@ WHITE ICICLE 
(Days to Maturity, 27) 
Home and market gardens. Also may be 
used for forcing. 
SHAPE: 5 to 6 inches long, slender, smooth, 
tapering at tip. 
UsEs: 
Cotor: Snow-white throughout. 
Salsify or Oyster 
Plant 
CULTURE: Stir soil to a considerable depth before 
sowing. Plant early and quite deep. One ounce 
will sow 75 feet; 8 to 10 pounds per acre. 
e MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND 
(Days to Maturity, 150-180) 
Uses: Home and market gardens; also used by 
shippers. Good for winter storage. It 
produces large, uniform, smooth, creamy 
white roots. 
Spinach 
CULTURE: Sow the seed in rich ground free from 
acid, 1 inch deep in rows | foot apart. Quick-grow- 
ing types may be sown very early in the spring or 
from August 15 until frost. One ounce will plant 
100 feet of row; 8 to 10 pounds per acre in drills 
(If broadcast, sow 12 to 15 pounds per acre.) 
e BLOOMSDALE RESELECTED 
(Round Seeded) 
(Days to Maturity, 40) 
Home and market gardens, also ship- 
ping and canning. Recommended for 
both fall and spring planting. Excellent 
for freezing. 
PuantT: Vigorous, rapid grower, upright, com- 
pact and very hardy. 
Leaves: Medium large, crumpled, very thick 
and glossy green. 
UsEs: 
@ OLD DOMINION, BLIGHT 
RESISTANT 
(Round Seeded) 
(Days to Maturity, 41) 
Introduced by the Virginia Experiment 
Station; resistant to mosaic and a good 
shipper. Fairly long-standing period 
before seeding. Recommended for late 
fall planting for a spring crop. Adapted 
to freezing. 
Puant: Similar to Bloomsdale, slightly 
smoother in appearance and a little 
flatter, spreading growth. 
Leaves: Likened to Bloomsdale, slightly less 
blistered and somewhat more pointed. 
UsEs: 
Richmond, Virginia 

ME OIEE Ui 
Salsify, Mammoth Sandwich Island 
@ BLOOMSDALE DARK GREEN 
UsEs: 
(Round Seeded) 
(Days to Maturity, 41) 
Used widely by canners and shippers 
because it holds fresher-appearing 
green color after processing and ship- 
ping: Dark green in color and similar to 
Bloomsdale Reselected. Excellent for 
freezing. 

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