
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 
Spinach— Specialty 
You need 1 oz. of seed to sow a row 100 feet long, 12 Ibs. 
per acre if drilled or 15 Ibs. if broadcasted. Sow early in 
the spring as soon as the ground is open. If you will sow 
in August you will get a crop in September. To winter over, 
sow early in September and protect the planting by covering 
with straw after the ground freezes up. Many gardeners 
sow their spinach for early spring any time during the 
winter, provided the ground is in shape, as it is almost every 
winter during a mild spell of weather. 
WHICH SPINACH IS BEST{—There are two types of 
spinach. The savoyed and the so-called smooth leaved. New 
Zealand spinach is the third type and is good only during the 
hot weather when regular spinach is out of question. Of the 
savoyed spinaches the best for an early crop is Bloomsdale 
and if smooth leaved spinach is wanted the best variety is 
Big Crop. Where the ground is infested with disease use 
Virginia Savoy, a disease-resistant variety. New Zealand 
spinach is not easy to sell at first but the buyers soon find 
out that it has not the dirt like common spinach, is just as 
good to eat and your spinach will be in demand. Then too, 
it can be had during hot weather when regular spinach can- 
not be had. 



Field of Select Bloomsdale Spinach 
BLOOMSDALE SPINACH (39 days) 
The leaves are thick twisted and crumpled, giving them, 
when ready to ship, an elasticity, adapting them for trans- 
portation to long distances and at the same time giving 
the crop large measuring qualities. What we offer is the 
genuine true Bloomsdale. 1 lb. 60c; 1 oz. 10c; 10 Ibs. $4.80, 
prepaid. 
NEW SPINACH BIG CROP (40 days) 
Long Standing—Disease Resistant—Enormous in Size 
Big Crop Spinach produces almost twice as big a-crop as the 
next best variety. Very early, very hardy and stands two weeks 
longer than Bloomsdale before shooting to seed. The leaves are 
borne on long, stout stalks, well above the ground, staying clean and 
free of dirt. They are thick, very large, rounded at the edges, twice 
as long as they are broad, moderately crumpled. Color bright green. 
Blight and wilt resistant. Of all so-called smooth leaved varieties 
such as Viroflay, Thick Leaf, Flanders, ete., Big Crop Spinach is the 
best and unbeatable for canning purposes and for a tremendous 
crop. Oz. 10c; lb. 60c; 10 Ibs. $4.80, prepaid. 
BLIGHT RESISTANT SPINACH (39 days) 
Virginia Savoy Blight Resistant, introduced by the Va. 
Truck Experiment Station at Norfolk, Va. of Bloomsdale type, 
heavily crumpled with massive thick leaves. Highly blight 
resistant. Oz. 10c: Ib. 60c; 10 Ibs., $4.80, prepaid. 
SPINACH GIANT NOBEL—Smooth leaved variety with large, 
medium green slightly crumpled leaves. 1 oz. 10c; lb. 60c; 
10 Ibs. $4.80, prepaid. 

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GIANT FILL BASKET SPINACH (40 days) 
Produces plants often measuring 25 inches across, and 
has a quantity of thick, succulent leaves in the center re- 
sembling a half developed head of lettuce. The leaves are 
of dark glossy green color, notably thick in texture, moder- 
ately crumpled. It cooks very tender, is of excellent flavor. 
Pkt. 5c; 0z. 10c; Ib. 60c; 10 Ibs. $4.80, prepaid. 
LONG STANDING BLOOMSDALE (39 days) 
Exactly the same thing as the old reliable Bloomsdale. 
1 Its value lays in the fact that it will stand longer before 
polting to seed. Oz. 10c; Ib. 60c; 10 lbs. $4.80, prepaid. 
i PERFECTED BLOOMSDALE No. 5 (35 days) 
The best type of Bloomsdale Spinach in existence. Of 
compact growth, extra curled, the leaves very dark green, 
glossy and substantial, giving this variety highest qualities 
as a shipper. Will stand longer without bolting to seed than 
any spinach known. Oz. 10c; Ib. 60c; 10 lbs. $4.80, prepaid. 
VIKING—Also known as Heavy Pack and Northland. Simi- 
lar to giant Nobel, considerably thicker and darker green. 
Plants compact, somewhat upright. 1 oz. 10c; lb. 65c, pre- 
% paid. Not prepaid: 10 lbs. $5.00; 100 lbs. $42.00. 


NEW ZEALAND SPINACH (70 days) 
Produces a crop of greens, closely approaching the true 
spinach in flavor, from June to frost. Soak the seed in water 
for 24 hours. Plant 3 seeds to each 3 inch pot, thin out to 
one plant to each pot. Plant outdoors when all danger of 
frost is past, spacing the plants at least 2 feet apart. Start 
the seed in April. Many will not bother planting spinach in 
pots (the idea). A good reason why you should. There will 
be no eversupply on the market, you will get paid for all 
your extra work. One plant of N. Z. Spinach well grown 
produces as much as one peck of greens at one picking. The 
plants continue in production from June to frost. For a 
maximum crop use fresh manure liberally. Pkt. 10c; 02. 15¢; 
lb. $1.00. 
NEW ZEALAND SPINACH is such a “swell” dish that many 
people like it better than meat, if prepared as follows: 
Brown slightly, sliced onion, in butter, add spinach cut 
up in pieces, add very little water, stew on a slow fire under 
cover for ten minutes. Season with salt and pepper. 
