Large Dasheen Tubers like this often grow from 3 to 
5 Ibs. each and sometimes to more than 6 Ibs. 
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HUCKLEBERRY 
Grows from seed the 
first year. 
cannot be excelled for 
Pies and Preserves. It 
fis very prolific, yielding 
an immense crop of fruit. | 
It is an annual and must 
be planted each year | 
from 
thrives 
and on all kinds of soil. 
The fruits grow larger 
than the common Huck- 
leberry or Blueberry and 
will remain on the plant 
months 
lemons or anything sour, they 
make the very finest jelly. You 
will be delighted and aston- 
ished with this easily grown 
DASHEEN 
Leaves Used for Greens. 
Elephant’s Ear Caladium. 
as a root crop, the tubers being used the same as potatoes. 
that Irish Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes can be used. 
-some epicures to be the most delicious of all Dasheen dishes. 
centuated by this method of preparation. 
of these shoots can be harvested. The Department of Agriculture says: 
delicate flavor, suggestive of mushrooms. 
the Dasheen.”’ 
at intervals of 10 to 14 days. t 
for food crops that is now considered worthless. 
been demonstrated by tests in Arizona and Southern California. 
for successful Dasheen culture. 
beneficial, 

frost is past. 
in hills 3 feet apart, the distance between rows being 4 feet. 
ground. 
perennial border, 
consider it worthy of a place in every garden. 
times repay you for the small garden space occupied by a few hills of Dasheens. 
closely the Caladium Esculentum, or Elephant’s Ear. 
WINTER RHUBARB 
$100.00 to $200.00 Worth Can be Grown in an Ordinary Cellar 
You can have Rhubarb any time in the winter and market same at high prices. The profit in 
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 
clumps up and allow them to freeze for a few days and nights; then set them in barrels or boxeg 
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 
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. ¢ 
We offer a fine stock of roots this spring, every one of which should make a good clump for 
either winter forcing or ordinary field culture. 
VICTORIA RHUBARB. Prices of 1 year old roots: (30c each) (3 for 75c) (12 for $2.50) 
(50 for $4.50) (100 for $8.50) prepaid. 
We always recommend the planting of Rhubarb roots instead of seed, but if seed is wanted, 
we can supply seed of Victoria at the following prices: (Pkt. 10c) (0z. 35¢) (14 lb. $1.00) 
(1b. $3.00) prepaid. 
CANADA 
RED RHUBARB 
Stalks are not as large as Victoria 
but are extremely tender and are 
intensely red—even the inside of 
the stalk is red clear through: 
When cooked or canned it is as red 
as strawberry sauce. Mild and de- 
licious, requiring a minimum quan- 
tity of sugar. 
We have found this to be the finest 
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Grows and 
in all climates 
seed. 






after they are 
If cooked with apples, § 



and wonderful novel- 






ty. (Pkt. 10c) (% of all of the Red Rhubarbs. Prices 
ee ce (oz. 906) of roots: (80c each) (3 for $2.00) 

(12 for $7.50) prepaid. Canada Red Rhubarb 
The Dasheen is popular in various parts of Europe and Asia, where it is grown princip 
The tubers sometimes reack 
weight of more than 6 pounds each. One hill will produce on good rich soil 6 to 8 pounds 
more of tubers, and in rare instances 20 to 26 pounds of Dasheens have been taken fron 
single hill. Crops of 600 to 900 bushels per acre have been produced, Be 
The U.S.Department of Agriculture reports 1,400 bushels from less than 5 acres in Florid : 
and on their different experimental grounds have secured yields of 450 bushels to the aer 
The Dasheen contains about fifty per cent more protein than the potato and can be used in almost any wi 
They are excellent when baked, boiled, fried, creamed | 
scalloped, and for Saratoga Dasheen Chips and Fritters they are delicious. cee 
/ 
Dasheen crisps, made from raw Dasheen with a fluted vegetable slicer and fried in deep fat, are declared b 
The delicate, nutty flavor of the Dasheen is ae 
e : ire. 
a, 
The young leaves of the Dasheen make excellent greens, used like Spinach, 
The stems, when grown under a box or barrel, so as to be blanched, are equal to Asparagus, and 5 to 8 crops 
“The shoots are very tender and have a 
There are probably few plants so well suited for forcing purposes as 
First cutting can be made in about 35 days after tubers are set in ground, and subsequent ont 
Land that is too wet for ordinary crops can 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 
They may also be successfully grown in hot; dry regions as has 
An abundance of humus in the soil is essential 
A liberal quantity of well-rotted barnyard manure at planting time is ve 
e 
Dasheens require a rather long growing season in order to produce large size tubers, so planting should ee 
done as early in the spring as conditions of soil and climate will permit. J 
Agriculture recommends planting two weeks or more before the last spring frost is expected. Where the fros' 
less season is short, the tubers can be started a month earlier inside and the plants set out when danger from — 
For field culture the tubers are planted singly and entire, not more than 2 to 3 inches deep 
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 
For ornamental purposes, they produce a gorgeous effect when planted with Cannas or used in the shrubbery or 
rt 
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 cooki : : oe 
ng the Dasheen free with each orde 


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A Delicious Vegetab e anc 
Ornamental Foliage Plant 
Large Tuberous Roots Used Like Potatoes, Blanched Stems Like Asparagus, - 
Large Tropical-like Ornamental Foliage Similar to the 
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The United States Departmen 
While we do not recommend the Dasheen as a root crop in Northern sections where the season is short, we surely 
If you live in a locality where the growing season is not long enou . 
to mature a satisfactory crop of tubers, the blanched asparagus-like stems and spinach-like leaves alone will many _ 
If you haven’t the room in your g 
den to give them a trial, you can at least pliant a few for ornamental purposes and food. 
of the finest vegetables, you will also find them one of the most showy ornamental foliage plants, the leaves resembli 
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