantage in growing Dasheens. They can be grown ~ 
on lands that are subject to short overflows that would ruin most other crops, thus making much land available — 
for food crops that is now considered worthless. They may also be successfully grown in hot, dry regions as has 
been demonstrated by tests in Arizona and Southern California. An abundance of humus in the soil is essential 
for successful Dasheen culture. A liberal quantity of well-rotted barnyard manure at planting time is very 
beneficial. : 
Dasheens require a rather long growing season in order to produce large size tubers, so planting should be 
done as early in the spring as conditions of soil and climate will permit. The United States Department of 
Agriculture recommends planting two weeks or more before the last spring frost is expected. Where the frost: 
od alae See Tubers like this often grow from 3 to jess season is short, the tubers can be started a month earlier inside and the plants set out when danger from 
5 Ibs. each and sometimes to more than 6 Ibs. frost is past. For field culture the tubers are planted singly and entire, not more than 2 to 3 inches deep 


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HUCKLEBERRY 
Grows from seed the 
first year. A fruit that 
cannot be excelled for 
Pies and Preserves. It 
is very prolific, yielding 
an immense crop of fruit. 
It is an annual and must 
be planted each year 
from seed. Grows and 
thrives in all climates 
and on all kinds of soil. 
The fruits grow larger 
than the common Huck- 
leberry or Blueberry and 
will remain on the-plant 
two months after they are 
ripe. If cooked with apples, 
lemons or anything sour, they 
make the very finest jelly. You 
will be delighted and aston- 
ished with this easily grown 
and wonderful novel- 
ty. (Pkt. (0c) (% 
oz. 50c) (oz. 90c) 
prepaid. 




















in hills 3 feet apart, the distance between rows being 4 feet. In cultivating, the soil should be gradually drawn 
to the plants and the ground kept free from weeds, but require little cutivation after large enough to shade the 
ground. For ornamental purposes, they produce a gorgeous effect when planted with Cannas or used in the shrubbery or — 
perennial border, 
While we do not recommend the Dasheen as a root crop in Northern sections where the season is short, we surely 
consider it worthy of a place in every garden. If you live in a locality where the growing season is not long enough 
to mature a satisfactory crop of tubers, the blanched asparagus-like stems and spinach-like leaves alone will many 
times repay you for the small garden space occupied by a few hills of Dasheens. If you haven’t the room in your gar- 
den to give them a trial, you can at least plant a few for ornamental purposes and food. In addition to being one 
of the finest vegetables, you will also find them one of the most showy ornamental foliage plants, the leaves resembling 
closely the Caladium Esculentum, or Elephant’s Ear. 
Choice seed tubers, (3 for 40c) (6 for 75c) (12 for $1.25) (25 for $2.00) (50 for $3.75) (100 for $7.00) delivered to 
you prepaid. Pamphlet giving cultural directions and recipes for preparing and cooking the Dasheen free with each order. 
WINTER RHUBARB A 
$100.00 to $200.00 Worth Can be Grown in an Ordinary Cellar 
a The profit in SOY BEAN 
You can have Rhubarb any time in the winter and market same at high prices. 
growing Rhubarb is enormous, and the culture for open field is very simple. Plant. Rhubarb 
roots this spring ; cultivate well to secure large clumps of roots by fall. In the late fall take these COFFEE 
clumps up and allow’them to freeze for a few days and nights; then set them in barrels or boxes 
and put them in a cellar or any place where the temperature can be kept from 50 to 70 degrees. 
Keep the soil moist—not wet—and in 4 or 5 weeks you will have Rhubarb large enough to use SUBSTITUTE 
or sell on the market. You can get about three cuttings during the winter, when prices are 
high, and from $100.00 to $200.00 worth can be grown in an ordinary cellar during the winter. 
Rhubarb is also especially adapted to forcing in greenhouses, hot beds and cold frames. 
If grown in the open field it is the first vegetable from the ground in the spring and the 
easiest of all perennial plants to grow. 

Grow your own Coffee 
We offer a fine stock of roots this spring, every one of which should make a good clump for Substitute at an expense of 
either winter forcing or ordinary field culture. ; less th an one cent per 
VICTORIA RHUBARB. Prices of { year old roots: (30c each) (3 for 75c) (12 for $2.50) pound. This variety of Soy 
(50 for $4.50) (100 for $8.50) prepaid. Bean is of an early type 
We always recommend the planting of Rhubarb roots instead of seed, but if seed is wanted, and has been found to be 
early enough to produce a 
good crop in most all see- 
tions of the country, and 
Se ' has proven to be ideal for 
CANADA RED RHUBARB oe OT at 
makes a delicious nourish- 
Stalks are not as large as Victoria but are extremely tender and are in- ~ oy eg take the place 
tensely red—even the inside of the stalk is red clear through. When cooked ate peddle. i.iuanis taal 
or canned it is as red as strawberry harmful pure food drink. 
sauce. Mild and delicious, requiring The best coffee substitute 
a minimum quantity of sugar. ever discovered, and many 
We have found this to be the finest Late Teea nee i 0 a 
of all of the Red Rhubarbs. Prices When properly” nesaieaana 
of roots: (80c each) (3 for $2.00) oan 
(12 for $7.50) prepaid. 
we can supply seed of Victoria at the following prices: (Pkt. 0c) (oz. 30c) (% Ib. 90c) (Ib. 
$2.60) prepaid, 
has the rich, deep brown | 
color of old Java. One of — 
the most easily grown and ! 
most productive of all ]} 
plants. As easily grown as” 
corn or beans, and does 
well on all soils, Better 
grow some of the coffee 
substitute this year. Soy. 
Bean Coffee Substitute 
prepared lke. real cof 
Full directions with eve! 
RED RHUBARB SEED 
CRIMSON WINTER. If you want 
to start Red Rhubarb from secd, this 
variety will come true and will give 
eomplete satisfaction. The sced we 
offer is selected from the best red 
plants. (Pkt. 20c) (Oz. 70c) (14 lb. 
$2.00). Canada Red Rhubarb 

