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You'll enjoy that first delicious taste .of juicy, red 
rhubarb early in the spring. Keep cutting and using 
it, and it will be just as tender and flavorful through- 
out the season. For a treat’ try mixing with it 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 tantal- 
izingly sweet. The red 
skin is so smooth, tender 
and sweet that peeling is 
unnecessary. Rhubarb 
is eiine for 
canning and ' 
freezing, too. 
The New 
VALENTINE 
Wildest aud Sweetest of 4M 
Introduced from Canada, Valentine is the newest 
and best of the red rhubarbs. It is sweetest of all, 
requiring the least sugar. Makes delicious pies and 
a smooth, tender, bright red sauce. Combines rich flavor, 
high quality and vigorous growth. Excellent for home use 
and freezing. 
< 4 A rare taste treat, Valentine was among 25 varieties tested 
at the Dominion Experiment Station, ee Ms 
; Canada. Six persons tasted cooked rhubarbs identified only 
MacDONALD : Os by numbers. The Morden Station reports: “Valentine rated 
<i highest. Color was an even bright red; texture smooth and 
A heavy producer of extra large, thick, juicy stalks that are tender. Flavor was pleasing with a slightly tart after-taste. 
good all spring and most of the summer. Skin is bright red All testers accorded Valentine 
and tender; flesh is white and sweet. Makes delicious, cherry- the highest standard.” 
red sauce and pies with less sugar. Recommended for freez- 
ing, too. Yields early and heavily; very popular with com- Prices: 2 for $1.80; 6 for $4.80; 
mercial growers. Prices: 2 for $1.30; 6 for $3.30; 10 for 10 for $7.00; each $1.00, all 
$4.50; each 70c, all prepaid. prepaid. 
Valentine ®* 

CANADA RED 
The reddest of all red rhubarbs and a runner-up in taste 
appeal to Valentine. Has large, tender, juicy stalks that 
are rich red all the way to the heart and even to the mid- 
ribs in the leaves. Skin is so tender you need not peel it. 
Canada Red, a heavy producer, can be used throughout 
the season. Plant now and have rhubarb this year. 
Prices: 2 for $1.60; 6 for $4.20; 10 for $6.00; each 85c, 
all prepaid. 
PARADISE ASPARAGUS 
You'll enjoy extra-green, Paradise Prices 
pines and cae Ene All Prepaid 25 50 100 
sparagus. Sa tuleo 
etatninnhend oats | See ee ee $1.50 $2.65 $4.35 
youneed. (Hatall youicaniae tn aameeer 1515 \ee2.1 5 sess 
for 6 or 8 weeks, and can 
or freeze a winter's sup- 
ply, too. Retains its fresh 
flavor in freezing. 



SPRING TONIC 
SPECIAL 
25 Paradise Asparagus 
2 Valentine Rhubarb 
Paradise is reported to 
yield twice the crop of 
ordinary asparagus, and 


IcDonald Red Rhubarb 
pour Month Aster ee normal crop a Only $2.95, Prepaid 
Tender Stalk year earlier, 
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