Asgrow) — 
Rice’s Early Scarlet Globe: 24 days. Pedigreed 
originator’s stock. Roots olive-shaped, scarlet, 
crisp and mild. 
Saxa: 22 days. Tops small, roots spherical, 
small, bright scarlet; flesh crisp and white. 
Sparkler (Early Scarlet Turnip White Tip): 26 
days. Very attractive and popular. Almost globe 
shaped; carmine-red with white tip and small 
tap root; crisp and tender flesh. 
White Icicle: 27 days. The Asgrow strain is of 
superior quality both in appearance and mildly 
pungent flavor, with short tops to allow forcing 
and close growing. Roots 514”, tapering, very 
white and brittle, growing partly above ground. 
White Icicle 
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Early Scarlet Globe 
Winter Varieties 
Celestial (Chinese White Winter): 60 days. 
Larger and milder than the following. 
Chinese Rose Winter (Scarlet China): 52 days. 
The popular winter sort. Cylindrical roots 4”-5” 
long x 2”; blunt, smooth, rose-red with firm, 
white, rather pungent flesh. 
Long Black Spanish: 58 days. Cylindrical, 
slightly tapered, 7”-10” x 2”-214”. Pungent. 
Round Black Spanish: 56 days. A fine keeper; 
3”.4” diameter, strong flavor. 
SPINACH 
A quick-growing, cool-weather crop, unable to withstand heat. Usually sown in early 
spring and as a succession crop in later summer, or in fall for early spring cutting 
where winters are not too severe. 
Bloomsdale Savoy, Long Standing: 42 days. 
Stands heat better and remains in cutting con- 
dition longer than other Bloomsdale types. 
Dark Green Bloomsdale: 40 days. A popular 
variety with Southern shippers. 
Giant Nobel (Giant Thick Leaf): 45 days. Strong, 
spreading, long-standing plants with very large, 
thick, medium green leaves. Tender and well 
flavored. 
Hollandia: 39 days. Prickly-seeded, large leaved; 
for winter crop in California. 
King of Denmark: 46 days. Large plants with 
broad, slightly crumpled, dark green leaves. 
Popular for spring planting, being slow to 
bolt. . 
New Zealand Spinach: Not a true spinach but 
its small, pointed leaves when cooked have the 
appearance and flavor of spinach. Thrives in 
summer and forms new leaves after picking. 
Virginia Savoy (Blight Resistant): 39 days. For 
soils infested with mosaic blight. 
Viroflay: 40 days. A very large and vigorous 
variety with broad, thick, pointed leaves. 
